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Briton Niamh Emerson leads the heptathlon standings after two rounds of the third morning session of the U20 World Championships from 1945-19003 Tampere 2018 .Emerson collected 2106 points, and her medal chances Gold were further increased by the Unfortunately, Alina Shukh, a native of Ukraine, has withdrawn from the gold medal.
The under-20 European champion won the javelin title last night but suffered a hamstring injury. Shukh, who lined up in the 100m hurdles with one leg up, started the race with a solid but not spectacular 14.68 – four tenths drifting off his best-ever time – before retiring from the competition during the warm up until 39. at the high jump.
Emerson kicked off his day brilliantly, breaking the 14-yard mark in the 100m hurdles for the first time with 13.77, before taking the 1.89m high jump on his third attempt, a performance that surprised the British. 19659002] "I did not see the equal PB in the high jump coming as my PB is from two years ago," she said. "I had a knee problem and I felt it at the last jump and I wanted to save myself for the long jump."
After two events, Emerson has a healthy lead ahead of Australian Celeste Mucci (2022 points) and Anna Hall of the United States (1976 points). Defending champion Sarah Lagger of Austria is eighth after two events with 1890 points, but she is expected to progress on the leaders of the overall standings.
Bett and Zazini, World Under-18 Champions. steeplechase at the U20 World Championships of IAAF – return to the inaugural edition in Athens, Greece in 1986, while the event was taking place on 2000m for the first and only time – and they also won gold and silver in 10 of the 16 editions. 19659002] But Kenyans have oddly inscribed only one athlete for the steeplechase in Tampere, although their only participant, world champion Under-18 world champion Leonard Bett, has been a comfortable qualifier . He finished second in 8: 39.30 behind the Ethiopian Getnet Wale, who ran across the line in 8: 39.15.
Wale, 17, will attempt to improve his Bydgoszcz bronze medal two years ago when he could have won the title if there had been no two fouls at the jump of water during the last two laps. Albertan Albert Chemutai also impressed in the first run, finishing the last kilometer in 2: 44.87 to win in 8: 49.48.
Trung Cuong Nguyen became the first athlete from Vietnam to reach a final. at the U20 World Championships. Nguyen was third in a national record of 8: 51.16.
Another World Under-18 champion in action at the third morning session was Sokwakhana Zazini of South Africa in the 400m hurdles. He hit the second hurdle but was impressive in the heats, qualifying at a 51.21 base.
Moitalel Mpoke Naadokila was a silver medalist – albeit a very distant one – behind Zazini in Nairobi last summer but Kenyan was the fastest Cory Poole, who will compete in tonight's 110m hurdles final , opened the session with a win in the first leg in 52.12, but a notable absentee of the semifinal is the Mexican Sergio Armando Esquivel. – Third on the 2018 World Lists – who only crossed an obstacle before being hurt.
The British duo Charles Dobson and Jona Efoloko led the 200m with the best 20.65 lifetime performance in front of the Khance Meyers of the United States. 20.70 and the fastest of Eric Harrison's competitors in 20.73. After finishing in the 100-meter heats with a time of 10.70, Thando Dlodlo, of South Africa – who ran 20.41 for the 200m this season – was a non-starter in five innings .
Davis leads the long jump qualifiers; Wilson qualifies for the hammer final
Tara Davis of the United States leads the qualifying round of the long jump with a second round of 6.40m, but his team mate and world under-20 teammate Alyssa Wilson , has just won the final. ] Wilson, who competed in three events across the program despite the overlapping schedule, made a mistake in the shot put final yesterday – an event in which she had to win a medal – and her campaign for the hammer title A non-throw in front of a modest 57.70m
There was still nearly ten meters of his lead over the under 20s but a 58.71m improvement in the third round was enough to qualify for 12th place. Both groups were led by Camryn Rogers of Canada with 62.99m and Tatsiana Ramanovich with 62.84m
. Steven Mills for the IAAF
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