Health--and everything else prevailing--this is the first of a few detailed reports on the Olympic T&F events!
I'll be including ALL the happenings (minus the slow 100 preliminary rounds, and the "mixed relays", which I see as a desecration of our sport!), and that includes Finals, Semi's, Heats of Track events, and Finals and Qualifying rounds of all the Field events!!
They'll be presented in chronological order!
This post includes the entire 1st day, and the morning session of the 2nd day--July 30th & 31st (in Japan!).
Enjoy reading!
The Men's High Jump Qualifying opened things up in the 2nd Tokyo Olympics--the first being in 1964!
All the essential characters made it to the Final!
The key non-Qualifier was Andrej Protsenko!
All the Americans moved on!
The Men's Heats of the 3000SC saw the fastest ever opening round!!
Lamecha Girma led the way with a quick 8:09.83!
Riaji Miura was next with 8:09.92.
That's the National Record of Japan!
Ben Kigen ran 8:10.80!
Also Qualifying was Benard Keter, with 8:17.31.
Keter ranks 19th A-T US!
Avenish Sable's 8:18.12 did not move him on, but he gets India's NR as consolation!
Also not moving on were Leonard Bett and 2 Americans, Mason Ferlic and Hillary Bor!!
The Men's Discus Throw Q round saw who else but Daniel Stahl leading the way--with 216-11!
Andrius Gudzius was next with 216-4!
Not qualifying were Fedric Dacres (!!), Piotr Malachowski, Reggie Jagers, and Mason Finley!
Two Women broke two minutes in the 800 Heats!
Natoya Goule led the way with her 1:59.83, with Jemma Reekie running 1:59.97!
Athing Mu won her section with an easy (and negative split) 2:01.10!
Ajee Wilson sailed through with 2:00.02.
Sara Kuivista ran 2:00.15, moving forward!
She also gets the NR of Finland!
Not going through were Melissa Bishop-Nriagu and Eunice Sum!
The Canadian had recently won an 800 in 1:58.36, so this was a shocker!
All the players in the Men's 400H sailed through to the Semi's, led by Abderahman Samba's 48.38!
Alison Dos Santos followed in 48.42!
Rai Benjamin ran 48.60!
Karsten Warholm cruised his round in 48.65!
OMG, those Women's 100 Heats!!
Yes, I said HEATS!!
Marie Josee Ta Lou ran it like a Final--yet didn't!
Meaning, there was some gas left in the tank!
Her 10.78 ties the National Record of the Ivory Coast!
It ranks her 16th A-T World, tied with 5 others!
(BTW, the fastest times were all run in separate races!)
Elaine Thompson-Herah sped 10.82, also seeming to coast!
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce's contribution to Speed City was 10.84!
In one heat, Mujinga Kambundji's 10.95 tied the Switzerland NR!
That didn't last long!
Agia Del Ponte's 10.91 wiped it from the books!
Daryll Neita finally went sub-11, running 10.96!
Teahna Daniels took the first race with 11.04!
Blessing Okagbare and Dina Asher-Smith also went through, but with slower times!
Just in--Okagbare has been provisionally suspended, due to a positive drug test for Human Growth Hormone!
So apparently she will NOT be in the Semi's!
Asha Phillip and Super Veteran Kelly Ann Baptiste didn't move on!
Taken OFF my World list were the 10.81's of Dafne Schippers (from 2015) and Marlies Gohr (from 1983!!).
The Women's Heats (Should be called Semi's!) of the 5000 were fast!!
Sifan Hassan opened her "Triple Quest" with 14:47.80, helped by a last 400 of about 61.
Agnes Tirop ran 14:48.01, followed by Senbere Teferi's 14:48.31!
E Taye ran 14:48.52 for 4th fastest!
Lillian Rengerek, Yasmin Can, and Karissa Schweizer all ran in the lower 14:50's!
Also moving on were Helen Obiri and Elise Cranny!
Cranny ran smart, and her 14:56.14 looked easy!
Not moving on were Nazumi Tanaka, Rachel Schneider (just over 15!!), Jessica Judd, Dominique Scott, and new British NR holder Eilish McColgan!
Amy Eloise Markovic ran a PR of 15:03.22, but also didn't make the Final!
