The fifth day of the World Championships in Athletics in Budapest will be remembered for a long time. And by the results, but also by the unusual collision of electric vehicles, which brought the participants of the semi-final 200 meters to the stadium.
The night was highlighted by the long jump competition, in which Miltijadis Tedoglu grabbed the only gold he was missing, and it looked like he would be just a centimeter away from the finish line.
Namely, the Greek jumped 8,50 in the first series, which was also achieved by Wayne Pinnock in the second. But, the athlete from Jamaica then took the lead, because he jumped for the first time at 8,40 meters, and Tedoglu in the third at 8,39.
Until the last series, Pinok somehow resisted, but the 25-year-old from Thessaloniki jumped to 8,52 meters in it. Pinok had one last attempt left, but he stopped at 8,38, so the Greek celebration could begin.
The bronze was won by Pinok's compatriot Tajay Gale, who in the last jump landed at 8,27 meters, which was the same as his countryman Kerry McLeod. He decided the second long jump - Gale had 8,17, McLeod 7,90.
The Dutchwoman Femke Boll dominantly won gold in the 400m hurdles (51,70), ahead of Shamir Little from the USA (52,80) and Rachel Clayton from Jamaica (52,81).
In the 100 hurdles, Danielle Williams from Jamaica surprised everyone by winning gold (12,43), with a hundredth of a lead over Jasmin Camacho-Quinn from Puerto Rico and three over Kendra Harrison from the USA. Harrison ran 12,24 in the qualifiers, 12,32 in the semifinals, but failed in the most important race.
Gold was also brought to Jamaica by Antonio Watson with a phenomenal finish in the 400 meters race (44,22), ahead of the British Matthew Hudson-Smith (44,31) and the American Quincy Hall (44,37), while in the hammer throw all three medals went to North America - the Canadian Camryn Rogers (77,22) celebrated, ahead of the Americans Janey Cassanavoid (76,36) and Diana Price (75,41).
The 200 meter semifinals in both competitions also attracted a lot of attention, especially what happened to the athletes who were supposed to compete in the first of the three races. Two electric vehicles collided in front of the stadium, and one athlete even fell out!
The first favorite Noah Lyles was the fastest, and nine athletes will compete in the final, because Andrew Hudson got a piece of Plexiglas in his eye and could not see well. He did not make the time for the final race, but the organizers accepted the appeal of the Athletics Federation of Jamaica and allowed him to compete in the final.
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