The World Athletics Championships will be held on Friday in Eugene, Oregon. This is a crunchy college town called Truck Town in the United States.
This is the first time that the most important athletics outside the Olympics will be held in the United States, and there should be no shortage of American stars celebrating at Hayward Field in front of local fans.
Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton illuminate the sprint. Sydney McLaughlin is the best female 400 meter hurdle ever. She grew up in Portland, Oregon and attended a college at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where Galen Rupp won the men’s marathon title as her local favorite.
But this is really a world championship. Can anyone break Jamaica’s grip on women’s sprints? Known for producing the best cross-country skiers in the world, Norway suddenly won two track stars, Karlstenwarholm and Jacob Ingebrigzen.
World Athletics, the governing body of international athletics, has banned Russians and Belarusians from attending the event due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it is the most decorated in the history of athletics in the United States. Everyone else will participate, including the Olympic athlete Allyson Felix. Participated in her last world championship.
With 10 days of racing, jumping, javelin throwing and shot put, you’ll hardly be disappointed.
Men’s 100 meters:
For the first time since 1991, an American man was able to dominate the event. Fred Kerley and Trayvon Bromell set the fastest time twice in the world this year, with Marvin Bracey’s 9.85 tied for third place. Former 400 specialist Curly is the only man to perform less than 9.80 in 2022.
Another American and defending world champion Christian Coleman has returned after suspension due to a breach of whereabouts and has not yet performed until the 2019 form, but to win this race. It will also be one of your favorites.
Female 100 meters:
The biggest question surrounding this event: How do Jamaica’s top three women end up? It seems inevitable that Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price, Elaine Thompson-Hella and Shericka Jackson will dominate the medal stand. Fraser Price, 35, dominated the 100 meters this season. She is the only woman running below 10.70 and the only athlete to win this event four times.
Men’s 200 meters:
Lyles sticks out his tongue and points to Knighton to celebrate his 200th US Championship last month. Interview after a fierce race.. Lyles is a world champion and won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, but his personal best time is slower than Knighton.
The 18-year-old Knighton ran 200 on April 30 in 19.49 seconds, the fourth fastest 200 times in history, breaking Usain Bolt’s record of the same age by nearly 0.5 seconds. Lyles is right behind Knighton on his best-ever list with a personal best of 19.50, but the focus of the race is how these two finish and, more importantly, how fast they run. Will be.
Women’s 200 meters:
Jamaica is my favorite at this event. She overtook active Olympic champions Thompson Hera and Fraser Price at the Jamaica National Championships, running 21.55 seconds in 200 seconds, the third fastest in history. Her time is just behind Thompson-Hella’s 21.53 from last year’s Tokyo Olympics, and Thompson-Hella still doesn’t respect the shape of the Olympics this season, but usually runs fast in championship competitions, so I can’t count.
Medium range event
Men’s 400 meters:
Michael Norman, 24, is arguably one of the most talented sprinters in the history of this distance, but he doesn’t have an individual Olympic or World Championship medal to show it. His personal best at 400 in 43.45 seconds was tied in the fourth fastest time ever, but Norman wasn’t able to put his work together in a major tournament as a professional. This season, Norman has been at his best since running 43.45 in 2019, performing multiple times in less than 44 seconds. He escaped from the field in the US Championship and won in 43.56 seconds. If healthy, Norman should be the first American World Champion in 400 years since LaShawn Merritt in 2013.
Women’s 800 meters:
Athing Mu hasn’t lost 800 as a professional yet. At last year’s Olympics, he took advantage of the long stride produced by the 5’10 frame to win the gold medal at a distance as the first American since 1968. She finished the race at 1: 55.21 and she set an American record at the age of only 19. Mu is very popular for winning her gold medal, and she will be the first 800 American women’s world champions.
Only Keeley Hodgkinson, who was 19 at the Summer Olympics, seems to be able to challenge Mu. She ended behind Mu with a British record of 1: 55.88.
Men’s 800 meters:
One of the biggest storylines surrounding this event is whether Donna Van Brager will regain the championship form. He won the 2019 World Championships, set a national record at 1: 42.34 and became the first American athlete to win this event. But since then he hasn’t returned to that shape. Blazer was unable to form a US Olympic team and finished sixth in his only 800 race in 2022 in May. In races reportedly blowing up to 30 mph, all athletes slowed down, but Blazer ran at 1: 50.58.
Distance event
Men’s 1,500 meters:
Already an Olympic champion, at the young age of 21, all attention is paid to Ingebrigzen, who is still a phenomenon. He seems to keep improving every month. In February, he set a world record indoors at 1,500 meters. Then, a few weeks ago, in front of a crowd engrossed in Oslo, he ran the fastest mile everyone had run in nearly 21 years.
Eugene will gain market share for challengers, including Kenya’s Timothy Cheryl Yacht, who finished second only to Ingebrigzen in Tokyo. Ethiopia’s Samuel Tefera has offended Ingebrigsen at this year’s Indoor World Championships, but hasn’t raced much lately. Kenya’s Abel Kipsang, Australia’s Oliver Hoa, and England’s Jake Wightman are also expected to compete for the podium.
