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This Day in Observe & Subject–September 29
1900—World Data had been set by newly-crowned Olympic champions Maxey Lengthy (440y-47.8) and John Flanagan (Hammer/168-0 [51.21], 169-4 [51.61]) on the NYAC Fall Handicap Video games on NY’s Travers Island. Lengthy bought credit score for the primary IAAF-ratified mark within the 400m/440y. Each males are members of the Nationwide Corridor of Fame
Lengthy(scroll down): https://www.usatf.org/information/2021/usatf-announces-2021-hall-of-fame-class
Wiki Bio (Flanagan): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flanagan_(hammer_thrower)
1912—Sweden’s Eric Lemming, who had gained his 2nd Olympic title within the Javelin in July, threw 204-5 (62.32) in Stockholm to set the primary IAAF-ratified World Document within the occasion. He had beforehand set 14 unofficial data from 1899-1907. He additionally gained gold within the “freestyle” Javelin on the 1908 Olympics.
For the reason that Javelin hadn’t but been added to the Olympic program, he competed in six different subject occasions on the 1900 Olympics, ending 4th within the Excessive Bounce, Pole Vault, and Hammer Throw!
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76253
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lemming
Video(1912 OG): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIJZ4pPBdYs
1923-The 1st U.S. Ladies’s Championships had been held in Newark,NJ
Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_USA_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships
1959–Hungary’s foursome of Lajos Kovács (4:07.4), Béla Szekeres (4:07.6), Sándor Iharos (4:09.2), and István Rózsavölgyi (4:00.9) ran 16:25.1 (ratified as 16:25.2) in Budapest to interrupt Australia’s 6-month outdated World Document (16:25.6) within the 4xmile relay.
1962-Valeriy Brumel set the fifth of his 6 World Data within the Excessive Bounce, clearing 7-5 ¼ (2.27) in Moscow.
WR Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_high_jump_world_record_progression
1974–Norb Sander, 2nd in 1973, gained the fifth NY Metropolis Marathon in Central Park (2:26:30). Ending 5th in 2:35:59 was one Invoice Rodgers, who would start a 4-year successful streak in New York in 1976. Sander was the driving power behind the rebirth of the Armory in NY Metropolis. Hugh Sweeny (2:37:27) completed 6th for the twond yr in a row.
Winner of the Ladies’s division was Kathrine Switzer (3:07:29), one of many pioneers in ladies’s distance working.
Excessive warmth and humidity precipitated a 40% dropout fee among the many starters.
Starters/Finishers:501/269; Males:, 475/260, Ladies: 26/9
Main Finishers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_New_York_City_Marathon
Switzer: https://www.nyrr.org/about/hall-of-fame/kathrine-switzer
Rodgers: https://www.nyrr.org/about/hall-of-fame/bill-rodgers
1988–Florence Griffith-Joyner continued to amaze, this time successful the Olympic 200 in Seoul with a World Document of 21.34. She first lowered the Document to 21.56 earlier within the day in her semi-final race. Successful silver and bronze had been Jamaica’s Grace Jackson (21.72) and East Germany’s Heike Drechsler (21.95)
Flo-Jo’s sister-in-law, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, got here from behind within the fifth spherical to win the Ladies’s Lengthy Bounce with an Olympic Document of 24-3 ½ (7.40m). Drechsler (23-8 ¼ [7.22]) gained the silver medal and the bronze went to the Soviet Union’s (and Russia’s) Galina Chistyakova (23-4 [7.11]).
East Germany’s Martina Hellmann (237-2 [72.30]) beat teammate Diana Gansky (235-10 [71.88]) to win the Ladies’s Discus. Ending 3rd was Bulgaria’s Tsevtanka Khristova (228-10 [69.74]).
It was a 1-2 end for East Germany’s Christian Schenk (8488) and Torsten Voss (8399) within the Decathlon, with Canada’s Dave Steen (8328) successful the bronze medal over Nice Britain’s Daley Thompson (8306), the 2-time defending champion,
Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics
NY Instances Protection FloJo-NY Instances
2000–Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj had missed an opportunity at Olympic gold 4 years earlier in Atlanta when he fell within the closing of the Males’s 1500-meters with one lap to go. Now the World Document holder within the 1500 and the mile, he was the heavy favourite to make up for that disappointment with a win on the Sydney Olympics.
Countryman Youssef Baba, prepared to sacrifice his personal possibilities with a purpose to assist El Guerrouj, ran the primary 400 in 54.1 in an effort to unfold out the sector, however he slowed to 60+ on the following lap, permitting Kenyans Noah Ngeny and Bernard Lagat, amongst others, to stay near the lead.
The assured El Guerrouj took issues into his personal arms, masking the third lap in 56.8, however he couldn’t shake Ngeny and Lagat (and France’s Mehdi Baala). El G held the lead coming down the ultimate stretch, however Ngeny glided by him with about 25-meters to go and pulled away for the win. He set an Olympic Document of three:32.07, with El G (3:32.32) holding off Lagat (3:32.44) to win the silver medal.
Whereas many seen Ngeny’s win as a serious upset, he had given El Guerrouj all he might deal with the yr earlier than in Rome when each broke the earlier World Document within the Mile, with El G successful in 3:43.13 to Ngeny’s 3:43.40. These are nonetheless the 2 quickest mile instances in historical past. El Guerrouj lastly captured an Olympic gold medal (2, in actual fact) 4 years later when he gained the 1500 and 5000 in Athens!
