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Walt Murphy News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com)
On this day at the race, October 4th
1900— Hares have long been common in races of 800 meters and over, but at a distance of ¼ mile. Maxey Long, winner of the 400 meters at the Paris Olympics earlier in the season, set a pre-IAAF world record of 47.0 for 440 yards (about one lap) in the Gutenberg, New Jersey exhibition handicap race and received help. D. Edwards, who rabbited Long to 220 after 10 years to start, dropped out midway through but was replaced by PJ Walsh, who walked Long to the finish.
1931— Jules Ladoumeguet of France lived up to the record attempt title at the Paris meet, running 4:09.2 to break Paavo Nurmi’s 8-year-old world record for the mile (4:10.4).
A silver medalist in the 1,500 meters at the 1928 Olympics, Ladumegh had set a world record of 3:49.2 for 1,500 meters on the same track in Paris the previous year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Ladoumègue
1953— Great Britain’s Jim Peters ran 2:18:34.8 in Turku, Finland, to break his own marathon world record.
https://vintagerunning.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/jim-peters/
WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression
1997— Villanova hit 100th year of its T&F program, bringing together many former Wildcats for a function on the school’s Main Line campus. Hosted by Marty Liquori, the list of speakers included John Marshall, Marcus O’Sullivan, current men’s head coach, Larry James, Don Page, Debbie Grant, Ed Collymore, Tom Sullivan, Terence Mahon, Roberta Anthes, Tosha Woodward and Ken. Shappert.
Story
Women: https://villanova.com/sports/2019/11/11/womens-track-field-history
Men: https://villanova.com/sports/2019/10/19/mens-track-field-history
2019“It was another memorable night at the World Cup in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
The first final was on track Women’s 400 meter hurdlesand it produced 2th The season world record was set by American Dalila Muhammad, who won in 52.16, faster than the 52.20 she ran at the US Championships in July.
Muhammad, the 2013 and 2017 World silver medalist (and 2016 Olympic champion), was not far behind a late charge by 20-year-old teammate Sidney McLaughlin, who ran 52.23, which was faster than the existing WR earlier in the season. ! Jamaican Rachel Clayton won the bronze medal (53.74).
Muhammad said: “I decided to go for it from the start and I felt Sydney closing in on me at barrier nine. Then I just gave it all I got. It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but it feels good.”
McLaughlin added: “I knew it was going to be fast, but I didn’t think it was going to be this fast. I did what I could and at least the US got a one or two. I gave it everything I had, I’m still young and every day is a new experience for me.”
As the near-capacity crowd inside the Khalifa Stadium were still buzzing for Mohammed’s WR, after watching their local hero, Mutaz Barshimgave fans the excitement they expected to see when he cleared 7-9 ¼ (2.37) in what turned out to be the tournament-winning performance. Men’s high jump.
Barshim, who underwent surgery in 2018 to repair a potentially career-ending ankle injury, has been the tournament’s unofficial poster boy since Doha was named host city in 2014, and the pressure is on him to perform well here. huge. His victory was not easy as he needed 3th– Leaps of 7-7 ¾ (2.33), which left him tied for 3rdth place at that point.
Barshim took the lead with his 1 shortly afterSt– 7-8 ½ (2.35) jump, but Mikhail Akimenko followed suit and turned it into 1.St place Fellow Russian Ilya Ivanyuk also cleared his 1stSt experience After Barshim cleared 7-9 ¼, both Russians missed all 3 of their attempts. Maxim Nedasekau of Belarus missed twice after missing once, 7:8 ½, before clearing 7:9 ¼. That left Barshim with his 2th World title with Akymenko and Ivanyuk, both competing as “Authorized Neutral Athletes” due to the ban from the Russian Federation, winning silver and bronze medals.
“It was just a dream for me. At home, it was just amazing. Everyone was there, my family, friends, Emir himself,” said Barshim, who became the first man to win back-to-back world titles in the event.
“I wasn’t 100 percent ready, but when I came here and saw all those people cheering for me, even if I’m dying, if they take me out in a wheelchair or an ambulance, I’ll do everything I can.”
In a thrilling finish, Kenya’s Conselsus Kipruto (8:01.35) came from behind in the home exercise to beat Ethiopia’s Lamekha Girma (8:01.36) right at the finish line to win his 2nd.th outright world title Men’s running. The finish was so close that it took the officials several minutes before Kipruto’s name was posted on the scoreboard as the winner, leading to a celebration that included climbing one of the peaks to pose for photographers. Completion 3th It was Morocco’s Soufia El Bakkali (8:03.76) who had taken the lead a lap earlier.
