Okon and Almayew register distinguished wins on Day 3 of World Below 20 championships in Lima

That is Justin Lagat’s column on day 3 of the 2024 World Athletics U 20 Championships. Justin is offering RunBlogRun readers a every day column on the thrilling World U 20s, which you’ll watch on Peacock every session!

In one other thrilling night of Athletics motion on Day 3 of the Wu20 championships on the Estadio Atletico de la Videna, Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew gained the ladies’s 3000m steeplechase race to put her nation on high of the medal desk earlier than South Africa’s Udeme Okon ran one other spectacular males’s 400m ultimate to push Australia additional down to 3rd place on the medal desk.

Uganda’s Chekwemoi ensured it was a tough run from the beginning of the ladies’s 3000m steeplechase ultimate as she took the sphere by the primary 1000m in 3:05.00. Two Ethiopians, one Kenyan and one Ugandan quickly remained within the main pack.

Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew and Uganda’s Loice Chekwemoi broke away within the final 1000m to battle for the highest two medals whereas Kenya’s Diana Chepkemoi was within the no-man’s land attempting her finest to carry on to the bronze place with Firehiwot Gesese in scorching pursuit.

In a brand new championship file of 9:12.71, Almayew gained the race, adopted by Chekwemoi in a brand new private better of 9:18.84 –a reward for setting the tempo. Additionally in a brand new PB, Chepkemoi completed third in 9:29.84.

The lads’s 3000m flat race was a straight ultimate, and the runners have been hesitant to tackle the race originally. The primary 1000m, crossed at 3:10.00, was apparently slower than the time that the ladies had used to cross the 3000m Steeplechase race. It was a 1000m jog and a brutal 2000m race.

The final half of the race was dangerously crowded, quick, and characterised by numerous jostling. On the bell, two Kenyans have been within the lead however have been quickly swallowed into the massive pack on the again straight. Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen of Norway had probably the most vigorous ending kick and crossed the end line first in 8:20.56. Kenya’s Denis Kipkoech adopted for silver in 8:20.79, whereas Edward Fowl ran 8:21.00 to win the bronze medal.

Each the ladies’s and males’s 400m races featured because the final occasions of the night. Lurdes Manuel of Czechia gained gold within the ladies’s occasion by operating 51.29 forward of Dianna Proctor of Canada in 51.98 and Zaya Akins of the USA in 52.00.

OKon of South Africa gained the boys’s race in 45.69 forward of Jayden Davis (46.08) and Sidi Njie (46.29), each from the USA.

Within the first ultimate of the day, Losif Kesidis gained the primary medal for Cyprus within the males’s Hammer Throw (6kg). It was a gold medal with a world U20 main mark of 82.80m. Hungary’s Ronald Imre and Armin Szabados gained silver and bronze after throwing 75.33m and 74.88m, respectively. These have been additionally the primary medals for Hungary on the championships.

USA’s Molly Haywood cleared a brand new private finest top of 4.47m to win the ladies’s Pole vault occasion, beating Magdalena Rauter of Austria and Tryphena Hewett of Australia, who each cleared 4.15m to silver and bronze medal positions, respectively.

In his fifth try, New Zealand’s Ethan Olivier jumped a brand new U20 space file of 17.01m to win the boys’s Triple Bounce. USA’s Karson Gordaon, in a PB of 16.74, settled for silver. Additionally in a brand new PB of 16.30, China’s Yinglong Ma gained bronze.

Tom Tersek of Slovenia gained gold within the males’s Javelin Throw after registering 76.81m. China’s Xiaobo Wang threw 75.50m to win the silver medal forward of Eire’s Oisin Joyce, who threw a brand new nationwide u20 file of 73.89m to take the bronze medal.

Some thrilling semi-final occasions now go away followers in nice anticipation for the finals.

Watching Torrie Lewis—the Oceania champion, Xiamen Diamond League winner, and three-time nationwide champion for Australia—within the semi-finals of the ladies’s 200m confirmed the depth of the under-20 athletes in Lima. She gained the third and ultimate warmth, whereas her compatriot Jessica Milat gained the primary warmth.

South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza was again within the males’s 200m semi-final occasion after successful the gold medal within the 100m the day past, and he ran the quickest qualification time in his warmth. He’s poised to be one of many large stars of the championships.