The ‘Grasshopper’ jumped 8.03 meters to the third, the two obstacles will be in the final and the Soriana, in ‘semis’
Allyson Felix said goodbye to athletics with a bronze with the USA in the 4×400 mixed when they seemed to have the gold
After the disappointment of the two 20-kilometre walk tests, which resulted in only one finalist position (Álvaro Martín was seventh), the Spanish delegation has had the first joys in the afternoon session of the Outdoor Athletics World Championships that will be held in Eugene until Sunday 24 and in which the legendary Allyson Felix said goodbye to the great international championships with a certain disappointment.
The sensational Californian athlete made a great second post for the United States in a final of the 4×400 meters mixed relay that Spain did not manage to access and in what meant the goodbye of the most successful athlete in history with 12 gold medals in outdoor World Championships and eight Olympic titles.
Elija Godwin led the way, Felix relieved her, Vernon Norwood covered third post and Kennedy Simon started the 200 curve with a great advantage, but sank in the final stretch and could only be third with 3:10.16 behind a historic Dominican Republic with 3:09.82 (Lidio Andrés Feliz, a great Marileidy Paulino, Alexander Ogando and Fiordaliza Cofil) and the Netherlands with a sensational lap by Femke Bol (3:09.90).
Allyson Felix said goodbye with a bitter bronze
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Fourth in the Tokyo Games, in the 2015 World Cup in Moscow and twice in the Europeans, Eusebio Cáceres showed his competitive character in the long jump qualification to go to 8.03 meters (fifth best mark of both groups tied with the Hellenic favorite Miltiadis Tentoglou). The bad news was carried out by Barça player Héctor Santos, eliminated with three draws.
Therefore, the ‘Grasshopper of Onil’ will be in the grand final that will be played on Sunday morning at 3:20 a.m. (Spanish peninsular time). The best mark was achieved by the Japanese Yuki Hashioka with 8.18 meters and other favorites also passed, such as the American Dendy (8.16), the Swedish Montler (8.10), the Swiss leader of the year Simon Ehammer (8.09) and the surprising Indian Sreeshankar (8.00).
Things were even better in the series of 3,000 meter hurdles, with Sebastián Martos and Dani Arce classified for the final which will be played on Tuesday at 4:20 am (Spanish peninsular time) and in which, on the contrary, there will be no ‘touched’ Víctor Ruiz.
The azulgrana Sebas Martos scored at a high level
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The recent Spanish champion Sebas Martos he was very brave and he did not hesitate to collaborate so that the first series had a very lively rhythm to go through times by being fifth with 8:18.94 (his third best time ever) with the great Moroccan El Bakkali first (8:16.65).
In the second Víctor Ruiz had a physical problem and could only be eleventh (8:33.42) in an exhibition by the Ethiopian Girma (8:19.64) and in the third Dani Arce happened with the last repechado time to be fifth with 8:21.06 taking advantage of the bad jump of the last estuary of the Kenyan Kigen, bronze in Tokyo and that was eliminated.
also replied as always the ‘warrior’ Marta Pérez to sneak by times in the semifinals of 1,500 meters after being eighth in the second series with 4:05.92 (her best mark of the season), so the Medicine graduate will return to the track early on Sunday (4:05 a.m., Spanish peninsular time) to fight for the pass to a final that seems very hard.
A remarkable Marta Pérez passed round in 1,500
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As for the favorites, in the first heat the Ethiopian Meshesha (4:07.05) prevailed with the British Laura Muir second (4:07.53), in the second Olympic and world champion Faith Kipyegon (Kenyan) was exhibited with 4:04.53 followed by the Ethiopian Hailu (4:04.85) and in the third the Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay showed with 4:02.68 without disheveled that she is willing to fight.
The day also served to see the great favorites of the men’s hectometer in contention with the first round after the preliminaries in the morning and the leader of the year shone with his own light, a Fred Kerley which credited a brutal 9.79 to confirm himself as the great favorite despite the resistance he will encounter, especially among his compatriots.
Fred Kerley flew in the 100 meter dash in Eugene
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Trayvon Brommell stopped the clock in 9.89 to win his series and the rest of the times under 10 seconds were achieved by the Jamaican Seville (9.94), the British Hughes (9.97), the Liberian Matadi (9.99), the Japanese Sani Brown (9.98) and the very young Botwanese Tebogo at 19 years old (9.94, sub’20 world record). Recently arrived due to visa problems, the Kenyan Omanyala also qualified (10.10) as did a gray Olympic champion Jakobs (4/10), Bracy (5/10) and Coleman (8/10).
In shot put, American favorite Joe Crouser didn’t need to spin at full speed to qualify for the final with an excellent 22.28 meters, ahead of his compatriots Joe Kovacs (21.50) and Awotunde (21.18), the New Zealander Tom Walsh (21.11) and the Brazilian Olympic champion Darlan Romani (ninth with 20.98), while the azulgrana Carlos Tobalina He did not reach 20 meters and was 24th with 19.70. Does anyone understand why with him if the ranking was respected and he did not get Pol Retamal or Paula Sevilla in 200 meters?
Toimil will not be in the shot put final
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The Galician did not have options in females either Maria Belen Toimilwho did not come close to her personal best or even that of the year and finished 21st with 17.48 (she would have passed as eleventh with her national record of 18.80), while American favorite Chase Ealey was clearly first with 20.51 meters. And watch out for China’s Lijao Gong, current Olympic and world champion who has been slow to catch up with her and got her best throw of the season with 19.51.