2022 World Indoors Day 2: Darlan Romani Shocks Ryan Crouser, Shaunae Miller-Uibo Wins Gold, Sandi Morris Too
By LetsRun.com
March 19, 2022
BELGRADE, Serbia – Nine different gold medals were awarded tonight at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships. We’ve already recapped the stellar men’s 60 final here as well as the women’s 1500 and men’s 800 finals here.
Women’s 400: Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins her first world indoor gold
Double Olympic champ Shauane Miller-Uibo won the women’s 400 title in 50.31 as 400 hurdler Femke Bol of the Netherlands was second in 50.57 with 33-year-old Stephenie Ann McPherson of Jamaica third in a Jamaican record of 50.79.
After the 2014 World Indoors in Sopot, Poland (3rd – 52.06) Miller-Uibo said she was done with indoor 400s. Obviously, she went back on that retirement as she won her first world indoor gold tonight. Miller-Uibo credited her mom for putting the idea of going for World Indoor gold tonight.
Last year, Miller-Uibo ran her first indoor 400 since the 2014 Sopot Worlds when she clocked 50.21 in Staten Island and she said given how well her outdoor season went in 2021 that she was inspired to do more indoors this year.
The bronze for McPherson was just the second of her career and her first since she won bronze outdoors in 2013.
POS | BIB | COUNTRY | ATHLETE | MARK |
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1 | 110 | BAH | Shaunae MILLER-UIBO | 50.31 SB |
2 | 300 | NED | Femke BOL | 50.57 |
3 | 273 | JAM | Stephenie Ann MCPHERSON | 50.79 NIR |
4 | 323 | POL | Justyna ŚWIĘTY-ERSETIC | 51.40 |
5 | 233 | GUY | Aliyah ABRAMS | 52.34 |
6 | 303 | NED | Lieke KLAVER | 52.67 |
Femke Bol was happy with her silver
Bol said a silver medal in the flat 400 for a 400 hurdler, losing only to a double Olympic champ, is a good result. When we asked her if the fact that the winning time of 50.31 was .01 slower than the 50.30 she ran earlier this year made her think maybe a victory was possible, she pointed out that championship running is different than a one-off event.
When asked why she did indoors, she said she loves indoors and loves to race and thinks her indoor flat pb will help her get even better at the 400h outdoors.
Men’s 400: Richards holds off D2 Star Bassitt
Trinidad & Tobago’s Jerem Richards, the 2017 WC bronze medallist outdoors in the 200, got the early lead at the break and narrowly hung on to win the men’s 400 in an indoor pb of 45.00, just ahead of NCAA D2 star Trevor Bassitt of Ashland University who lowered his pb from to 45.27 to 45.05 to nab the silver. That completed a great eight days for Bassitt as last Saturday he won two NCAA DII titles (400 in 45.05 and 60h in 7.73). Sweden’s Carl Bengtstrom captured the bronze in an indoor national record of 45.33.
POS | BIB | COUNTRY | ATHLETE | MARK |
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1 | 437 | TTO | Jereem RICHARDS | 45.00 CR |
2 | 444 | USA | Trevor BASSITT | 45.05 PB |
3 | 421 | SWE | Carl BENGTSTRÖM | 45.33 NIR |
4 | 175 | DEN | Benjamin Lobo VEDEL | 45.67 NIR |
5 | 171 | CZE | Patrik ŠORM | 46.81 |
6 | 469 | USA | Marqueze WASHINGTON | 46.85 |
Quick Take: Jereem Richards said the recent deaths of Deon Lendore and several family members who recently passed away provided extra motivation
He also added that being more of a 200/400 guy than a pure 400 guy, he knew the only way to win was to grab the lead early.
Trevor Bassitt has no regrets about his tactics and said he now needs to sit down and think about whether he’ll use his NCAA outdoor eligibility this spring
Bassitt was hoping to get the lead coming off the break but was unable to get it. Approaching 300, he tried to get by Richards but couldn’t do it and then had to run the final turn a little wide before trying to pass again on the homestretch.
He came up just short, but was proud of the silver and pb. When asked if he had the chance to do it over again, if he’d just wait until the final 50 to try to make a move for the lead, he said no.
“I don’t think so. At that point, you have to make a move. You have to go for it. A risk it for the biscuit kind of deal,” said Bassitt. “Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn’t. I did it at USAs and it worked. I do it at Worlds it doesn’t. That’s the name of the game. You’ve got to take that chance every time.”
Women’s 60h: Cyrena Samba-Mayela win in an upset
21-year-old Cyrena Samba-Mayela of France, who was competing in her first global senior outdoor championship (she was a DNS in Tokyo), may have been the happiest champion tonight as was very emotional after getting the win by lowering her pb from 7.84 to 7.78. A year ago, she didn’t even get out of the heats at European indoors.
Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas, the Tokyo Olympic 100h 6th placer, took the silver in a national record time of 7.81 (the same time she ran in the semis), with America’s Gabriele Cunningham, the 7th placer in Tokyo, third in 7.87.
World leader Danielle Williams (7.75 sb), the 2015 world outdoor champ who didn’t make the Jamaican Olympic team last year after finishing 4th at the Trials, came up short once again as she didn’t get out of the first round (sixth in heat #2 of prelims in 8.23).
POS | BIB | COUNTRY | ATHLETE | MARK |
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1 | 200 | FRA | Cyréna SAMBA-MAYELA | 7.78 NIR |
2 | 109 | BAH | Devynne CHARLTON | 7.81 NIR |
3 | 381 | USA | Gabriele CUNNINGHAM | 7.87 |
4 | 267 | JAM | Britany ANDERSON | 7.96 |
5 | 406 | VEN | Yoveinny MOTA | 8.05 NIR |
6 | 306 | NED | Zoë SEDNEY | 8.07 |
7 | 247 | IRL | Sarah LAVIN | 8.09 |
354 | SUI | Ditaji KAMBUNDJI | DNF |
Field Events
Men’s Shot: Romani upsets Crouser
World record holder and double Olympic champ Ryan Crouser has accomplished a ton in his career, but there still is a hole on his resume – he’s never won a world title, indoors or out. His lack of a World Indoor gold made sense as before tonight he’d never competed at World Indoors. But in tonight’s competition, he was shockingly upset by Brazil’s Darlan Romani, who won a much deserved first global medal after finishing 4th at the 2018 world indoors, 2019 world outdoors, and 2020 Olympics. The win snapped Crouser’s 26-meet win streak with his last loss coming at the 2019 Worlds.
Romani got the win by throwing a 22.53 indoor pb in round 4. Crouser, who came into the competition as the world leader at 22.51, got off to a strong start with a 22.44 first-round throw but he was never able to throw farther although he did break also 22 meters in round 4 (22.32). The bronze went to two-time defending champion Tom Walsh of New Zealand, who equalled his pb at 22.31 (the same mark he threw to win in 2018, 21.78 got him the win in 2016).
Afterwards, Crouser wasn’t nearly as upset as one might think.
”Props to Darlan Romani. He threw extremely well – over a .7 meter pb. I’m just waiting for my .7 meter pb. Hopefully I’ll get it at the next world championships. Overall, I was content with how I threw. My preparation has been decent but I’ve just been [struggling] with a few nagging injuries,” said Crouser, who added he’s been limited in the number of hard throwing sessions he’s been able to get in due to an elbow injury. “I’m not displeased with how it went — it’s kind of a mediocre feeling – but huge congrats [to Romani].”
Crouser said the length of the competition was hard to deal with as there were 18 competitors and the preliminary throws lasted 75 minutes. Even in the final, things took way longer than normal as almost the entire field had to share one shot (most meets have 3-5 which speed things up considerably).
POS | BIB | COUNTRY | ATHLETE | MARK |
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1 | 150 | BRA | Darlan ROMANI | 22.53 CR |
2 | 450 | USA | Ryan CROUSER | 22.44 |
3 | 355 | NZL | Tomas WALSH | 22.31 AIR |
4 | 162 | CRO | Filip MIHALJEVIĆ | 21.83 |
5 | 443 | USA | Josh AWOTUNDE | 21.70 |
6 | 289 | ITA | Zane WEIR | 21.67 NIR |
7 | 286 | ITA | Nick PONZIO | 21.30 |
8 | 135 | BIH | Mesud PEZER | 20.94 SB |
Women’s Pole Vault: Morris wins
American Sandi Morris successfully defended her indoor world crown as she won with a 4.80m clearance. Her training partner, the reigning Olympic champion Katie Nageotte, was second at 4.75. 4.75 is also what Slovakia’s Tina Šutej, the 33-year-old Olympic 4th placer and 2011 and 2012 indoor NCAA champ for Arkansas, cleared to earn her first global medal in third.
It’s worth noting that the 2022 world leader Anzhelika Sidorova of Russia, the 2019 world champion and 2020 Olympic silver medallist, was banned from this meet due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as was the 2022 world #2 Polina Knoroz of Russia (4.81) and Iryna Zhuk of Belarus, the 2022 co-#3 (4.80).
