EUGENE, United States, July 24 (Xinhua) — Sweden’s star pole vaulter Armand Duplantis added a centimeter to his own world record, and Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan broke the women’s 100m hurdles world record as the 2022 World Athletics Championships concluded here on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Duplantis sealed his first WC title after clearing the bar of 6.00 meters. He went on to clear 6.06m and clear 6.21m on his second attempt, breaking the previous world record of 6.20m he set four months ago at the World Indoor Championships.
It was the fifth time for Duplantis to break the world record but the first time for him to accomplish the feat outdoors. The last time the event’s world record was set in an outdoor competition was back in 1994 when Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka improved the mark to 6.14m.
American pole vaulter Christopher Nilsen and Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines both cleared 5.94m. Nilsen took silver on countback and Obiena settled for bronze, the first ever World Cup medal for his country, bettering his own Asian record by one centimeter.
The 25-year-old Amusan stormed to a world record time of 12.12 seconds to finish top of the women’s 100m hurdles semi, shaving 0.08s from the previous mark set by Kendra Harrison of the United States in 2016.
The in-form Nigerian could have improved the world record further in the final when she crossed the line with a stunning time of 12.06s. However, as a 2.5 m/s tailwind helped Amusan, her winning time would not count as a world record.
Jamaica’s Britany Anderson finished second in 12.23s, followed by Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico.
In the early morning men’s 35km race walk, Italy’s reigning 20km Olympic champion Massimo Stano won in a championship record time of two hours, 23 minutes and 14 seconds.
Japan’s Masatora Kawano trailed by a second to finish second with a new Asian record. Swedish Perseus Karlström took his second bronze medal in Oregon in 2:23:44.
US Olympic gold medalist Athing Mu extended her season record with all wins in the women’s 800m, taking the world title in one minute and 56.30 seconds. British Keely Hodgkinson and Kenyan Mary Moraa took silver and bronze respectively.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway, runner-up in the men’s 1,500m event, clocked 13:09.24 to win the 5,000m gold medal. Kenya’s Jacob Krop finished second, followed by Uganda’s Oscar Chelimo.
2017 world champion Kevin Mayer of France won his second decathlon world title with a total of 8,816 points, while Malaika Mihambo of Germany retained the women’s long jump title with a winning mark of 7.12m.
The hosts dominated the 4x400m relay events, winning both the men’s and women’s races in world-leading times. Jamaica finished second in both events while Belgium took the men’s bronze and Great Britain finished third in the women’s race.
Source: sn.dk