Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan opened the final day of the World Athletics Championships with a world record. He ran harder in the final, driven by a tailwind. Reetta Hurske finished last in her semi-final.
The women’s 100-meter hurdles had a wild ride on the final day of the World Athletics Championships. Nigeria Tobi Amusan25, ran a new world record, and pushed even harder with the tailwind in the final race.
Amusan was first stopped in the semi-final at 12.12, with which he improved the US by Kendra Harrison previous record by eight hundredths.
In the final race, Amusan clocked 12.06. This was not recorded as a world record, because the wind behind was two and a half meters per second.
– They should pay me twice! Amusan told Urheilu, looking sad, but immediately broke into a big smile.
$100,000 is paid for the world record.
The world record can be seen in the video that is the main image of this article. The final run can be viewed in the video below.
The final race of Harrison, who won Olympic silver in Tokyo and World Cup silver in Doha, went to the forest. Harrison knocked down several fences and was eventually disqualified. Harrison still pinged next to Amusan in the semi-final with a time of 12.27.
Jamaica won the World Cup silver Brittany Anderson with a time of 12.23 and bronze from Puerto Rico Jasmine Camacho-Quinn also at 12.23.
“Can it really be?” The world record made the newsroom in disbelief
Amusan’s ME result in the semi-final was confusing both on the track and in the commentary room. Amusan first fanned the final place, then noticed his time and looked incredulous to say the least.
The commentator didn’t dare to brag about the world record score either, because the commentator Simo Leinonen and expert Tuomas Raja were not believing time to be true.
– It’s an unimaginably hard time, 12,12! Amusan looks at what has just been done! A world record, Leinonen was amazed in the commentary room.
Wind readings were also awaited in the reporting room. However, the time was clearly less than two meters apart, which is the limit for statistically valid results.
– Can it really be? If this is true, then we have seen a world record for the start of the final day of competition. The results are not changed here. Plus 0.9 meters per second wind. Yes, that’s it! Raja said his first thoughts.
According to Leinonen, many people in the stadium were also spinning their heads and looking at each other, wondering if the time was really right.
– This will make you quiet. There is still a feeling of disbelief, Raja stated a little later.
At the World Championships in Doha three years ago and last summer at the Tokyo Olympics, Amusan’s fate was to miss out on the medals. However, he has believed in himself and found the situation motivating.
– I’ve been an “almost” girl on social media. “He almost…” “He almost…” she chuckled.
– I am so grateful for what I was able to show today.
At the time of its birth, the world record was the second of the Games. Formerly the US Sydney McLaughlin ran an insane time of 50.68 in the women’s 400m hurdles. He improved his own ME time by as much as 0.73 seconds.
Purske knocked on the fence
Reetta Hurske was eighth in the last semi-final with a time of 13.15. Hurske had a good start, but eventually hit the eighth fence.
– It took me a few intervals to get into the rhythm. I was able to absorb it, I gained speed and the step slipped. I don’t know if the effort was lacking or if I came too close to the fence, he thought to Urheilu.
– This time the effort did not increase. I didn’t crash and I made it to the finish line, but it doesn’t warm up.
Hurske’s time was his weakest of the season. Hurske has run under 13 seconds six times this season. His season’s best is 12.88, which he ran in France at the beginning of July.
You can watch Hurske’s run in the video below.
No fewer than ten personal record results were seen in the semifinals of 24 runners. Four of these were also the country’s national record. In addition, two runners beat their own record results.
A time of 12.50 was required for the final race.