Eugene: Malayali player Eldos Paul is disappointed in the World Athletics Championship. Eldos, a native of Kothamangalam, finished ninth in the men’s triple jump final. Eldos’ best time is 16.79m.
Olympic champion Pedro Picado of Portugal won gold with a world-class performance of 17.95m. Burkina Faso’s Hughes Fabrice Sango won the silver with a jump of 17.55m and China’s Yaming Xu won the bronze with 17.31m. Sango had won bronze in the last championship. Yaming Su is the bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.
Eldos contested in seventh place. He jumped 16.37 meters on the first occasion and 16.79 meters on the second occasion. Third chance missed. The star might only cross 13.86 meters. The top eight in the first three rounds will be able to participate in the next three opportunities. Eldos returned with Peruma, the first Indian player to enter the triple jump final. In the men’s 4-400m relay, India failed to enter the finals. Malayalam stars Muhammad Anas Yahia, Muhammad Ajmal, Nagathan Pandey and Rajesh Ramesh ran for India. She finished sixth in three minutes 07.29 seconds. U.S. beats Jamaica in women’s 4-100m relay became the winners. The team of Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini and Twanish Terry finished with a world class time of 41.14 seconds. The team of Kemba Nelson, Elaine Thompson Hera, Shelley Ann Fraser Price and Shereeka Jackson finished second in 41.18 seconds. Bronze went to Germany who finished in 42.03 seconds. Tatjana Pinto, Alexandra Burgat, Gina Lukamber and Rebecca Haas held the baton for Germany. The U.S. beat Jamaica, who had secured the gold, by seconds. passed over Canada unexpectedly won gold in the men’s category. The team of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendan Rodney and Andre de Grasse finished with a world class time of 37.48 seconds. USA finished in 37.55 seconds. Won silver. Kristin Coleman, Noah Lyles, Elijah Hall and Marvin Brassey ran for the US. The U.S. has secured gold. The group came running. Britain secured the bronze following finishing in 37.83 seconds. Jonah Ifolko, Sarnell Hughes, Nathaniel Mitchell Blake and Reece Prescod competed for Great Britain.
In the women’s 5000m final, Gudaf Segai of Ethiopia finished in 14 minutes 46.29 seconds. Kenya’s Beatrice Chebt won the silver in 14 minutes 46.75 seconds and Ethiopia’s own Dwight Tse won the bronze in 14 minutes 47.36 seconds. Gudaf Segai also won gold in the 1500m race. In the men’s 800m race, Kenya’s Emmanuel Kiprui Korir won gold in one minute, 43.71 seconds. Djamal Sedjati of Algeria won the silver in 1 minute 44.14 seconds and Marco Arop of Canada won the bronze in 1 minute 44.28 seconds. The final day will see the men’s/women’s 4-400m relay and the women’s long jump and 100m hurdles finals.
U.S. on medal list The dominance continues. Their achievement is 28 medals including 10 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze. Second placed Ethiopia has 10 medals including four gold, four silver and two bronze. Kenya beat Jamaica to the third position. Kenya won eight medals including two gold, four silver and two bronze.
