The 200 meters was a fantastic race. Ramil Guileyev ran his race, and passed a worn out Wayde Van Niekerk. Jereem Richards, TTO, the youngster, ran a brilliant final last straight to take the bronze.
The 200 meter rounds were very tough. With Van Niekerk running the 400 meters before the 200 meters, he was quite tired. Ramil Guliyev, who focused on the 200 meters, ran well in the rounds and was not in many media viewer’s predictions. Yet, Guliyev was well prepared, and he ran down Van Niekerk, who, being a human, was a bit worn out after the 400 meters and the 200 meter rounds.
Jereem Richards, who has run well in NCAA competitions, was the pick for the bronze by Maurice Greene, on our Mo & Larry show.
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Senior Writer Jeff Benjamin has written for almost 40 years for RunBlogRun! The Former President of the Staten Island AC & was the 5th man scorer for his 1982 Susan Wagner High School NYC XC City Championship team. Also a member of the College of Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame for XC, Jeff is also a retired NYC DOE history teacher. Some of Jeff's subjects have included Sebastian Coe, Eamonn Coghlan, Matt Centrowitz, Billy Mills, Joe Newton, Tom Fleming, Bill Rodgers, Abel Kiviat, Frank Shorter, Rod Dixon and Carl Lewis as well as Book Reviews and articles covering track meets and races primarily in the Northeast U.S. and beyond.
Jeff has also covered Track & Field events at the 1996, 2016 & 2024 Olympic Games as well as the 2022 World T&F Championships in Eugene, Oregon. A noted T&F historian and chronicler of the athletic achievements of Jim Thorpe, Jeff helped with the restoration of Thorpe to the official IOC 1912 Record Books.
In 2023 Jeff was honored with the awarded the prestigious James Dunaway memorial award for excellence in Track and Field journalism by the Track and Field Writers Association.
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