It's over!
But the ending was akin to the sprint finish at the end of a race, or a 6th round Gold winner in a field event!
(And yes, there were some of each!!)
Here are the last two days!
DAY NINE
The opening event was the Women's 100H heats!
Tobi Amusan showed up, indicated by her 12.40 National Record of Nigeria, beating her own!!
She's 20th A-T World, tied with 2 others!
Alia Armstrong timed 12.48, with Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ending at 12.52!
Nia Ali and Alaysha Newman were DQ'ed, ending US hopes for a sweep!
Quanesha Burks surprisingly led the Women's Long Jump Q round at 22-6.25!
Malaika Mihambo was one inch back!
Lorraine Ugen, Jasmine Moore, and Tyra Gittens were among those not moving through!
The US team of Talitha Diggs, Allyson Felix, Kaylin Whitney, and Jayde Stepter-Baynes were the quartet winning the 4 X 400 heats in 3:23.38!
Felix's split was 50.71 in what was probably her last race of her Professional career!
Great Britain ran 3:23.92, with Jamaica running 3:24.23!
The Bahamas DNS'ed, while the Netherlands was DQ'ed!!
(The baton was dropped in the hand-off to Femke Bol, and it was Bol, not the 3rd runner, who picked it up, so the "hand-off" wasn't completed!!)
The US Men led the 4 X 400 heats, their team consisting of Elijah Godwin, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, and Trevor Bassitt running 2:58.96!
Japan was far behind in 3:01.53, followed closely by Jamaica's 3:01.59!
The Czech Republic's 3:02.42 in 5th tied their National Record!
Once again in a field event, it took just one attempt to know who the winner would be!
When Pedro Pichardo sailed 58-10.75 in the TJ final, it was game over for all intents!
Hughes Zango's Silver measured 57-7, with the Bronze going to Yaming Zhu's 56-9.50!
Two Italians were next--Andrea Dallavalle, followed by Emanuel Ikemeje!
Donald Scott finished with 56-2.75!
Will Claye ended 11th, while Lazaro Martinez went XXX!
The Men's 800 final began sluggishly, first lap in the 52's!
But Emmanuel Korir is also great at 400, so he negative split (52.29 & 51.42) to win in 1:43.71.
Djamal Sedjati's 1:44.14 took 2nd, with Marco Arop running 1:44.28 in 3rd!
The youngster-Emmanuel Wanyonyi- was 4th in 1:44.54!
The Women's 5000 began with a 3:14 (!!) first 1K!!
So when Gudaf Tsegay used a 59.95 last lap to win in 14:46.29, it wasn't shocking!
Beatrice Chebet (14:46.75), Dawit Seyaum (14:47.36), Margaret Kipkemboi (14:47.71), Letesenbet Gidey (14:47.98), and Sifan Hassan (14:48.12) all were within 1.83 of the winner!!
Elise Cranny ran 14:59.99 in 9th!
Emily Infeld was 14th, and Karissa Schweizer DNF'ed with about 800 to go, a bit hurting!
She was seen crying afterward, being consoled by her teammates!
Anderson Peters won the Javelin Throw with 297-0!!
Neeraj Chopra was 2nd with 289-1.
Jakub Vadlejch took the Bronze with 289-0.
Julian Weber was 4th at 285-0.
Curtis Thompson ended in 11th, about 30 feet off his recent PR!
The Women's 4 X 100 final had a shock finish!
The US team of Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, and Twanisha Terry ran 41.14, JUST ahead of Jamaica's 41.18!
And they had Kemba Nelson, ET-H, SAFP, and Shericka Jackson!!
But it was Terry who held off Jackson, even though SJ was gaining on her!!
Germany ran 42.03 in 3rd, with Nigeria's 42.22 and Spain's 42.58 getting NR's!
Nigeria is 13th A-T Nation, while Spain is 19th A-T Nation!
Italy's 42.92 is the best 8th Place mark!!
The US team of Christian Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall, and Marvin Bracy DID finish, and they were NOT DQ'ed, but they nonetheless lost!!
