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LAUSANNE Switzerland (Reuters) – American Noah Lyles tied the best 200 meters of the year in 19.69 seconds at the Diamond League meeting of Lausanne on Thursday.
Lyles, racing in his favorite event, He has pbaded his compatriot Michael Norman to remain undefeated in the event this year.
Time has tied his personal best and best time in the world, which he shares with Clarence Munyai of South Africa
"I am a little disappointed time.I wanted to run faster and make sure that this world becomes mine, "said Lyles, who also shares the 100 million in advance, told reporters. "But I know I'll be able to do it later in the season.
" I'm trying to go 19.4, "added the 20-year-old." It's a moment that has been in my head for a while and I think it's time to do it. "
Only Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake and American Michael Johnson ran faster. holds world record at 19.19 seconds
Norman, world record holder in the 400m indoor, takes second place in 19.88
Another annual record reaches the men's 5000m where Birhanu Balew of Bahrain wins in 13: 01.09 after Ethiopians Selemon Barega, who finished second, and Yomif Kejelcha, got entangled
Barega accidentally stumbled Kejelcha, who almost shot Barega on the track and was disqualified by continued
BIG SURPRISE
To his surprise, the US Shelby Houlihan surprised a n 1,500-meter-high women's championship, including Britain's Laura Muir and South Africa's Caster Semenya
Houlihan, a two-time winner in the 1,500 and 5,000-meter US championships. closing sp I had to take the shortest race of a better life 3: 57.34
"I did not feel very good (before the race)," said Houlihan. "I had to talk to myself during the race to stay in a comfortable position and the incredible crowd brought me home for the last 200 meters."
Muir took second place in 3: 58.18 with Semenya, Olympic champion and world 800m. The mid-distance race could be threatened due to a new rule of hyperandrogenism of the IAAF finishing sixth in 4: 00.44
Qatari Abderrahman Samba, during this time, continued his masterful 400m hurdles.
Samba, Last week he ran the second fastest time of the event (46.98 seconds). He won his sixth consecutive race by crushing Norwegian world champion Karsten Warholm in 47.42 seconds. Warholm was runner-up in 47.94 seconds
Russia's Sergey Shubenkov dominated the 110m hurdles, winning in 12.95 seconds US champion Devon Allen's 13.29.
U.S. Winner Shamier Little took five hundredths of a second off Jamaican Commonwealth Games champion Janieve Russell to win the women's 400-meter hurdles in 53.41 seconds. Dalilah Muhammad, US Olympic gold medalist, lost fourth place.
Best woman of the year in the 100m, Marie-Josée Ta Lou from Ivory Coast, held off another Olympic champion by signing 10.90 despite a slow start to beat Jamaican Elaine Thompson (1099).
(Reportage by Gene Cherry at Raleigh, North Carolina, edited by Ken Ferris)
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