Muzala Samukonga runs 43.91 for 400m in Botswana while there is a sub-60min half-marathon in Turkey despite windy conditions as we bring you our latest international round-up
FNB BOTSWANA GOLDEN GRAND PRIX, Gaborone, April 29
African and Commonwealth champion Muzala Samukonga clocked a huge world lead and Zambian record of 43.91 in the 400m at a Continental Tour meeting that had 1014m altitude.
Samukonga goes third on the African all-time list behind Wayde Van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala.
Former Olympic and world champion Kirani James was second in 44.76.
Double world under-20 100m champion Letsile Tebogo set a world lead in the 200m with 19.87/-0.3 ahead of Canada’s Aaron Brown (20.00) with Olympic champion Andre De Grasse only seventh in 20.41.
Kenyan Commonwealth champion Ferdinand Omanyala clocked a wind-assisted 9.78/2.3 by easily winning the 100m ahead of Tebogo (9.91) and Kenya produced a national record in the 4x100m of 38.26 to move to a qualifying position in the Road to Budapest.
Nigeria’s Ese Brume set a world lead in the long jump with 6.77/0.6.
There was also a Kenyan record in the 400m by Commonwealth 800m champion Mary Moraa who showed impressive speed with 50.44
Marquise Dendy of USA won a good-quality long jump with 8.34/-0.1 ahead of Ingar Bratseth-Kiplesund Norwegian record of 8.21/-0.8).
Abel Kipsang had his best run since his return from a doping ban with a hand-timed 1:44.6 800m.
Men:
100 (2.3): 1 Ferdinand Omanyala KEN 9.78w; 2 Letsile Tebogo 9.91w; 3 Kenny Bednarek USA 10.02w; 4 Aaron Brown CAN 10.06w; 5 Kyree King USA 10.06w; 6 Emmanuel Matadi LBR 10.11w
200 (-0.3): 1 Letsile Tebogo 19.87; 2 Aaron Brown CAN 20.00; 3 Joe Fahnbulleh LBR 20.14; 4 Alexander Ogando DOM 20.22; 5 Brendon Rodney CAN 20.28; 6 Jerome Blake CAN 20.39; 7 Andre De Grasse CAN 20.41; 8 Antony Pesela 20.69
400: 1 Muzala Samukonga ZAM 43.91 NR; 2 Kirani James GRN 44.76; 3 Leungo Scotch 44.92; 4 Lythe Pillay RSA 45.07; 5 Bayapo Ndori 45.13; 6 Zakithi Nene RSA 45.53; 7 Gardeo Isaacs RSA 46.28; 8 Isaac Makwala 46.35
800 (hand timed): 1 Abel Kipsang KEN 1:44.6h; 2 Tshepo Tshite RSA 1:44.9h; 3 Koitalol Kitasi KEN 1:45.0h; 4 Tshepiso Masalela 1:45.4h; 5 Efrem Mekonnen ETH 1:45.6h; 6 Cornelius Tuwei KEN 1:45.6h; 7 Clayton Murphy USA 1:45.6h; 8 Ferguson Rotich KEN 1:45.6h; 9 Nicholas Kebenei KEN 1:45.7h; 10 Boitumelo Masilo 1:46.6h; 11 Ethan Hussey GBR 1:46.8h
400H: 1 Trevor Bassitt USA 48.43; 2 Sokwakhana Zazini RSA 48.58; 3 Wiseman Mukhobe KEN 49.29; 4 Thomas…
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