ATHLETICS: Eight world leads at Pre Classic as Bromell wins in 9.93, Thompson-Herah in 10.79, Ingebrigtsen at 3:49.76, Crouser at 75-6 1/4!

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The Prefontaine Classic had typical Oregon climate on Saturday afternoon, with overcast skies, mild drizzle and 59 F temperatures, excellent for distance working, nevertheless it was the sprints that had been the characteristic this yr. Saturday’s meet produced world-leading performances in eight occasions:

● Males/400 m: 43.60, Michael Norman (USA)
● Males/Mile: 3:49.76, Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
● Males/5,000 m: 12:50.05, Berihu Aregawi (ETH)
● Males/400 m Hurdles: 47.23 Alison Dos Santos (BRA)
● Males/Shot Put: 23.02 m (75-6 1/4), Ryan Crouser (USA)

● Girls/800 m: 1:57.2, Keely Hodgkinson (GBR)
● Girls/1,500 m: 3:52.59, Religion Kipyegon (KEN)
● Girls/3,000 m Steeple: 8:57.97, Norah Jeruto (KAZ)

And there have been 5 world leaders through the Friday night program:

● Males/5,000 m: 12:57.99, Joshua Cheptegei (UGA)
● Girls/3,000 m: 8:24.27, Francine Niyonsaba (BDI; en route)
● Girls/Two Miles: 8:59.08, Francine Niyonsaba (BDI)
● Girls/5,000 m: 14:12.98, Ejgayehu Taye (ETH)
● Girls/Excessive Bounce: 2.00 m (6-6 3/4), Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)

Olympic and Worlds medalists had been all around the males’s 100 m, the final race of the day, together with 2019 World Champion Christian Coleman, Tokyo Olympic silver winner Fred Kerley, Tokyo 200 m medalists Andre De Grasse (CAN), Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles and much more.

But it surely was Trayvon Bromell, one of many disappointments of the Tokyo Video games, who lit up the observe. Off the gun, it was Bromell and Coleman out finest, and Coleman had a slight lead at 60 m, however then Bromell got here again strongly and had a transparent lead by 70 m. He surged to the road and was celebrating when he crossed in 9.93 (wind: -0.2 m/s). Coleman gave technique to Kerley on the 85 m mark, 9.98-10.04, with Lyles fourth in 10.05.

In his 4 meets in 2022, Bromell has received in 9.75w, 9.92, false-started out of the Birmingham Diamond League meet and received right here in 9.93.

The ladies’s 100 m featured double Olympic 100 m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, but additionally comebacking Sha’Carri Richardson of the U.S. Off the beginning, it was British star Dina Asher-Smith who grabbed the lead after 20 m and appeared robust, however by 60 m, it was Thompson-Herah who bought into one other gear and ran away in 10.79 (wind: +1.7 m/s), a season finest and no. 2 on the earth for 2022.

Asher-Smith pale within the remaining 20 and it was Richardson and Jamaican Olympic bronze winner Shericka Jackson battling for second. Richardson bought there first, with each timed in 10.92, with Asher-Smith fourth (10.98). These are season’s finest for all three and an encouraging run for Richardson, who ran her quickest because the U.S. Olympic Trials final yr.

The non-Diamond League girls’s 200 m was a showcase for Jamaican celebrity (and 100 m world chief) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. She got here off the flip simply forward of American Jenna Prandini, however nobody may match her power and received simply in 22.41 (+0.8), forward of Brittany Brown (USA: 22.74) and Anthonique Strachan (BAH: 22.76). Prandini was fourth in 22.77.

The ladies’s 100 m hurdles was additionally not a Diamond League occasion, however noticed world chief Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) take management in the course of the race and pulled away to win decisively in 12.45 (-0.7), with Tobi Amusan (NGR: 12.58) and Tonea Marshall (12.66) working 2-3. World-record holder Keni Harrison was eighth in 12.78. This was a cheerful efficiency for Camacho-Quinn, who had suffered losses in her final two races.

The query within the males’s 400 m has been … what’s with Michael Norman? The American star made an announcement in Eugene, with 2012 Olympic champ Kirani James and Trinidad & Tobago’s Jareem Richards main him on the backstraight. However Norman was chasing James – one lane to his outdoors – and confirmed the facility and pace that had been lacking in his races and he exploded down the straight to win in a world-leading 43.60. James was robust to the end and was second in 44.02, adopted by Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR: nationwide report of 44.35) and American Vernon Norwood (44.66). It was Norman’s second-fastest time ever; his better of 43.45 was in 2019.

Olympic bronze medalist Alison Dos Santos was a transparent winner within the males’s 400 m hurdles, taking the lead on the backstraight and charging residence onerous to win in a world-leading 47.23, a 1/a centesimal enchancment on his 47.24 win in Doha. People Khallifah Rosser and Quincy Corridor went 2-3 in 48.10, lifetime bests for each.

