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This day in the field of athletics – September 29
1900–Newly-crowned Olympic champions Maxey Long (440-47.8) and John Flanagan (Hammer/168-0 (51.21), 169-4 (51.61)) set world records at the Fall Paralympic Games on Traverse Island, New York. Long received credit for the first IAAF-certified mark in the 400m/440m. Both are members of the National Hall of Fame
Long (scroll down): https://www.usatf.org/news/2021/usatf-announces-2021-hall-of-fame-class
Wiki Biography (Flanagan): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flanagan_(hammer_thrower)
1912— Erik Lemming of Sweden, who won his 2ndth The Olympic javelin champion threw 204-5 (62.32) in Stockholm in July to set the first IAAF-certified world record in the event. He had previously set 14 unofficial records between 1899 and 1907. He also won gold in the “freestyle” javelin at the 1908 Olympics.
Since the Javelin had not yet been added to the Olympic program, he competed in six other field events at the 1900 Olympics, finishing 4.th High jump, pole vault and hammer throw.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76253
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lemming
Video (1912): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIJZ4pPBdYs
1923– 1:St The US Women’s Championship was held in Newark, New Jersey
Results:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_USA_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships
1959– Hungary’s quartet of Lajos Kovacs (4:07.4), Bela Sekeres (4:07.6), Sandor Iharos (4:09.2) and Istvan Rozsavolgi (4:00.9) ran 16:25.1 (validated from 16:25 to 16 :2). Break Australia’s 6-month world record in the 4xmile relay (16:25.6).
1962– Valerie Brummel set the 5th of her 6 world records in the high jump, clearing 7-5 ¼ (2.27) in Moscow.
WR progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_high_jump_world_record_progression
1974– Norb Sander, 2:th In 1973, he won the 5th New York City Marathon in Central Park (2:26:30). Completion 5:00 p.mth In 2:35:59 it was Bill Rogers who would start a 4 year winning streak in New York in 1976. Sander was the driving force behind the Armory’s revival in New York. Hugh Sweeney (2:37:27) finished 6thth for 2th year in a row.
The winner of the women’s division was Catherine Switzer (3:07:29), one of the pioneers of women’s distance running.
Extreme heat and humidity caused 40% of dropouts among newbies.
Starter/Finishers: 501/269; Men: 475/260, Women: 26/9
Leading finishers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_New_York_City_Marathon
Sander: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/sports/norbert-sander-dead-nyc-marathon-winner.html?mcubz=3
Switzerland. https://www.nyrr.org/about/hall-of-fame/kathrine-switzer
Rogers: https://www.nyrr.org/about/hall-of-fame/bill-rodgers
1988– Florence Griffith-Joyner continued to surprise, this time winning the Olympics 200 In Seoul with a world record of 21.34. He first lowered the record to 21.56 earlier in the day in his semi-final race. Jamaica’s Grace Jackson (21.72) and East Germany’s Heike Drechsler (21.95) won silver and bronze medals.
Flo-Joe’s sister, Jackie Joyner-Kersey, came from behind in Round 5 to win; Women’s long jump with an Olympic record of 24-3 ½ (7.40m). Drechsler (23-8 ¼ (7.22)) won the silver medal and the bronze went to Galina Chistyakova of the Soviet Union (and Russia) (23-4 (7.11)).
East Germany’s Martina Hellmann (237-2 (72.30)) defeated teammate Diana Gansky (235-10 (71.88)) to win Women’s discus. Completion 3th Bulgaria’s representative was Tsevtanka Hristova (228-10 (69.74)).
East Germany’s Christian Schenck (8488) and Torsten Voss (8399) finished 1-2. DecathlonCanada’s Dave Steen (8328) won bronze over Great Britain’s Daley Thompson (8306), the two-time defending champion.
Medal Winners/Results: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics
NY Times coverage FloJo-NY Times
2000– Morocco’s Hicham El Gerouj missed out on Olympic gold 4 years ago in Atlanta when he fell in the final. Men’s 1500 meters one round ago. Now the world record holder in the 1,500 and mile, he was a heavy favorite to make up for that disappointment with victory at the Sydney Olympics.
Countryman Youssef Baba, willing to sacrifice his own chances to help El Gueruji, ran the first 400 in 54.1 in a bid to spread the field, but he slowed to 60+ in the next lap, allowing Kenyans Noah Ngeni and Bernard Lagat. , among others, to stay close to the leader.
A confident El Gerouj took over, going round 3 with a score of 56.8, but couldn’t shake Ngeni and Lagat (and France’s Mehdi Baala). El G took the lead in the final stretch, but Ngeni passed him with about 25 meters to go and pulled away for the win. He set an Olympic record of 3:32.07 and El G (3:32.32) held off Lagat (3:32.44) to win the silver medal.
While many saw Ngeni’s win as a major upset, he gave El Gerouj all he could handle last year in Rome when both broke the previous world record in the mile with El G winning in 3:43.13 to Ngeni’s 3:43.40. Those are still the two fastest mile times in history. El Gerouj finally won an Olympic gold medal (actually 2) after 4 years when he won the 1500 and 5000 in Athens.
