Carl Lewis went down in athletic history as one of the most extraordinary sprinters. Although his initial problems always complicated his victories in the hectometer, he always focused more on that test in history.
Has the most ‘monster’ acceleration capacity in athletics in the last 30 meters, ‘Son of the Wind’ amasses a sensational record in both testsIn Seoul ’88 he escaped with the ‘Olympic stuntman at the Los Angeles Games’84 as compatriot Joe DeLoach outstripped him in an anthology final (19.75 vs 19.79).
He won three golds in the 100m and just one bronze in the 200m at World Cups. In 1993, in Stuttgart, where Chuso García Bragado and Valentí Massana won two running titles. Carl Lewis was always one of the worst in the beginning. When he was hard to stand up and seemed like he had no choice, he was best revealed in Usain Bolt style.
Noah Lyles isn’t in great shape either, and he has admitted that he needs to “improve” a few times. in the first 10 metres”, but 180 centimeters less than Lewis’s was almost 190 centimeters in his time. The runner-up (Eugene’23) helped him win a bronze medal at the Tokyo Games. His mark on the double hectometer is simply magnificent (19.31, Bolt 19.19 only, and Asafa Powell 19.26′ after).
Okay then, Lyles emerged as the new 100m world champion with a personal record (9.83) in Budapest this Sunday. after becoming the worst of the three medalists. Botswanan Tebogo (9.88) awarded Africa their first World Cup medal in the hectometer, and the British Hugues took bronze with the same score of 9.88 that left Jamaican Sevilla on the podium. The hardest part has already come for the American, who is the big favorite in the 200 meters and the 4×100 relay.
Two finalists for Spain
A few hours after María Pérez won the morning gold in the 20km walk, the women’s long jump final brought double good news to Spanish athletics. eighth for young Tessy Ebosele (6.62) and sixth for Fátima Diamé, who tied her personal record with 6.82 and running the test until the last jump of the first rotation.
After the scandal about the measurements at the last Spanish Championship, the fact is that three athletes took part in Budapest (Catalan María Vicente was only two centimeters behind in the final) and The Valencian woman was only six centimeters away from a bronze that might have been historical.. Spain only took gold in Sevilla’99 and bronze in Edmonton’01 from Spanish-Cuban Niurka Montalvo.
Victory went to Serbian Ivana-VuletaWith 7.14, he opened the final with an equally fair zero to get the world’s best jump so far this year. In the absence of former champion Malaika Mihambo, the podium was supported by American Tara Davis (6.91) and a great rival Romanian Alina Rotaru (6.88).
other champions
Sunday was amazing and Budapest trembled in capital letters and local Bence Halasz took third place in the hammer (80,82), the seventh Hungarian medal in this specialty, if not gold. The win against the odds went to Canadian Katzberg with 81.25 at 21, ahead of a regular opponent like Pole Nowicki (81.01).
its definition was no less exciting. heptathlon, British Katarina Johnson-Thompson plays gold with American Anna Hall the scoreboard reflected the score live with a National Athletic Center. In the end, the European championship was victorious, 6,740 points ahead of the American favorite (6,720 when he came in with 6,988) and the Dutch Anouk Vetter (6,501) who left Hungary with a honey on their lips after ‘putting’ Krissán to almost 12. Seconds in ‘8 (6,479).
Finally, Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei adds to his legend with his third consecutive 10,000m gold (27:51.41) was beaten in the final dream round, where he got an incredible 53.45 accredited. In this way he equates Mo Farah with three golds in a row and is one of two legends like Ethiopians Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele. Silver went to Kenyan Ebenyo (27:52.60), bronze to Barega (27:52.72).