Marileidy Paulino, Salwa Eid Naser and Natalia Kaczmarek will face a one-lap rematch in Poland, whereas Karsten Warholm will hope to return to his profitable methods
The highest finishers within the girls’s 400m Olympic ultimate will go head-to-head as soon as extra on the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday (August 25).
The occasion is at present experiencing an unprecedented degree of competitors, with the Paris ultimate seeing three girls break the 49-second barrier for the primary time ever as each finalist ran underneath 50 seconds.
The reigning world champion Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic shattered the long-standing Olympic file set by Marie Jose Perec in 1996, blazing by way of the end in 48.35 seconds.
She edged out 2019 world champion Salwa Eid Naser (48.53) and European champion Natalia Kaczmarek, who clocked 48.98. Paulino’s victory made her the primary Dominican lady to turn into an Olympic champion.
Simply exterior the rostrum, Eire’s Rhasidat Adeleke positioned fourth with 49.28, narrowly lacking a medal for the second consecutive yr after her fourth place on the World Championships in Budapest. In the meantime, Nice Britain’s Amber Anning broke the British file in fifth with 49.29.
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The lineup is sort of equivalent in Silesia, with the one modifications being Laviai Nielsen stepping in for Anning and combined 4x400m Olympic gold medallist Lieke Klaver from the Netherlands becoming a member of the sector.
Nielsen, who lately broke the 50-second barrier for the primary time on the London Diamond League with a PB of 49.87, finds herself with the slowest time among the many opponents – exhibiting simply how deep the sector has turn into.
In the meantime, we can even the the top-six from the boys’s 800m Olympic ultimate in Silesia the place David Rudisha’s world file of 1:40.91 may very well be underneath menace if it’s not already damaged in Lausanne on Thursday (August 22).
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi will look to higher his 1:41.19 that he ran in Paris as he took the title from Marco Arop of Canada who clocked 1:41.20 for silver.
Ben Pattison and Max Burgin can even be part of the sector, with each having their eye on Seb Coe’s long-standing British file of 1:41.73.
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World 400m hurdles record-holder Karsten Warholm can be aiming to return to his regular winning-self after settling for silver in Paris behind USA’s Rai Benjamin.
This weekend he’ll face Olympic finalists Clement Ducos from France and Abderrahman Samba from Qatar.
The Silesia assembly additionally sees Georgia Bell with one other likelihood to higher her 1500m British file of three:52.61 after profitable Olympic bronze. Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull from Australia leads the ladies’s 1500m entries which additionally embrace Brits Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Revee Walcott-Nolan.
Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson will get one other likelihood to showcase his pace within the males’s 100m after narrowly lacking out on gold in Paris, the place USA’s Noah Lyles claimed the highest spot.
Nevertheless it will likely be a crucial take a look at for Thompson as he faces a robust subject, together with Olympic bronze medallist Fred Kerley from the USA and 2021 Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs from Italy. GB’s Jeremiah Azu can even get one other likelihood after a false begin in his warmth in Paris.
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Within the males’s 200m, Letsile Tebogo will compete towards USA’s Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton following his historic Olympic win, the place he secured Botswana’s first-ever Olympic gold medal.
Brits Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita will tackle Tia Clayton of Jamaica and USA’s Tamari Davis within the girls’s 100m whereas Cindy Sember will race within the 100m hurdles towards Olympic champion Masai Russell from the USA and France’s silver medallist Cyrena Samba-Mayela.
Within the subject occasions, Mondo Duplantis will return to Diamond League motion after his world file vault of 6.25m in Paris.
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The lads’s excessive bounce will characteristic a showdown between present Olympic champion Hamish Kerr and Tokyo Olympic champions Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim, who each handled unlucky accidents and sickness whereas competing in Paris this yr.
Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser can even compete, aiming to problem his personal world file of 23.51m.
The assembly can be reside for UK viewers on BBC at 3pm on Sunday August 25.
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