On the infield, Olympic champion Ryan Crouser of the U.S. underscored his dominance within the males’s shot, reaching a sensational 23.02 m (75-6 1/4) within the second spherical, the no. 5 efficiency of all-time!

The rains got here within the fourth spherical, and hampered the remainder of the occasion. Two-time World Champion Joe Kovacs of the U.S. bought out to 22.49 m (73-9 1/2) for second within the third spherical – no. 2 for 2022 – however couldn’t enhance. New Zealand’s 2017 World Champion Tom Walsh was third with a season’s finest 21.96 m (72-0 3/4), no. 4 on the world listing.

Within the occasions over one lap:

The boys’s mile was all about Olympic champ Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who left little doubt with a stirring 3:49.76 world-leading win. He took the lead with 650 m to go, forward of Kenya’s Olympic silver medalist Timothy Cheruiyot and Jake Heyward (GBR), they usually had been additionally the highest three on the bell, earlier than Ingebrigtsen simply sailed away with 300 m to go. He was untouched to the end, trying again on the competitors twice on the house straight earlier than crossing the road.

Behind him was a torrid race for second, with Australia’s Ollie Hoare passing Cheruiyot, 3:50.65-3:50.77 in a bunch end, with world 1,500 m chief Abel Kipsang (KEN: 3:50.87) and People Cole Hocker (3:50.97) and Cooper Teare (3:51.70) trailing. Prep Colin Sahlman of Newbury Park HS in California was thirteenth in 3:56.24, making him the no. 3 performer (and efficiency) of all-time amongst U.S. preps. Wow!

The boys’s 5,000 m featured Tokyo 10,000 m gold medalist Selemon Barega (ETH), nevertheless it was countryman Berihu Aregawi who raced away at mid-race with six straight laps below 62 seconds. With six laps left, he had a 20 m lead and was extending it, passing 3,000 m at 7:43.64. He was 50 m up with 4 laps left and ran on their own, as the remainder of the pack let him go. On the bell, Aregawi charged and completed in 58.74 for a world-leading 12:50.05 end, shattering his prior better of 13:08.91 from 2020. He’s now no. 23 all-time.

The remainder of the pack was in a separate race, with 1,500 m star Sam Tefera (ETH) out-racing Barega and Canada’s Mo Ahmed, 13:06.86-13:07.30-13:07.85.

Jamaica’s Natoya Goule was – as she normally is – the chief of the ladies’s 800 m on the bell, nevertheless it was Britain’s 20-year-old Tokyo silver winner Keely Hodgkinson working extensive and taking on across the flip and into the straight to win in 1:57.72. Nobody may match her pace, even with People Ajee Wilson and Raevyn Rogers charging at her down the straight, however they needed to accept second (1:58.06) and third (1:58.44) with Goule at 1:59.39. Very, very spectacular.

The ladies’s 1,500 m was one other measuring stick for Britain’s Laura Muir in opposition to Kenya’s double Olympic champion Religion Kipyegon, nevertheless it was Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay and Kipyegon who ran with the pacesetter, 20 m forward of the pack. Tsegay and Kipyegon handed 800 m in 2:03.88, and on the bell, the pair had been greater than 50 m up. Tsegay tried to open up on the backstraight, however Kipyegon blew by with 230 m to go and he or she stormed to the end in 3:52.59, the second-fastest ever and the no. 9 efficiency of all-time.

Tsegay was second in 3:54.21, adopted by Canada’s Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (3:58.62), then Sinclaire Johnson of the U.S. with a lifetime finest 3:58.85; Johnson is the tenth American girls to interrupt 4:00 and now sits at no. 7 all-time U.S. Muir pale to eleventh (4:04.45).

Ex-Kenyan Norah Jeruto – now working for Kazakstan – led the ladies’s 3,000 m Steeple forward of 4 others, together with Olympic champ Peruth Chemutai (UGA) by means of 2,000 m. She and Winfred Yavi (BRN) stored the tempo robust and floor down the sector and had been 20 m up on the sector on the bell. Jeruto and Yavi ran collectively to the water leap, however Jeruto was too robust and ran away to win in a world-leading 8:57.97, to maneuver to no. 5 all-time.

Yavi wasn’t far again at 8:58.71, no. 7 all-time and the eighth girl to interrupt the 9:00 barrier. Ethiopia’s Mekides Abebe made a cost on the ultimate lap to get third (9:03.26) forward of Chemutai (9:05.54). Emma Coburn was the highest American in eighth (9:18.19).

The ladies’s lengthy leap was an upset win for Sweden’s Khaddi Sagnia, who bought out to six.95 m (22-9 3/4) within the second spherical and nobody may match her. Nigeria’s Ese Brume jumped 6.82 m (22-4 1/2), additionally in spherical two as did American Tara Davis (6.73 m/22-1), who completed third.

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