Allyson Felix’s amazing race career ended with one more medal when the USA took bronze in the medley relay. Among the Finns, Wilma Murto advanced to the final, but Topi Raitanen and Kristian Pulli were disappointed.
In the first evening races of the World Championships in Oregon, it happened and happened. Urheilu highlights the five highlights of the night.
Kerley’s monster move
of the United States Fred Kerley gave a storm warning about his condition in the men’s 100m heats. Kerley, who ran in the second heat, clocked a wild 9.79 in almost zero wind. The time could have been better, but the American was limping at the end of the run. You can watch Kerley’s run in the video that is the main image of this story.
Kerley is the Olympic runner-up from last year’s Tokyo Olympics. He is one of the few people in the world who has run 100 meters under 10 seconds, 200 meters under 20 seconds and 400 meters under 44 seconds.
Kerley is the 100’s statistician this season with a record of 9.76. The countryman and seven years ago’s World Cup bronze medalist was also in a good pace Trayvon Bromell at 9.89.
Jamaican youth Oblique Seville was third in the heats with a time of 9.93. Botswana Letsile Tebogo on the other hand, set the youth world record of 9.94.
Breaking into the same club as Nikkanen
Pole vaulter Wilma Murto advanced to the World Cup final for the first time in his career. The 24-year-old jumper, who performed elegant jumps, completed a clean series and shared the qualification victory with China Huigin Xun and the USA Katie Nagotten with a result of 450.
– The first jump after a long break against the wind was pretty ugly. I’m technically very satisfied with the 450, Murto said.
Murro becomes the second Finnish woman to jump in the final of the World Championships. Minna Nikkanen was tenth at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing with his page record of 460. Murro has experience in the Olympic finals in Tokyo, where he was fifth.
Jumped in the first adult competition of his career Saga Andersson was very close to the height of 450 and the final place. Andersson’s season career best is 445. Elina Lampela fell behind in qualifying with a score of 420.
Raitanen froze completely
From finishing eighth in Tokyo last summer Top from Raitase much was expected in the 3000m steeplechase at the World Championships. Raitanen, however, froze in the third heat until the last of his heat and was out of the obstacle final.
His time was a modest 8:43.01. Raitanen told in an interview that he has had problems with his stomach.
– It was such an empty leg. It felt like nothing you eat stays in your stomach, Raitanen said after the run.
Raitanen had done his finishing in the same way as before the Tokyo Olympics, and the good exercises had gone even better than last summer.
– I believed that the momentum would be maintained. This day was indeed difficult. It was already felt in the final meters of the exercise that today everything is not in order. But this is sport and fortunately, there are still other prestigious competitions ahead, Raitanen stated, referring to the European Championships in Munich.
Like Raitanen too Kristian Pulli had to be disappointed in the men’s height qualification. Pulli was 26th in the length qualification with a score of 756.
Karlström opened Sweden’s medal account
The second medals of the World Championships in Oregon were awarded in the men’s 20 km walk. Sweden was able to open a medal account already at the beginning, when Perseus Karlstrom walked third in the race.
The World Cup medal is the second of Karlström’s career. He was also third in the World Championships in Doha three years ago. The 32-year-old top walker can add weight to his medal account next weekend, when it’s his turn to run a 35-kilometer distance.
Japan took a double victory when Toshikazu Yamanishi walked gold and Chef Ikeda silver. Started the machines for the 35-kilometer walk on their main journey Aleksi Ojala was the 20s.
Felix’s amazing career ended with World Championship bronze
American running legend with a long and successful career Allyson Felix said goodbye to the prestigious competition arenas in the 4 x 400 meter medley relay. Felix led by far in his own leg, but the USA bowed out in the anchor leg for third against the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands.
However, the result was bronze, which is Felix’s 19th World Cup medal in his career. The 36-year-old runner has a total of 13 world championships, four of which are personal.