10th world title! Fraser-Pryce is the fastest woman

While Ryan Crouser (ball), Brooke Andersen (hammer), Katie Nageotte (pole vault) and Grant Holloway (110m hurdles) took home titles, there was nothing to be won in the women's 100m. Jamaica celebrated a triple victory thanks to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10,67s), Shericka Jackson (10,73) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (10,81).

For Fraser-Pryce it was the tenth gold medal at the World Championships, the fifth individual gold in the short sprint. It was also a successful title defense for Fraser-Pryce.

Jamaica celebrated a triple victory in the women's 100 meters. © APA/afp / JEWEL SAMAD

Holloway successfully defended his title in the 110 m hurdles, leaving his compatriot Trey Cunningham (13,03) and the Spaniard Asier Martínez (13,08) behind in 13,17 seconds. Devon Allen was no longer able to compete; he was disqualified for a false start. His future lies in American football; he has signed an NFL contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. Ethiopian wins marathon One of the favorites, Tamirat Tola, won the marathon. The Ethiopian, who came second in the 2017 World Cup, set the World Cup record of 2:05:36 hours ahead of his compatriot Mosinet Geremew (2:06:44) and Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Bashir Abdi from Belgium (2:06:48 ) through. In perfect conditions, Tola started the ultimately successful breakaway attempt at kilometer 32. Double Olympic champion, Paris world champion and world record holder Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya decided not to compete. “It was my dream to win a World Cup one day. I have been preparing for this for a long time,” said Tola.

The 10.000 m was again won by Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda. In 27:27,43 minutes, the defending champion relegated Kenyan Stanley Waithaka Mburu (27:27,90) and his compatriot Jacob Kiplimo (27:27,97) to second place. The 25-year-old is the fourth athlete to win World Championship gold over 10.000 m twice in a row - after Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and Mo Farah.

The field decisions on Sunday all went to the host country. Shot put world record holder and double Olympic champion Crouser won the first world title of his career, the 22,94 m in the final was a world championship record, countryman Joe Kovacs came close with 22,89, third was Josh Awotunde (22,29). Americans. In the hammer throw, Andersen won ahead of Canada's Camryn Rogers (78,96) with 75,52 m, the second-largest gap to the runner-up in World Cup history. Nageotte won the women's pole vault with the world's best performance of 4,85 m.

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10th world title! Fraser-Pryce is the fastest woman

Four of seven gold medals went to the host country on Sunday at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

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