PostedAugust 4, 2022, 06:45
AthleticsFriborg Audrey Werro in silver at the U20 Worlds
The CA Belfaux athlete was beaten only by American Roisin Willis in the 800m final. In 1’59”53, she set a new U20 and U23 national record.
Audrey Werro, a face that we will see once more.
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Audrey Werro won silver in the 800m at the U20 World Athletics Championships. In Cali (Colombia), on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the Fribourgeoise (18 years old) was beaten only by the American Roisin Willis, who doubled her in the home straight to slam the best time of the history of the championship (1’59”13).
In 1’59”53, the CA Belfaux athlete achieved a new U20 and U23 national record by running 3”59 faster than when she won her title of European U20 Champion last summer. in Tallinn (Estonia). She was then only 17 years old.
At the Worlds in Cali, Audrey Werro had set the best time in the semi-finals in 2’01”25. In the final, she beat her previous record (2’00”28, incomplete homologation in June in Geneva) by more than a second.
(Sport-Center)