Day 3: One Page Recap of Monday’s Action At 2015 Worlds

2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships Beijing

by LetsRun.com
August 24, 2015

BEIING – Here we briefly recap all of Monday’s Day 3 evening action. For much more detailed analysis, post-race videos, click on the links below.

Pat Graham of the AP has a nice recap of the day’s action as well here that contrasts Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce’s celebration with Molly Huddle’s.

Women’s 10,000m: Molly Huddle Gives the Bronze to Emily Infeld, as Vivian Cheruiyot Returns with Gold

Internationally the storyline of this one was Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya returning from maternity leave in grand style and winning her fourth world title (two at 10,000, two at 5,000), as she was too good over the final lap, outkicking Gelete Burka of Ethiopia for gold in a very slow race that had eight women in contention at the bell, including all three Americans.

For Americans, the story line for this one was entirely different, as unheralded Emily Infeld, only third in the 10,000m at the USA chapionships, got the bronze as fellow American Molly Huddle inexplicably celebrated early, putting her arms up before the finish, just as Infeld passed her on the inside. There is no sugar coating this one, after a lifetime of training and 9,997 meters of racing, Huddle was going to secure the bronze until she let up just before the line. American fans were left to comprehend the agony of Huddle and at the ecstasy of Infeld at the same time, as the US had its best finish ever in this event with Shalane Flanagan finishing 6th, to make it 3-4-6. Full LRC recap here.

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK
1	560	Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT	KEN	31:41.31
2	338	Gelete BURKA	ETH	31:41.77
3	891	Emily INFELD	USA	31:43.49
4	890	Molly HUDDLE	USA	31:43.58
5	566	Sally Jepkosgei KIPYEGO	KEN	31:44.42	SB
6	880	Shalane FLANAGAN	USA	31:46.23
7	348	Alemitu HEROYE	ETH	31:49.73
8	573	Betsy SAINA	KEN	31:51.35	SB
9	349	Belaynesh OLJIRA	ETH	31:53.01
10	618	Susan KUIJKEN	NED	31:54.32

Men’s Steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi Makes it Official, He’s the Greatest Championship Steepler of All-Time as Evan Jager Falters

Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya won his fourth straight World Championship to go with his 2 Olympic titles and prove he’s the greatest championship steepler ever as he led an unprecedented Kenyan 1-2-3-4 sweep. 2015 World #2 Evan Jager was in the lead at the bell raced like a contender for the gold until the final 300m when he fell off the pace and faded to sixth behind training partner Dan Huling.

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Full LRC recap here with 16 minute interview with Jager.

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK
1	683	Ezekiel KEMBOI	KEN	8:11.28
2	690	Conseslus KIPRUTO	KEN	8:12.38
3	689	Brimin Kiprop KIPRUTO	KEN	8:12.54
4	680	Jairus Kipchoge BIRECH	KEN	8:12.62
5	1027	Daniel HULING	USA	8:14.39
6	1030	Evan JAGER	USA	8:15.47
7	742	Brahim TALEB	MAR	8:17.73
8	312	Matthew HUGHES	CAN	8:18.63	SB
9	815	Krystian ZALEWSKI	POL	8:21.22	SB
10	1000	Donald CABRAL	USA	8:24.94

Men’s Pole Vault: University of Akron’s Shawn Barber Wins Gold in Pole Vault

Shawn Barber, the 21-year old NCAA champ from the University of Akron and Kingwood, Texas, who competes for Canada, was the surprise gold medallist as he made it over 5.90 without a miss. He came up short on setting a PR of 6.00, but 5.90 was good enough for gold as only defending champ Raphael Holzdeppe cleared 5.90 as well after 6 guys made 5.80. *Interview with Barber Here

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	5.50	5.65	5.80	5.90	6.00
1	301	Shawnacy BARBER	CAN	5.90	O	O	O	O	XXX
2	557	Raphael Marcel HOLZDEPPE	GER	5.90	–	O	XO	XXO	XXX
3	813	Pawel WOJCIECHOWSKI	POL	5.80	–	O	O	XXX
3	506	Renaud LAVILLENIE	FRA	5.80	–	–	O	XXX
3	800	Piotr LISEK	POL	5.80	O	O	O	XXX
6	509	Kévin MÉNALDO	FRA	5.80	O	O	XXO	XXX

Women’s 100m: Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce Wins Global 100m Title #5

