One Page Recap of Tuesday’s Day 4 Action At 2015 Worlds
by LetsRun.com
August 25, 2015
BEIJING – Here we briefly recap all of Tuesday’s action. For much more detailed analysis, post-race videos, click on the links below. In future days if you’d like to watch races without knowing the results, click here.
Men’s 800m: The King Is Back
World record holder and 2012 Olympic champ David Rudisha returned to the top of the 800m world with a wire to wire win that was very different from his 2012 London wire to wire win. Rudisha controlled the pace from the front in a slow race, and closed very fast the final 200m to get the win over Adam Ksczcot of Poland and Amel Tuka of Bosnia. Afterwards, Rudisha turned his focus to Rio where he could have a stiffer challenge as neither 2014 world #1 Nijel Amos nor 2013 World Champ Mo Aman made the final here. *Lengthy article with interviews/analysis
Rudisha interview, full recap/analysis.
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | |
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1 | 702 | David Lekuta RUDISHA | KEN | 1:45.84 | |
2 | 797 | Adam KSZCZOT | POL | 1:46.08 | |
3 | 234 | Amel TUKA | BIH | 1:46.30 | |
4 | 701 | Ferguson Cheruiyot ROTICH | KEN | 1:46.35 | |
5 | 490 | Pierre-Ambroise BOSSE | FRA | 1:46.63 | |
6 | 825 | Musaeb Abdulrahman BALLA | QAT | 1:47.01 | |
7 | 730 | Nader BELHANBEL | MAR | 1:47.09 | |
8 | 685 | Alfred KIPKETER | KEN | 1:47.66 |
Women’s 1500m: Genzebe Dibaba Closes in 1:56.9 to Get Global Title #1
Genzebe Dibaba came in as the heavy, heavy favorite after her 3:50.07 world record last month. She lived up to that billing, as she took the lead after a slow opening 700 and never looked back closing in 1:56.9. Faith Kipyegon of Kenya and Sifan Hasan both closed sub 2:00 to round out the medals as the Americans Shannon Rowbury and Jenny Simpson would have had to set 800 prs to medal here.
Simpson ran with one shoe the last 600m of the race after she was stepped on by Hassan with 800m to go and her shoe would come off with a little more than 600 to go. Full recap with Simpson interview and Rowbury interview and race video highlights here.
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
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1 | 342 | Genzebe DIBABA | ETH | 4:08.09 |
2 | 567 | Faith Chepngetich KIPYEGON | KEN | 4:08.96 |
3 | 616 | Sifan HASSAN | NED | 4:09.34 |
4 | 351 | Dawit SEYAUM | ETH | 4:10.26 |
5 | 404 | Laura MUIR | GBR | 4:11.48 |
6 | 786 | Abeba AREGAWI | SWE | 4:12.16 |
7 | 915 | Shannon ROWBURY | USA | 4:12.39 |
8 | 664 | Angelika CICHOCKA | POL | 4:13.22 |
9 | 600 | Rababe ARAFI | MAR | 4:13.66 |
10 | 753 | Tatyana TOMASHOVA | RUS | 4:14.18 |
11 | 917 | Jennifer SIMPSON | USA | 4:16.28 |
12 | 599 | Malika AKKAOUI | MAR | 4:16.98 |
Men’s 400m Hurdles: Kenya Gets SPRINT Gold
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | REACTION TIME | |
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1 | 679 | Nicholas BETT | KEN | 47.79 | WL | 0.162 |
2 | 870 | Denis KUDRYAVTSEV | RUS | 48.05 | NR | 0.146 |
3 | 202 | Jeffery GIBSON | BAH | 48.17 | NR | 0.184 |
4 | 1005 | Kerron CLEMENT | USA | 48.18 | SB | 0.174 |
5 | 705 | Boniface Mucheru TUMUTI | KEN | 48.33 | 0.164 | |
6 | 956 | Yasmani COPELLO | TUR | 48.96 | 0.204 | |
7 | 794 | Patryk DOBEK | POL | 49.14 | 0.176 | |
8 | 1063 | Michael TINSLEY | USA | 50.02 | 0.134 |
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | WIND | DETAIL | ATTEMPT 1 | ATTEMPT 2 | ATTEMPT 3 | ATTEMPT 4 | ATTEMPT 5 | ATTEMPT 6 |
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1 | 538 | Greg RUTHERFORD | GBR | 8.41 | +0.3 | SB | X0.0 | 8.29-1.0 | X+0.1 | 8.41+0.3 | – | – |
2 | 177 | Fabrice LAPIERRE | AUS | 8.24 | +0.7 | SB | X+0.1 | 7.85-0.4 | 8.10+0.2 | X+0.1 | 8.20+1.0 | 8.24+0.7 |
3 | 344 | Jianan WANG | CHN | 8.18 | 0.0 | 8.14+0.1 | 8.180.0 | 8.08-0.4 | X+0.8 | X-0.1 | 6.27+1.0 | |
