NOTE: Those of you familiar with this blog and its author's opinions know what I'm about to say.
There are certain athletes in the WOMEN's events who I firmly believe shouldn't be there, and whose marks shouldn't count, and who should not collect medals, or even mention by TV announcers!
They are the "women" who have high testosterone levels, and include Caster Semenya, Christine Mbomo, Beatrice Masilingi, Francine Nyonsaba, (1st name??) Seyni, and Margaret Wambui! I will add other names as they become known!
My reasons have been given many times, and are agreed with by many on social media and elsewhere!
Enough!
There's a great T&F meet going on!
All the format "rules" already posted are good here also!
DAY THREE
After the Men's Marathon (in my previous post!), this day began with the Men's 400 heats!
Bayapo Ndori was fastest, and the only sub-45 (44.87).
Wayde van Niekerk was the next fastest with a 45.18!
North Americans swept the Women's Hammer Throw, an anomaly made easier by the absence of Anita Wlodarczyk!
Brooke Andersen was favored, and came through, her 259-1 way ahead of Canadian Camryn Rogers's 247-9.
Completing the sweep was the US's Janae Kassanavoid, who reached 245-7!
The Women's 400 heats were led by Stephanie Ann McPherson, whose 50.15 beat Natalia Kaczmarek's 50.21, and the 50.24 by Leike Klaver!
Klaver's time got the National Record of the Netherlands!!
Kendell Ellis didn't advance!
As happens too often, the Men's 10000 was what is politely called a "tactical" or "strategic" race!
I call it simply boring!!
Josh Cheptegei won the slugfest (meaning banana slug!!) with 27:27.43, after a yawning 14:01 first 5000!
Stanley Mburu took 2nd in 27:27.90, while Jacob Kiplimo followed in 27:27.97!
Grant Fisher took 4th in 27:28.14, with Selemon Barega timing 27:28.39 in 5th.
Their last lap was in the 53's!
The 110H semi's saw Grant Holloway time 13.01, with Hansle Parchment next in 13.02!
Trey Cunningham ran 13.07, with former Duck Devon Allen timing 13.09.
Parchment and Allen had a 2.5 aiding wind!
Pascal Martinot Legarde didn't move on!
Mykolas Alekna led the Men's Discus Throw qualifying with a good 226-1.
Kristjan Ceh reached 223-10, while Simon Pettersson was close with 223-5.
Katie Nageotte overcame many problems in the past year or more, while Sandi Morris stayed consistent---by taking yet another Silver!!
The US duo battled all the way, even while it remained a competition between friends!
They both cleared 15-11, with Nageotte getting Gold via fewer misses.
Three attempts at 16-0.75 all failed!
Nina Kennedy cleared 15-9 for the Bronze!
Nina Sutej and Kat Stefanidi were stopped after topping 15-5's!
The Women's 100 semi's were speedy throughout!
Elaine Thompson-Herah's 10.82 was faster than Shericka Jackson (10.84), Marie Jose Ta Lou (10.87), Dina Asher-Smith (10.89), Melissa Jefferson (10.92), Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.93), Aleia Hobbs (10.95), and Mujinga Kambundji (10.96)!!
In the Men's 400H semi's, Alison Dos Santos was fastest at 47.85, with Karsten Warholm running 48.00!
The Men's Shot Put final was filled with Record Book changes!
After a good see-saw battle, Ryan Crouser emerged the winner, his 75-3.25 setting the Meet Record!
Joe Kovacs was very close, his 75-1.25 giving him the Age 33 Record!
Josh Awotunde PR'ed at 73-1.75 to give him the Bronze.
This made him 11th A-T US, and 17th A-T World!
Tom Walsh was 4th with 72-5.25!
Darlan Romani's 71-11 gave him the best 5th Place mark!
And Filip Miheljevic's 71-7.25 is the best 6th Place mark!
Abel Kipsang's 3:33.68 was fastest in the Men's 1500 semi's.
Mohamed Katir was next with 3:34.45, while Jake Wightman was close with 3:34.48!
There was controversy galore in the 110H final!!
First, Olympic Champ Hansle Parchment crashed a hurdle during his warm-up and became a last second DNS!!
Then both Shane Brathwaite and local hero Devon Allen false started, reacting the tiniest amount too quick!
Allen in particular was incredulous, and argued with the officials for awhile, delaying the race!!
Once they got off--with just five left on the starting line (!!)--Grant Holloway showed his psychological balance in winning, time of 13.03!
Trey Cunningham was 2nd in 13.08, while a surprise 3rd was Asier Martinez's 13.17!
Then again, maybe NOT so surprising, given the circumstances!!
The women's 100 final closed off Day 3 with pizazz!
FAST pizazz, as SAFP "shellacked" (Get it??) the classy octet in a Meet Record 10.67!
It also tied her own Age 35 Record!
Shericka Jackson took 2nd in 10.73!
This ranks her 7th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
ET-H completed the Jamaican sweep with 10.81.
Despite a PR, Dina Asher-Smith's 10.83 is the new National Record of Great Britain, and ties for the best 4th Place mark!
Mujinga Kambundji took 5th in 10.91, with Aleia Hobbs's 10.92 tying her for the best 6th Place mark!
