These 2 days produced some amazing marks (as you'll soon read about), as well as upsets and shocks.
I hope you're enjoying these reports, and I apologize for the day or so delay in getting them to you!
But as a huge fan of our sport for the past 60 years (I began my interest in January 1962 when I joined my High School track team!), I've been following the meet night & day, and have been as thrilled and invested as I'm sure all of you have!
To do these posts takes some work, and this blog is mine alone, so I do ALL that needs done--no help!
That said, here's what happened on days 7 & 8!!
DAY SEVEN
The Men's Javelin Throw Q round found Anderson Peters continuing his solid year, as his 294-11 led the field!
Neeraj Chopra also hit 290-0--exactly!
Julian Weber reached 286-4!
Keshorn Walcott, Julius Yego, as well as the trio of Americans, didn't move on!
Andreas Hofmann had 3 fouls!!
The Women's 800 heats saw some sub-2's, but not many!
Diribe Weltaji ran 1:58.83, with Jemma Reekie following in 1:59.09, and Adelle Tracy running 1:59.20.
Catriona Bisset fell hard after a spiking, and was left with bruises from a hard fall!
But she was moved on to the semi's!
Rosemary Almanza didn't pass through!
Jacob Krop (13:13.30) and Jakob Ingebrigtsen (13:13.92) were fastest in the Men's 5000 heats!
Six ran 13:15.17 or faster!
Not moving on were Telehun Bekele, Adel Mechaal, and Will Kincaid, who fell, but got up and finished!
PPPP (my acronym for Pedro Pablo Pichardo!) led the Triple Jump Q round with 56-3.75!
Hughes Zango was very close, as he reached 56-3.25!
Max Hess, Chris Benard, and Christian Taylor didn't survive and advance!
Simane Moula led the Men's 800 heats parade with 1:44.89, the lone time under 1:45.
But Marco Arop timed 1:45.12.
Jesus Lopez, Mark English, and Benjamin Robert couldn't make the final!
Day 8 ended with the two 200 finals, the Women going first!
Shericka Jackson's 2022 has been progressively better and better, and Eugene became its culmination!
Coming off the curve already in front, she merely expanded her lead.
Her unreal 21.45 is 2nd only to Flojo's questionable 1988 WR!
It's the Meet Record, and breaks her own Jamaica National Record!
She is of course 2nd A-T World!
Her 10.73 added to this totals 32.18, making her 3rd A-T World!
Add in her 49.47, and her total time is 1:21.65, which ranks her 6th A-T World!
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce was 2nd, and her 21.81 breaks her own Age 35 Record!
Dina Asher-Smith was 3rd in 22.02.
Abby Steiner took 5th in 22.26, while Elaine Thompson-Herah was 7th in 22.39!
The so called 4th place finisher is one of those testosterone high ineligibles I've mentioned before!
The Men's 200 followed, and Noah Lyles essentially played the role of Shericka Jackson!!
He exploded off the tutn already well in front, then kept his pedal to the medal, so to speak, crossing the line in 19.31.
This took 0.01 off Michael Johnson's 1996 then World Record!
It's the American Record, and ranks him 3rd A-T World!
In my Combined Events category, his 9.86 and this time adds to 29.17, ranking him 1st A-T US, and 3rd A-T World!!
Kenny Bednarek's 19.77 took the Silver, while Erriyon Knighton timed 19.80 for the Bronze, and a USA sweep!
For Knighton, it ties the best 3rd Place mark!
Joseph Fahnbulleh's 19.84 is the best 4th Place mark, while Alex Ogando's 19.93 is the best 5th Place mark!!
Jereem Richards's 20.08 is the best 6th Place mark!!
Speed AND depth!!
DAY EIGHT
The Women's 35K Walk, as did all the longest races, began at 6:15 a.m.!!
Forty one Women toed the line, including 3 Americans, none of whom was the newly crowned American Record holder, Robyn Stevens!
(More on that, and more post-meet analysis and critique, will come soon after the meet is over!!)
This being the initial WC 35K, Kimberly Garcia Leon's 2:39:16 becomes the Meet Record.
It's also Peru's National Record!
(NOTE: I've just begun--inspired by Miss Stevens--to create lists for the Walks! They are small, but will soon be expanded to my usual Top 24 for the Americans and the World, Men & Women! I'll have lists for the 20, the 50, and the 35! Thus, any Records announced here are tentative, pending my further research!!)
Katarzyna Zdzieblo's 2:40:03 is the National Record of Poland!
Shijie Qieyang walked 2:40:37, giving her China's NR!
The Greece NR goes to the 2:41:58 by Antigoni Ntrisompioti!
Racquel Gonzelez's 2:42:27 becomes Spain's NR!
Laura Garcia-Caro was 6th in 2:42:45!
Maocuo Li timed 2:44:28.
Viviane Lyra's time of 2:45:02 in 8th is Brazil's National Record!
Serene Sonoda of Japan walked 2:45:09, and attained her National Record!
Lamei Yin timed 2:46:02!
Here's where Robyn comes into the picture--even though she wasn't physically there!!
Her AR of 2:49:29 would have placed her 11th here!!
(I was predicting a 2:45 for her in this race, if she hadn't been tricked and selfishly manipulated from the team!!)