There isn’t a better women’s 100m runner than Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce. She showed it again Monday night as she won her 5th global title at 100 (2 Olympics, 3 Worlds). She got off to a tremendous start that allowed her to celebrate before the finish line. The siler medal went to former heptathlete Dafne Schippers, who was the bronze medallist in the multi at Worlds two years ago at just age 21. Schippers started sprinting full-time this year and the results have been astounding. American Tori Bowie got the bronze. *Schippers Interview *Article

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK		REACTION TIME
1	510	Shelly-Ann FRASER-PRYCE	JAM	10.76		0.161
2	622	Dafne SCHIPPERS	NED	10.81	NR	0.129
3	865	Tori BOWIE	USA	10.86		0.153
4	508	Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN	JAM	10.91		0.137
5	806	Michelle-Lee AHYE	TTO	10.98		0.145
6	807	Kelly-Ann BAPTISTE	TTO	11.01		0.127
7	519	Natasha MORRISON	JAM	11.02		0.200
8	637	Blessing OKAGBARE	NGR	11.02		0.185

Women’s Triple Jump: Caterine Ibarguen Defends

This one was not a surprise as Caterine Ibarguen won her 29th competition in a row to defend her world title. Her last loss came at the 2012 Olympics. Ibarguen needed to be at her best today as the top 5 all set seasonal best, with Hanna Knazyeva-Minenko setting a national record for Israel for silver.

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	WIND	DETAIL
1	277	Caterine IBARGÜEN	COL	14.90	+0.1	SB
2	485	Hanna KNYAZYEVA-MINENKO	ISR	14.78	-0.1	NR
3	550	Olga RYPAKOVA	KAZ	14.77	+0.1	SB
4	199	Gabriela PETROVA	BUL	14.66	+0.4	PB
5	531	Kimberly WILLIAMS	JAM	14.45	0.0	SB
6	844	Olga SALADUKHA	UKR	14.41	+0.4
7	721	Ekaterina KONEVA	RUS	14.37	0.0
8	427	Kristin GIERISCH	GER	14.25	+0.1
9	363	Jeanine ASSANI ISSOUF	FRA	14.12	0.0
10	279	Yosiry URRUTIA	COL	14.09	-0.3
11	528	Shanieka THOMAS	JAM	14.08	+0.2
12	172	Keila COSTA	BRA	13.90	+0.2

Men’s 400m Semis: A Wide Open Final is Set

Isaac Makwala of Botswana, known for running fast at an obscure track in Switzerland, ran fast tonight (44.11) on a grand stage today as he had the fastest time for the final and punched his hand into the air after winning his heat. Makwala had never made it past the first round before this Worlds. Kirani James won his heat as did Wayde Van Niekerk to set up what looks to be a wide open final as barely half a second separated all of the finalists.

POS	RANK	HEAT	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	2	243	Isaac MAKWALA	BOT	44.11 Q
2	1	1	580	Kirani JAMES	GRN	44.16 Q
3	2	1	410	Luguelín SANTOS	DOM	44.26 Q NR
4	1	3	857	Wayde VAN NIEKERK	RSA	44.31 Q
5	2	3	1047	LaShawn MERRITT	USA	44.34 Q SB
6	2	2	715	Yousef Ahmed MASRAHI	KSA	44.40 Q
7	3	2	520	Rabah YOUSIF	GBR	44.54 q PB
8	3	3	938	Machel CEDENIO	TTO	44.64 q

Women’s 400m Hurdles: Final Set

World leader Shamier Little of Texas A&M was in lane 1 after a poor first round, and she’ll have some work to do in the final as she was the last qualifier for the final and may be in lane 1 again.

Full results here, qualifiers belowl.

POS	RANK	HEAT	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	3	303	Zuzana HEJNOVÁ	CZE	54.24 Q
2	1	1	922	Cassandra TATE	USA	54.33 Q
3	1	2	310	Sara Slott PETERSEN	DEN	54.34 Q
4	2	2	525	Kaliese SPENCER	JAM	54.45 Q
5	2	1	707	Wenda NEL	RSA	54.63 Q
6	2	3	523	Janieve RUSSELL	JAM	54.78 Q SB
7	3	1	387	Eilidh CHILD	GBR	54.80 q
8	3	2	896	Shamier LITTLE	USA	54.86 q

Javelin Qualifying: (story here, results here): Olympic Champ Keshorn Walcott Out

The big news was the Olympic champ Keshorn Walcott did not qualify. He had a narrow foul on his first throw that would have qualified him, but came up short on his last two throws.

AM Session: All 3 Americans Made the Steeple Final for the first time in history as Emma Coburn looked good and Allyson Felix started her quest in the 400

Day 3: One Page Recap of Monday’s Action At 2015 Worlds

2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships Beijing

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