Taliyah Brooks claims pentathlon bronze medal at World Indoors (launch from College of Arkansas)

Taliyah Brooks claims pentathlon bronze medal at World Indoors

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NANJING, China – Arkansas alum Taliyah Brooks produced a profession greatest rating of 4,669 factors to assert a bronze medal within the pentathlon on the primary day of the World Indoor Championships.

The opening day additionally had 4 Razorbacks advancing. Chris Bailey ran a prelim and semifinal within the 400m, posting occasions of 45.70 within the first spherical and 45.91 within the semifinal. Bailey will likely be in lane 6 for the ultimate.

Within the ladies’s 400m, Arkansas alums Amber Anning and Rosey Effiong ran in adjoining lanes within the third part and completed 1-2 with Anning main the sphere with a 50.79 whereas Effiong had the fifth greatest time general at 52.13. Alexis Holmes, who trains in Fayetteville, gained the second part in 51.67, which was fourth greatest general.

The 400m ultimate could have Anning in lane 6, Holmes in lane 4, and Effiong in lane 1.

Shafiqua Maloney superior to the semifinal of the 800m with a time of two:03.56 for third within the ultimate part as the highest three superior from the 4 heats. Maloney races within the first part of the semifinal together with Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma and American Nia Akins.

This marks the primary international medal for the 30-year-old Brooks, who positioned third within the heptathlon on the 2024 Olympic Trials and completed eleventh within the Olympic Video games. Her rating of 4,669 factors ranks because the No. 8 performer on the U.S. all-time listing.

Saga Vanninen of Finland gained the pentathlon with 4,821 factors whereas Eire’s Kate O’Connor scored 4,742 factors because the silver medalist.

“I’m more than pleased,” famous Brooks. “It’s my first international medal, so World Indoor Championships bronze medalist sounds good. I used to be actually pleased with my shot put, however my jumps had been not so good as I might have needed them to be.

“It was an extended journey with the time change, so throughout the lengthy bounce I began to get sleepy, and at 9:15 p.m. operating 800m was onerous for me. I’m glad it’s over and that I completed the 5 occasions.”

Brooks opened the competitors by main the sphere within the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.09 for 1,109 factors over an 8.24 for fellow American Timara Chapman. A 5-10 (1.78) clearance within the excessive bounce added 953 factors to Brooks’ rating.

Then a profession greatest shot put of 47-2.5 (14.39) picked up 820 factors. Brooks had the second greatest lengthy bounce with a 20-10 (6.35) mark that earned 959 factors. Heading into the ultimate occasion, Vanninen led the sphere at 3,932 with Brooks second at 3,841 whereas O’Connor was third with 3,838.

O’Connor ran the 800m in 2:14.19 to position third within the occasion whereas Vanninen posted a 2:15.28 to complete fourth. Vanninen claimed the general title with O’Connor runner-up as they repeated their end from the current European Indoor Championships.

Brooks ran 2:19.67 to position tenth among the many area and had sufficient cushion over Vanessa Grimm of Germany (4,481) and Timara Chapman (4,476), who completed fourth and fifth.

The purpose distinction of 188 between Brooks in third place and the fourth-place rating betters the earlier better of 156 set in 1995.

It’s the third bronze medal for the USA within the historical past of the occasion as Brooks joins Kendell Williams (2022) and Barbara Nwaba (2016). The U.S. has additionally claimed gold (DeDee Nathan 1999) and silver (Kym Carter 1995).

World Indoor Championships | Arkansas Schedule

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