The "actual" 11th placer was Olga Niedzialek, who timed 2:49:43!
In 12th came Magaly Bonilla of Ecuador, whose 2:50:39 is the National Record!!
The 3 American tricksters??
They finished from 9:22 to 16:02 SLOWER than Robyn's AR!!
Yes, USATF, send the very best!!
What a frigging JOKE!!
The Men's Pole Vault Q sessions went mostly by the book, with most of the players Q'ing at 18-10.25!
Emmanuiel Karalis and Piotr Lisek couldn't make it, while Valentin Lavillenie No Heighted!
The Women's 4 X 100 heats were led by the United States team of Melissa Jefferson, Aleia Hobbs, Jennifer Prandini, and Twanisha Terry!
Their time was 41.56!
Jamaica timed 42.37, but without their big guns of SAFP, SJ, and ET-H!!
Germany's 42.44 finished ahead of Spain's 42.61.
The latter was their NR, and makes them 20th A-T Nation!
Italy ran 42.71 for another National Record, making them 23rd A-T Nation!!
China, Canada, Poland, and Japan didn't make the final!
In the Men's 4 X 100 heats, the US ran 37.87, with a team of Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, and Marvin Bracy!
France ran 38.09, just ahead of Canada's 38.10!
South Africa's 38.31 just edged Jamaica's 38.33!
Not making the final were Spain, Italy, Germany, and China!
As well, Japan and Nigeria were Disqualified, and Denmark was a DNF!
Kelsey-Lee Barber whipped her Javelin spear out to 219-6 early, offering what became an unbeatable challenge!
For most of the rounds, Haruka Kitaguchi's 207-7 led the fight for Silver, followed by the 207-6 by Shiying Liu, and Mackenzie Little's 207-5!
Then, in round 6, America's super veteran Kara Winger came up for what might be the final throw of her Professional career!
With the crowd's rhythmic clapping surrounding her, she let it fly!
210-2!!!
She got the Silver!!
Athing Mu (Who else??) led the Women's 800 semi's with 1:58.12!
Diribe Welteji's 1:58.16 was a PR.
Keely Hodgkinson ended in 1:58.51, with Natoya Goule's 1:58.73 ending just ahead of Raevyn Rogers's 1:58.77!
Renelle Lamote, Jemma Reekie, and the wounded Catriona Bisset didn't make it through!
The 400 finals were relatively un-noteworthy!
Maybe because they went off pretty much as expected, with times good, but not Record Book quality!
The Women's race found tall and day-glo hair colored Shaunae Miller-Uibo cruising to an easy win in 49.11.
I really do mean "cruising", as she has this really smooth fluid running form!
Marileidy Paulino took 2nd in 49.47!
Sada Williams sort of surprised in 3rd, her time of 49.75 breaking her own National Record of Barbados!!
Leike Klaver's 50.33 edged Stephanie Ann McPherson's 50.36 for 4th!
Michael Norman--white headband in place as always--timed 44.29 for a dominating win!
Kirani James was just as dominant in 2nd, time of 44.48!
Third went to Matthew Hudson-Smith's 44.66!
Champion Allison ran 44.77 in 4th, with Wayde Van Niekerk timing 44.97 in 5th!
A relatively quiet year for the one lappers!
Except when you're talking about Sydney McLaughlin, and you add 10 hurdles to the mix!!
Then you're talking World, American, Meet, and Age 22 Records--all except the Meet Record breaking her own!
Let me rephrase that--I meant to say SMASHING, SHATTERING, UTTERLY OBLITERATING etc etc all of the above Records!
We saw it happening early--earlier than ever before when comparing racing strategies of Syd the Kid!
But she was already ahead at 50 meters, and at 200 was in a distinctly clear lead!
This was turning into a historic race...if she kept steaming ahead!!
As did Karsten Warholm in Tokyo, Syd was on her way to making 400H---no, Track and Field--history, something no one will ever forget!!
At the line, with her main opponents far behind, the clock read a simply stupifying 50.68!
Oh, Message Boards and Twitter folk were saying she'll run in the 50's, maybe even what she DID run!!
But these predictions were pooh-poohed as futuristic hyperbole!!
Yet there it was, the finish clock showing 50.68!!
McLaughlin took awhile to get up off the track, where she sat in stunned silence!!
Her opponents?
Femke Bol ran a solid 52.27, yet finished 1.59 seconds behind!!
Delilah Muhammad's 53.13 broke her own Age 32 Record!
Shamier Little waas 4th in 53.76, while Collegiate leader Britton Wilson ran a good 54.02 in 5th!!
In both of my Combined Events categories involving McLaughlin, she moved way ahead of all others on both the World & American lists!
Her 50.07 flat 400 combined with this 50.68 adds to 1:40.75!
First on the US and World lists!!
Her 12.65 for the 100H added to her 50.68 becomes 1:03.33, again way ahead of the World & US lists!
Yet this might be her last 400H race this year, as she's talking of doing the 400 flat--and again the armchair observers are predicting anything from a World Record (now 47.60!) to somewhere in the 48's!!
No one's even mentioning the 49's!
We're all assuming she'll bypass that number entirely!!
Do NOT laugh or shake your head!!
Not after this race!!
See you soon with my last results report from Eugene, that to be followed by my promised critique & analysis and editorial nonsense!!
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