Canada's Andre De Grasse on anchor was just too good!!
He & they ran 37.48 to the US's 37.55 for one of the shock upsets of the meet!
Great Britain was 3rd in 37.83, while Jamaica ended in 38.06!
A tick behind came Ghana's 38.07, making them 18th A-T Nation!
South Africa's 38.10 gets them the best 6th Place mark, and makes them 19th A-T Nation!!
France got a DQ!
DAY TEN
The Men's 35K set off day 10 in fine fashion!
Massano Stano had the best finish, and his 2:23:14 gets the Meet Record (1st time held!), and Italy's NR!
Masatora Kawano walked 2:23:15 for Japan's National Record!
(There were tons of NR's!!)
Perseus Karlstrom's 2:23:44 got Sweden's NR!
Brian Pintado's 2:23:47 got Ecuador's NR!
Xianghong He walked 2:24:45 to get China's NR!
Evan Dunfee ended in 6th, his 2:25:02 nabbing Canada's you know what!
There followed National Records for Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Finland, France, Peru, Australia, South Africa, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Greece!!
WOW!!
Nick (the traitor) Christie ended 36th out of 40 finishers!
There were 5 DQ's and 5 DNF's!
When I relate the following, think of Aries Merritt shocking the world with his 12.80 WR in the 110H!
Because Tobi Amusan did essentially the same, except the shock was heavier, as her previous best was the 12.40 run in the heats!!
She ran fairly even with the field for the first 50 meters, but then the separation began, and when she and we saw the time, she and we were astounded!!
12.12!!!
She gets the WR, the Meet Record, her own NR, and the Age 25 record!!
And this was her SEMI!!
All of the semi times were phenomenal!
While not all in one semi, Kendra Harrison ran 12.27, with Brittany Anderson's 12.31 getting Jamaica's National Record, and making her 9th A-T World!!
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ended in 12.32, with Danielle Williams timing 12.41.
Alia Armstrong's 12.43 makes her 11th A-T US, tied with 3 others!
Devynne Charleton timed 12.46, breaking her own NR of the Bahamas!
And Cindy Sember's 12.50 gave her Great Britain's NR!
Nadine Visser didn't advance!
The Men's Pole Vault started here, but wound up being the event to end the meet!
Why??
Because Mondo Duplantis AGAIN broke his own World Record!!
After leaving Chris Nilsen and Ernest Obiene behind--both clearing 19-5.75, with Obiene again breaking his own NR of the Philippines--Mondo then cleared 6.06, breaking the Meet Record.
But as he almost always does, he asked next for a WR height!!
NOTE: This is the OUTdoor WR, and has NO connection to his INdoor WR--there is NO "absolute" WR!!
Thus, by breaking his old OUTdoor Record with his 20-4.50, it became the biggest margin ever, as far as I know, as he broke it by 2 inches!!
He gets his own WR, MR, Swedish NR, and Age 22 Record!
In celebration, he did a no hands cartwheel style flip before his adoring fans!!
Thiago Braz, Oleg Senikel (sp??), Renaud Lavillenie, and Bo Baerhe all cleared 19-3!
Two Women broke through the 7 meter barrier, with Malaika Mihambo's 23-4.50 Long Jump beating Ese Brume's 23-0.50!!
Previously, it had been a major battle with a few women in the 6.80's!
Letitia Oro Melo took 3rd with 22-7.25, followed by Quanesha Burks's 22-7!
At 22-6.50 came Brooke Buschkiehl and Khaddi Sagnia!
Ivana Vuleta reached 22-5.25, while Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk's 22-4.50 being the best 8th Place mark!!
After the meet, Vuleta--formerly Spanovic--announced her retirement after a long and wonderful career!!
In the Men's 5000 final, Jakob Ingebrigtsen made up for his 1500 loss, using a last lap of 53.93 to win in 13:09.24!
Jacob Krop was 2nd in 13:09.98, with Oscar Chelimo getting 3rd in 13:10.20!
Luis Grijalva (13:10.44) and Mo Ahmed (13:10.46) followed!
