V 13 N. 80 Day 5 World Champs Budapest August 23

Day 5 is over.  Here are the finals. 

Pole Vault Women  Finals

This one is complete.  We have a tie for first place between the US's Katie Moon and Australia's Nina Kennedy at 4.90  (16'  3/4").   Alone in third is Wilma Murto of Finland with a clearance at 15'  9").  The recent high school grad from Washington Nana Moll tied for ninth at 4.50  (14' 9').

1. Katie Moon      USA

1. Nina Kennedy  AUS      4.90     16'  3/4"

3. Wilma Murto  FIN        4.80      15' 9 "  fewer misses

4. Tina Sutej  SLO              4.80       15' 9"  

5. Angelica Moser SUI       4.75        15' 6  1/4

5. Molly Caudery  GBR     4.75

7. Sandi Morris  USA         4.65        15'  3"  fewer misses

8. Robeilys  Peinada  VEN  4.65       15'  3"

9. Elisa Molinarolo ITA       4.50        14' 9"

9. Hana Moll  USA               4.50        14' 9"

11. Amalie Svabilkova CZE  4.50        14' 9"

12. Bridget Williams USA     4.50        14' 9"

Dear George:

I have only one word for the Kennedy/Moon decision:

CLASS!

Take care,

Tom Coyne

400 Meters  Women

Marileidy Paulino, Domincan Republic leads from 200 meters to the finish in a national record of 48.76.   Second is Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland in 49.57.  And third is Sada Williams of Barbados in 49.60.   Lieke Klaver was up there until the last 100 and faded badly from 2nd to 6th in 50.33.   Fourth was Rhasidat Adelke of Ireland in 50.13,  fifth Cynthia Bolingo Belgium 50.33, 7th Candice McLeod  of Jamaica in 51.08, and 8th Talitha Diggs USA  51.25.    I thought the pre race intros with a video of each of these ladies was a bit demeaning.  Okay, girls, do a little dance and hype this event for us.  It turned into a meat show.  And when we complain about showboating, it looks like the powers that be are encouraging it to sell viewership.  We're not too far from being a reality show with this.  Daddy, can you turn back to American Ninja?  Pleeaase?

1500 Men   Upset of the Meet so far

1. Josh Kerr  GBR/Scotland/ U of New Mexico    3:29.38  SB

2. Jakob Ingebrigtsen     NOR                                3:29.65

3. Narve Gilje Nordas    NOR                                3:29.68

4. Abel Kipsang            KEN                                  3:29.89

5. Yared Nuguse            USA                                  3:30.25

6. Mario Garcia             ESP                                    3:30.26

7. Cole Hocker              USA                                    3:30.70  PB   

8. Reynold K. Cheruiyot    KEN                               3:30.78

9. Neil Gourley              GBR                                    3:31.10

10. Niels Laros                NED                                  3:31.25  NR

11. Azeddine Habz        FRA                                     3:33.16

12. Isaac Nader             POR                                      3:35.41        

I haven't seen the video at this writing but splits look like Kipsang took it out from the start hitting 27.11 at 200, 56.01 at 400.  Then he went through 800 at 1:54.19 and everyone right behind.    At 1200 its Ingebrigtsen at 2:49.53 with Kerr right on him at 2:49.58.   Down the backstretch at 1300, Kerr is leading 3:02.83 to Inge's 3:02.85.  Then around the last turn at 1400 it's  Ingebrigtsen leading 3:15.74 to Kerr's 3:15.76.   So it's a 100 meter sprint remaining with Kerr blowing Ingebrigtsen's doors off 13.62 to 13.91.  Not having seen the film, I cannot comment on the interactions, bumping or anything untoward that may have gone on during the race.   I do know a number of our readers are happy to see Kerr or anyone for that matter win after Ingebrigtsen's showboating in the prelim.

Future Star?   Anybody who made finals of this race can be considered a star, but I was thinking particularly of Niels Laros of the Netherlands.  Admittedly he went from 4th to 10th down in the last 100 meters.  But the kid is only 18 years old and did still set a national record for his country.  Let's wait and see how this story develops.     And what about Narve Nordas of Norway who got third but almost got his fellow countryman at the wire?  Another name to consider.   Apparently he is now being coached by Ingebrigtsen's father.   Like to hear the conversation at the next family gathering?

Now I've seen the video.  It was pure blood and guts the last lap.  Inge started picking it up in the lead. Kerr hung on and looked very determined.  Laros moves up on backstretch to 3rd or close 4th alongside Kipsang.  Kerr takes a slight lead going into the last turn but he is outside and at this time the extra inches he is running keeps him even or only a slight tick ahead..  Kerr and Inge are side by side coming off the turn but Kerr is looking really strong and determined as Laros gets the piano on his back and starts fading but wait, there's this other blue suited runner with a red and white cross coming up as Kerr is opening a one step lead and Inge starts to fade just before the line as Nordas almost nips him at the tape but not quite.  It's Kerr, Inge, and Nordas and poor Laros has learned his lesson, still setting a national record.  Let's wait and see how well he has learned it.  

