Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins at World Indoor Championships - for Oregon22
BELGRADE, SERBIA - MARCH 19: Shaunae Miller-Uibo of Bahamas BAH celebrates winning the Women's 400 Metres Final on Day Two of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 at Belgrade Arena on March 19, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images for World Athletics)

World 200m champion Noah Lyles clocked his season-best 19.86 seconds (+0.8w) and Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran fast at the Pure Athletics Global Invitational in Clermont, Florida on Sunday, May 1.

Second was his brother Josephus in 20.20. In the 200 meters, World indoor 400-meter gold medalist Jereem Richards clocked 20.06, while Jamaica’s Ashanti Moore won the women’s 200 in 23.02 seconds ahead of Lilly Kaden (23.21).

In the heats of the women’s 100 meters, Shaunae Miller-Uibo did 10.92 seconds with a 5.5m/s wind, while Briana Williams, 10.96 (5.3m/s), Twanisha Terry, 10.96 (5.0m/s), Ashanti Moore, 11.17 (4.3m/s) and Khalifa St. Fort, 11.25 (5.5m/s) were the other finishers.

Terry won the women’s final in 10.94 seconds ahead of Williams’ 11.03. The wind reading was 1.3m/s. St. Fort got 7th in 11.34. In the men’s heats, Kyle King ran 9.90 seconds (3.9m/s), Noah Lyles, 9.90 (3.9m/s), Isiah Young, 9.96 (4.1m/s) and Aaron Blake, 9.98 (2.8m/s). Jerome Richards of Trinidad and Tobago recorded 10.16 seconds (2.8m/s).

IAAF Inside Athletics: Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Maicel Uibo

King ran 9.98, the day’s only legal sub-10 to beat Jerome Blake, timed in 10.00 (1.3m/s).

Kimberly Williams topped the women’s triple jump with 13.98 meters to beat Naomi Metzger’s 13.92.

German Ricarda Lobe clocked 12.85 (+3.6) in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. In the men´s hurdles final, Hungarian Valdo Szucs recorded a legal 13.72.

Morgan Lake cleared 1.93 meters in the high jump, and Ben Williams got 16.49 meters (+0.9w) in the triple jump, his best since 2019.

Kyra Jefferson won the women’s 400-meter event in 52.40 seconds while Gilles Anthony Afoumba, 46.44, was the best in the men’s edition.

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Anthony Foster is a renowned Jamaican sports journalist, honored twice as the Jamaica sports journalist of the year (in 2004 and 2005). His journalistic achievements are globally recognized. Notably, he authored an award-winning article on Usain Bolt, the iconic 6-time Olympic champion, 11-time World champion, and record holder for the sprint double. This significant piece was published in the Jamaica Gleaner in 2004. Anthony's extensive coverage includes prestigious events such as the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016. He has also provided coverage for seven (7) World Athletics Championships held between 2007 and 2022, alongside various other international sporting events. Noteworthy mentions comprise his coverage of the 2007 World Cup of cricket and his cherished experience reporting on the 2004 clash between his favorite football team, Argentina, and the USA.

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