Grant Fisher was in 3rd when he stumbled or tripped, and fell back to 6th in 13:11.65!
Josh Cheptegei ended just 9th, with Abdi Nur finishing 11th!!
THE race of the meet was said to be the duel between Athing Mu and Keely Hodgkinson...and it fully lived up to expections!!
Mu led Hodgkinson 57.16 to 57.32 at the 400 mark!
And she continued to lead, in fact expanding it as she wove her way around Hayward Field's oval!
But Keely remained fairly close, in Mu's shadow, just off her left shoulder, on the rail!
In the final 50 meters, she edged even closer, with Mu sensing her!!
So Mu did what she does in these situations--goes even faster!
Her 59.14 2nd lap wasn't as fast as Hodgkinson's 59.06, but her 1:56.30 beat Keely's 1:56.38 nonetheless!
Mary Moraa's PR of 1:56.71 took the Bronze!
But the other Americans didn't do so well!
Raevyn Rogers ran 1:58.26, but ended 6th, and Ajee Wilson finished dead last in over 2 minutes!!
When the clock in the 100H final read 12.06, we thought--WHAT?? ANOTHER WR???
But alas, Tobi Amusan's time was wind-aided!
The 2.5 wind is said to be worth a loss of 0.14 seconds by The Big Gold Book!!
So you could say her "real" time was 12.20--but I don't fully buy what that T&FN book says!!
Whatever, she simply amazed!!
And whatever the wind, the following times were incredible!
Brittany Anderson and JCQ running 12.23's in 2nd & 3rd, and Alia Armstrong timed in 12.31.
Cindy Sember ran 12.38, with Danielle Williams doing 12.44, and even 7th placer Devynne Charleton timing 12.53!
All windy!
Kendra Harrison was DQ'ed after crashing a hurdle and falling into the next lane!!
Unlike the Heptathlon, where the top finishers ended in the same places they were in after the 1st day, the Men's 1st day leaders weren't all the same!
Especially the winner!
Just 6th after his 1st day of 4372, Kevin Mayer scored 4444 on day two to total 8816 for the Gold!
It's rare to have a better 2nd day!!
Pierce LePage's 8701 (4485 & 4216) took the Silver, with Zach Ziemek's 8676 (4469 & 4207) getting 3rd!
Ayden Owens-Delerme sped the 2nd fastest Dec 400 (his 45.07 2nd only to Ashton Eaton's 45.00) to end his 1st day in the lead with 4606 points!
But his 2nd day was just 3926!!
He ended with 8532 points!
Kyle Garland's days were 4413 and 3760!
Lindon Victor (8474) and Niklas Kaul (8454) finished ahead of Maicel Uibo!
Damian Warner ended his Dec after 4 events, with Ash Moloney doing only 7 events!
The Men's 4 X 400 was the penultimate event of day 10!
The US team of Elijah Godwin, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, and Champion Allison ran 2:56.17 to wallop Jamaica's 2:58.58!
Belgium--with 2 Borlee's!!--ended 3rd in 2:58.72!
Japan broke through the 3 minute barrier in a big way, their 2:59.51 making them 17th A-T Nation!
Trinidad & Tobago ended in 3:00.03, with Botswana close in 3:00.14!
The Czech Republic's 8th place time of 3:01.63 is their National Record!!
Except for Mondo's extended PV session, the Women's 4 X 400 ended this World Championship!!
With a team consisting of 3 Collegiates and Sydney McLaughlin (who at 22 is basically a Collegiate, albeit a Professional one!), the US team clocked a fast 3:17.79!
After Talitha Diggs led off, Abby Steiner and Britton Wilson continued with sub-50 legs!
Then McLaughlin took the stick and left the field FAR behind, running 47.91, many said!!
That's one of the fastest ever splits by a woman, and bodes well for her potential in the flat 400!
Jamaica ended 2.95 seconds back, in 3:20.74!
Great Britain ran 3:22.64, while Canada was far back in 3:25.18!
What a last day, what a meet!!
My analysis, critique, editorial, and other stuff comes in a follow-up post...hopefully soon!!
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