Marie Jose Ta Lou was a quick 7th, time of 10.93!
DAY FOUR
The women's marathon got a record-breaking start at 6:15 a.m.!
But it was too quick for the Americans, who all backed off a bit after less then 5K!
Running a very even pace (halves of 69:01 & 69.10), Gotytom Gebreslase emerged the winner with a last K dash, her 2:18:11 smashing the old Meet Record by 2:46!!
She ranks 15th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Judith Korir ran alongside Gotytom, only falling back in the final meters, her 2:18:20 making her 18th A-T World!
Lonah Salpeter took 3rd with 2:20:18, not far ahead of Nazret Weldu's 2:20:29!
After the Americans fell off the hot early pace, they ran together for much of the rest of the race!
Sara Hall ended in 2:22:10, giving her the Age 39 Record!
(Note that the Age 40 Record is sub-2:20!!)
Hall passed Angela Tanui near the finish, with Tanui clocking 2:22:15.
Emma Bates took a minute off her PR, her 2:23:18 giving her 7th!!
She ranks 10th A-T US!
And Keira D'Amato--only added to the team 2 weeks before because of Molly Seidel's saying she couldn't run it!--ran a solid 2:23:34 to take 8th!
Ruth Chepngetich DNF'ed!!
Noah Lyles's 19.98 led the Men's 200 heats!
Erriyon Knighton timed a wind-aided (2.1) 20.01.
Timing a wind legal 20.01, Alex Ogando broke his own National Record of the Dominican Republic!
Andre De Grasse was a DNS!
Valarie Allman led the Women's Discus Throw Q round with 224-3!
Jorinde Van Klinken hit 215-5!
Rachel Dincoff didn't advance!
Mutaz Barshim didn't need his home nation support here, as he again became the World Champion, clearing 7-9.75 in the Men's HJ final!
Sanghyeok Woo "wooed" (HA!) the crowd with his Silver measuring 7-8.50!
Andriy Protsenko and Gianmarco Tamberi both cleared 7-7.75, with Protsenko getting the Bronze!
Shelby McEwen's 7-6.50 took 5th!
As stated at the front of this post, certain women are not (or should not be!!) eligible to compete in all women's races!
Thus, the "leading" time in the "Women's" 200 heats doesn't count, by MY rules!
So the best time--22.24--was run by Favour Ofili!
Abby Steiner and SAFP both timed 22.26!
After an opening 14.60 in the Women's Triple Jump, Yulimar Rojas exploded out to 50-9.25, missing the 1987 MR by just one inch!!
But she gets the Age 26 Record, her fifth OUTdoors!!
She has Age Records at 20,21, 23, 25, and now 26!!
Shaneika Ricketts's mark was a solid 48-10.25, but still almost two feet behind Rojas!!
Tori Franklin was the best American, her 48-3.50 taking 3rd!
Leyunis Hernandez was close, her 48-2.75 missing the podium in 4th!
Keturah Orji's 47-6.50 got her just 6th!
The Heptathlon began yesterday, but concluded on the 4th day!
And it was exciting!
After Day 1, Nafi Thiam was the leader with 4071 points!
Anouk Vetter had 4010, while Anna Hall had a big 3991!!
Close behind were Adrianna Selek's 3982, and Noor Vidts's 3921!
Interestingly, their order remained the same at the finish!!
Thiam's 6947 gave her the Age 27 Record!
Vetter's 6867 makes her 13th A-T World!
And she destroyed her own National Record of the Netherlands!!
Hall was very solid throughout, but ran "only" 2:06 & change in the 800--3 seconds slower than her 2:03.11 run earlier this year!!
That said, her 6755 makes her 3rd A-T US!!
And she misses the World list by a mere 10 points!!
Sulek ended with 6672, while Vidts scored 6559 in 5th!
Annik Kalin scored 6464 in 6th, with 7th going to the 6440 of Emma Oosterwegel!!
Katerina Johnson-Thompson wasn't close to her high standards, scoring 6222 in 8th!
Kendell Williams was hurting, and DNF'ed!
Reminders of Matthew Centrowitz's embarrassing Rio 1500 win, the Men's 3000SC final takes the "worst" event prize here!!
They walked the first 2K, then decided to have a 1000 footrace over hurdles!
Soufiane El Bakkali won the best ONE K Steeple in 8:25.13!
Lamecha Girma was 2nd in 8:26.01.
Consesius Kipruto was 3rd in 8:27.92!
I guess Evan Jager isn't a very good sprinter, as he ended in 6th!
Then the Women's 1500 final started, and the front trio gave those male Steeplers (& other tacticians)
a lesson in how to race a final!!
FAST!!
After a 58.8 (!!!) first 400, things slowed a bit to a 2:03 800!
By this time, it was down to Gudaf Tsegay, Faith Kipyegon, and Laura Muir, with the rest in a whole separate race!
Tsegay was leading, but when Kipyegon started her rush home, it was soon over!
She passed Tsegay on the backstraight, and kept going!
Her 3:52.96 beat Tsegay;s 3:54.52, and Muir's 3:55.28!
Freweyni Hailu "won" the back-up race with 4:01.28!
She beat Sinclaire Johnson's 4:01.63, and Jessica Hull's 4:01.82!
See you soonish with the next 2 days!!
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