Courtesy of Sha’carri Richardson’s sensational victory that also helped her recover from the cannabis positivity that deprived her of the Games in Tokyo, At the World Cups in Budapest on Monday, the other big hero of the day was undoubtedly his fellow countryman Grant Holloway..
As Castellón’s Quique Llopis awaited a defeat that would qualify him to the final as he placed ninth, the great judge of the high hurdles made one of his usual stunts to control the event at will.
Hailing from Virginia, he introduced himself as the champion of the last two raids and already owns three, his compatriot Greg Foster and approaching four of the legendary American Allen JacksonThe athlete who overcomes all obstacles and runs in under 13 seconds.
Coming back to the end Holloway took the lead at the second fence and never let go. by 12.96It was only one percent of the Chinese Liu Xiang Championship record, and was more than one-tenth ahead of Jamaican Olympic champion Hansle Parchment (13.07) as well as the American Daniel Roberts (13.08).
Discus throw resolution in a game was also very exciting. Direct confrontation between Slovenian Kristjan Ceh and Swedish laureate Daniel StählProving to be the best in a recurring dynamic throughout the summer after the Balkans lead last season.
Ceh, world champion in Eugene last year, was runner-up until he sent the two-pound device 70 meters (70.02) that blasted the massive Slovenian fans who had arrived at the National Athletics Center on its final launch. But, The reigning Scandinavian Olympic champion loves pressure and won his second universal title with 71.46.. Young Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna (son of the legendary two-time champion Virgilijus) won the bronze medal at age 20 with a time of 68.85.
Monday’s other final was the men’s triple jump, and the best national read was this: Spanish-Cuban Jordan Díaz they will have serious options to get on the podium and if everything follows the expected paths and he gets the authorization to debut with his new country at the Paris Games, why not go to the top.
Burkinabe Hughes Fabrice Zango prevailed in a top secret final. Cuban Lázaro Martínez (17.41) and Cristian Nápoles (17.40) joined the podium with the best jump of 17.64m. It was the worst victory since the American Walter Davis’ 17.57 in Helsinki’05 and his fourth place overall in the World Cups. Also, Italian Emmanuel Ihemehe came in eighth with 16.91 and American Chris Bernard was ninth with 16.62.