Four years after making history in the hurdles on this track, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone added her name into the record books again, this time by winning the women’s 400m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in a championship record of 47.78.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her run came just moments after Collen Kebinatshipi achieved a historic first for Botswana in the men\u2019s 400m, becoming his nation\u2019s first ever world champion in a men\u2019s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere on day six of the championships, Keshorn Walcott returned to the top of a global podium to take the men\u2019s javelin title, while Cuba\u2019s Leyanis Perez Hernandez beat defending champion Yulimar Rojas and Olympic champion Thea Lafond to win the women\u2019s triple jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As expected, the women\u2019s 400m came down to a three-way battle between McLaughlin Levrone, Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino and 2019 world champion Salwa Eid Naser. It didn’t disappoint either, as just 0.41 separated the three medallists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McLaughlin-Levrone managed to hold off Paulino, crossing the line in 47.78 to break Paulino’s continental record and move to second on the world all-time list. Paulino took silver and was rewarded with a personal best of 47.98, marking the first time that two women have broken 48 seconds in one race. Naser took bronze in 48.19.Kebinatshipi creates history for Botswana<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collen Kebinatshipi showed that his PB in the semifinals wasn\u2019t a fluke, going even faster to win the men\u2019s 400m title in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He stormed to a world-leading national record of 43.53 to win the 400m and consolidate his place at 10th on the world all-time list. He held off Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s Jereem Richards, who adds his 400m silver in a national record of 43.72 to the world 200m bronze he claimed in London in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bayapo Ndori joined his compatriot Kebinatshipi on the podium, clinching bronze for Botswana with 44.20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirteen years after he burst on to the international stage with his surprise Olympic victory in 2012, Trinidad & Tobago\u2019s Keshorn Walcott won his second global title in the men\u2019s javelin with 88.16m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His victory in Tokyo on Thursday (18) wasn\u2019t quite as surprising as his Olympic triumph more than a decade ago, but it was still unexpected. He took the lead in round two with 87.83m, then threw farther in round four with 88.16m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two-time world champion Anderson Peters claimed silver with his second-round throw of 87.38m and USA\u2019s Curtis Thompson earned a surprise bronze with 86.67m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World leader Julian Weber placed fifth (86.11m), defending champion Neeraj Chopra was eighth (84.03m) and Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem was 10th (82.75m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leyanis Perez Hernandez achieved the best mark of the year to add the outdoor world triple jump title to her world indoor gold at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 on Thursday (18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cuban 23-year-old leapt 14.94m \u2013 a single centimetre farther than her world indoor title-winning jump from Nanjing in March \u2013 to win ahead of Dominica\u2019s Olympic champion Thea LaFond with 14.89m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The four-time winner of this title, Venezuela\u2019s world record-holder Yulimar Rojas, clinched bronze with 14.76m on her return after injury. The qualification round on Tuesday had been her first triple jump competition in exactly two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending champion Noah Lyles sped to a world-leading 19.51 \u2013 the fastest semifinal time in history \u2013 to earn his spot in the men\u2019s 200m final. Jamaica\u2019s Bryan Levell won the second semifinal in 19.78, finishing ahead of Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo (19.95).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending champion Shericka Jackson (21.99) and 100m winner Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (22.20) were the fastest qualifiers for the women\u2019s 200m final. All four US team members made it through to the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending champion Marco Arop and Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi qualified for the men\u2019s 800m final, but the most surprising runs in the semifinals came from Ireland\u2019s Cian McPhillips and Spain\u2019s Mohamed Attaoui, who both ran 1:43.18 to win their respective races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kenyan duo Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon, winners of the 10,000m and 1500m respectively at these championships, qualified for the 5000m with relative ease. Chebet won her heat, while Kipyegon followed Gudaf Tsegay across the line in the second heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of the pre-event favourites also advanced to the final in the women\u2019s high jump, including Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Nicola Olyslagers, Eleanor Patterson and Morgan Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few notable names didn\u2019t progress from the heats of the women\u2019s 800m. World indoor champion Prudence Sekgodiso pulled up injured in her heat. Just moments earlier, Australia\u2019s Jessica Hull took a tumble, taking her out of contention. Kenya\u2019s Lilian Odira led the round with 1:57.86 while Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson and Diamond League champion Audrey Werro also advanced with ease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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