The Jamaican women dominated the final of the 100, Fraserová-Pryceová has her tenth gold from the WC

Thirty-five-year-old Fraser-Pryce confirmed that she does not lose any of her speed with age. In the final, she had the upper hand from the beginning and repeated the performance with which she entered the competition as the leading woman in this year’s tables. She has not lost at the World Athletics Championships in the 100 since Berlin 2009. She does not only have the title from London 2017, when she was absent due to the birth of her son Zyon.

Jackson improved her personal best to 10.73 seconds to win silver. She beat Thompson-Herah, the sprint queen of last year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, by eight hundredths of a second.

In the history of the women’s 100, Jamaicans are the first nation to ever complete the podium at the World Championships. In the ball, the same historic feat was achieved by the Americans. World record holder and two-time Olympic champion Ryan Crouser won his first world title, joined on the podium by Joe Kovacs and Josh Awotunde.

Favored Crouser did not have an easy road to his dream triumph. After the first attempts, he was only third. He quickly returned to the lead, but then in the fifth series with a performance of 22.89 meters, two-time world champion Kovacs deprived him of the lead. Crouser immediately surpassed his performance by five centimeters and set a new championship record of 22.94. The final attempts did not change anything in the ranking at the top.

The first two places were taken by the home team in the 110 meter hurdles race. Grant Holloway (13.03) defended his title ahead of Trey Cunningham (13.07). Co-favorite Devon Allen experienced a bitter end to his athletic career before transitioning to American football. The third man on the all-time charts had a start reaction just one thousandth of a second faster than the allowed tenth of a second in the final and was disqualified.

Olympic champion Hansle Parchment from Jamaica, who was injured during the final warm-up at the stadium, did not enter the final. In sparse competition, Spain’s Asier Martínez took bronze thanks to a personal record of 13.17. In the end, only five hurdlers finished the final run.

The American double was also seen in the pole vault sector. Katie Nageotte became world champion for the first time in her career, following on from last year’s Olympic gold. She jumped 485 for the first time, depriving compatriot Sandi Morris of the lead until then. The two-time indoor world champion had to make corrections once at 485 and won silver at the outdoor WC for the third time in a row. Australian Nina Kennedy finished third with a performance of 480 centimeters.