Defending champions Sherica Jackson and Noah Lyles triumphed in the women’s and men’s 200m, and with a stunning performance on Friday’s competition day at the IAAF World Championships in Budapest, Jackson produced the second-best 200m of all time.
The women’s 4×100 individual track relay kicked off in the second race. Gréta Kerekes reacted the fastest from the field, but the start was answered and the Poles were warned. Kerikes made a good start for the second time, Csóti had a great pace as well, Takach passed his Brazilian rival on the second lane, and Kocsis maintained the South American advantage. The Nigerians did not reach the finish line, so the Hungarian quartet finished seventh in their race with a national record of 43.38.
The women’s 4 x 100 relay team finished seventh with a national record.
He finished sixth in the heats, so the men’s 4 x 100 relay did not reach the finals. The Hungarian team qualified for the first race, qualifying with the best two times in addition to the top three positions. The first man out of the four was Dominic Elofsky, who started between the Japanese and Jamaican runners in the heat of the six, but in this race the Americans also started with world 100m champions Christian Coleman and Fred Curley. Boros Ilowski handed the baton to Bencé, followed by Daniel Szabo, and Marc Babb finished with a time of 39.55 seconds, the best time in the relay this year. Thus, the Hungarian quartet is in sixth place, and the Germans and the Dutch also deteriorated. The Americans won the race with a time of 37.67 seconds, the best time in the world this year.
The men’s 4 x 100 relay finished sixth in the heats
Bye Bianca Keri in the 800m semifinals. The 29-year-old Hungarian competitor made his third start for the National Sports Center at the World Cup. He reached the national peak in the 4 x 400 mixed relay, finished 11th on the first day, and on Wednesday took the lead from the 800-meter preliminary race with a time of 2:00.20 minutes.
Bianca Keri is eighth in the women’s 800m semi-final
In the semi-finals on Friday, it was placed in the second race, and the top two finishers in each race and the two best timers could continue to the final.
The big question in the women’s 200m was whether the defending champion, 100m silver medalist Jackson of Jamaica, or one of her American rivals, 100m champ Chakari Richardson, or perhaps world leader Gabrielle Thomas, would snatch the title. The golden medal. Based on the first two rounds, it was hard to predict, especially since Jackson and Thomas looked so confident.
Sherica Jackson won the women’s 200m by a wide margin and set a World Cup record
It looked certain that the fight would be fierce, and then the Jamaicans’ superstar exceeded that expectation. Sherica Jackson, the Olympic sprint relay champion, sprinted through the corner with a clear advantage, turning into the straight, where she didn’t slow down, her rivals getting farther and farther from her. In the end, she prevailed with the second fastest time of all time, 21.41 seconds, which is seven hundredths of a century short of the world record set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 (21.34 seconds).
Thomas won the silver with a time of 21.81 seconds, 11 one-hundredths ahead of bronze medalist Richardson.
After the women, this was followed by a half-round competition for the men, before which there were far fewer questions about the winner. American Noah Lyles, winner of the 100m in Budapest, defending World Cup champion, second Olympic runner-up, stood out from the field based on the semi-finals, in which, among others, the defending pentathlon champion participated – but this year he was plagued by injuries – Canadian Andre de Grasse, Americans Irion Knighton and Kenneth Bednarik, and in addition to the 100 podiums, there were also Botswana’s Letsell Tebogo and Great Britain’s Zarnell Hughes.
After the 100m, Noah Lyles was also fastest in the 200m
After the start, the best men ran the corner together, and Lyles came to the finish line with Bednarek, Nayton, and Thibogo, and from there pulled away from them. He pulled away step by step and the only question was the winner’s time, which finished with 19.52 seconds.
The two super talents, 19-year-old Knighton and 20-year-old Thibogo, will also be able to stand on the podium. The first ran 19.75 seconds, the second 19.81 seconds.
In the women’s triple jump, world record holder Yulimar Rojas won the gold medal on her final jump. The Colombian Olympic competitor and four-time world champion made it into the top eight only thanks to his second-best result, which he flew to 15.08m after two invalid jumps. In doing so, she overtook Marina Bek-Romanchuk, European champion in the event and second in the World Championships in the long jump, who led the way with her first 15-meter jump.
One very big jump was enough for Rojas to win the world championship
Colombia nearly took gold in the women’s javelin, as 32-year-old Flor Denise Ruiz Hurtado, whose best to date in a major global competition was an Olympic ninth, led all the way to the sixth string with a 65.47m. First time. However, world ranking leader Haruka Kitaguchi came next – who was the only one in the field to have all of her attempts over 60m – and won the world title with a clear of 66.73m.
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The finalists on the podium at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest today, Friday:
Men’s 200m (-0.2m/s), World Champion:
Noah Lyles (USA), 19.52 seconds
2. Erion Knighton (USA), 19.75
3. Letsel Tebogo (Botswana) 19.81
Women’s 200m (+0.1m/s), world champion:
Sherica Jackson (Jamaica), 21.41 seconds
2. Gabriel Thomas (USA), 21.81
3. Shakari Richardson (USA), 21.92
Women’s triple jump, world champion:
Yulimar Rojas (Colombia), 15.08m
2. Marina Bek Romanchuk (Ukraine) 15.00
3. Llanis Perez Hernandez (Cuba), 14.96
Women’s javelin throw, world champion:
Haruki Kitaguchi (Japan) 66.73m
2. Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado (Colombia), 65.47
3. Mackenzie Little (Australia) 63.38