Within the absence of Sergey Bubka, who didn’t clear his opening peak within the qualifying spherical of the Males’s Pole Vault, People Nick Hysong and Lawrence Johnson gained the gold and silver medals, respectively. Each cleared 19-4 ¼ (5.90m), as did two others, with Hysong clearing on his first try and Johnson on his 2nd. Russia’s Maksim Tarasov gained the bronze medal over Germany’s Michael Stolle, who had two misses at his opening peak of 18-1/2 (5.50).
Germany’s Heike Drechsler (22-11 ¼ [6.99]) gained her 2nd Olympic title within the Ladies’s Lengthy Bounce 8 years after successful her 1st in Barcelona in 1992. Successful her 2nd consecutive silver medal was Italy’s Fiona Might (22-8 ½ [6.92]) and the bronze was gained by Russia’s Tatyana Kitova (22-5 [6.83]). Marion Jones initially completed 3rd, however her bronze was one of many 5 medals she misplaced due to her later drug admissions.
Poland’s Robert Korzeniowski, already the winner of the 20k-walk in Sydney, gained his 2nd straight Olympic title at 50k (31-miles). He would win a third 50k title 4 years later in Athens. Ending 2nd and threerd had been Latvia’s Aigars Fadejevs (3:43:40) and Mexico’s Joel Sánchez (3:44:36).
Reuben Kosgei (8:21.43) and Wilson Boit Kipketer (8:21.77) completed 1-2 within the Males’s Steeplechase, whereas Morocco’s Ali Ezzine (8:22.15) prevented a Kenyan sweep by edging Bernard Barmasai (8:22.23) for 3rd place.
The Ladies’s Hammer Throw made its Olympic debut, with the medals going to Poland’s Kamila Skolimowska (233-5 [71.16]), Russia’s Olga Kuzenkova (228-11[69.77]), and Germany’s Kirsten Klose (227-3 [69.28]).
Medalists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics
Movies: M1500 Kevin Sullivan Seems Again (5th within the closing) MSC
2019—American Christian Taylor (58-9 ½ [17.92]) gained his 4th World title within the Males’s Triple Bounce in Doha. Former Florida teammate Will Claye (58-2 ½ [17.74]) gained the silver medal (his 4th WC medal), and Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango (57-11 ¼ [17.66]) gained the bronze.
Taylor, a 2-time Olympic gold medalist (2012, 2016), was at risk of ending out of the medals after fouling on his first two efforts, however got here via within the 3rd spherical with a soar of (57-2 [17.42]) to qualify for 3 extra jumps. He took the lead from Claye together with his 4th spherical soar of (58-7 ¼ [17.86]), then bought his successful soar of 58-9 1/2 within the subsequent spherical.
Taylor’s win gave the U.S. its 100th gold medal on the World Championships. Stated Taylor, “To win the a centesimal gold medal by a US man, how can I not be proud? It’s actually the icing on the cake and provides to the outstanding competitors that I bought to be part of. To have that as a part of my story, actually I’m happy with it.”
Russia’s Anzhelika Sidorova, competing as an “Approved Impartial Athlete”, and American Sandi Morris had been dead-even within the Ladies’s Pole Vault after clearing 5 heights, the final being 16-3/4 (4.90), with out a miss. After Morris missed her 3 makes an attempt at 16-2 ¾ (4/95), Sidorova gained the gold medal after clearing on her 3rd strive. It was a private greatest for Sidorova and moved her to #4 on the All-Time checklist. Successful the bronze medal was Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi (15-11 [4.85]), the defending champion. Tied for 7th(with 2 others) at 15-5 (4.70) had been People Jenn Suhr and Katie Nageotte.
By way of depth, it was the best Ladies’s Pole Vault competitors in historical past, with 12 rivals clearing 15-5 (4.70).
3 pretty new mothers had been additionally winners on this present day.
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce additionally turned a 4-time World Champion, successful the Ladies’s 100 in 10.71, the quickest time of the yr, over Nice Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, who set a Nationwide Document of 10.83, and the Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josée Ta Lou(10.90). 4th was Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson (10.93), the double dash champion on the 2016 Olympics.
Fraser-Pryce, who would win a 5th World title in 2022, introduced her younger son Zyon alongside on her victory lap.
Allyson Felix, who gave beginning to daughter Camryn the earlier November, ran a 50.4 second leg on the U.S. crew that gained the Blended 4×400 relay, which was being contested for the primary time on the World Championships. Wil London ran the lead-off leg in 44.9, with Courtney Okolo (49.9) and Michael Cherry’s come-from-behind 44.1 anchor completed off a World Document of three:09.34. Ending 2ndand threerd had been Jamaica (3:11.78) and Bahrain (3:11.82). It was the 12th gold medal on the World Championships for Felix, breaking the document of 11 that she had shared with Jamaica’s Usain Bolt.
The third mother to win a World title was Liu Hong (1:32:53), who led a Chinese language sweep within the Ladies’s 20k Stroll. 2nd and threerd had been Qieyang Shenjie (1:33:10) and Yang Liujing (1:33:17). It was Liu’s 3rd World title.
Medalists/Outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_World_Athletics_Championships
Day 3 Recap: https://worldathletics.org/information/report/world-championships-doha-fraser-pryce-taylor
Movies: W100 Spotlight Put up-Race Interviews WPV(52 minutes) Sidorova MTJ Taylor W20kWalk Mixed4x400 Spotlight
T&F Information Protection(for subscribers)
WPV MTJ Blended 4×400 W100 W20kW
Mothers: https://worldathletics.org/information/characteristic/fraser-pryce-felix-liu-mothers-world-champion