And Laura Galvan broke her own NR of Mexico, but her 15:00.16 also didn't make the Final!
Yulimar Rojas led the Women's Triple Jump Qualifying with 48-5.50!
Ana Peleteiro was next with 47-11.75!
Caterine Ibarguen moved on, as did Keturah Orji!
Thea LaFond's 47-10.75 is the new NR of Dominica!
But missing the Final will be Jasmine Moore and Tori Franklin!!
The Women's Shot Put Q round could be called the "Gong & Song Show", as Liljao Gong led with 63-10.25, while J Song was next with 63-1.25!
Raven Saunders--elaborate Batman mask and all--hit 63-0.75!
But some big names didn't make the Final!
They were Danielle Thomas-Dodd, Christina Schwanitz, Brittany Crew (3 fouls!), Anita Marton, and Adelaide Aquilla!!
The first day ended with the 1st Final of the Games--the Men's 10000!
The heat and humidity were high, so their opening 5000 being just 14:11 was maybe expected!
Actually, that 5K leading time is misleading!
Uganda's Stephen Kissa sprinted to a massive lead at the gun, and wasn't caught until just before the 5000 mark.
Gossip mill has it that he was Uganda's team rabbit!!
In fact, as do rabbits in DL's, for example, he DNF'ed right after that!!
But if he WAS Uganda's rabbit, it didn't help much, as the other two wound up with Silver and Bronze!!
Anyway, the winner was Selemon Barega's 27:43.22.
His splits were about 14:11 and 13:32!
His final 1000 was a rapid 2:25, and his last 400 was 53.97!!
So was the weather really that bad??
Josh Cheptegei took 2nd with 27:43.63, with the Bronze going to Jacob Kiplimo's 27:43.87!
Benihu Aregawa was the dreaded 4th, but well behind the winning trio--time of 27:46.16!
Grant Fisher ran 27:46.39, with Mo Ahmed next in 27:47.76!
Yomif Kejelcha was 8th, with Rhonex Kipruto ending 9th!
Morhad A Doumni(??) ran 27:53.58 for the National Record of France!
The other two Americans--Will Kincaid and Joe Klecker-- ended 15th & 16th, respectively!
BTW, this was the slowest winning time since 1992!
The only slower times since Tokyo 1964 were in 1968, 1984, and those Barcelona Games!
The Women's 400H Heats went off without major players missing out!
Delilah Muhammad led the way with 53.97!
Femke Bol's time was 54.43, with Anna Ryzhykova next in 54.56!
Sydney McLaughlin cruised through in 54.65!
It might be interesting to note that two of the runners not moving on were Jamaican--Ronda Whyte and Leah Nugent!!
They were both DQ'ed--reasons not known!!
The Women's Discus Throw Q rounds went pretty much as expected, as Valarie Allman's 217-11 was the leading mark, and Sandra Perkovic eased through with 209-2.
However, the list was long in the category of Non-Q's!!
Jorinde van Klinken didn't make it, nor did Dania Cabellero!!
Marija Tolj was the closest to making the Final, but her 201-8 just wasn't enough!
Melina Robert-Michon, Dani Stevens, and the other Americans--Kelsey Card and Rachel Dincoff--also failed to move on!
I'm sure everyone knows already the tragic fate of Sam Kendricks in the Men's Pole Vault!
He tested positive for Covid, and was sent home before the Q round!!
Replacing him was the US alternate Matt Ludwig--but with a last minute 20 hour flight, and arrival at the stadium that morning, and not even getting his uniform until just one hour before competing, it's not shocking he didn't make it to the Final!
The top height was 18-10.25!
Besides Ludwig, not making the Final were Valentin Lavillenie, Konstantinas Filippidis, Sondre Guttormsen, and Pawel Wojciechowski!!
The Men's 800 Heats were led by a quickie--Ferguson Rotich's 1:43.75!!
Peter Bol's 1:44.13 is Australia's new National Record!
Not moving on were Brandon McBride and Mark English!
All three Americans are in the Semi's!
This report ends with the Heats of the Women's 100H!!
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was fastest, with 12.41.
Megan Tapper surprised by being next fastest with her PR of 12.53!
I'd never heard of her before!
She's from Jamaica!!
The only "name" not making the Semi's was Annimarie Korte!
Be back with more results in a day or two!
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