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TOKYO — The best and deepest race in observe and area historical past surprised the world as Karsten Warholm of Norway demolished his personal 400m hurdles world document with a mind-boggling 45.94, and he wanted each little bit of that historic run to beat Rai Benjamin (Mount Vernon, New York / USATF New York), who was on his shoulder till the ultimate barrier and set a pending American document with a 46.17 for silver.
Brazil’s Alison dos Santos took bronze in 46.72, which might have been a world document earlier than Warholm’s 46.70 earlier this season. Six of the eight runners set nationwide data.
Warholm was out in a short time as typical in lane six, one lane exterior Benjamin, and had a one stride lead by way of the 250m mark, the place Benjamin began to catch as much as him. The 2 then raced into the historical past books down the homestretch and solely a slight bobble by Benjamin earlier than hurdle ten created separation. Benjamin chopped .61 seconds off Kevin Younger’s American document, which earlier than Warholm’s 46.70 final month had stood because the world document because it was set on the 1992 Video games in Barcelona.
Ladies’s Lengthy Leap closing
The deepest and one of many closest competitions ever was a three-way battle between 2012 gold medalist and Rio silver medalist Brittney Reese (Chula Vista, California / USATF San Diego-Imperial), Nigeria’s Ese Brume and reigning world champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany.
Brume threw down the gauntlet in spherical one with a 6.97m/22-10.5, and Mihambo got here shut within the second spherical with a 6.95m/22-9.75 earlier than Reese responded with a 6.97m of her personal in spherical three to take over the lead on the idea of a greater secondary mark. Within the subsequent stanza, Brume improved her greatest secondary mark to retake the lead after which spherical 5 noticed Reese transfer atop the standings but once more with a 6.95m effort.
All of it got here all the way down to the ultimate spherical, then, and Mihambo had the most effective leap of the day, hitting 7.00m/22-11.75 to edge Reese off the highest of the rostrum and into the silver medal place. Reese hit the board and landed 6.84m/22-5.25 and earned her second silver medal at an Olympic Video games.
NCAA indoor and outside champion and collegiate document holder Tara Davis (Agoura Hills, California / USATF Southern California) improved on every of her first 4 makes an attempt, culminating in a 6.84m/22-5.25 that will place her sixth.
Males’s 1,500m 1st spherical
Sixth with two laps to go in a well-paced warmth one, Trials and NCAA champion Cole Hocker (Indianapolis, Indiana / USATF Indiana) hugged the within and was fourth on the bell. He averted jostling with 300m to go and located a transparent lane off the ultimate flip to observe the leaders to the road, ending fourth in 3:36.16 and mechanically advancing with the fifth-fastest time total.
Reigning Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz (Arlington, Virginia / USATF Oregon) tucked into third on the within with two laps remaining in warmth two after which moved out to the shoulder of Kenya’s Abel Kipsang earlier than surging to the entrance on the bell. Avoiding the collision behind him that took two runners down, Centrowitz made positive he was in qualifying place and positioned second behind Kipsang in 3:41.12 to maneuver on. Each will compete within the semifinals on Thursday, August 5 at 7:00 AM ET / 8:00 PM in Tokyo.
Yared Nuguse (Louisville, Kentucky / USATF Kentucky) withdrew simply earlier than the race with a proper thigh harm after trying to heat up.
Ladies’s 400m 1st spherical
A gentle early tempo put Trials champion Quanera Hayes (Hope Mills, North Carolina / USATF North Carolina) in good stead to earn one of many three automated qualifying berths as she ran even with Britain’s Jodie Williams and completed second in 51.07. Allyson Felix (Los Angeles, California / USATF Southern California) used all of the expertise she has gathered as probably the most embellished U.S. lady in Olympic observe and area historical past, cruising to the win in warmth three in 50.84.
Within the closing warmth, 2019 World Championships fourth-place finisher Wadeline Jonathas (West Columbia, South Carolina / USATF South Carolina) ran aggressively for the primary 150m after which held her place in second, clocking 50.93 to simply advance.
