World Championship debutant Sophie Weißenberg is twelfth after the first three disciplines in the heptathlon, Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam is on course for gold. There was an exciting finish over 10,000 m, a US victory in the hammer throw and an Ethiopian double success in the marathon. The third day of competition at a glance.
100 m women: semi-finals for Lückenkemper
The recently regained strength sprinter Gina Lückenkemper missed the final (today 4.50 a.m. CEST). The Vice European Champion again came out of the blocks badly, but was not dissatisfied with 11.08 seconds and fourth place in her run; especially as TyNia Gaither of the Bahamas was disqualified after a false start and got into arguments with the referee. “It wasn’t easy,” said Lückenkemper. The last time Melanie Paschke was in a 100m World Championship final was in 1997, when the Wattenscheider finished sixth.
Jamaican Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah in 10.82 seconds and her compatriot Shericka Jackson (10.84) set scent marks. The 35-year-old London Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce obviously wanted to save energy and almost miscalculated. However, 10.93 seconds was enough for sixth place in the final.
110m hurdles semi-final: Holloway fastest in heat
Grant Holloway (USA) qualified as the fastest in the 110m hurdles final today at 4:30am CEST. The defending champion from the USA needed 13.01 seconds. Olympic champion Hansle Parchment from Jamaica won his semi-final in 13.02 seconds ahead of the world’s best of the year, Devon Allen (USA/13.09), who was happy at the finish but not as convincing as in June when he fell 12.84 seconds onto the track had conjured.
Heptathlon: Weißenberg after shot put twelfth
Sophie Weißenberg has made a decent World Cup debut so far: With a personal best time over 100 m hurdles (13.51 seconds) and the season’s best shot put (13.57 m) and 1.74 m in the high jump, the Leverkusen native has so far collected 2,717 points – twelfth place . After three disciplines, Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam from Belgium (3,127) is clearly in the lead.
Marathon: Ethiopian Tola wins gold in world championship record time
The men’s marathon race ended on Sunday with an Ethiopian double: Tamirat Tola won in a world record time (2:05:36 hours) ahead of Mosinet Geremew (2:06:44). Bashir Abdi from Belgium (2:06:48) secured bronze, Tom Gröschel from Rostock was 43rd in 2:14:57 hours.
10,000m: gold and bronze for Uganda
After a tactical race, the African runners delivered an exciting finish over 10,000 m. In 27:27.43 minutes, defending champion and world record holder Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei had a wafer-thin lead over Kenyan Stanley Waithaka Mburu (27:27.90) and his Ugandan compatriot Jacob Kiplimo (27:27.97). Surprisingly, Olympic champion Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) only finished fifth.
Hammer throw: American Andersen WINS clearly
The hammer throw final was a no-brainer: Brooke Andersen of the USA won gold with 78.96m in the absence of Polish world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk, who sustained an injury chasing a car thief, putting her nearly 12 feet ahead of Camryn Rogers, who won silver for Canada with 75.52 m. Third was Andersen’s teammate Janee Kassanavoid (74.86). DLV thrower Samantha Borutta was eliminated in the qualification.
400 m heats: World Cup favorites sprint to the semifinals
In the heats over 400 m, the favorites showed no weaknesses: The US-American world best of the year Michael Norman (45.37 seconds), London Olympic champion Kirani James from Grenada (45.29) and the South African world record holder and Rio Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk ( 45.18) confidently qualified for the semi-finals on Thursday (4.15 a.m. CEST/live on the first and on sportschau.de).
Jamaican Stephanie Ann McPherson ran the fastest lead time in the women’s race (50.15). Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas (51.10) and Marileidy Paulino from the Dominican Republic (50.76) are also in the semifinals on Thursday (3:45 a.m. CEST).
100 m of the women the highlight
On the third day of competition there are still four finals on the program. In the shot put (3.30 a.m.) and over 110 m hurdles for men (4.30 a.m.) there are no DLV athletes at the start. In the women’s pole vault (2.10 a.m.) World Cup debutant Jacqueline Otchere wants to inspire again – and over 100 m Gina Lückenkemper hopes in the semifinals (2.30 a.m.) for a better start than in the preliminary heat and a place in the final (4.50 a.m.).