Tokyo-American opinion Benjamin was declared the winner of the 400 meter hurdles at the World Championship on Friday, when the authorities eliminated an early disqualification to uproot a hurdle in the lane next to them to knock over them.
Fame Bol of the Netherlands defended his title in the women’s race in the 51.54 run.
Benjamin was hovering to win when he shut down the 10th and final barrier. The interruption in contact was taken to its left, but the runner in that lane – several steps back – approved it without any problem.
Some confusion was followed, as Benjamin was initially disqualified. About a minute later, World Athletics “DQ”, and Benjamin was walking around the track with a gold medal and wearing a golden crown.
He ended in 46.52 seconds, which last year to add the world title to the Olympic gold taken by him.
Benjamin had a difference in the men’s race on 2022 world champion Alison Dos Santos that he had won for .32 seconds despite knocking on the final barrier.
Qatar’s Eberrahman Samba, in 2018, was the first sub -47 time among the talented crop of Hurdlers of this generation. Carston Warhom, who scored 45.94 runs on the same track in Tokyo to win the Olympics four years ago, finished fifth this time.
In women’s race, Jasmine Jones of the US posted a personal best of 52.08 to catch silver behind the lyrics, and Emma Zaplateova defeated the Olympic Runner-up Anna Cockerel in line for bronze.
The US 2016 Olympics and 2019 World Champion Daleela Muhammad finished seventh, they will be the last race.
World Record Watch in Heptathlon
Look out, Jackie Joyner-Carsy. Heptathlet Anna Hall is in search of your World Championship Record. Perhaps your world record too.
Jayner-Carsy set a record 7,128 points of the World Championship in 1987. His world record mark is 7,291, which he set to win gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
The hall finished 1 of the event with 4,154 points to take a 248 -point lead over Ireland’s Kate O’Coner, with Olympic champion Nafisato Thiam Larking (3,818 points). Three incidents remain: long jump, javelin and 800 meters.
The hall joined the first 7,000-point club of this season with a score of 7,032 points, tied for the second best mark of all time. In that competition, the hall had 4,161 points after the day 1 incidents.
Triple Jump Champion Picardo feels at home in Tokyo
There is something about this stadium that brings the best in Portugal’s triple jumper Pedro Picardo. And he needed it on his final jump.
In 2021, the Tokyo Games Olympic gold medalist Picardo saw that Andrea Dalwale of Italy stepped into the final round with a 17.64 meter individual best jump in the final round. Picardo, 32, responded with a jump of 17.91 meters to secure gold.
He knew that his attempt was a winner and got out of the sand pit. He looked at the camera and said, “Who’s the best, the child?”
On this night, there was no question: Pichardo. He also won the program at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
