World Championship Day 4: Faith Kipiegon wins Kenya’s first gold medal

The women’s 1,500m and high-jump finals took place for an exciting evening session on the fourth day of the World Athletics Championships in Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon. Faith Kipyegon of Kenya became the world champion again in the 1,500m final.

Congrats @FaithKipyegon_ I won the gold medal at 1500 meters. We are proud of you. pic.twitter.com/f2Bh93HC8g

— David Rudisha (@rudishadavid) July 19, 2022

Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegae She knew from the beginning that the only way to compete for a gold medal was to run a fast race. Tsegay passed her first 400m for 58 seconds at a pace of her world record of 1,500m.With Kipyegon Laura Muir, Most of the others refrained from going with her. As they still approached Bell Lap at a world record pace, Kipyegon moved her move and she continued to win the gold medal at 3: 52.96. Tsegay won the silver medal at 3: 54.52 and Muir won Team GB her first bronze medal at 3: 55.28, the best of the season. ..

Jerome Blake and Aaron Brown will be in the 200m semifinals

The first event of the evening session is in Canada Jerome Break When Aaron brown, Men’s 200m 1 and 2 were hot. After missing the men’s 100m semi-final, Blake cruised to 20.30 seconds and finished in 3rd place, winning an automatic qualifying spot for the semi-finals.

“It was pretty comfortable and comfortable today,” says Blake. “After understanding the blocks, I felt I was back in my element.” In the 100-meter heat, Blake made a mistake by setting the starting blocks to the wrong length.

“The main purpose here is to gain experience in the championship and see how far we can achieve it,” says Blake.

Brown scared Canadian truck fans in Heat 2 and slipped off the starting blocks because they weren’t properly seated. Fortunately, the race was called back as Brown counterattacked to win the spot in 20.60 seconds in the semifinals on Tuesday.

Active 200m Olympic champion, Andre De Grasse, Scratches from 200 meters On race day, due to a recent match against Covid, he shifted his focus to the 4x100m relay after failing in the 100m final.

Django Robetto bows at 2.30m to finish in 6th place in the high jump

After making no mistakes in qualifying, in the first three heights of the final, Canada Django Robetto I couldn’t clear 2.30m in 3 trials.Qatar Mutaz Essa Barsim Demonstrating his excellence, he jumped 2.37m and won the world championship title for the third consecutive year.

Balsim is Korean Sanhyoku, Until he bows at 2.37m. Wu won the silver medal and set a national record in South Korea with a 2.35 meter jump.

The 2022 World Athletics Championships will be held from July 15th to 25th in Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon. Canadian running And ASICS Canada.follow me twitter upon Instagram For all of Team Canada and the latest exclusive news and content.