It's deju vu all over again, someone said.
If you're a 400H fan, you'll understand.
In my previous post, I reported on Karsten Warholm's amazing 400H WR of 45.94!
Read on, my friends!
Neeraj Chopra led the Men's Javelin Throw Q round with 284-3.
Johannes Vetter's went 281-0.
Not Qualifying were Keshorn Walcott, Curtis Thompson, and Julius Yego.
Michael Shuey had 3 fouls!
Grant Holloway cruised to a time of 13.13 in the 110H semi's!
Devon Allen was next in 13.18, followed by two Jamaicans--Hansle Parchment and Ronald Levy--both running 13.23!
Daniel Roberts didn't advance!
The Men's 400H was Historic!
This one made us wonder--WTF is going on?!
Promoted as yet one more showdown between the Ali & Frazier of Women's 400H, it did not disappoint.
Delilah Muhmmad blasted the first 150, making up staggers across the track.
Sydney McLaughlin was sprinting too, but looked slow.
Femke Bol was watching the show from an inside lane.
Coming off the last curve, DM's lead was gone, except by a foot or two!
Going into Boltian mode over the final 50, Syd the Kid showed her power, leg speed, and control, and a fine finish line dip!
Her 51.46 cut 0.44 off her recent WR, sending the Women's side of this event clearly into Today!
Muhammad had nothing to apologiize for with her 51.58 in 2nd.
Nor did Bol, whose 52.03 again smashed her NR of the Netherlands!!
McLaughlin breaks her own WR, AR, Age 21 Record (though just 3 days before turning 22!!), and of course the Meet Record!
Muhammad gets the Age 31 Record, and ranks 2nd A-T World and US!
She also gets the best 2nd Place mark.
Bol gets the best 3rd Place mark, plus breaks her own NR.
She's 3rd A-T World!
Janieve Russell finished in 53.08, and gets the best 4th Place mark for her effort.
She ranks 24th A-T World!
Anna Ryzhykova (53.48) and Victoriya Taschuk (53.79) also ran well.
Anna Cockrell ran 54.19, but was DQ'ed for running outside her lane.
My Combined Events lists were rewritten!
Syd's 12.65 & 51.46 adds to 64:11.
She's 1st A-T World & US!
Her 50.07 & 51.46 adds to 1:41.53
She's 2nd A-T World and 1st A-T US here!
DM's 13.33 and 51.58 adds to 64.91.
She's 2nd A-T World and US!
Her 50.60 and 51.58 adds to 1:42.18.
She's 3rd A-T World and 2nd A-T US here!
Bol's 50.37 and 52.03 adds to 1:42.40, making her 5th A-T World!
The Women's 1500 Semi's were hot, maybe despite the high temps!
Faith Kipyegon made 3:56.80 look easy, making Sifan Hassan's triple Gold quest look a bit doubtful!
Frewayni Gebreezilshe (sp?) ran 3:57.54.
Gabby Stafford's 3:58.28 beat the Australia National Record of 3:58.81 run by Jessica Hull!
Nozomi Tanaka again broke her Japan NR with her first sub-4--3:59.19!
Hassan jogged 4:00.23, while Laura Muir's time was 4:00.73.
Elle Purrier St Pierre made the final with her 4:01.00.
Kristian Maki's 4:01.23 is the National Record of the Czech Republic!
Not Qualifying, but breaking her own NR of Finland was Sara Kuivista, who ran 4:02.35.
Heather MacLean DNQ'ed, while Cory McGee took a bad fall, but was advanced!
The Women's 400 Semi's were fast and deep also!
Stephanie McPherson led the charge with 49.34.
This misses my World list by 0.06 seconds!
Marileidy Paulino reached a new level with her 49.38, breaking her own NR of the Dominican Republic!
Candice McLeod's 49.51 surprised a bit.
(BTW, is she related to Omar??)
Shaunae Miller-Uibo looked strong in running 49.60!
Roxana Gomez's 49.71 ended ahead of Quanera Hayes's 49.81.
Then came the venerable legend Allyson Felix, whose 49.89 again broke her own Age 35 Record!
Jodie Williams finished off the sub-50's with 49.97.
Sada Williams ran "only" 50.11, but nabbed the National Record of Barbados!
Wadeline Jonathas didn't make it through!
The bad luck (??) of Emma Coburn continued to torment in the Women's 3000SC!
She ran 9:41 AND was DQ'ed!!
Peruth Chemutai aquitted herself well, winning in a fine 9:01.45.
She gets Uganda's NR, and now ranks 8th A-T World.
Courtney Frerichs took the lead maybe halfway through, then kept it for a couple of laps, finally slowing a bit, but still getting Silver with her 9:04.79!
Hyvin Kiyeng took the Bronze in 9:05.39.
Makidas Abebe's 9:06.16 in 4th ranks her 14th A-T World!
In 6th came Mariana Mismas-Zrimsek's 9:14.84, breaking her own NR of Slovenia!
Two more NR's came from Elizabeth Bird's 9:19.68 (GB), and Genevieve LaLonde's 9:22.40 (Canada).
Val Constien ended in 12th!
America's best Men's Hammer Throw hope in this century (Rudy Winkler) ended just 7th, throwing 252-11, over 18 feet under his PR!
But Wojciech Nowicki was at his best, his 270-9 winner missing my World DDD by 4 inches!
Elvind Hendriksen surprised most by taking Silver with 267-8.
He breaks his own National Record of Norway!
Pawel Fajdek ended 3rd with 267-6, while Mykayla Kokhan reached 263-9 in 4th!
Daniel Haugh also was far from his best, ending in 11th!
The Men's 800 Final wasn't as awful as Centro's Rio embarrassment, but in that territory!
