2023-08-22 07:58:37
World Athletics Championships: U.S. rookie Richardson wins women’s 100m and Zhu Yaming ranks fourth in triple jump 2023-08-22 15:58:37.0 Source: Xinhuanet Authors: Wu Junkuan, Liu Yang, Chen Hao
The World Athletics Championships in Budapest witnessed the birth of two tournament records on the 21st. Among them, American player Richardson staged the “Ninth Miracle” and won the women’s 100m championship. Chinese star Zhu Yaming won the fourth place in the men’s triple jump despite poor physical condition.
Richardson, who participated in the World Athletics Championships for the first time, ranked third in her group and advanced in the women’s 100m semi-finals that day. In the subsequent finals, she started in the outer ninth lane. Jamaica’s defending champion Fraser Price and her compatriot Jackson occupied the fourth and fifth lanes in the middle, the favorite to win the championship before the final. The two also received the warmest applause and praise from the audience before the final. cheer.
After the start of the final, Jackson took the lead, and Fraser-Price, who has won five world championships in the event, fought hard to catch up. When approaching the finish line, Richardson, the most outlier, came from behind and finally crossed the finish line with a time of 10.65 seconds. While winning the championship, he also broke the record of 10.67 seconds set by Fraser Price in the last World Championships. Tournament record.
After the game, Richardson, full of personality, said: “Here I am. I am a champion. I told you. I’m not just back, I’m better.”
Jackson won the runner-up with a time of 10.72 seconds, and Fraser-Price won the bronze medal with a time of 10.77 seconds.
Another tournament record that was born that night belongs to Sweden’s Stahl. He defeated defending champion Petr Cech from Slovenia with the last shot in the men’s discus final. With a score of 71.46 meters, he set a record for Petr in the last World Championships and won the World Championships once more following 2019. Cech ranked second with 70 meters 02. Alekna of Lithuania came third.
In the men’s triple jump competition, Burkina Faso’s Zango, who won the bronze and silver medals in the previous two World Championships, won the championship with a score of 17.64 meters, winning the country’s first track and field gold medal in history. The two Cuban players Martinez and Napoles won the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Tokyo Olympic runner-up Zhu Yaming finished fourth with a score of 17.15 meters, but unfortunately missed the podium. Another Chinese player Fang Yaoqing jumped 17.01 meters and ranked sixth.
After the game, Zhu Yaming said that due to the infection of the new crown at the beginning of the month, his recent physical condition is not very good. In the competition, we can only try our best to show the best results in the current state. Achieving fourth place is also acceptable.
In the men’s 110-meter hurdles competition, American star Holloway took the lead in crossing the line in 12.96 seconds, achieving three consecutive world championships. Jamaica’s Olympic champion Pachement won the silver medal, and another American player Roberts came in third.
In addition, in the women’s pole vault qualifying competition, the three players of the Chinese team, Li Ling, Niu Chunge and Xu Huiqin, failed to advance to the final. In the semi-finals of the men’s 400m hurdles, Xie Zhiyu of the Chinese team failed to go further. It is worth mentioning that the 19-year-old Jamaican teenager Clark broke the world youth record in the men’s 400-meter hurdles semi-final.
On the 22nd, the World Championships will usher in the fourth competition day, producing four gold medals. China’s defending champion Feng Bin will play in the women’s discus final.
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