4 | 330 | Xinglong GAO | CHN | 8.14 | +1.2 | SB | 8.14+1.2 | 7.87-0.7 | 7.85+0.1 | X+0.6 | 7.95-1.0 | 8.02+0.9 |
5 | 334 | Jinzhe LI | CHN | 8.10 | +0.2 | 7.69-0.5 | X+0.3 | 8.09+0.6 | X+0.4 | 8.10+0.2 | X+0.8 | |
6 | 873 | Aleksandr MENKOV | RUS | 8.02 | -0.5 | 8.02-0.5 | X+0.8 | 7.98-0.1 | X+0.8 | X-0.4 | X+0.1 | |
7 | 503 | Kafétien GOMIS | FRA | 8.02 | +0.1 | X+0.5 | X0.0 | 8.02+0.1 | 7.57+0.7 | X0.0 | 7.80-0.5 | |
8 | 874 | Sergey POLYANSKIY | RUS | 7.97 | 0.0 | 7.89-1.3 | 7.970.0 | X+0.1 | X+0.3 | X+0.3 | X-0.9 | |
9 | 1024 | Jeff HENDERSON | USA | 7.95 | -0.6 | X-1.2 | 7.95-0.6 | X-0.5 | ||||
10 | 230 | Tyrone SMITH | BER | 7.79 | 0.0 | X-0.5 | 7.790.0 | X+0.3 | ||||
11 | 392 | Radek JUŠKA | CZE | 7.57 | -0.4 | 7.55-0.5 | 7.57-0.4 | X-0.2 | ||||
1022 | Mike HARTFIELD | USA | NM | X+0.3 | X-0.6 | X+0.1 |
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | DETAIL | ATTEMPT 1 | ATTEMPT 2 | ATTEMPT 3 | ATTEMPT 4 | ATTEMPT 5 | ATTEMPT 6 |
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1 | 288 | Denia CABALLERO | CUB | 69.28 | 69.28 | 63.83 | X | 65.97 | 66.55 | 66.58 | |
2 | 283 | Sandra PERKOVIC | CRO | 67.39 | X | 65.35 | X | 65.37 | X | 67.39 | |
3 | 439 | Nadine MÜLLER | GER | 65.53 | 65.53 | X | 60.85 | X | X | 62.67 | |
4 | 298 | Yaime PÉREZ | CUB | 65.46 | X | 62.63 | 59.63 | 64.60 | 64.31 | 65.46 | |
5 | 420 | Julia FISCHER | GER | 63.88 | 63.88 | X | X | 59.22 | X | 63.19 | |
6 | 132 | Dani SAMUELS | AUS | 63.14 | 53.65 | 62.90 | 63.08 | 63.14 | 61.48 | 62.31 | |
7 | 419 | Shanice CRAFT | GER | 63.10 | 61.80 | 61.72 | 61.46 | 59.23 | 63.10 | 62.86 | |
8 | 256 | Xinyue SU | CHN | 62.90 | 62.90 | 62.58 | 58.47 | 61.56 | 62.33 | 62.61 | |
9 | 859 | Whitney ASHLEY | USA | 61.05 | X | 56.91 | 61.05 | ||||
10 | 379 | Mélina ROBERT-MICHON | FRA | 60.92 | 59.25 | 60.92 | 59.89 | ||||
11 | 894 | Gia LEWIS-SMALLWOOD | USA | 60.55 | X | 60.55 | 59.02 | ||||
12 | 845 | Natalia SEMENOVA | UKR | 59.54 | 57.94 | 59.54 | 54.97 |
Women’s 400m Semis: Allyson Felix Leads Qualifying to Set up Shaunae Miller, Christine Ohuruogo Final
Allyson Felix had the only sub 50 clocking as former world junior champ Shaunae Miller won her heat and so did reigning World Champ Christine Ohuruogo to set up an interesting final where Felix and Miller will be the favorites.
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | REACTION TIME | |
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1 | 142 | Shaunae MILLER | BAH | 50.12 Q | 0.167 | |
2 | 509 | Christine DAY | JAM | 50.82 Q | 0.216 | |
3 | 489 | Libania GRENOT | ITA | 51.14 | 0.175 | |
4 | 366 | Floria GUEI | FRA | 51.30 | 0.188 | |
5 | 889 | Natasha HASTINGS | USA | 51.33 | 0.154 | |
6 | 725 | Nadezhda KOTLYAROVA | RUS | 51.86 | 0.184 | |
7 | 112 | Anneliese RUBIE | AUS | 52.04 | 0.180 | |
578 | Joyce ZAKARY | KEN | DNS |
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | REACTION TIME | |
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1 | 390 | Christine OHURUOGU | GBR | 50.16 Q | SB | 0.170 |
2 | 515 | Stephenie Ann MCPHERSON | JAM | 50.32 Q | SB | 0.135 |
3 | 881 | Phyllis FRANCIS | USA | 50.50 q | SB | 0.189 |
4 | 630 | Patience Okon GEORGE | NGR | 50.76 | PB | 0.252 |
5 | 367 | Marie GAYOT | FRA | 50.97 | PB | 0.213 |
6 | 736 | Ekaterina RENZHINA | RUS | 51.49 | PB | 0.158 |
7 | 678 | Patrycja WYCISZKIEWICZ | POL | 51.94 | 0.153 | |
8 | 205 | Carline MUIR | CAN | 52.31 | 0.228 |
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | REACTION TIME | |
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1 | 879 | Allyson FELIX | USA | 49.89 Q | SB | 0.154 |
2 | 512 | Shericka JACKSON | JAM | 50.03 Q | PB | 0.187 |
3 | 513 | Novlene WILLIAMS-MILLS | JAM | 50.47 q | SB | 0.204 |
4 | 843 | Nataliia PYGYDA | UKR | 50.62 | PB | 0.176 |
5 | 389 | Anyika ONUORA | GBR | 50.87 | PB | 0.175 |
6 | 698 | Bianca RAZOR | ROU | 51.05 | 0.167 | |
7 | 571 | Maureen Jelagat MAIYO | KEN | 51.92 | 0.182 | |
8 | 944 | Kabange MUPOPO | ZAM | 51.93 | 0.178 |