World Championships Eugene 2022 | Kerley leads the American treble in the 100 meters

Olympic runner-up in Tokyo 2020, Kerleywho went from less to more in this Saturday’s race, imposed his sustained power to become the first sprinter with world medals in both 100 and 400 meters (bronze in Doha 2019).

At 27 years old, the American is the world leader of the season with a time of 9.76 and had already caused a sensation on Friday in Eugene by running in 9.79, the best mark in history in a world series.

In the 100-meter test, which closed Saturday’s program in Eugene, the Italian was not there Marcell Jacobscurrent Olympic champion but who could not start in the semifinals due to an injury to the abductor of his right thigh.

Shortly before Kerley’s triumph, the Chinese Juanan Wangwho had not exceeded 8 meters this year before reaching these World Championships, snatched the gold in the long jump from the Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou -Olympic champion- with a mark of 8.36 in the last attempt.

Tentoglou was already on the verge of glory but ultimately missed the gold by four centimeters on Wang’s last jump.

The Spanish Eusebio Cáceresfourth in Tokyo 2020, suffered physical discomfort and finished eighth with only two valid jumps (7.91 and 7.93).

On the other hand, the Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey He won the 10,000 meters by dethroning the Dutch Sifan Hassan, champion in Tokyo 2020 and in the Doha World Cups in 2019.

Gidey, who holds the world record (29:01.03) and who was silver in this same test of the previous World Championships, this time won the victory in the 10,000 meters with a time of 30:09.94 (best mark of the year) .

Also, Pavel Fajdek He extended Poland’s world hegemony in the hammer throw with a mark of 81.98 meters, which allowed him to defeat his compatriot and Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki (81.03) and thus gave him his fifth consecutive world title.

In one of the last finals of the day, the American Chase Ealey gold was hung in the shot put with a first attempt of 20.49 meters.

Ealey defeated the Chinese Gong Lijiao, gold in Tokyo 2020 and double world champion (London in 2017 and Doha in 2019) but this time she had to settle for silver (20.39).

Apart from the finals, one of the proper names of the day was that of the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojastriple jump world and Olympic champion and who this Saturday qualified for the final on the fast track and with great ease: she jumped 14.73 meters on her first attempt and that was enough.

Outside the competition, the most important news of this second day was that the Kenyan marathon runner Lawrence Cherono and the American four-hundred-year-old Randolph Ross were provisionally suspended for doping and, therefore, will not be able to participate in the World Championships.

SPAIN, GOOD NEWS IN 1,500 METERS

The Spanish delegation in Eugene received good news in the 1,500 meters, where Martha Perez He qualified for the first time for the World Cup final by way of the playoffs.

The male representatives also complied since mario garcia romo y Mohamed Katir (both by positions) and Ignacio Fontes (for times) they earned a place in the 1,500 meter semifinals.

Also in semifinals but 110 meters hurdles will be asier martinezwho won their knockout round, and Enrique Llopiswhich was classified by times.

Instead, Maribel Pérez was eliminated in the first round of the 100 meters and Irene Sánchez Escribano and Carolina Robles were left out of the 3,000 meter steeplechase final.