Women 1,500 meters
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon is arguably the largest middle-distance runner to date and aims to build on her distant consecutive Olympic titles. Her only downside in recent years was her second place in the 2019 World Championships, but otherwise she was indomitable. At the Prefontaine Classic in May, she demolished a high-quality field, including Ethiopia’s Gudafzegai.
Female 5,000 meters:
Kenya’s Helen Obili, who won two world championships at the event, is particularly absent from the field. This means that this could be a wide open race, especially given the uncertainty with the Dutch Sifan Hassan. After winning three medals, including two gold medals, at the Tokyo Olympics, Hassan just recently returned to competition after a long break. I’m not sure if she will try her luck with 5,000. Ethiopia’s Ejigaevtai set the fastest time in the world this year.
Men’s 10,000 meters:
This race can be tricky. Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegay, who holds world records at 5,000 and 10,000, had to settle in second place after 10,000 Ethiopian Selemon Barega at the Tokyo Olympics. At Eugene, their rematch is highly anticipated. Also note the American Grant Fisher, who finished fifth at the Olympics and set an American record in March.
hurdle
Women’s 400 meters hurdles:
This event must be a race between McLaughlin and the watch. McLaughlin easily broke her world record at the US Championships and showed an astonishing 51.41 seconds to compete in the regular 400 finals. With both 2019 World Champion American Dalilah Muhammad and Dutch Femke Bol on the field, the World Championships shouldn’t be that easy, but they’ll probably make McLaughlin run even faster.
Men’s 400 meters hurdles:
Last summer’s Olympic 400 hurdles final was one of the most impressive races in Olympic history. Warholm won the gold medal in 45.94 seconds, breaking his own world record. Rai Benjamin of the United States also came in second in 46.17 seconds, also surpassing Warholm’s previous world record. With this year’s gold medal, Warholm will be the only person to win three world titles in the 400 hurdles, but that seems unlikely now. Warholm raced only once in 2022 and suffered a hamstring laceration early in the race on June 5th.
relay
Mixed 4x400m relay:
All eyes focus on Felix, the most decorated track athlete in American history who will compete in one of her last races. Felix is the most skilled athlete in the history of the World Championships.
Men’s 4x100m Relay:
The 4×100 relay is one of the most exciting events in athletics, but it’s just as worrisome in the United States. The United States often organizes teams that can win medals at world championships and the Olympics. However, relays have become famous for handoff failures, falls, and other technical problems for Americans. With four out of the ten fastest men in the world, the United States should win a gold medal this year, but this relay is not certain.
Female 4x400m relay:
The United States has the embarrassment of wealth, and among the 400 fastest runners in the world, some haven’t run individual races at Mu, McLaughlin, Muhammad, and Abby Steiner. All of these runners are divided into less than 50 seconds in 400 seconds. Trot in the relay should be able to easily win three consecutive gold medals in the United States. The 3: 15.17 world record set by the Soviet Union in 1988 may be in their sight.
marathon
Women’s Marathon:
There are many factors that determine who will win the marathon, but the biggest factor is who will be on the starting line. Top marathon runners, not named Sarah Hall, usually hold only two marathons each year, many of whom choose to run one of the six World Marathon Majors that offer the highest entry fees. ..
Therefore, there is no female world record holder, Brigid Kosgey of Kenya, but very fast women who ran marathons within two hours of the season, such as Ruth Chepng’etic in Kenya and Ashete Bekere in Ethiopia. There are many. 18 minutes. However, world championship races are different from other marathons. It takes place in the summer, not in the spring or autumn. It is usually hot and most runners do not participate on the course. So this is a wildcard. And it could be a race where Americans like Hall and American record holder Keira Damart can run in front of a lead pack with a woman who is having a better time than herself. Hmm.
Men’s Marathon:
This race has a big X Factor, his name is Galen Rupp.
Rap is not the fastest runner in the race. It’s Ethiopia’s Mocine Togeremeu, who ran the London Marathon at 2:02:55 in 2019 and didn’t win. Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge did, and he’s not in the field. However, Lap was a hometown hero who grew up in Portland, Oregon, ran for the University of Oregon and built his home in the state. He targets this race all year round. He desperately wants to win at home. On paper, he’s more than two minutes slower than the best runners in the race, but Rap proves he’s a big competitor and knows the terrain and climate better than anyone else. He wants this terribly.
Women’s high jump:
After Russia’s Maria Lasitskene was banned from competing with all other athletes in Russia and Belarus this year, the event will feature a new world champion for the first time since 2015.Lasitskene Wrote an open letter Expressing her frustration with the decision, she condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Lasitskene, who won the gold medal at the Olympic Games last summer, was also banned from participating in the 2016 Rio Games due to state-owned doping in Russia.
As Lasitskene disappears, pay attention to former quarterback Randall Cunningham’s daughter and 2016 World Indoor Champion, US Champion Vashti Cunningham. There is also World Indoor Champion Ukraine Yaroslava Mahuchik.
Men’s Paul Vault:
Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis, who spent his college days in Louisiana, set the standard for this event. He held a world record of 6.20 meters and won the Olympic gold medal last summer. He loves to take money and can break world records.
Men’s Shot Put:
Ryan Crouser of the United States holds indoor and outdoor records with shot put and has won two Olympic gold medals in the past. Krauser is looking for his first world title. He finished second in 2019 after American Joe Kovacs.
