LA CHAUX DE FONDS (SUI, Jul 3): The 42nd edition of the Resisprint meet at favorable altitude (WACT Challenger) again registered super-fast sprint times. First in the men´s 100 meters final, Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon clocked a national record of 9.96 (+1.6w).
Shericka Jackson on 200m world record watch
Van Niekerk is back with 44.58
Van Niekerk is back with 44.58
As Jon Mulkeen points out, he becomes the first athlete from South Asia to run sub-10. Sri Lanka becomes the 32nd country with a sub-10 sprinter, and Yupun is the 167th member of the sub-10 club. Second was Cuban Reynier Mena with a 9.99-second personal best (missed the national record by only 0.01) and third, Frenchman Meba-Mickael Zeze also with a personal-best 9.99; fourth was German Lucas Ansah-Peprah, who achieved a national Under-23 record of 10.04.
Even more sensational was the 200 meters, as Cuban Reynier Mena hugely improved the national record to 19.63 seconds (+1.2w), the third-best of 2022 and tieing the tenth-best ever performer. Meba-Mickael Zeze again had a personal record of 19.97, this time also a European lead and becoming the 13th European with a sub-20 time. Third was Filippo Tortu in 20.15.
Line Kloster won the 400-meter hurdles in a Norwegian-record 53.91 (she also won her 200 meters race with a windy 22.51 +2.5w) ahead of Finland´s Vivi Lehikoinen 55.57. An Israeli record was set in the women’s 100 meters by Diana Vaisman 11.06 (+1.8w) ahead of Dafne Schippers’ 11.13.
In the 200 meters, Namibian young star Beatrice Masilingi returned from injury with 22.29 (+1.9w) followed by Anna Kielbasinska 22.76 (equaling a lifetime best) who earlier won the 400 meters in 50.31. Isaac Makwala topped the 400 meters in 45.03; Cuban Roger Iribarne won the 110-meter hurdles with a 13.26 personal best (+1.7w) and German Joshua Abuaku ran a 48.80 personal best in the 400-meter hurdles ahead of Frenchman Victor Collorer (49.11 lifetime best).
Belgian Anne Zagre won the women’s hurdles in 12.95 (+0.7w) with a windy 12.80 (+2.1)w in the heats.
In technical events, Hongkong´s Chan Ming Tai 800 (+1.7w) in the long jump, homegirl Angelica Moser cleared 4.40 meters in the pole vault and Lithuanian Dovile Kilty leapt 14.17 (+3.1w, legal 13.98) in the triple jump.
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