POS | BIB | COUNTRY | ATHLETE | MARK |
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1 | 394 | USA | Sandi MORRIS | 4.80 SB |
2 | 396 | USA | Katie NAGEOTTE | 4.75 |
3 | 341 | SLO | Tina ŠUTEJ | 4.75 |
4 | 356 | SUI | Angelica MOSER | 4.60 |
4 | 372 | UKR | Yana HLADIYCHUK | 4.60 SB |
6 | 313 | NZL | Olivia MCTAGGART | 4.60 |
7 | 147 | CHN | Huiqin XU | 4.45 |
8 | 264 | ITA | Elisa MOLINAROLO | 4.45 |
9 | 161 | CZE | Amálie ŠVÁBÍKOVÁ | 4.45 |
10 | 198 | FRA | Margot CHEVRIER | 4.45 |
11 | 258 | ITA | Roberta BRUNI | 4.30 |
Men’s Heptathlon: Warner wins
Olympic decathlon champ Damian Warner, a 32-year-old Canadian, ran 2:39.56 in the 1000 to come from behind and win his first world indoor title in the heptathlon with 6489 points. Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer, 22, had a 23-point lead heading into the 1k but only managed a 2:53.54 and had to settle with the silver (6363) as Australia’s Ashley Moloney, also 22, took third with 6344.
POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | POINTS | 60 | LJ | SP | HJ | 60H | PV | 1000 | |
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1 | Damian WARNER | CAN | 6489 | PointsMarkOverall | 9996.68 (1)999 | 10738.05 (1)2072 | 78314.89 (1)2855 | 7941.99 (1)3649 | 10827.61 (1)4731 | 8804.90 (2)5611 | 8782:39.56 (1)6489 |
2 | Simon EHAMMER | SUI | 6363 | PointsMarkOverall | 9846.72 (3)984 | 10718.04 (2)2055 | 74214.23 (2)2797 | 8502.05 (2)3647 | 10467.75 (2)4693 | 9415.10 (1)5634 | 7292:53.54 (2)6363 |
3 | Ashley MOLONEY | AUS | 6344 | PointsMarkOverall | 9926.70 (2)992 | 10157.82 (3)2007 | 72213.89 (3)2729 | 8222.02 (3)3551 | 10127.88 (3)4563 | 9415.10 (3)5504 | 8402:43.01 (3)6344 |
4 | Hans-Christian HAUSENBERG | EST | 6191 | PointsMarkOverall | 9336.86 (5)933 | 10507.96 (4)1983 | 70513.62 (6)2688 | 8222.02 (6)3510 | 9847.99 (4)4494 | 10045.30 (4)5498 | 6932:57.10 (4)6191 |
5 | Andri OBERHOLZER | SUI | 6099 | PointsMarkOverall | 8827.00 (9)882 | 9527.57 (8)1834 | 77514.76 (8)2609 | 7941.99 (9)3403 | 9528.12 (7)4355 | 9105.00 (5)5265 | 8342:43.61 (5)6099 |
6 | Steven BASTIEN | USA | 6074 | PointsMarkOverall | 9046.94 (7)904 | 9507.56 (6)1854 | 67913.19 (9)2533 | 8782.08 (8)3411 | 9478.14 (6)4358 | 8194.70 (8)5177 | 8972:37.89 (6)6074 |
7 | Jorge UREÑA | ESP | 6049 | PointsMarkOverall | 9006.95 (8)900 | 8937.33 (10)1793 | 72213.90 (10)2515 | 8502.05 (10)3365 | 9877.98 (8)4352 | 8494.80 (7)5201 | 8482:42.28 (7)6049 |
8 | Lindon VICTOR | GRN | 6029 | PointsMarkOverall | 9156.91 (6)915 | 9507.56 (5)1865 | 83015.65 (5)2695 | 8502.05 (5)3545 | 8818.41 (5)4426 | 8194.70 (6)5245 | 7842:48.21 (8)6029 |
9 | Karel TILGA | EST | 5964 | PointsMarkOverall | 8587.07 (11)858 | 9457.54 (9)1803 | 81215.36 (7)2615 | 8222.02 (7)3437 | 8868.39 (9)4323 | 7604.50 (10)5083 | 8812:39.28 (9)5964 |
10 | Dario DESTER | ITA | 5929 | PointsMarkOverall | 8797.01 (10)879 | 8867.30 (11)1765 | 73014.03 (11)2495 | 7671.96 (11)3262 | 9528.12 (10)4214 | 8804.90 (9)5094 | 8352:43.49 (10)5929 |
Garrett SCANTLING | USA | DNF | PointsMarkOverall | 9406.84 (4)940 | 9107.40 (7)1850 | 87416.37 (4)2724 | 8222.02 (4)3546 | 0DNSDNF | 0DNSDNF | ||
Kai KAZMIREK | GER | DNF | PointsMarkOverall | 8067.22 (12)806 | 8026.95 (12)1608 | 69213.40 (12)2300 | 0DNSDNF |