CBC post race with Jakob Ingebrigtsen.   He was not a happy camper, very monotone, no affect, and obviously very disappointed.  Probably did this interview five or ten times after the race with various networks. 

Andi Petrillo CBC ,  "So Jakob, you've had a great year, great Diamond League performances, take us through your race".     Let's paraphrase,  "Jakob, you look like your guts could spill out all over your shoes, so what happened, I had $500 on you.?"

Jakob in a monotone for the umpteenth time tonight.   "Today was not a good day for me.  I felt like I'm not sure.... I mean obviously I wasn't 100%.  I felt um...It's a little bit you know... All the credit to Kerr but obviously I wasn't 100% today.  I felt sore in my throat in the warmups and in the semis.    So it's not too good the last couple of days.  I feel unlucky."  End of interview.  

 

400 IH Men

Warholm takes off a bit easy and smokes the field.  

Name/place                        100M                200M            300M            400M

1. Karsten Warholm NOR    11.23                21.86            33.61            46.89

2. Kyron McMaster IVB       11.11                21.88            33.89            47.34

3. Rai Benjamin  USA           11.13                21.83            33.70            47.56

4. Roshawn Clarke  JAM       11.29                22.14            34.58            48.07

5. Alison Dos Santos BRA      11.39               22.17            34.07            48.10

6. Trevor Bassitt   USA            11.62              22.33            34.72            48.22

7. Rasmus Magi   FIN             11.73               22.55            35.04            48.33

8. Joshua Abuaku  GER           11.73              22.77            35.21            48.53

I'll add the other prelims tomorrow morning.  Good night.

2:00PM Pacific Coast Time and I can't get into the official website of the World Championships because there is so much traffic on it.  So will not be able to put the stats of yesterday's prelims up here.

Warholm was interviewed on Canadian TV (CBC) and hit with the mundane two questions first about his coming back from injury last year and was this win sweet?  (Really, under my breath ed.)  His answer, almost word for word:   "Yes it did, for sure and you learn a lot from experience like that having an injury.  I learned from this, I put everything in my life in this.  It's tough , right?  Having an injury it motivates me to come back and get the gold back, and it feels a bit sweeter this year.  ( I can't be sure things feel sweet in Norwegian, they live primarily on codfish, but he was speaking English for the Canadian audience.  ed.).  

Next question was about his getting pumped up before his races and his explanation was:  "I don't have to do it but I prefer to.  It gets me hyped up and get the adrenaline running."  (All the time he is being very gracious to the questioner Andi Petrillo ed.).    "And if you just run for 46 seconds, it has to be pure adrenaline and the pure fighting experience and this is the moment I live for."   (And all sincerity was in his face and in his voice when he said this. ed.).  

3000 M Steeple Chase Women's prelims

I would particularly like to honor two women who ran and qualified in this event.  They both from countries where women can particularly be second class citizens and they have overcome those stigmas to participate and in their cases to succeed in making it to the finals in this very difficult event.  

1.  Parul Chaudhary    INDIA      9:24.29 PB

2.  Marwa Bouzayani TUNISIA  9:23.07

When I saw them line up for their heats, I thought, Oh here is a participation runner.  I was wrong, they were in it to win it, to make the finals and they both did.  Marwa Bouzayani was wearing a burka to cover her hair, and on the last lap it began slipping off.  She was able to keep her composure and adjust while going all out in the race and not lose a stride.    Chaudhary in modesty wore shorts rather than the more popular tights.  She did not look like she could run until the gun went off and she put some very good runners behind her from the get go and got herself into the final.   This to me was one of the greatest representations of independence by women to the overtly conservative despots who rule countries all over the planet.  GB

First 5 of each heat (Q) qualify to Final

Heat 1

POS	ATHLETE	NAT	RESULT
1	Winfred Mutile YAVI	BRN	9:19.18 Q
2	Beatrice CHEPKOECH	KEN	9:19.22 Q
3	Lomi MULETA	ETH	9:20.13 Q
4	Courtney WAYMENT	USA	9:20.60 Q
5	Marwa BOUZAYANI	TUN	9:23.07 Q
6	Alicja KONIECZEK	POL	9:23.45 PB
7	Aimee PRATT	GBR	9:26.37
8	Regan YEE	CAN	9:26.39
9	Marta SERRANO	ESP	9:31.82
10	Tuğba GÜVENÇ	TUR	9:50.96
11	Brielle ERBACHER	AUS	9:57.11
12	Nataliya STREBKOVA	UKR	10:02.20

