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On this day at the race, October 5th
1930— France’s Jules Ladumegue became the first man to break 3:50 for 1,500 meters, running 3:49.2 in Paris, nearly two full seconds off the previous world record of 3:51.0 set by Germany’s Otto Pelzer in 1926 :
Completion 2th in the race was Italian Luigi Beccali, who would go on to win the gold medal at the 1932 Olympics (bronze in 1936). He would match Ladumegh’s 1,500 record in 1933 before taking sole possession a week later by running 3:49.0.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Ladoumègue
WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_metres_world_record_progression
2019— Four match records were set on another impressive night at the World Cup in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
It was the highlight Men’s shootingjust one centimeter separated the three medalists, all of whom joined the exclusive 75-foot club. American Joe Kovach (75-2 (22.91)) and Ryan Kruser (75-1 ¾ (22.90)) won gold and silver medals, while New Zealand’s Tom Walsh (75-1 ¾ (22.90)) won bronze. ).
This is how this monumental event unfolded.
1st stage— Kruser set a championship record of 73-4 ½ (22.36) with the opening throw of the championship, but that
paled in comparison to Walsh’s huge opening 75-1 ¾ (22.90). Kovach opened with a modest 68-7 (20.90).
2nd stage— Brazil’s Darlan Romani went past Kruser for 2th what will be his best score in the competition
73-11 (22.53). Kruser and Walsh fouled out and Kovacs improved to 70-11 ¾ (21.63).
3rd stage— Kruser played 73:4 ½ with his opening goal, Romani 72:3 ½ (22.03), Kovacs – 69:8 ½ (21.24),
and Walsh fouled again.
4th stage— Cruiser is back in the 2ndth improving to 74-7 ¼ (22.71), a mark that would eventually give him
edge over Walsh as the better 2th Kovacs also improved to 72-3/4 (21.95) to move to 4th.th ahead
teammate Darrell Hill (71-1/2 (21.65)/3th phase), in Romanian, now in 3th place, threw 72-7 ¼ (22.13), and Walls was called for a questionable 3.th rude.
5th stage— Kovach scored 71-11 ¾ (21.94), Kruser and Romani committed fouls, and Walls finally got 2 points.th fair throw — solid
74-1/4 (22.56)
6th stage— The best was saved for last. Kovach was the 1stSt throw from the big three in the final round and he missed back
personal best 75-2 (22.91) to move from 4thth to 1St! He then had to follow the rest of the throwers knowing
that his weakness on the gold medal could be taken by either Kruser or Walls. And it almost did when Kruser hit a personal best of 75-1 ¾ (22.90) to move from 3rd.th to the 2nd. Walsh broke 4th time and had to settle for bronze as Cruz had a better 2th sign
Kovacs made his way to the stands to receive a congratulatory kiss from his coach (and wife) Ashley Muffett.
https://spikes.worldathletics.org/post/joe-kovacs-ashley
“Coming into this competition I was hoping for a PB and then I saw Ryan throw far and the others throw far,” said Kovacs, who won Olympic silver in 2016 and world silver in 2017. the gold medal. This is definitely the final that made history.”
“It was an incredible contest with a lot of fireworks in the sixth round,” Krauser added. “It was incredibly deep across the board. I’ve never seen anything like it and 22.90m in the last round was an incredible throw for me.”
Meanwhile, Walls was satisfied with winning a bronze medal in such a high-class competition.
“I’m not angry, I’m very satisfied with my throws,” he said. “I don’t think they were perfect throws, but they really deserved it. I still can’t quite believe it.”
Mixing the old with the new, the U.S. 100 team of Christian Coleman (23), Justin Gatlin (37), Mike Rogers (34) and 200 winner Noah Lyles (22) won the award. Men’s 4×100 and set a championship and American record of 37.10. Only Jamaica’s world record of 36.84 is faster.
It was the deepest 4×100 race in history, with the next 4 teams setting the best marks for the place; Brazil-37.72 (South American record), 5. South Africa-37.73. And Canada set a best score of 6th when he ran 37.91 in his heat and didn’t qualify for the final.
A week after winning the 10,000, Dutchman Sifan Hasan completed an unprecedented double by winning the event. Women’s 1500 meters With a CR of 3:51.95. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon (3:54.22/National Record) and Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegai (3:54.38) won silver and bronze.
Shelby Houlihan was disappointed with her 4th– finished second, but he came away with an American record time of 3:54.99. Teammates Jenny Simpson (3:58.42), the 2011 champion, and Nikki Hiltz (4:06.68) finished eighth.th and 12:00 p.mth.
Hasan took the lead with 3 laps to go and powered through a tightly packed field with fast splits of 63.51, 2:05.95 and 3:07.36 before pulling away to cover his final 400 meters in 59.36. His win came just days after his coach Alberto Salazar was suspended by USADA for doping violations.
The 4th Champions record was set by defending champion Helen Obiri of Kenya who won Women’s 5000 meters at 14:26.72. Margaret Chelimo Kipkembo of Kenya graduatedth and 3th what German Konstanze Klosterhalfen (14:28.43). Americans Karissa Schweitzer and Ellie (“Ellie”) Puryear set personal bests of 14:45.18 and 14:58.17 to finish ninth.th and 11:00threspectively.
Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela (50-5 ¼ (15.37)) won his 2nd.th outright world title Women’s triple jump. Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts (48-11 ½ (14.92)) and Colombia’s Catherine Ibarguen (48-4 (14.73)), winners in 2013 and 2015, won silver and bronze. Americans Keturah Orji (47-4.5) (47-4.5) Torey Franklin (46-2 ½ (14.08)) finished 7thth and 9th.
The Jamaican quartet of Natalia White, Shelley-Anne Fraser-Pryce, Joniel Smith and Sherika Jackson won the award. Women’s 4×100with a time of 41.44. 2:th and 3th Great Britain (41.85) and USA (42.10) were.
To avoid the ever-present heat in Doha as much as possible Men’s marathon started on the 5th at 11:59 PMth and ended at 6th. Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa and Mosinet Geremu finished 1-2 3th Kenya’s representative was Amos Kipruto (2:10:51). Great Britain’s (and Scotland’s) Callum Hawkins (2:10:57) was well off the pace and into the lead just after 40k, but finished 4th.thjust like he did at the 2017 Worlds.
Medal Winners/Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Athletics_Championships
Day nine recap: https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-championships-doha-2019-kovacs-rojas-ha
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