Marileidy Paulino, Salwa Eid Naser and Natalia Kaczmarek will face a one-lap rematch in Poland, whereas Karsten Warholm will hope to return to his successful methods
The highest finishers within the ladies’s 400m Olympic closing will go head-to-head as soon as extra on the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday (August 25).
The occasion is presently experiencing an unprecedented degree of competitors, with the Paris closing seeing three ladies break the 49-second barrier for the primary time ever as each finalist ran below 50 seconds.
The reigning world champion Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic shattered the long-standing Olympic report set by Marie Jose Perec in 1996, blazing by the end in 48.35 seconds.
She edged out 2019 world champion Salwa Eid Naser (48.53) and European champion Natalia Kaczmarek, who clocked 48.98. Paulino’s victory made her the primary Dominican girl to develop into an Olympic champion.
Simply outdoors the rostrum, Eire’s Rhasidat Adeleke positioned fourth with 49.28, narrowly lacking a medal for the second consecutive yr after her fourth place on the World Championships in Budapest. In the meantime, Nice Britain’s Amber Anning broke the British report in fifth with 49.29.
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The lineup is sort of equivalent in Silesia, with the one modifications being Laviai Nielsen stepping in for Anning and combined 4x400m Olympic gold medallist Lieke Klaver from the Netherlands becoming a member of the sector.
Nielsen, who just lately broke the 50-second barrier for the primary time on the London Diamond League with a PB of 49.87, finds herself with the slowest time among the many rivals – exhibiting simply how deep the sector has develop into.
In the meantime, we may even the the top-six from the lads’s 800m Olympic closing in Silesia the place David Rudisha’s world report of 1:40.91 could possibly be below menace if it isn’t already damaged in Lausanne on Thursday (August 22).
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi will look to higher his 1:41.19 that he ran in Paris as he took the title from Marco Arop of Canada who clocked 1:41.20 for silver.
Ben Pattison and Max Burgin may even be part of the sector, with each having their eye on Seb Coe’s long-standing British report of 1:41.73.
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World 400m hurdles record-holder Karsten Warholm shall be aiming to return to his traditional winning-self after settling for silver in Paris behind USA’s Rai Benjamin.
This weekend he’ll face Olympic finalists Clement Ducos from France and Abderrahman Samba from Qatar.
The Silesia assembly additionally sees Georgia Bell with one other likelihood to higher her 1500m British report of three:52.61 after successful Olympic bronze. Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull from Australia leads the ladies’s 1500m entries which additionally embody Brits Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Revee Walcott-Nolan.
Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson will get one other likelihood to showcase his pace within the males’s 100m after narrowly lacking out on gold in Paris, the place USA’s Noah Lyles claimed the highest spot.
Nevertheless it is going to be a crucial take a look at for Thompson as he faces a powerful area, together with Olympic bronze medallist Fred Kerley from the USA and 2021 Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs from Italy. GB’s Jeremiah Azu may even get one other likelihood after a false begin in his warmth in Paris.
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Within the males’s 200m, Letsile Tebogo will compete towards USA’s Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton following his historic Olympic win, the place he secured Botswana’s first-ever Olympic gold medal.
Brits Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita will tackle Tia Clayton of Jamaica and USA’s Tamari Davis within the ladies’s 100m whereas Cindy Sember will race within the 100m hurdles towards Olympic champion Masai Russell from the USA and France’s silver medallist Cyrena Samba-Mayela.
Within the area occasions, Mondo Duplantis will return to Diamond League motion after his world report vault of 6.25m in Paris.
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The boys’s excessive bounce will function a showdown between present Olympic champion Hamish Kerr and Tokyo Olympic champions Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim, who each handled unlucky accidents and sickness whereas competing in Paris this yr.
Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser may even compete, aiming to problem his personal world report of 23.51m.
The assembly shall be stay for UK viewers on BBC at 3pm on Sunday August 25.
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