All three will subsequent compete within the semifinals on Wednesday, August 4 at 6:30 AM ET / 7:30 PM native time.
Males’s 200m 1st spherical
As anticipated, all three Workforce USATF males comfortably superior to the semifinal (Tuesday, August 3 at 7:50 AM ET / 8:50 PM native time). By far the youngest man within the area at 17, excessive schooler Erriyon Knighton (Riverview, Florida / USATF Florida) flew across the flip and strolled down the straight to win warmth 4 in 20.55. Knighton is the youngest U.S. male observe and area Olympian since Jim Ryun in 1964.
Making it look simpler than anybody ought to in warmth 5, Kenny Bednarek (Minneola, Florida / USATF Wisconsin) stormed off the curve on the best way to a 20.01 that’s the quickest time ever in an Olympic first spherical.
Reigning world champion Noah Lyles (Alexandria, Virginia / USATF Potomac Valley) turned in a 20.18 to win the ultimate warmth.
Males’s Triple Leap qualifying
Two of the three Individuals did sufficient to make it to the ultimate, led by Donald Scott (Ypsilanti, Michigan / USATF Michigan). Scott bounded 17.01m/55-9.75 on his first try, simply in need of the auto normal for advancing to the ultimate, but it surely ranked him sixth total and earned him his first Olympic closing spot. Two-time silver medalist Will Claye (Buckeye, Arizona / USATF New York), one of many Workforce USATF captains, began with a 16.78m/55-0.75 after which added 10 centimeters to that within the subsequent spherical. Claye closed out his account for the day with a 16.91m/55-5.75 and garnered his third straight Olympic closing. Scott and Claye will subsequent compete Wednesday, August 4 at 10:00 PM ET / Thursday, August 5 11:00 AM native time.
Chris Benard (Chula Vista, California / USATF San Diego-Imperial) had a better of 16.59m/54-5.25 and didn’t qualify for the ultimate.
Ladies’s Javelin qualifying
American document holder and Trials champion Maggie Malone (Vestavia Hills, Alabama / USATF Gulf) didn’t take lengthy reserving her journey to the ultimate, launching the 600-gram implement 63.07m/206-11 to surpass the auto normal and change into the primary U.S. Olympic finalist since Donna Mayhew in 1992. Malone’s throw was additionally the most effective in Video games historical past by an American with the fashionable implement (post-1999), beating the earlier document set by Winger in flight A. It was additionally the second greatest toss of the day total. Malone will proceed on Friday, August 6 at 7:50 AM ET / 8:50 PM in Tokyo.
Workforce co-captain and former American document holder Kara Winger (Colorado Springs, Colorado / USATF New York) confronted very damp situations within the first flight, opening with a 57.95m/190-1. She prolonged that to 59.71m/195-10 in spherical two and that will stand as her better of the morning, leaving her simply exterior the 12 qualifiers for the ultimate. Her mark was on the time the most effective ever within the Video games by an American lady with the fashionable implement. Ariana Ince (Chula Vista, California / USATF San Diego-Imperial) had a better of 54.98m/180-4 and didn’t make it to the ultimate.
On demand protection of this session’s occasions will probably be obtainable by way of NBC Olympics, and full outcomes can be found on the World Athletics website.
The subsequent session begins at 6:10 A.M. ET with the boys’s 110m hurdles qualifying spherical. Followers within the U.S. can watch here by way of NBC properties.
Keep up-to-date by following USATF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok and utilizing the hashtag #TeamUSATF.
USATF Medal Count (7)
Gold (1)
Ladies’s Discus Throw – Valarie Allman
Silver (5)
Ladies’s Shot Put – Raven Saunders
Males’s 100m – Fred Kerley
Ladies’s 100m Hurdles – Keni Harrison
Ladies’s Lengthy Leap – Brittney Reese
Males’s 400m Hurdles – Rai Benjamin
Bronze (1)
4x400m Blended Relay – Trevor Stewart, Kendall Ellis, Kailyn Whitney, Vernon Norwood
American Information (1)
Males’s 400m Hurdles – Rai Benjamin (46.17)
USATF Statistician
Brazil’s Alison dos Santos took bronze in 46.72, which might have been a world document earlier than Warholm’s 46.70 earlier this season. Six of the eight runners set nationwide data.
