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A captivating and exhilarating final of the men's 1,500m won by Kenyan Elijah Manangoi was the organ point of the third day of the World Under 20 Championship of Tampere 2018 on Thursday (12 )
. Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Samuel Tefera and Justus Soget, Manangoi won his Under-18 World title with a 3: 41.71 victory to ensure that the U18, U20 and 1500m senior titles all belong to the same team. family.
Norway's Ingebrigtsen won the silver in 3: 41.89, the bronze went to Soget of Kenya in 3: 42.14, with the British Jake Heyward fourth in 3: 43.76.
He says a lot about the quality of the race. The Ethiopian champion was able to finish only in fifth place in 3: 43.91, although this is not an ordinary World Under-20 final, but probably the best field ever at this level .
The race started, Kenya Justus Soget and towing It goes through 400m in 63.11. In the second round, Tefera, favorite of the gold medal, moves progressively forward, rising to 800 m in 2: 05.74.
At this point, the wheels turn, a panic settles and chaos settles.
Tefera began casting it to the front, a 56.49 second turn bringing them to the bell in 2: 48.10. In the back straight, Tefera is all-in, producing a fierce tempo and leading into the last lap, but Soget and Ingebrigtsen came, ready to hit
Soget was the first to pbad, then Ingebrigtsen came on the up from him, struggling to the front with a few feet to run. But the fastest of all was the forgotten man: Manangoi
"I am very grateful," said Manangoi. "I was not confident I could win but I did my best and now I know I have talent."
Ingebrigtsen looked defeated to his right near the finish, trying but unable to collect anything else for the gold, but he was content with a great money .
"I obviously wanted to go for gold, but I'm happy," he said. "I had to run a lot in hallway two, which is not a good thing but overall, it was a great experience, I'm going to bed early while I the final of the 5,000 m on Saturday. "
The age is not an obstacle for Williams
Young people may well be wasted on young people, but this is not a charge Briana Williams, who at age 16 surprised everyone – with the exception of coach Ato Boldon – by winning gold in the women's 100m in 11.16.
The favorite, Twanisha Terry of the United States, had a record of 11.03 in her semifinal earlier in the evening, but when the pressure came, she could not repeat it.
Terry was unable to repel Williams during the last half of the race after leaving Jamaica, and had to settle for money with 11.19, Kristal Awuah takes third place with 11.37
"It's amazing to win this race." "I was training for this race all season."
For coach Ato Boldon, it was all part of the plan.
"We knew that she would probably be in the lead at 50 meters," he said. "I told him before the race that if she panics, then the others will overtake her, but if she holds her form, she will be able to take it. "
A few minutes earlier, the men's 110m hurdles set the first title of the week, Darion Thomas at the height of his favorites by qualifying for the 13.16 victory over his compatriot Orlando Bennett The Japanese Shunsuke Izumiya took third place in 13.38
Das made the history of India
With a full force arrival, the Indian Hima Das sealed his first national medal in the 400m at the IAAF U20 World Championships, leading the home straight with a clear winner in 51.46.
She made her the first Indian woman to win a world title of any kind and the first Indian man or woman to win a world track title.
Das had watched an overwhelming favorite for gold through the rounds, but an evening of surprises, it seemed like another was on the cards halfway to the 400m final. She left conservatively and did not pbad fourth place on the last corner
. But, as she later said, "my greatest strength is the last 100m."
She burned down the house was shooting on arrival, coming home well away from Miklos, who caught the money with a 52.07 PB. Manson won bronze for the United States with a good performance of 52.28.
"I am very proud to carry the Indian flag on my shoulders," said Das. "I want to thank India and my team leader and my coach."
Svabikova climbs to a new level
In the women's pole vault, Amalie Svabikova produced the best series of her life for She won the victory with a clearance of 4.40 m, but she did Is not content to have raised the bar to 4.51m and sailed to establish a Czech U20 record.
"I still do not believe it, today it was very good," said Svabikova, seventh at these championships two years ago and fifth at the European Championships juniors last year.
Behind her, the rest of the field struggled. 4.20m to eight, but only five after 4.30m: Svabikova, Swedish Lisa Gunnarsson, neutral athlete allowed Yelizaveta Bondarenko, Olivia McTaggart of New Zealand and French Alice Moindrot.
Gunnarsson overtook 4.35m in his second try, Moindrot and Bondarenko with their third, while McTaggart bowed. All missed at 4.40 m, with a countdown giving money to Gunnarsson and bronze to Moindrot.
In women's discus, Moldova won its second medal in the history of these championships.
Alexandra Emilianov 's best effort of 57.89 m came in the third round, and that was more than enough for gold. Finland's Helena Leveelahti, inspired by a welcoming crowd, has reached a new milestone with a national record of 56.80m. Silinda Oneisi Morales of Cuba took the bronze medal with 55.37 m
Welteji leads all the way
Ethiopia won its first gold medal of the week in the women's 800m, a fearless performance of Diribe Welteji. title in the event of two rounds.
Welteji took the race at the moment the gun fired, leading to 400m in a fast, but not foolish, 58.98. She was the only one able to maintain that pace, and she came home easy in 1: 59.74, a best league title and the first under-two in the history of the championships.
Money went to Carley Thomas, of Australia in a PB of 2: 01.13, with Switzerland's Delia Sclabas third in 2: 01.29.
After four rounds of the heptathlon, the Briton Niamh Emerson seems to be on track for a world title, though it's still for play
She has accumulated 3690 points on the first day thanks to an exceptional morning where she set herds in both hurdles and high jump, with a time of 13.76 and a flight of 1.89 m. A shot throw of 12.27m and a 24.80 200m gives her a one-night lead over Adriana Rodriguez of Cuba, who has 3634.
"The first two events were unbelievable this morning, then the shot put was solid but I wanted more than 200m, "said Emerson.
The Austrian Sarah Lagger is slightly behind on 3609, but should make a bold offer on the second day. His day was marked by a better result of 14.38m at the championship.
Cathal Dennehy for the IAAF
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