Kipruto missed most of the summer season with a nagging foot injury that required him to sideline 2-1/2 months. Determined to be ready to defend his World title in Doha, he built a pool in his backyard that allowed him to exercise his legs. “I said, let me build this pool, let me run (underwater) and it can strengthen my legs when I start training. It will not be like the beginning.’ He returned to competition in late August, finishing 5thth in Paris (8:13.75), then 7th in Brussels (8:14.53), leaving some in doubt that he will be ready to run as he did in Doha.
Kipruto’s victory extended an amazing streak of Kenyan-born athletes who have now won gold medals in the tower jump at the last 15 world championships. (Kenyan Stephen Cherono, running as Saif Said Shahi, represented his adopted country, Qatar, when he won in 2003 and 2005.) The series ended in 2022.
Stephen Gardiner of the Bahamas won Men’s 400 meters 43.48, moving him to 6th on the all-time list. Colombia’s Anthony Jose Zambrano (44.15) and American Fred Curley (44.17) won silver and bronze. Grenada’s Kierani James, the 2011 World and 2012 Olympic champion, showed a good return to form after battling Graves’ disease in recent years to finish 5th.th in 44.54. Favorite Michael Norman, who ran 43.45 in April, was unable to overcome a lingering hamstring injury and was eliminated at the semi-final stage.
Gardiner’s post-race thoughts were about the people back in the Bahamas, which were devastated by Hurricane Dorian. His grandmother’s wooden house was leveled by the storm, and his father’s house was also heavily damaged. He said: “It’s so big to win two medals (the other being Shauna Miller-Whibaugh in the Women’s 400) for the Bahamas after the hurricane. We did it for our country.”
Cuban Jaime Perez won (226-11 (69.17)). Women’s discus of two former world champions: teammate Denia Caballero (224-6 (68.44)), the 2015 winner, and Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic (218-11 (66.72)), the 2013 and 2017 winner (also a two-time Olympian) ). champion).
The medal winners Men’s 20k-Walk Japanese Toshikazu Yamanishi (1:26:34), Russian Vassily Mizinov (1:26:49), Swedish Perseis Karlström (1:27:00).
Medal Winners/Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Athletics_Championships
Conselsus Cypruto: https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/world-championships-doha-2019-conseslus-kipru
Videos:: MHJ (53 minutes) Winning jump W400h MSC: M400 M20kW (full race)
T&F News Coverage (for subscribers): W400h MSC: M400 MHJ: WDT: M20 kW
2020— Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei, the world record holder (2:14:04), was the winner of the women’s 40 on a rainy Sunday morning.th Virgin Money for London Marathon 2th year in a row, a fast 2:18:58. 37-year-old American Sarah Hall selects the runners for the 2nd roundth midway through the race, 2019 world champion Ruth Chepngetichi of Kenya (2:22:05) pulled away in the final 150m to finish 2nd.th with a personal best of 2:22:01. It was the highest result by an American in London since Dina Castor won in 2006. (Castor joined Paul Swangard in calling the race for NBCSN. Castor was replaced by Amy Craig in the men’s race.) Cheering Hall during the run was her husband Ryan.
The men’s race did not go quite as originally planned. First, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, 2th the fastest man in history (2:01:41), who pulled out with an injury the day before the race, and then world record holder (2:01:39) Eliud Kipchoge was not a factor in the race’s finish, finishing 8th.th at 2:06:49. It was his first defeat in the marathon since 2013.
The winner was Shura Kiata of Ethiopia (2:05:41), who beat Kenyan Vincent Kipchumba (2:05:42) in a back-and-forth fight in the 100m final. Closed at 3:00 p.mth It was Sisai Lemma of Ethiopia (2:05:45). American Jared Ward finished 17thth at 2:12:38.
Because of the pandemic, the races, which were limited to elite runners, were held on an indoor course at St James’s Park.
Top 10:: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/10/04/london-marathon-results/
How did it happen?: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/oct/04/london-marathon-2020-live-updates
Sarah Hall (Includes post-race interview):
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a34241725/sara-hall-london-marathon-results-2020/
The Loop:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPgULcv5hX4
