World Athletics Championships, 100 meters, Kerley’s revenge: “See? We said it. And hat-trick was”

From our correspondent Andrea Buongiovanni

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July 17
– EUGENE (USA)

Triplet! Waiting, not obvious. The United States, in the 100 male orphans of Marcell Jacobs, make one-two-three, monopolizing the podium. They call it “sweep”, sweep. Congratulations to Fred Kerley, who after the Olympic silver wins world gold with 9 “86 (-0.1 m / s), to Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell, authors of the same 9” 88 and divided by two thousandths of a second (9 “874 to 9” 876). On a day with unfavorable conditions such as on the occasion of the heats, with a lower temperature, the final does not offer those monstrous performances that everyone was waiting for. But it reiterates the overwhelming power of the hosts. There were two precedents: in Helsinki 1983, with Carl Lewis (10 “07), Calvin Smith (10” 21) and Emmit King (10 “24) and in Tokyo 1991, again with the Son of the wind (9” 86, then the record of the world), Leroy Burrell (9 “88) and Dennis Mitchell (9” 91), time trials very similar to those of Eugene 2022. However, it was from Osaka 2007 and the 400 of Wariner, Merrit, Taylor that the company in the US he succeeded.

The race

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“We said we would do the en-plein – shouts Kerley into the microphone of the field speaker – promise kept.” For the United States, in the 100, it is the eleventh title out of eighteen. And for Fred the redemption after a certain life not easy. After the semifinals had reshuffled the cards, with the Jamaican Seville the fastest (9 “90), the final respects the prediction. The three medalists have a great reaction to the shot (0” 119, 0 “118 and 0 “110), Bracy in the third lane has a quality start, Bromell in the eighth with a sprint, but then it is Kerley, in the last twenty meters, in fourth, who makes the difference.

The others

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The fourth place goes to the 21-year-old Seville (9 “97), the novelty of the review, the fifth to the South African Simbine (10” 01), already fourth at the Games, then followed by the defending champion Coleman (10 “’01), the Japanese Sani Brown (10 ”06) and Canadian Brown (10” 07). Only Kerley and Simbine had already been in the top eight in Tokyo. Confirm – true Marcell? – it’s always difficult.