In the final game of the World Athletics Championships, Swede Armand Duplantis broke the pole vault world record on Monday, the second maximum of the day, after Nigerian Tobi Amusan’s unexpected record in the barriers.
Even at the end of the 10th and final round of these championships which took place in Eugene, Duplantis did not disappoint and added an inch to the record.
The situation was completely different on the 100 meter hurdles, because in the semi-final Amusan broke the record with 12.12 seconds. She won in the final, she was not the favourite, but the erratic winds do not allow the approval of what would become a new record.
At the age of 22, it seems increasingly clear that there are no limits for Duplantis, the son of an American father and Swedish mother, who chose to fight for Sweden.
Above six meters he was the only one in the test. After an intermediate jump at 6.06, he sent the bar to a world record, which passed the second attempt, citing the new maximum of 6.21.
The previous mark was also his, the 6.20 meters with which he became world indoor track champion in Belgrade this year.
Chistopher Nilsen, the best of the Americans, and the Filipino Ernest John Obiena passed the 5.94 and took silver and bronze respectively.
Out of sight was Amusan’s success at the barriers, winning the final in 12.06 seconds, but with wind blowing at 12.06.
The record of 12.12 achieved in the semifinals, which won alongside the previous record holder, North American Kendra Harrison, remains in history.
In the final, it was necessary to use the thousandths to break the tie between Jamaican Britany Anderson and Puerto Rican Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12.23 for both).
After the unexpected injury on the eve of Damion Warner, who led the competition, the decathlon ended with more ‘logic’ and Frenchman Kevin Meyer inaugurated to regain the title five years ago.
It reached 8816 points, against 8701 for Canadian Pierce Lepage and 8676 for American Zachery Ziemek.
In the last individual men’s event, the 5,000 metres, Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen outperformed the 1,500 metres, in which he finished second, winning with 13.09.24 minutes.
The Olympic champion rocked very hard in the last half lap, without reacting to the size of Kenyan Jacob Krop, silver, and Ugandan Oscar Chelimo, bronze.
A spectacular fourth place for Guatemalan Luis Grijalva, who almost didn’t get his country the first medal.
Grijalva entered the United States illegally as a baby and lives in Arizona as part of the program to support hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants.
The United States both won the 4×400 meter relay, in both cases with a big advantage.
In the men’s race, Elija Godwin, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Champion Allison ran in 2.56.17 minutes, more than two seconds ahead of Jamaica and Belgium.
For the women’s race, the United States set up a team of experts in the 200 meters and hurdles, consisting of Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson and Sydney MacLaughlin.
They won at 3.17.79, putting Jamaica and Great Britain three seconds away.
The success of the North American relay extends to the athletes who ran in the semifinals the day before, meaning Allison Felix even takes her 20th medal at World Championships.
Also this Monday, the 800 meters and the women’s long jump ended with the triumph of the main favourites.
In the 800 meters, the North American Olympic champion Athing Mu triumphed with 1.56.30 minutes. Britain’s Kelly Hodgkinson was second and Kenyan Mary Mora was third.
German Malaika Mihambo, Olympic and world champion of Doha2019, started with two zero points and was seriously threatened to continue in the competition, but later with 7.12 meters she took the gold.
Immediately on the podium were the Nigerian Ese Brume and the Brazilian Letícia Melo.
Source: El heraldo
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