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Day 4 Preview: Usain Bolt will not defend his 200 metres crown, one he has held since setting a world record 19.19 seconds in Berlin in 2009. It could well come down to a battle between South Africa’s world and Olympic 400 metres champion Wayde van Niekerk and Botswanan rival Isaac Makwala, both seeking a first 200/400 metres world double since Michael Johnson in Gothenburg in 1995. Aries Merritt could provide the fairytale that the athletics championships need after Justin Gatlin denied Usain Bolt his golden farewell in the 100 metres. The 31-year-old American is one outstanding performance away from repeating his Olympic winning feat on the same track in 2012 and just two years after a kidney transplant. His biggest threat will be Jamaica’s Olympic champion Omar McLeod who looked to be in ominously good shape and is determined to break Merritt’s world record in the final. The Women’s 1,500 metres finals will see Caster Semenya, South Africa’s defending double Olympic 800 metres champion and two-time world gold medallist aiming for an audacious middle-distance double. Although her career has been mired by arguments over her elevated levels of naturally occurring testosterone, Semenya is happy to focus on her performances on the track. Challenging Semenya will be Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba and Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan. With inputs from AFP.
Highlights IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017, Results, Day 4 in London: Faith Kipyegon, Omar McLeod win gold
Catch all the live updates and results from Day 3 of the much-anticipated IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017 in London.
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That’s it for all the action from day 4 of the IAAF World Athletics Championship 2017 in London. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon added the world title to her Olympic gold while Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas won her country’s first gold medal with her victory in the triple jump event. Omar McLeod won Jamaica’s first gold medal in this edition with his stunning win in the 110m hurdles and he dedicated his gold to sprint legend Usain Bolt.
That’s all from us but we’ll be back tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed our live coverage. Good night!
And here is how the women finished in the 1,500 metres final. The shock result of the night being Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba finishing last!
Faith Kipyegon wins gold in the 1,500m!
Gosh!!! What. A. Race! Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon takes Gold. Jeniffer Simpson takes Silver and Caster Semenya wins Bronze.
Be ready for a final sprint between Sifan Hassan, Genzebe Dibaba, Faith Kipyegon, Caster Semenya and Laura Muir. Don’t miss this.
Yulimar Rojas wins Gold in the women’s triple jump!
Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas clinches gold in the women’s triple jump event with a jump of 14.91 metres. Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen misses gold by 20 cms while Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova takes bronze.
Omar McLeod wins Gold!
Omar McLeod is the 2017 World Champion with a timing of 13.04 seconds! Jamaica finally pick up a sprint Gold.
Shaune Miller-Uibo and Allyson Felix qualify for 400m finals, Nirmala Sheoran finishes 22nd
Favourites Shaune Miller-Uibo and Allyson Felix qualify for the women’s 400m final with Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser topping the semi-finals with a timing of 50.08 seconds. India’s Nirmala Sheoran in 22nd place did all that she could but it wasn’t meant to be.
Nirmala Sheoran crashes out!
Disappointment for India as Nirmala Sheoran fails to qualify for the final of the women’s 400m. She finishes 7th with a timing of 53.07 seconds. Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser wins the semi-final with a timing of 50.08 as Allyson Felix finishes second in 50.12 seconds.
The top four athletes in heat 1 of the men’s 400m hurdles, Kerron Clement (48.35), Karsten Warholm (48.43), Juander Santos (48.59) and Kemar Mowatt (48.66), have the best timings in the semis too! A blistering race that!
Anita Wlodarczyk wins her third World Athletics Championship Gold!
Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk wins the Women’s hammer throw with a throw of 77.90 metres. This is Wlodarczyk’s third world title and her 41st consecutive victory in all competitions! What an athlete!
Women’s 400m semi-finals coming up in a while now. India’s Nirmala Sheoran is in the 2nd heat where she will be running next to 9-time World Champion Allyson Felix. Probably should just hold onto Felix and sail through.
And Anita Wlodarczyk is back in business! The Polish world record holder snatches the lead from China’s Zheng Wang with a throw of 77.90m.
South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk qualifies for the semi-finals of the 200m event. Botswana’s Issac Makwala, who was one of the favourites to win the event. did not start in his heats probably choosing to focus on the finals of the 400m event tomorrow.
The top 8 athletes in the women’s hammer throw final after three attempts with world record holder and Olympic gold medalist at the Rio Olympics in 2016 Anita Wlodarczyk, astonishingly down at sixth place.
