Marilady Paulino, Salva Eid Nasser and Natalya Kaczmarek face a one-round rematch in Poland, while Carsten Warholm hopes to get back to winning ways.
The top finishers in the women’s 400m Olympic final will meet once again at the Silesian Diamond League on Sunday (August 25).
The event is currently experiencing an unprecedented level of competition, with three women breaking the 49-second barrier for the first time in the Paris final, with each finalist running under 50 seconds.
Current world champion Marilydi Paulino The Dominican Republic broke the long-standing Olympic record set by Marie José Perec in 1996 with a time of 48.35 seconds.
She was ahead of 2019 world champion Salva Aid Nasser (48.53) and European champion Natalya Kaczmarek with a clocking of 48.98. Paulino’s victory made her the first Dominican woman to become an Olympic champion.
Just off the podium, Ireland’s Rashidat Adeleke finished fourth in 49.28, missing out on a medal for the second consecutive year after finishing fourth at the world championships in Budapest. Meanwhile, Britain’s Amber Anning broke the British record in fifth place in 49.29.
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The line-up is almost the same in Silesia, with the only changes being that Lavia Nielsen replaced Anning and 4x400m Olympic gold medalist Liek Claver of the Netherlands joined the field.
Nielsen, who recently broke 50 second barrier In the London Diamond League for the first time with a PB of 49.87, he is the slowest time of the competition, showing how deep the field has become.
At the same time, we will also feature in the men’s 800m Olympic final six in Silesia, where David Rudisha’s world record 1:40.91 could be under threat if it is not already broken in Lausanne on Thursday (August 22).
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyon will better his 1:41.19 he ran in Paris as he took the title from Canada’s Marco Arop, who clocked silver in 1:41.20.
Ben Pattison and Max Burgin will also be part of the field, both with their sights set on Seb Coe’s long-standing British record of 1:41.73.
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400m hurdles world record holder Karsten Warholm is aiming to return to his usual winning self after settling for silver behind USA’s Ray Benjamin in Paris.
This weekend, he faces Olympic finalists Clément Ducos of France and Abderrahman Samba of Qatar.
Georgia Bell has another chance to improve her British 1500m record after winning Olympic bronze in 3:52.61 at the Silesia meeting. Olympic silver medalist Jessica Hull of Australia leads the women’s 1500m field, which also includes Britain’s Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Reeve Walcott-Nolan.
Jamaica’s Kishan Thompson will get another chance to show off his speed in the men’s 100m after narrowly missing out on gold in Paris, where USA’s Noah Lyles claimed first place.
However, it will be an important test for Thompson as he faces a strong field including Olympic bronze medalist Fred Curley of the United States and 2021 Olympic champion Marcel Jacobs of Italy. Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu will get another chance after a false start in his heat in Paris.
Men’s 100m Final (River)
In the men’s 200m, Letsile Tebogo will compete with USA’s Kenny Bednarek and Erion Knighton after his historic Olympic victory in which he secured Botswana’s first ever Olympic gold medal.
Britain’s Dina Usher-Smith and Daryl Neeta will face Jamaica’s Tia Clayton and USA’s Tamari Davis in the women’s 100m, while Cindy Sember will compete in the 100m hurdles with Olympic champion Masai Russell of the USA and French silver medalist Ma Cyrena Samba.
In the field events, Mondo Duplantis will return to the Diamond League after his world record 6.25m in Paris.
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The men’s high jump will see reigning Olympic champion Hamish Kerr face off against Tokyo Olympic champions Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim, both of whom have suffered painful injuries and illness while competing in Paris this year.
Olympic shot put champion Ryan Kruser will also compete, aiming to challenge his own world record of 23.51m.
The match will be broadcast live to BBC viewers on Sunday August 25 at 3pm.
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