![]() ![]() Steven Bastien, a 2020 Olympian, rounded out the American performances in 13th. Ziemek, a two-time Olympian, was among the top five in each of the five events Saturday, while Garland was never lower than seventh. ![]() Emily Infeld was 14th at 15:29.03, while fellow Olympian Karissa Schweizer did not finish.Ĭurtis Thompson, a 2020 Olympian, represented Team USA in the men’s javelin and finished 11th at 78.39 meters.Īlso on Saturday, Zachary Ziemek and Kyle Garland ended the first day of the decathlon ranked third and fourth. ![]() ![]() finisher in the women’s 5,000-meter, taking ninth in 14 minutes, 59.99 seconds. Tokyo Olympian Elise Cranny was the top U.S. Will Claye, the three-time Olympic medalist and four-time world championships medalist, was 11th.After scratching his first two attempts he got to 16.54 on the third, but it wasn’t enough to move on. athletes taking part in three of them.ĭonald Scott, who finished third in the men’s triple jump at the world indoor championships in March, was sixth in the event Saturday, posting a best mark of 17.14 meters. There were four other finals on Saturday, with U.S. No country comes close in either category. now has 10 gold medals and 28 total medals. We got the stick around.”Īfter nine of 10 days at these world championships, the U.S. I am actually pretty happy with that,” Lyles said. men at the Olympics, with their last 4x100 medal coming in 2004, when they won a silver. Struggles to get the baton around the track have also plagued the U.S. won the 4x100 world title in 2019 but missed the podium more often than not in the five prior world championships. The win was Canada’s first in the event since the country’s 1990s heyday, when it won world titles in 19, with an Olympic gold medal in between. The Tokyo gold medalist in the 200 pulled away and then held off Bracy-Williams to cross the line in 37.48 to Team USA’s 37.55. in front, but a delayed handoff to Marvin Bracy-Williams cost the Americans some momentum, and Canada’s Andre De Grasse made them pay. Elijah Hall in the third leg kept the U.S. men got off to a strong start in their subsequent 4x100 final with former 100-meter world champion Christian Coleman handing off to two-time reigning 200-meter world champ Noah Lyles. “This is the most fun race of my life,” said Steiner, who at 22 is seen as one of the U.S.’ brightest young sprinters. When it came to moving the baton around the track fastest on Saturday, though, the Americans proved to be up for the task. None of the four had ever reached an individual podium in the Olympics or world championships. Fraser-Pryce and Jackson took the 100 and 200 world titles earlier this week in Eugene, while Thompson-Herah swept both events at both the 20 Olympics. That trio has combined to win 14 individual global championships and 24 individual medals at the Olympics or world championships. Jamaica came in as the prohibitive favorite, with a team featuring Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson. also won the 2016 Olympic gold medal and 2017 world title, while Jamaica was victorious at the 2013, 20 world championships as well as the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The win was third in the last seven attempts for Team USA at a global championship. team of Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini and Twanisha Terry beat them, crossing the finish line in 41.14 seconds to Jamaica’s 41.18 on the penultimate day of competition in Eugene, Oregon. Jamaica came into the women’s 4x100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships Saturday with three of the fastest sprinters the sport has known. Interestingly, the JAAA's list does not include Rasheed Broadbell, who missed the championships due to injury, but had according to his coach Stephen Francis, submitted a medical exemption, given his top three ranking at the time in the 110m hurdles.A track relay team isn’t necessarily the sum of its parts. Yohan Blake will be returning to the Olympics stage for the third time, while youngsters such as Oblique Seville, Britany Anderson, Candice McLeod and Briana Williams, will be making their first appearance at the showpiece event. New short sprint sensation, Shericka Jackson, who won a 400m bronze in Rio de Janeiro, will compete in the 100m and 200m in Tokyo, with World Championships long jump gold medallist Tajay Gayle, silver medal winners Fedrick Dacres (Discus), Shanieka Ricketts (Triple Jump) and Danniel Thomas-Dodd among the other standouts in the team. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. ![]()
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