Warholm was out in a short time as typical in lane six, one lane exterior Benjamin, and had a one stride lead by way of the 250m mark, the place Benjamin began to catch as much as him. The 2 then raced into the historical past books down the homestretch and solely a slight bobble by Benjamin earlier than hurdle ten created separation. Benjamin chopped .61 seconds off Kevin Younger’s American document, which earlier than Warholm’s 46.70 final month had stood because the world document because it was set on the 1992 Video games in Barcelona.
Ladies’s Lengthy Leap closing
The deepest and one of many closest competitions ever was a three-way battle between 2012 gold medalist and Rio silver medalist Brittney Reese (Chula Vista, California / USATF San Diego-Imperial), Nigeria’s Ese Brume and reigning world champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany.
Brume threw down the gauntlet in spherical one with a 6.97m/22-10.5, and Mihambo got here shut within the second spherical with a 6.95m/22-9.75 earlier than Reese responded with a 6.97m of her personal in spherical three to take over the lead on the idea of a greater secondary mark. Within the subsequent stanza, Brume improved her greatest secondary mark to retake the lead after which spherical 5 noticed Reese transfer atop the standings but once more with a 6.95m effort.
All of it got here all the way down to the ultimate spherical, then, and Mihambo had the most effective leap of the day, hitting 7.00m/22-11.75 to edge Reese off the highest of the rostrum and into the silver medal place. Reese hit the board and landed 6.84m/22-5.25 and earned her second silver medal at an Olympic Video games.
NCAA indoor and outside champion and collegiate document holder Tara Davis (Agoura Hills, California / USATF Southern California) improved on every of her first 4 makes an attempt, culminating in a 6.84m/22-5.25 that will place her sixth.
Males’s 1,500m 1st spherical
Sixth with two laps to go in a well-paced warmth one, Trials and NCAA champion Cole Hocker (Indianapolis, Indiana / USATF Indiana) hugged the within and was fourth on the bell. He averted jostling with 300m to go and located a transparent lane off the ultimate flip to observe the leaders to the road, ending fourth in 3:36.16 and mechanically advancing with the fifth-fastest time total.
Reigning Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz (Arlington, Virginia / USATF Oregon) tucked into third on the within with two laps remaining in warmth two after which moved out to the shoulder of Kenya’s Abel Kipsang earlier than surging to the entrance on the bell. Avoiding the collision behind him that took two runners down, Centrowitz made positive he was in qualifying place and positioned second behind Kipsang in 3:41.12 to maneuver on. Each will compete within the semifinals on Thursday, August 5 at 7:00 AM ET / 8:00 PM in Tokyo.
Yared Nuguse (Louisville, Kentucky / USATF Kentucky) withdrew simply earlier than the race with a proper thigh harm after trying to heat up.
Ladies’s 400m 1st spherical
A gentle early tempo put Trials champion Quanera Hayes (Hope Mills, North Carolina / USATF North Carolina) in good stead to earn one of many three automated qualifying berths as she ran even with Britain’s Jodie Williams and completed second in 51.07. Allyson Felix (Los Angeles, California / USATF Southern California) used all of the expertise she has gathered as probably the most embellished U.S. lady in Olympic observe and area historical past, cruising to the win in warmth three in 50.84.
Within the closing warmth, 2019 World Championships fourth-place finisher Wadeline Jonathas (West Columbia, South Carolina / USATF South Carolina) ran aggressively for the primary 150m after which held her place in second, clocking 50.93 to simply advance.
All three will subsequent compete within the semifinals on Wednesday, August 4 at 6:30 AM ET / 7:30 PM native time.