With the absence of Sergey Bubka, who failed to clear the starting tally in the qualifiers Men’s pole vaultAmericans Nick Hissong and Lawrence Johnson won gold and silver medals, respectively. Both cleared 19-4 ¼ (5.90m), as did the other two, Hissong clearing on his first attempt and Johnson on his 2nd. Russia’s Maxim Tarasov won bronze over Germany’s Michael Stolle, who missed two on his opening height of 18-1/2 (5.50).
Germany’s Heike Drechsler (22-11 ¼ (6.99)) won his 2nd.th Olympic title Women’s long jump 8 years after defeating him 1St Beating him 2 in Barcelona in 1992th Italy’s Fiona May (22-8 ½ (6.92)) won back-to-back silver medals, while Russia’s Tatiana Kitova won bronze (22-5 (6.83)). Marion Jones originally finished 3rdthbut his bronze was one of 5 medals he later lost to drug use.
Poland’s Robert Korzeniowski, already a 20km walk winner in Sydney, won his 2nd consecutive Olympic title. 50 thousand (31 miles). He would go on to win his 3rd 50k title in Athens 4 years later. Completion 2th and 3th were Latvian Aigars Fadeevs (3:43:40) and Mexican Joel Sanchez (3:44:36).
Ruben Kosgei (8:21.43) and Wilson Boyt Kipketer (8:21.77) finished 1-2. Men’s runningwhile Morocco’s Ali Ezzi (8:22.15) prevented a Kenyan sweep by edging Bernard Barmasa (8:22.23) for third.th place
It Women’s hammer throw Made her Olympic debut, winning medals over Poland’s Kamila Skolimowska (233-5 (71.16)), Russia’s Olga Kuzenkova (228-11 (69.77)) and Germany’s Kirsten Klose (227-3 (69.28)).
Medal winners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics
Videos:: M1500 Kevin Sullivan looks back (5:00 p.mth in the final) MSC:
2019— American Christian Taylor (58-9 ½ (17.92)) won his 4th The world title Men’s triple jump in Doha. Former Florida teammate Will Clay (58-2 ½ (17.74)) won the silver medal (his 4th).th WC medal), and Burkina Faso’s Hugo Fabrice Zango (57-11 ¼ (17.66)) won the bronze.
Taylor, a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2012, 2016), was in danger of missing out on the medals after fouling her first two efforts, but pulled through in the third.th round (57-2 ​​(17.42)) with a jump, to qualify for 3 more jumps. He moved ahead of Clay with his 4th district jump (58-7 ¼ (17.86)), then had his winning jump of 58-9 1/2 in the next round.
Taylor’s win gave the US its 100thth gold medal of the world championship. Taylor said: “How can I not be proud to win the USA’s 100th gold medal? It really is the icing on the cake and adds to the phenomenal competition I get to compete in. For that to be part of my story, I’m really proud of that.”
Russia’s Angelika Sidorova, posing as an “authorized neutral athlete,” and American Sandi Morris were dead even Women’s pole vault After clearing 5 heights, the last one 16-3/4 (4.90), without a miss. After Morris missed her 3 attempts at 16-2 ¾ (4/95), Sidorova won the gold medal after clearing her 3.th to try This was a personal best for Sidorova and moved her to No. 4 on the all-time list. Katerina Stefanidi of Greece (15-11 (4.85)), the current champion, became the bronze medalist. Tied for 7th(with 2 others) 15-5 (4.70) were American women Jen Sur and Katie Nageot.
In terms of depth, it was the largest women’s pole vault event in history, with 12 competitors clearing 15-5 (4.70).
3 pretty new moms were also winners on the day.
Jamaica’s Shelley-Anne Fraser-Pryce also became a 4-time world champion, winning Women’s 100 10.71, the fastest time of the year, over Great Britain’s Dina Usher-Smith, who set a national record of 10.83, and Ivory Coast’s Marie-José Ta Lui (10.90). 4:th Jamaican Elaine Thompson (10.93), two-time Olympic sprint champion in 2016.
Fraser-Pryce, who will win 5th The world title in 2022 was brought into his victory lap by his young son, Zion.
Allison Felix, who gave birth to daughter Camryn last November, averaged 50.4 rebounds for the USA team that won the tournament. Medley 4×400 relaywhich was contested for the first time in the world championship. Will London ran 44.9 in the lead, followed by Courtney Okolo (49.9) and anchor Michael Cherry’s 44.1 in a world record 3:09.34. Completion 2thand 3th were Jamaica (3:11.78) and Bahrain (3:11.82). It was 12 o’clockth Felix’s gold medal at the world championships, breaking the record of 11 he shared with Jamaica’s Usain Bolt.
The third mother to claim the world title was Liu Hong (1:32:53) who led the Chinese sweep. Women’s 20k Walk. 2:th and 3th were Qiyang Shenji (1:33:10) and Yan Lujing (1:33:17).th World title.
Medal Winners/Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Athletics_Championships
Day 3 Summary: https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-championships-doha-fraser-pryce-taylor
Videos:: W100 Underline Post-race interviews WPV (52 minutes) Sidorova MTJ: Taylor W20kWalk: Medley 4×400 Underline
T&F News Coverage (for subscribers)
WPV: MTJ: Medley 4×400 W100 W20 kW
Mothers: https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/fraser-pryce-felix-liu-mothers-world-champion
