Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was convincing in the women’s 100m heats.
This article summarizes the night’s most important World Cup events.
Fred Kerley withstood the pressure of the favorite
Who ran the fastest time of all time in the heats of the World Cup or Olympics (9.79) Fred Kerley withstood the pressure of the pre-favorite in the men’s 100 meters, although the winning time of 9.86 was a little disappointing compared to expectations.
Kerley already seemed to be behind his worst rivals, but the 27-year-old sprinter claimed victory before his compatriot Marvin Bracy (9.88). The United States achieved a triple victory when Trayvon Bromell was third in the same time as Bracy.
For the United States, the world championship is the third in a row on this trip. Justin Gatlin started the pipeline in 2017 and Christian Coleman continued it a couple of years later.
For the experienced Bromel, the WC medal is the first competition medal since the World Championships in Beijing. At that time, he shared the bronze with Canada Andre De Grasse with.
Italy, who won the Olympic victory last year Lamont Marcell Jacob withdrew from the semi-finals. The sprinter, who has struggled with injuries since the beginning of the summer, does not want to risk the end of the season.
Fraser-Pryce assured
At night, the battle for the title of the world’s fastest woman also began. Somewhat surprisingly, the fastest of the beginnings was Great Britain Dina-Asher Smith in hard time 10.84. He was only one hundredth away from his record of three years ago.
26-year-old Asher-Smith is the reigning 200m world champion for three years. Before the World Championships in Oregon, Asher-Smith was only ranked 29th in the 100 world rankings.
Jamaica is one of the strongest pre-favorites in the competition Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah won their heats. They took a triple win in Tokyo last summer in the order of Thompson-Herah, Fraser-Pryce, Jackson.
The most convincing of them was Fraser-Pryce, who was chasing her fifth 100m World Championship victory. He ran in a slight headwind with the second fastest time of the heats, 10.87.
Wang surprised the long jump star
Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou, 24, has won just about everything in his young career. His trophy cabinet includes Olympic gold, indoor track WC gold, EC gold and indoor EC gold. The record is also a tough 860.
Before the Games in Oregon, however, he was missing a World Championships medal on outdoor tracks. Tentoglou, who had been leading the race since the second round, seemed to be already on his way to the world championship, when he scored 832 in the fifth round.
Before the last round, China was outside the medal standings Jianan Wang however, gave the story a different ending. He stretched 836 in the final round and took the world championship by four centimeters ahead of Tentoglou. Swiss decathlete Simon Ehammer was third with a score of 816.
Ingebrigtsen easily continued
Both of Norway’s favorites for the gold have opened their World Cup campaign convincingly. Recovered from injury Karsten Warholm previously ran in the preliminaries of the men’s 400m hurdles, saving for the semi-finals with a time of 49.34.
The reigning Olympic champion in the men’s 1500m Jakob Ingebrigtsen on the other hand, easily advanced from the preliminaries to the semi-finals. He was third in the second heat of the 1500 meters with a time of 3:35.12.
The Norwegian, who was only 21 years old, still had a clear saving streak at this point in the journey. In the main straight he just rolled his head and let Australia Stewart McSweyn record the fastest time of the batch.
Ingebrigtsen, who has achieved almost everything, does not yet have a World Cup medal from outdoor tracks. Among his toughest opponents are the reigning Olympic champion, Kenya Timothy Cheryiot as well as Ethiopia, which defeated Ingebrigtsen in last winter’s WC halls Samuel Tefera.
Ealy’s first value race win on outdoor tracks
In the women’s shot put, the American won in front of her home crowd Chase Ealey with a top score of 20.49. Ealey’s winning result came already in the opening round.
He was only two centimeters away from his world record of 20.51. The gold is Ealy’s first prestigious medal on outdoor tracks. Before Oregon, his best was seventh at the 2019 World Championships.
The runner-up in the competition was China, who had merited in the value competition Lijiao Gong. At the end of the race, he lost to a result of 20.39. Holland took the bronze Jessica Shields after knocking out 19.77.
A couple of Swedes also participated in the shot put final. Fanny Roos and Axelina Johansson however, they finished last in the final competition.