World Championships: Days 1 & 2, plus Men's Marathon

 Hello, my friends!
The World Championships of 2022 are ongoing in Eugene's new version of Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus!
The 1st two days were blessed with great weather, somewhat limited but enthusiastic crowds, and some great performances!
This first results report includes all of Day's 1 & 2, plus the Men's Marathon, which opened up Day 3 at 6:15 a.m.!
All finals, semi's, heats, and field event qualifying rounds are included!
It's presented in chronological order of events, so the best marks are not necessarily given headline status!
However, where poor or average performances happened, less space is given to those events!
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DAY ONE
The Men's Hammer Throw Qualifying opened things up on Friday morning!
Pawel Fajdek showed he's in good form, as his 262-9 led the field!
Daniel Haugh gave the Americans a good start with his 260-4 Q!

The Men's Q round of the High Jump went as expected, with all the main guys passing through.
The lead marks were 7-5.75!

In the Women's HT Qualifying, only Malvina Kapron of the headliners didn't advance!
Two Americans led the round, with Janae Kassanavoid hitting 244-3, and Brooke Andersen throwing
244-0!

The Women's 20K Walk went to Kimberly Garcia Leon, her 1:26:58 being the National Record of Peru!!
Katerzyna Zdzieblo was 2nd in 1:27:31, as she also got an NR, that of Poland!
Shieja Qieyang took 3rd in 1:27:56!
Robyn Stevens was the best American, her 1:36:16 taking 24th, while the other American--one of those who made sure Stevens wouldn't be in the 35K--deservedly got next to last--her time an embarrassing 1:39:58!
I'm so disgusted & angry at their selfish manipulations, I won't even give her name!
But make sure you read Stevens's lawyer's press release, issued before this race!

The Men's 20K Walk went to Toshihazu Yamanishi, time of 1:19:07!
Koki Ikeda was 2nd in 1:19:14, while Perseus Karlstrom ended in 1:19:18, getting the Bronze!
Nick Christie also got what he deserved (for not supporting his ex-Stevens), as he ended in  31st!
Dan Nehnevaj did even worse, getting dead last, time of 1:43:07!

The Women's Shot Put Q round went almost as expected, led by Liljia Gong's 64-0.25!
The only key name left out was Adelaide Aquilla!

Soufiane El Bekkali led the Men's 3000SC heats with 8:16.65!

In the warm-ups for the Women's Pole Vault Qualifying, Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw's pole broke, sending her crashing to the ground, where she sustained meet-ending injuries!!
Alysha Newman and Lisa Gunnarsson were other key names not making it to the final!
Top marks were 14-9's!

All the players made it through to the Men's Long Jump final!

Gudaf Tsegay ran 4:02.68 to lead the Women's 1500 heats!

Fred Kerley did what he does best--run fast, no matter whether heat, semi, or final!
His 9.79 topped Trayvon Bromell's 9.89 in the Men's 100 heats!
Lamont Jacobs ran 10.04, and advanced to the semi's, but he apparently felt something, so became a DNS!

Ryan Crouser lobbed his SP 73-1.25 to lead the Men's Q-round!
Ho hum.
Konrad Bukowiecki didn't advance!

DAY TWO
Another ho-hummer (LOL) led off Day Two's action, as Yulimar Rojas Triple Jumped 48-3.50 to lead her event's Q round!
Maryna Beth-Romanchuk was next with 47-8.50.
Ana Jose Tima hit the sand at 47-7.75, nabbing the National Record of the Dominican Republic!!
Jasmine Moore just missed the final, as her 46-8.25 gave her 13th!

The women's 3000SC heats had some good times!
Norah Tanui led with her final-quality 9:01.54!
She was soloing, as 2nd went to Workesha Getachew's 9:11.25.
Marva Bouzayani's 9:12.14 took 3rd.
Alice Finot broke her own National Record of France with her 9:14.34!
The Americans all advanced on time--Courtney Wayment doing 9:14.95, Emma Coburn running 9:15.19, and Courtney Frerichs getting 9:17.91.
Aimee Pratt's 9:18.91 gave her Great Britain's National Record!

The Women's High Jump Q  round needed 6-4's to pass!
A bit shockingly, Vashti Cunningham and Yuliya Levchenko didn't advance!!
Lots of Track and Field News Message Board noise about Cunningham's "failure"!

America's Daniel Roberts was DQ'ed in his 110H heat!!
Don't know the reason!
Grant Holloway led all comers with 13.14, while Tokyo Gold winner Hansle Parchment ran 13.17.

The Men's HT final went to Pawel Fajdek's 268-11!!
He defeated Wojcieck Nowicki's 265-10, while in 3rd came the 265-4 by Elvind Henriksen!
Quentin Bigot reached 263-3 in 4th!
Bence Halasz was close in 5th, his best being 262-11.
Rudy Winkler led the Americans, but his 259-2 gave him only 6th!

The Women's 10000 final was simply spectacular--even with a slowish beginning!!
After the half was reached in 15:19, the large pack was still together!
The pace didn't really surge until maybe a mile to go, when the field was whittled to 4 or 5 with a few 71's.
It was left to an all-out sprint over the last lap, with the runners being spread across 2 lanes!
At the line, WR holder Letesenbet Gidey took the Gold with her 30:09.94 (last 5000 in about 14:50).
Helen Obiri (despite--or maybe because of--being hard-elbowed by Gidey!) emerged in 2nd with her PR of 30:10.02!
This makes her 19th A-T World!
On my Combined Events list for the 3K, 5K, and 10K, her 8:20.68, 14:18.37 added to this 10K makes her total time 52:49.07, making her 8th A-T World!
Margaret Kipkemboi's 30:10.07 was 3rd, making her 20th A-T World!
Sifan Hassan sprinted hard, but wound up 4th in 30:10.56!
Rahel Daniels's 30:12.15 makes her 23rd A-T World, and breaks her own National Record of Eritrea!
Ejgayehu Taye finished in 30:12.45, making her 24th A-T World.
She also gets the best 6th Place mark!

