by Alfonz Juck
WORLD RECORD
Mondo Duplantis set the 37th world record at World championships, his 14th with barrier breaking 630. It happened at 22.48 hrs local time in third attempt. He remains unbeaten in 37 competitions. In a competition of record depth, Emmanouil Karalis of Greece cleared 6.00m to secure silver and Kurtis Marschall equalled his PB of 5.95m to clinch bronze on countback. Karalis tried at 610, 615 and 620 once showing his future ambitions. It is the first time that seven men have ever cleared 5.90m or higher in a single competition, and the first time that 5.95m has not been enough for a medal. “It’s better than I could have imagined. I guess there is not a limit for me. Maybe I am the one to find out what the limit in pole vault really is. Today was a pretty much a dream competition. I was not alone at a lot of heights. Emmanouil was pushing me a lot. I have never jumped at 6.20m and had another guy with me. That”s quite special. I got juices from it. I am very proud of him for performing, not only today but throughout the season. He is pushing me and making me a better jumper. He got the best out of me too. Looking at 6.40 metres, that”s a new barrier in pole vaulting. That”s a new chapter.”QUOTES OF THE DAY
“This was a turn-up, wasn”t it? That was pretty unreal. I am still taking it all in. I just can”t believe how hot the crowd was. Everything was hard but it all ended up well for me. It”s unreal. I”m pretty stoked. I did a lot in the last 200 metres. You just need to visualise winning before it happens, and it will happen. I just gave myself a shot in the last 200 metres. I knew I had it in me tonight. I only knew I”d win one metre before the finish and that was enough. It”s a first track gold for New Zealand at a world championships, which is pretty cool,” Geordie Beamish who earlier in the heats was getting a spike to his face. First track medal for New Zealand at Worlds.
12.24 by Ditaji Kambundji only, 2nd best ever by an European only 0.03 behind ER and former WR of Jordanka Donkova from 1988. Camryn Rogers 80.51 NR, WL and 2nd best mark ever behind Anita Wlodarczyk 6 results.
Gordie Beamish win in men steeple over Soufiane El Bakkali. No medal for Kenya or Ethiopia in men marathon, only one medal for Africa in men marathon happened last time in 2003.MEDALS (from 20 to 28 countries)
USA 5-0-2, KEN 2-0-1, CAN 2-0-0, JAM 1-2-0, SWE 1-0-1
TITLE RETAINERS
Yes (5): Crouser, Perez, Duplantis, Rogers, US 4x4mx
No (7): Tsegay, Tausaga, Richardson, Lyles, V. Kiplagat, El Bakkali, D. Williams
NC (4): A. Martin, Beriso, Spanovic, Cheptegei
TOP MARKS
WR: 630 Duplantis
CR: 630 Duplantis, 4x4mx 3:08.80 USA, 10.61 Jefferson-Wooden
WL: 630 Duplantis, 4x4mx 3:08.80. USA, 10.61 Jefferson-Wooden, 713 Davis-Woodhall, 80.51 Rogers
AR: 1 – Africa
AGENTS (individual gold medals)
Paul Doyle 2, Stephen Haas 2, Federico Rosa, Miguel Mostaza, Gianni Demadonna, John Nubani, Riad Ouled, Norman Peart, Adam Phillips, Derek Froude, Daniel Wessfeldt, Florian Clivaz, Dunfee no agent.
STATS (by Ken Nakamura and World Athletics)
Marathon
First medal for GER at the marathon in World Champ, if you don’t count GDR (Cierpinski’s bronze in 1983). Winning margin of 0.03 is smallest ever at World Championships Marathon, replacing 1 sec from 2001 in Edmonton (Abera was the winner). Difference of 3 sec between 1st and 3rd is the smallest ever for the marathon in World Championships, replacing 11 sec from Doha.
3000mSC heat
9:15.28 is the fastest time that failed to make the final of W3000mSC in World Championships, replacing 9:21.10 from 2022
HT qualifying
81.85 by Katzberg tied the longest HT in World Championships qualifying round which was recorded by Ziolkowski from 2001.
W400mH first round
53.18 by Jasmine Jones is the fastest first round time of W400mH in the World Championships, replacing 53.39 by Bol from 2023
400mH first round
48.03 by Samba is the fastest first round time of 400mH in the World Championships, replacing 48.12 by dos Santos from 2023
WHT
80.51 is second longest WHT in World Championships; only 80.85 by Anita Wlodarczyk is further. Second gold and third medal for Rogers, still behind Wlodarczyk (4 gold) and Moreno (3 gold and 4 medals) with both number of gold and medals. Best marks for places for 2nd to 6th were set for World Championships WHT. At 18y/328d, Zhang Jiale becomes the youngest medallist in the women’s hammer at the World Championships with bronze. At 40y/38d, Włodarczyk becomes the oldest top-eight finisher in the women’s hammer in World Championships history.
3000mSC
8:33.88 is the slowest winning time of 3000mSC in the World Championships, replacing 8:25.13 by Soufiane El Bakkali in 2022. Winning margin of 0.07 sec is second smallest winning margin in 3000mSC at World Championships. At 17y/262d, Edmund Serem becomes the youngest male athlete to win an individual medal in World Championships history.
W100mH
Best marks for place for 3rd to 8th at World Championships 100mH
PV
Best marks for places in WC was set for 1st, 4th, 6th and 7th for PV were set. Best marks for places for 2nd, 3rd and 5th were tied. Third gold for Duplantis, still 3 more to go to tie Bubka. 30cm is the largest winning margin at World Championships PV, surpassing 27cm from 2022.