Heat 2

POS	ATHLETE	NAT	RESULT
1	Faith CHEROTICH	KEN	9:19.55 Q
2	Sembo ALMAYEW	ETH	9:19.60 Q
3	Peruth CHEMUTAI	UGA	9:20.03 Q
4	Maruša MIŠMAŠ ZRIMŠEK	SLO	9:21.79 Q
5	Parul CHAUDHARY	IND	9:24.29 QPB
6	Ceili MCCABE	CAN	9:29.30
7	Cara FEAIN-RYAN	AUS	9:29.60 PB
8	Carolina ROBLES	ESP	9:34.41
9	Flavie RENOUARD	FRA	9:39.91
10	Emma COBURN	USA	9:41.52
11	Aneta KONIECZEK	POL	9:45.61
12	Daisy JEPKEMEI	KAZ	9:46.23 SB

Heat 3

POS	ATHLETE	NAT	RESULT
1	Jackline CHEPKOECH	KEN	9:16.41 Q
2	Zerfe WONDEMAGEGN	ETH	9:16.97 Q
3	Luiza GEGA	ALB	9:17.71 Q
4	Alice FINOT	FRA	9:20.27 Q
5	Olivia GÜRTH	GER	9:24.28 QPB
6	Greta KARINAUSKAITĖ	LTU	9:30.28
7	Kristlin GEAR	USA	9:30.61
8	Amy CASHIN	AUS	9:31.07 SB
9	Irene SÁNCHEZ-ESCRIBANO	ESP	9:31.97
10	Juliane HVID	DEN	10:09.41
11	Tatiane Raquel DA SILVA	BRA	10:19.80

Will focus now on reporting the passing of Tom Courtney.  

Thanks for the feet and inches..

 

If you watch the 1500 and stopping video on the finish and look at the clock

 

they ran 56 54 the last 800...measuring from the finish line.

JIM METCALF	9:37 AM (2 hours ago)
to me

you can go on You Tube and see Jim Ruyn's world record at Bakersfield.  He only had 2:57-2:59 at 3/4

 

Jim McCay was calling the race and there was a clock on the screen.  You could see Ryun's foot on the 220 mark and stop and read the clock

 

he ran 24 flat the last 220.

 

I look at all the distance races with the stop action and read the clock.  

 

the women ran 56 the last 400 as the first part was slow

 

when the Kenyan woman broke the WR, 3"49 a few weeks ago she ran 58 but ran almost even 61+ to 62''s the first 1200  3:49 is a 4:06 mile.   

  Jim Metcalf

Kerr Challenged Jakob within 15m of the same place on the track as did his fellow Brit, Jake Wightman, last year. 

Go round him while he’s dithering over how soon to turn on the jets and double the kicking distance to the line.  

The myth of his superiority Jakob has been projecting is self isolating and when beaten, doubly damaging to the 

psyche. That Holier Than Thou persona on the track can’t be playing well with his competitors and gives them yet 

another reason to take him down.  Nuguse — in traffic on the rail — kept himself out of the money in the drive to the

line.  And, together, with Hocker, both looked like a couple of schoolboys blinded by the lights of the big city dawdling 

around in mid-pack or farther back.  And placed themselves unable the last 150 to unleash their fearsome kicks — if, 

on that day, either of them had them.

Richard Mach

Guys, Guys!!

Calm down!

The US has, and has had, more than its own share of show boaters.

Remember, most of these hot shot young runners are still kids emotionally.

Losses like this are what help them grow up to be class acts like Sidney McLaughlin.

George, many thanks for the updates!

Take care,

Tom Coyne

This just in from Richard Mach:
> You may enter if you exceed a total of 20 hrs of viewing (the WC"s we assume? ed.)
>
> 3rd Prize:  Cutting the rope holding the gunny sack suspended from the Budapest bridge over the Danube 

containing Leigh Duffy, the Brit Twit masquerading as a knowledgable T&F announcer.
>
> 2nd Prize:  Absolute possession of an authentic, hand-carved, original, one-of-a-kind Sanya Richards-Ross 

bobblehead doll that continuously, transparently and without surcease nods Yes, yes, yes … ad infinitum.
>
> And
>
> 1st Prize:  The honour of pinning her number on Lieke Klaver’s singlet at the starting line of the 

2024 Paris Oly 400 m finals.

Winners will be announced at the next Republican debate.  
>

It's 10:30PM Thursday evening on the West Coast.  Results are in and it's just a question of transferring them 

onto our next report.   Then getting up tomorrow morning and seeing my PVR of the 1:00AM show to write 

in some observations.  I'm also looking forward to seeing what you send in.    George