Caroline Kipkurui was 7th in 30:17.64, and got the best 7th Place mark!
She also broke her own NR of Kazakhstan!!
Bozema Mulatie's 30:17.77 gave her the best 8th Place mark!
Next came Karissa Schweizer's 30:18.05 (15:19.78 & 14:58.27), giving her the best 9th Place mark!!
This ranks her 3rd A-T US, and beats her previous best by over 29 seconds!!
She takes over 1st on a pair of my US Combined Events lists--her 14:26:34 added to the 10 gives her 44:44.39--and add in her 3000 of 8:40.25, and her total time for that C-E is 53:25.05!!
Getting the best 10th Place mark was Elish McColgan's 30:34.60!
She had led the race for quite a bit!!
Jessica Judd's 30:35.93 is a big PR!
Stella Chesang's 14th place time of 31:01.04 gives her the National Record of Uganda!!
In 15th came the PR by Natosha Rogers, her 31:10.57 making her 12th A-T US!

Some big names were cut FROM my World A-T list---
Ingrid Kristiansen's 30:13.74 from  1986 was the WR then!!
Zhang Huandi's 30:13.37 was one of "those" Chinese times from 1993!!
Molly Huddle's American Record of 30:13.17 from 2016 is GONE, as is Lornah Kiplagat's 30:12.53 from 2003!!
WOW!!

Khalifah Rosser's jog of 48.62 led the Men's heats in the 400H!

The Women's 100 heats were surprisingly led by Dina Asher-Smith's 10.84!
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce ran 10.87, while Marie Josee Ta Lou was next in 10.92.

Oblique Seville also surprised a bit, as his 9.90 led the Men's 100 semi's!
Marvin Bracy ran 9.93!
As noted earlier, Lamont Jacobs was a last minute DNS here!
Also not advancing were Bingtian Su, Andre De Grasse, and Yohan Blake!

Milt Tentoglou's 27-3.75 appeared to have the Men's Long Jump Gold locked in!!
Then Jianan Wang sped down the runway, leapt into the sand, and waited!!
His 27-5.25 had taken the lead, and when Tentoglou couldn't do better, Wang celebrated!!
Heptathlete turned LJ'er Simon Ehammer was 3rd, his best being 26-9.25!

It took just one Shot Put attempt for the Women's event to be essentially done!!
Chase Ealey's 1st throw of 67-2.75 made the rest of the quality field quiver & shake!
And it stood its ground to the gradual advance of the Army of One--Liljia Gong--who eventually reached 66-10.75!
Jessica Schilder and Sarah Mitton both had Puts measuring 64-10.50!
But Schilder had a better back-up mark, so she took the Bronze!!
She also broke her own National Record of the Netherlands!!
Auriol Dongmo's 64-4.50 took 5th!!

Stewart McSweyn led the Men's 1500 heats with 3:34.91.
Former Duck Cooper Teare disappointed the crowd and himself, as he crashed and burned, not advancing!

Gudaf Tsegay also led the Women's 1500 semi!
Her 4:01.28 was a bit ahead of Laura Muir's 4:01.78, and Jessica Hull's 4:01.81.
Elle Purrier St Pierre had "one of those days", and didn't advance!
Winnie Nanyondo fell and DNF'ed, but was eventually moved to the final on appeal!

After the usual NBC build-up, the Men's 100 final became a rather pedestrian "been there, done that", IMHO!
Fred Kerley won it in 9.86!
Marvin Bracy got the Silver with his 9.88, the same time given to Bronze winner Trayvon Bromell.
Oblique Seville ran 9.97 in 4th!
Akani Simbine timed 10.01 in 5th, while Christian Coleman's 10.01 gave him just 6th!!

DAY THREE (early morning)
The Men's Marathon began the first of its three 14 kilometer loops fairly slowly.
The loop had a few rolling hills--mostly that of the I-5 overpass--but was fairly scenic, with fans spread out along the route!
They were accompanied--on the other side of the roped-off road--by a large group of bike clubbers who were in town!!
The Half was reached in 64:09, so the Meet Record of 2:06:54 looked secure!
But the massive crowd up front needed a break-up!
As the K's went forward, they finally got it down to a workable quartet by 30K or so!
At this point, local hero Galen Rupp was still in the mix, wearing his distinctive white uni and hat!
But he dropped off, and even stopped at one point for a bit!

Finally down to a pair, Tamirat Tola decided to win, and took off!
His 5000 from 37 to 42 was a blazing 14:08!!
His last half was 61:27!!
His winning time destroyed the 2009 Meet Record by 78 seconds (or about 3 seconds per mile!).
The new MR is 2:05:36!!
Mosinet Geremew got Silver with 2:06:44!
Also under the old MR was Bashir Abdi's 2:06:48!
Smashing his own National Record of Canada was Cam Levin's 2:07:09!
He took over 2 minutes off the mark!!
Popular Geoff Kamworor took 5th in 2:07:14.
Seifu Tura was close, his 2:07:17 placing 6th!
In 10th came Isaac Mpofu, his 2:07:56 giving him Zimbabwe's National Record!
Rupp recovered somewhat, his 2:09:36 taking 19th place!
A whopping 32 runners ran 2:12:00 or faster!! 
Lelisa Desisa DNF'ed!!

See you soon with more from Eugene!!