Emmanuel Korir split 54.0 and 51.1 to win in 1:45.08 from Ferguson Rotich, whose 1:45.23 beat out Patryk Dobek's 1:45.39 for Silver.
Peter Bol ended in 4th.
Nijel Amos was never in it, ending 8th, with Clay Murphy even worse in 9th!
Andre De Grasse is ALL the way back!
He charged around the curve, then lifted like never before, crossing the line in a brilliant 19.62!
He again broke his NR of Canada, and now ranks 8th A-T World!
Kenny Bednarek's 19.68 ranks him 11th A-T World, tied with 1 other, and 8th A-T US!
And then came the "favorite"--Noah Lyles--but he didn't seem in 19.50 shape (his PR).
Still, his 19.74 took the Bronze!
Erriyon Knighton--still just 17!--was 4th in 19.93.
Not bad for a HS kid!
Joseph Fahnbullah's 19.96 broke his own NR of Liberia, and ties for best 5th Place mark!
The Women's High Jump Q round went by the books, with the only "casualties" being Alessia Trost, and two Americans--Rachel McCoy and Tynita Butts-Townsend!
The British (GB) Women's 4 X 100 Relay team won the Semi in 41.55, their National Record!
This makes them 5th A-T Nation!
Dina Asher-Smith ran 3rd leg!
The US team of Javianne Oliver, Teahna Daniels, English Gardner, and Aleia Hobbs ran 41.90.
Germany's 42.00 edged Switzerland's NR of 42.06.
The Swiss are now 12th A-T Nation!
Jamaica ran sans SAFP and ET-H, but having Shericka Jackson netted them a time of 42.15!
Not advancing was Italy, but their 42.84 is an NR, and ranks them 23rd A-T Nation!
All this time, I thought I was joking when I referred to Pedro Pablo Pichardo with a FOUR-P acronym!!
After all, there's "just" 3 P's there!
Lo and behold, looking at his Athletics Annual bio, he also has "Peralta" listed as part of his name!!
Have no idea where that name fits, but it DOES make my "PPPP" absolutely legit!!
LOL
That said, he blasted a 59-0 winning Triple Jump, breaking his own NR of Portugal!
His PR is the 59-4 from 2015, which stands as Cuba's NR!!
Yaming Zhu was 2nd with 57-7.75!
Co-favorite Hughes Zango's 57-3.75 was enough to net him the Bronze, but no challenge for the 4P man!
Will Claye reached 57-2.75 in the dreaded 4th!
Yasso Trike's 57-2.25 in 5th gives him Algeria's National Record!
Donald Scott was 7th!
Ryan Crouser did NOT get his own World Record when his SP reached a massive 76-5.50 in the final round of the Shot Put Final!
Oh weep!
BUT listen to this--His 6 throws added to over 450 feet!
Divide by 6, and you have an otherworldly AVERAGE of 75 and a bit!!
He of course gets the MR!!
Joe Kovacs would have won EVERY Olympics before this one with his 74-3.75!
But his Silver does get him the Age 32 Record!
Tom Walsh's 73-8.75 nets him the Age 29 Record!
Darlan Romani ended in 4th with his 71-9.50!
Payton Otterdahl didn't have it, and ended back in 10th!
The Men's US 4 X 100 Relay team finished their heat race with no DQ's, dropped batons, or the like.
And they ran a decent time of 38.10!
And here's that cuss word "BUT"--they weren't fast enough, and didn't advance to the final!
Trayvon Bromell, Fred Kerley, Ronnie Baker, and Crayvon Gillespie made up the team!
Meanwhile, Jamaica ran 37.82 despite their lackluster team, followed by China's and Canada's 37.92's!
Italy's 37.95 got them their National Record, which ranks them as 11th A-T Nation!
Great Britain and Germany were next, ahead of Ghana's NR of 38.08, ranking them 18th A-T Nation!
Denmark also ran an NR--their 38.16 ranking them 19th A-T Nation!
Shocker of the Games?
Grant Holloway had run 12.81 at the Trials 6 weeks ago!
Here, no one broke even 13.00!
Despite some decent times in his heat and semi, his 13.09 final got him a mere Silver!
When you're classified a "LOCK" for Gold, 2nd just doesn't pass the test!
But all credit to Jamaica--who lost Omar McLeod in their Trials--who took the Gold and Bronze!
Hansle Parchment has been around, so his running 13.04 isn't surprising.
But his placing is!
Ronald Levy's 13.10 was just behind Holloway!
Devon Allen finished 4th in 13.14.
Another veteran--Pascal Martinot-Legarde--ended 5th in 13.16!
The Men's 20000 Meter Walk was slowed a bit by the weather, but a win's a win, so congrats to Italy's Mossimo Stano, who Walked 1:21:05.
Koki Ikeda did Japan proud with his Silver in 1:21:14.
Toshi Yamanishi won the Bronze, following his teammate in 1:21:28!
Nick Christie Walked 1:34:47 to end 50th of 52 finishers!
The Opening Height in the Women's Pole Vault final was 14-9!
While a fairly easy height for Olympic level athletes, to START there can be difficult even in the best of conditions!
Add the stress of an Olympic Games, and you're looking at massive failure!
Morgann LeLeux Romero (She apparently got married!) and Anicka Newell No-Heighted!
While most of the Women cleared 14-9, most couldn't go an inch higher!
(What if they'd had a lower height or 2 to acclimate??)
Whatever the case, Katie Nageotte was on her game, and was the clear winner with her 16-0.75!
Anzhelika Sidorova cleared 15-11 for Silver, with Bronze winner Holly Bradshaw getting the same height--and thrilled to do so!
Kat Stefanidi went over 15-9 for 4th!
This is already a long post, so I'll stop here!
There should be two more posts of results, followed by an overview of the T&F portion of the Tokyo Games, soon to come!
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