Males’s 200m 1st spherical
As anticipated, all three Workforce USATF males comfortably superior to the semifinal (Tuesday, August 3 at 7:50 AM ET / 8:50 PM native time). By far the youngest man within the area at 17, excessive schooler Erriyon Knighton (Riverview, Florida / USATF Florida) flew across the flip and strolled down the straight to win warmth 4 in 20.55. Knighton is the youngest U.S. male observe and area Olympian since Jim Ryun in 1964.
Making it look simpler than anybody ought to in warmth 5, Kenny Bednarek (Minneola, Florida / USATF Wisconsin) stormed off the curve on the best way to a 20.01 that’s the quickest time ever in an Olympic first spherical.
Reigning world champion Noah Lyles (Alexandria, Virginia / USATF Potomac Valley) turned in a 20.18 to win the ultimate warmth.
Males’s Triple Leap qualifying
Two of the three Individuals did sufficient to make it to the ultimate, led by Donald Scott (Ypsilanti, Michigan / USATF Michigan). Scott bounded 17.01m/55-9.75 on his first try, simply in need of the auto normal for advancing to the ultimate, but it surely ranked him sixth total and earned him his first Olympic closing spot. Two-time silver medalist Will Claye (Buckeye, Arizona / USATF New York), one of many Workforce USATF captains, began with a 16.78m/55-0.75 after which added 10 centimeters to that within the subsequent spherical. Claye closed out his account for the day with a 16.91m/55-5.75 and garnered his third straight Olympic closing. Scott and Claye will subsequent compete Wednesday, August 4 at 10:00 PM ET / Thursday, August 5 11:00 AM native time.
Chris Benard (Chula Vista, California / USATF San Diego-Imperial) had a better of 16.59m/54-5.25 and didn’t qualify for the ultimate.
Ladies’s Javelin qualifying
American document holder and Trials champion Maggie Malone (Vestavia Hills, Alabama / USATF Gulf) didn’t take lengthy reserving her journey to the ultimate, launching the 600-gram implement 63.07m/206-11 to surpass the auto normal and change into the primary U.S. Olympic finalist since Donna Mayhew in 1992. Malone’s throw was additionally the most effective in Video games historical past by an American with the fashionable implement (post-1999), beating the earlier document set by Winger in flight A. It was additionally the second greatest toss of the day total. Malone will proceed on Friday, August 6 at 7:50 AM ET / 8:50 PM in Tokyo.
Workforce co-captain and former American document holder Kara Winger (Colorado Springs, Colorado / USATF New York) confronted very damp situations within the first flight, opening with a 57.95m/190-1. She prolonged that to 59.71m/195-10 in spherical two and that will stand as her better of the morning, leaving her simply exterior the 12 qualifiers for the ultimate. Her mark was on the time the most effective ever within the Video games by an American lady with the fashionable implement. Ariana Ince (Chula Vista, California / USATF San Diego-Imperial) had a better of 54.98m/180-4 and didn’t make it to the ultimate.
On demand protection of this session’s occasions will probably be obtainable by way of NBC Olympics, and full outcomes can be found on the World Athletics website.
The subsequent session begins at 6:10 A.M. ET with the boys’s 110m hurdles qualifying spherical. Followers within the U.S. can watch here by way of NBC properties.
Keep up-to-date by following USATF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok and utilizing the hashtag #TeamUSATF.
USATF Medal Count (7)
Gold (1)
Ladies’s Discus Throw – Valarie Allman
Silver (5)
Ladies’s Shot Put – Raven Saunders
Males’s 100m – Fred Kerley
Ladies’s 100m Hurdles – Keni Harrison
Ladies’s Lengthy Leap – Brittney Reese
Males’s 400m Hurdles – Rai Benjamin
Bronze (1)
4x400m Blended Relay – Trevor Stewart, Kendall Ellis, Kailyn Whitney, Vernon Norwood
American Information (1)
Males’s 400m Hurdles – Rai Benjamin (46.17)
USATF Statistician
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