World Athletics Championships 2022: USA’s relay hopes falter as Kerley sidelined with injury, Max Burgin pulls out of 800m with injury

The United States’ relay hopes were hit on Wednesday as 100-meter champion Fred Kerley will miss the 4×100-meter relay due to an injury.

The Tokyo silver medalist led the U.S. comeback on the 100-meter podium on Saturday but finished sixth in the 200-meter semi-final on Tuesday after wincing in pain in the straight final.

He told reporters after the race that it was “just a cramp” but his agent confirmed a day later that he had suffered a “minor injury” to his quadriceps, keep him out of the U.S. title defense this weekend.

British Burgin retreat wounded from 800 meters world

Britain’s Max Burgin, this year’s fastest man in the world and the real medal hope for the men’s 800 metres, withdrew from the first round of warm-up just before they started on Wednesday because of injury, filling Business UK said in a statement.

Burgin, 20, led the world 1min 43.52 in Finland last month and as a noted frontrunner was hoping to complete a middle distance double for England after Jake Wightman won the 1,500m on Tuesday.

In his absence, Kenya’s Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir looks even stronger and he has come forward safely, as do compatriot Wyclife Kinyamal and Canadian Marco Arop, whose time fastest time of the day.

“The race wasn’t perfect because it was too hot, I didn’t want to struggle too much,” said Korir, who was almost sweating when he won the pedestrian cooling.

“After the Olympics, it was not easy. It takes time, training, a lot of things going on there but at least I’m here and that’s what matters.”

US defending champion Donavan Brazier, troubled by a leg injury in recent weeks and awaiting surgery, has fallen into disrepair and is unable to progress. Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Patryk Dobek of Poland also missed.

Semi-finals take place on Thursday with the final being one of the highlights of Saturday night’s session.

Competitors McLaughlin, Muhammad are ready for the 400m hurdles match

Record holder Sydney McLaughlin is set for a showdown with American rival and colleague Dalilah Muhammad, after she made it to the semifinals of the 400m hurdles in the fastest time on Wednesday.

McLaughlin broke Muhammad’s world record and finished her Olympic title defense last year, and in Friday’s final, aimed for the last jewel in her crown: the World Championship. gender.

The 22-year-old showed she’s taking a beating at Hayward Field on Wednesday, taking the lead before making it past the final round, going slow through the final with lots of tanks left to win the race. 52.17 seconds, one more than -and half a second ahead of Panama’s Gianna Woodruff.

Muhmmad got out of the box slower than many of her opponents but got past the ninth barrier a few yards, gliding through the finish with ease to win her respective heat in 53.28.

Femke Bol of the Netherlands, the Tokyo bronze medalist who made an extraordinary effort to help win a silver medal in the 4×400 meter medley relay on Friday, won the race. her score 52.84.

Uibo well prepared in the quest to win the 400m . title

Olympic doubles champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo has sent an ominous reminder that she is in top form to finally claim the 400 meter world title after flying to victory in her semi-final during the second fastest time of the year on Wednesday.

The 2019 and 2015 Bahamian silver medalist donned a long, flowing bright blue wig as she posted 49.55 seconds in the first part of three semi-finals and was mostly jogging the last 50 metres. together.

She will face a tough twin challenge from the Dominican Republic in the shape of Marileidy Paulino, who won an Olympic silver medal behind her in Tokyo, and Fiordaliza Cofil, who was Paulino’s teammate on the team. won their 4x400m medley relay on the first day of the Eugene Championship.

Both are progressing like heat winners but they look like they’re working hard on a warm night.

“I am taking things step by step. I was just trying to get through it as smoothly as possible and I think I’ve done a pretty good job,” Miller-Uibo said.

“I expected it to be a very competitive race and very fast in the final so I was looking forward to it – all the girls were pretty equal,” she said.

Jamaica’s Charokee Young, the second-fastest in the world this year, is in a distant fifth because of her heat to miss Friday’s final, as well as main American hope Talitha Diggs.

China’s Feng Bin wins gold in women’s discus throw

China’s Feng Bin delivered a stunning performance in the women’s discus throw final on Wednesday, when American Olympic champion Valerie Allman took bronze.

Feng claimed the opening goal at 69.12 metres, her personal best and strongest performance of the season by a wide margin, as Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic took the medal. silver chapter in the effort of 68.45 meters seconds.

At the urging of the home audience, Allman threw the saucer across the field on her third throw and she jumped excitedly but that was marked as very short compared to Feng’s effort, and she hit the mark. defeated his last time with a score of 51.41.

Defending Cuban champion Yaime Perez couldn’t find his strength, placing seventh with a best throw of 63.07.

Allison, Norman advance to 400m final with record holder van Niekerk

American champion Allison made a remarkable comeback to advance to the 400-meter final, as compatriot Michael Norman pushed through to finish the fastest on Wednesday.

World record holder and two-time world champion Wayde van Niekerk appeared to have a comfortable lead as he advanced into the final 100 meters before Barbadian Jonathan Jones went ahead, shoulder-to-shoulder with the South African.

But it was Allison, the second fastest this year behind Norman, who bounced back from about a meter back to sneak past the finish line first, with van Niekerk, the Rio Olympic champion, holding the second place automatically.

Sticking with Matthew Hudson-Smith on the final turn, Norman sped down the final straight, inching past the Englishman to win in 44.30 seconds, as Jamaican Christopher Taylor unleashed a swift finish to advance. like a quick loser.

Grenada’s Kirani James broke out of tight encirclement straight down to the final to take his heat at 44.74, with American Michael Cherry, who had just finished on the podium in Tokyo, losing strength in the final meters and cannot advance.

Jeruto dominate roars to win the amazing bell tower pass gold

Norah Jeruto put on a devastating performance in the pre-run to claim the 3,000-meter hurdles world title in a major championship record on Wednesday, earning gold for Kazakhstan after switching allegiance to Kenya earlier in the year. now.

Jeruto hit 8 minutes 53.02 seconds, the third fastest of all time and 5 seconds ahead of Beatrice Chepkoech’s 2019 win.

Werkuha Getachew set an Ethiopian silver record of 8:54.61, ahead of compatriot Mekides Abebe, who worked really hard to get back into the lead group and was rewarded with a personal achievement of 8:56.08 .

Winfred Mutile Yavi of Bahrain, the fastest in the world this year, was in the medal match but had a terrible jump in the final lap and lost all motivation to finish fourth in the second consecutive championship. world enemy.