insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest
insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest
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By Patrick Burke at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
21:08
a year ago
Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
Despair for Dutch concludes day one at World Athletics Championships
It is still sinking in what we’ve watched in the last 30 minutes or so.
The Netherlands could have finished day one with two golds, but through a couple of horrendous strokes of misfortune have ended it medal-less.
You really have to feel for Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol for their respective stumbles, but with a Championships record set in the men’s shot put this evening too by the US’ Ryan Crouser too, let’s hope that sets the tone for the drama and quality over the next eight days here in Budapest.
We will be back bright and early tomorrow at 7am local time to build-up to the women’s 20km race walk.
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Duncan Mackay
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Duncan Mackay
Two races, two fallers, both from The Netherlands. The worst kind of Double Dutch ever?
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Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
US clinch mixed 4x400m relay world record after another Dutch stumble
Unbelievable. It has happened again for the Dutch approaching the finish line.
Femke Bol had led for the entirety of the last lap and was looking to hold off Alexis Holmes of the US in the final metres.
However, just like Hassan in the women’s 10,000m she stumbled and to compound matters dropped the baton, with the US taking mixed 4x400m relay gold in a world record 3:08.80.
Britain were bumped up to an unexpected silver in 3:11.06, and Czech Republic were the beneficiaries in terms of getting on the podium in 3:11.98.
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Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
The mixed 4x400m relay is our final event of the evening.
The US set a world leading 3:10.41 in qualification this morning.
Can they translate that into the final?
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Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
Crouser extends Championships record for men’s shot put gold
The United States’ Ryan Crouser already had the men’s shot put gold in the bag on his final attempt, but buoyed by the crowd he broke the World Championships record for the second time this evening.
He threw a huge 23.51m, falling just 0.05m short of his world record.
A personal best of 22.34m from Leonardo Fabbri earned him silver, with bronze going to Joe Kovacs with 22.12m.
New Zealand’s Tom Walsh had to settle for fourth for the second World Championships running with 22.05m.
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20:39
a year ago
Duncan Mackay
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Duncan Mackay
That was reminiscent of Devon Loch, a racehorse, which fell on the final straight while leading the 1956 Grand National.
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Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
Tsegay takes dramatic 10,000m gold after Hassan stumble
Oh my word. Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay has won the women’s 10,000m, but that is heartbreak for The Netherlands’ Olympic champion Sifan Hassan.
Hassan looked as though she had timed her race to perfection and narrowly led Tsegay on the final straight, but she stumbled and the 26-year-old earned her first World Championships in this distance having won 5,000m gold and 1500m silver last year.
She clocked 31:27.18, and it is an Ethiopian one-two-three in fact with defending champion Letesenbet Gidey coming through in second 0.98 further back and Ejgayehu Taye in third in 31:28.31.
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20:30
a year ago
Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
Gidey out in front as they take the bell, followed by Tsegay, but what a finish this is set up for.
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20:29
a year ago
Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
That group of contenders has been reduced to 11, but it is still too close too call.
Grace Loibach Nawowuna of Kenya has moved onto the front in an attempt to set the pace, and clocks 29:17.10 with two laps to go.
Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
Defending champion Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia takes over from Tsegay with a lap on the front, then her compatriot Ejgayehu Taye makes the same move.
That lead group of roughly 13 athletes largely remains in tact though as we pass three-quarters of the way through the race.
Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia has now hit the front moving into the second half of the women’s 10,000m final.
A group of about 12 athletes remain within striking distance, Olympic champion Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands towards the back of that cluster.
Duncan Mackay
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Duncan Mackay
It’s a shame Britain’s Eilish McColgan isn’t in this race because of injury. One of my favourite World Athletics Championships memories was sitting with her dad Peter at Tokyo in 1991 when her mother Liz raced to the title.
It was great to catch up with Liz at last year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham when Eilish pulled off such a memorable victory.
Her 10,000m win saw her join her mother on the roll of honours after Liz had won at Edinburgh 1986 and Auckland 1990.
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Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
Crouser breaks Championships record in men’s shot put
Reigning world and back-to-back Olympic champion Ryan Crouser of the US has just set the first Championships record in Budapest.
He goes four centimetres better than his winning throw in Eugene last year with a 22.98m effort on his second attempt in the men’s shot put final.
Crouser had already been the top performer in the first round with 22.63m.
Two-time Olympic bronze medallist and 2017 world champion Tom Walsh of New Zealand had fouled in the first round, but 21.69m on the second moves him up to second place.
Two-time world champion and back-to-back Olympic silver medallist Joe Kovacs of the US is third from his 21.55m on his first attempt.
Patrick Burke
at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest
Patrick Burke
The US’ Anna Hall moves closer to the heptathlon title with a very solid 200m run.
She clocked 23.56 to score 1,023 points in the third and final heat, moving onto 3,998.
Only Britain’s 2019 world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson was quicker, and her 23.48 effort was enough to move her from fifth to second on 3,905.
That has disrupted the American one-two-three, with Chari Hawkins slipping to third on 3,900 and Taliyah Brooks to fourth on 3,888.
Brooks was third in the third heat in 23.85, but Hawkins ranked ninth overall with her 24.38 display.
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