Good mood with Dreifingerin Caroline Joyeux, who booked the final ticket on Tuesday at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Alexander Stepanov, on the other hand, reacted disappointed to his out of over 800 meters. In addition to the German Sprinter Gregory Minoué, the three-time world champion Grant Holloway from the USA also ran far in the hurdle semi-final. There were two best times over 400 meters. The fourth day of the competition at an overview.
Triple jump – strong qualification by Caroline Joyeux
DLV threesome Caroline Joyeux has booked one of the twelve places for the World Cup final in Tokyo nervous. In her third and last attempt in qualification, she jumped 14.19 meters – that was the ninth best width of the 35 jumpers. “The mood here is totally great. The final is now an encore for me. I will do my best in the first jumps and then see what’s coming”said the 24-year-old of the sports show. The Berliner has already jumped 14.45 meters this year, and this performance can serve as a yardstick in the fight for the medals.
Yulimar Rojas from Venezuela also had the chance to become world champion for the fifth time in the final in the final on Thursday (1:55 p.m., in the live ticker at Sportschau.de). Because of an Achilles tendon tear, she has had a long break. In contrast, Jessie Maduka, the second DLV jumper at the World Cup. With her longest leap, she landed at 13.47 meters. “I train well, but a switch changes in competition and everything is gone”was the 29 -year -old Maduka after the baffled. “I hope that at some point the nervousness will go away and that I can call up a top performance on a big stage.”
800 meters – Stepanov excreted with sore throat
WM debutant Alexander Stepanov kept it reasonably good in his lead over 800 meters, but had nothing to do with the last 150 meters. In 1: 46.32 minutes, the 20 -year -old only finished seventh – and it was clearly not enough for the time to get into the semi -finals. In the sports show interview, the German champion was disappointed with his own performance: “I actually imagined that better. It somehow felt difficult. This morning I also got a sore throat. But I stay tuned and show it next time.”
Among the 24 semi -finalists include Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi from Kenya, defending champion Marco Arop from Canada and the 2019 world champion, Donavan Brazier from the USA. In contrast, his only 16 -year -old compatriot Cooper Lutkenhaus, who had traveled to Tokyo as sixth in the world year’s best list.
110 meters hurdles – out for Minoué and Holloway in the semi -finals
For Gregory Minoué, the semi-finals were already a success. In the first of three preliminaries, the 23-year-old did not get out of the starting block, ran after the competition from the start and ended up sixth in 13.56 seconds. “It only got a little good from the fourth or fifth hurdle, that’s not enough,” said Minoué self-critically in the Sportschau interview. He was still satisfied with his first World Cup participation: “It was a big thing for me.” Grant Holloway (13.52) was also eliminated – the American had recently won three World Cup titles in a row, but this season he does not find his top form.
In the final this afternoon German time (3:20 p.m.), on the other hand, the world year’s best Cordell Tinch from the USA (13.16) and the Japanese local hero Rachid Muratake (13.17) are among others. Jamaican Tyler Mason (13.12) goes into the medal run as the fastest from the semi -finals.
The Japanese Shunsuke Izumiya was disqualified after a fall at the fourth hurdle, but was nevertheless a frenetic applause from his compatriots: the 25-year-old had got up again and only reached the goal after over 29 seconds.
400 meters – World year best times In the semi -finals
In the semi-finals over 400 meters, Sydney McLaughlin-Levron set a real exclamation mark: the American not only impressively won her course, but also ran in the world’s best time in 48.29 seconds. In the final run on Thursday (3:24 p.m., in the live ticker at Sportschau.de) she is on the number one on the gold medal. Among the finalists include defending champion and Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino from the Dominican Republic (49.82) and the World Cup second of Budapest 2023, Natalia Bukowiecka from Poland (49.67).
The spectators in the nation stadium were also allowed to celebrate a world year’s best time in the men’s 400-meter semi-final: Busang Colle Kebinatshipi from Botswana finished 43.61 seconds. The previous first of this ranking, Zakithi Nene from South Africa, won his semi -finals in 44.20 seconds. In the course of the medals on Thursday (3:10 p.m., in the live ticker at Sportschau.de) he can get the top position back ….