Before the 3,000 hurdles final, Tuesday was marked by two sensational finalsmen’s high jump and women’s 1,500 with Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi (2.36 metres) and Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon (3:54.87).
It’s true that the march went for Tamberi He’s like a sensational competitor who always does his best in competitions when it needs to be done. This Tuesday, half of his face was shaved and the other half had a beard.
And the two-time European champion and current Olympic champion gave a sensational competition that she knew how to play in her attempts to end American resistance. JuVaughn Harrison, nature prodigy who can jump 2.36 high and 8.47 long.
Tamberi surpassed the bar by 2.36 meters in the first and Harrison succeeded in the second. It’s all over there. The North American missed all three attempts at 2.38 and left the transalpine at 2.40 on the last attempt… but that was part of the show. He went under the bar and disguised as Pietro Mennea to run like a possessed man.
The rest was nonsense. Tamberi celebrated the event as it deserved and camouflaged among the thousand or so Italians who encouraged him from the start. She went to the stands, sang, danced and the party was great. More than you deserve. Wonder of Italy!
The other star was Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, who was the big favorite at around 1,500 metres. As it is one of three tests where he has set a world record this season (the others are miles and 5,000… the other test he will do in Budapest.
Despite Sifan Hassan’s threat, The African controlled the race perfectly and was enough and had enough with an extraordinary change. She took the penultimate step to get her third gold medal with 3:54.87 in the last four World Cups and a silver in Doha because she only came with two months of training after becoming a mother. Ethiopian Welteji was second (3:55.69) and Dutch Hassan was third (3:56.00).
Tuesday’s other final is a surprise and one of the big in the ladies discus throw. Hawaii’s Laulauga Tausaga hangs his first big gold With his personal record (69.49), his compatriot and big favorite Valarie Allman (69.23) dropped to silver, while Chinese Bin Feng finished third (68.29).
Women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals, Dutch Femke Bol presented a sensational image Two days after his 4×400 meter debacle, when he squandered a three-meter advantage in the last relay and fell to the ground, letting the stick slide. The queen of a return to track at European level rushed to accredit the second best grade with 52.95, just 52.81 behind American Shamier Little (the only person who could outshine him in Sydney McLaughlin’s absence).
An exceptional situation occurred in the ‘half’ of 400 masculine softness. Bahamian Steven Gardiner, one of the big favourites, was seriously injured (Gold in Doha 2019). The big hero was Englishman Mathew Hudson-Smith with a phenomenal 44.26 who helped the democratic German Schönlebe destroy the old European record (44.33 since 1987).