Day 3: One Page Recap of Monday’s Action At 2015 Worlds
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 | |
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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.
Full LRC recap here with 16 minute interview with Jager.
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | |
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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 | DETAIL | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.80 | 5.90 | 6.00 | 6.05 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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