EUGENE, July 23 (Xinhua) -- At the 2022 Athletics World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 23, Canada and the United States won the men's and women's 4X100m relay championships with their world-best performances this season. In the men's triple jump, Tokyo Olympic silver medalist and China's Zhu Yaming won the bronze medal.
On July 23, Zhu Yaming was at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Wang Ying
The men's 4X100m relay final was the finale of the day. Defending champion U.S. has maintained a slight lead in the first three bases, but the handover of three or four bats has made mistakes, allowing Canada's fourth baseman and Tokyo Olympic men's 200m champion De Grasse to seize the opportunity to complete the straights, locking Canada's time at 37.48 seconds, leading 0.07 seconds to take the gold medal that the hosts are looking forward to defending. The British team won the bronze medal.
On July 23, Canada's last bat, De Grassey (front third from right), The United States' last stick, Bressey (second from right), and Brit's last stick, Prescord (front left), sprinted in the final. Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Wang Ying
In the women's 4X100m relay final, the United States team, which only won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, "revenge" Jamaica on its homeland, but the process of winning the championship was equally thrilling. The hosts maintained a nearly 0.3-second lead in the first three, but in the last bar they were constantly eroded by Jackson, the Jamaican "flying woman" who had just won the women's 200m title, and the two teams almost went hand in hand when they collided. In the end, the United States finished at 41.14 seconds, 0.04 seconds ahead of Jamaica. Germany finished third.
On July 23, U.S. players Jefferson, Steiner, Jenner and Terri (from left to right) celebrated winning the championship. Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Wang Ying
The day's athletics event was uneventful, with the men's javelin and men's triple jump winners all but losing suspense after the first round. In the triple jump, Tokyo Olympic champion and Portuguese Picciardo jumped 17 meters 95 meters in the first jump and won the championship with this result. China's Zhu Yaming won the bronze medal with a time of 17.31 meters.
Picardo (center) poses with Zango (left) and Zhu Yaming at the award ceremony on July 23. Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Wang Ying
In the men's javelin competition, Grenada's Peters' first throw of 90 meters 21 was beyond the reach of other runners. Until the end of the race, no second person in the whole game had ever surpassed the 90 meters. Pitts threw another 90m 54 in his last throw to set the title on target.
In the men's 800m, Tokyo Olympic champion and Kenya's Korel won his first World Championship gold medal. Ethiopia's Tegai won the women's 5,000m. Ethiopia also pushed Kenya to win the gold medals in the women's marathon, the women's 10,000 meters and the 5,000 meters at the World Championships.
The women's 100m hurdles preliminaries, women's long jump qualifiers, men's and women's 4X400m relay preliminaries, and men's decathlon were also held.
Source: Xinhua News Agency