Steven Gardiner laughs: the Olympic champion in the 400m achieved the best performance in the world of the lap season in 43″74, this Tuesday in Székesfehérvár (Hungary), ahead of the Jamaican Rusheen McDonald (44″03). Olympic champion in 2021 in Tokyo, and world champion in 2019 in Doha, Gardiner (27) is in very good shape with the second best time of his career, a year after missing the 2022 Worlds in Eugene (Oregon, United States). United) due to a tendon injury. Since his silver medal at the Worlds in London in 2017, Gardiner has not known defeat by finishing a 400m (28 wins, three retirements due to injury).
Sha’Carri Richardson, she pouts. The American was beaten for the first time this season in the 100m. Richardson was never able to catch up with an average start and crossed the line in 10″97 (wind of 0.7 m/s), outstripped by Saint-Lucienne Julien Alfred (10″89), 22-year-old athlete star of the American university competitions. The sprint star (23) suffered his first loss on the straight in nine races in 2023.
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On Sunday, she had hit hard by dominating the Jamaican Shericka Jackson, the world’s best performer, at the meeting in Chorzow (Poland). After missing the 2021 Olympics due to a positive cannabis test, then the 2022 Worlds in Eugene (Oregon, USA), Richardson has returned to her best level and is one of the favorites for the Budapest Worlds ( August 19-27).
In the 100m hurdles, Nigerian world champion and world record holder Tobi Amusan won with a new world-class time of 12.35 (-0.5 m/s wind), ahead of American Nia Ali (12 “41).
In the 200m, the Jamaican world champion Shericka Jackson easily won in 22″02 (1 m/s of wind), while the Dominican Alexander Ogando offered himself a prestigious victory against the American Erriyon Knighton (19″99 against 20″05, 1.1 m/s of wind).
2023-07-18 17:38:00
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