WC / Day Six: Something For Everybody

This is David Hunter’s piece on Day 6, which was an amazing day and night of track & field. 

WC / Day Six: Something For Everybody

2023 World Athletics Championships
Budapest, Hungary
August 24, 2023

Looking back, Day Six of the World Athletics Championships had it all: prelims; semis; finals; potential countbacks; damaged golf carts that forced start time changes; redemption for athletes who earlier had underperformed; partisan fans cheering loudly for their countrymen (and countrywomen!); upset winners; disappointed favorites; airhorns; and even festive celebratory bear hugs. It was all there. I hope you found the ones you like.

mLJ – Final: This was a riveting contest between two accomplished athletes. Jamaica” ‘s Wayne Pinnock gave notice in the preliminary round with an eye-popping jump of 8.54m/28′ 1/4″, signaling to others that he was ready to roll. The final proved to be a two-man shootout between Pinnick and reigning Olympic champion Miltiadas Tentoglou. Both notched early jumps of 8.50m/27’10’ 3/4″, a stalemate that, as the event droned on, might require a potential count back. As it turned out, the count back was unnecessary when, on his final attempt, Tentoglou unfurled a magnificent leap of 8.52m/27’11 1/2″ to take the sole lead. Pinnock made a valiant effort on his final throw – 8.38m/27’6″ – but it was not enough. Tentoglou got the gold; The silver went to Pinnock, and Jamaica’s Tajay (8.40/27, a former World Champion, earned the bronze. Americans Will Williams (8th) and Marquis Dendy (12th) earned points for the USA.

wHT – Final: Canada’s Camryn Rogers set the tone with a massive 1st round heave of 77.22/253’4″ – a winning mark she rode all the way to the end of the competition. The USA went 2-3 in this event as Janee Kassanavoid (76.36/250’6″) captured the silver, and DeAnna Price (75.41/247’5″) took the bronze. Price, the World Champion in Doha, later celebrated with bear hugs for all of her competitors.

w100m Hurdles – Final: Jamaica’s Danielle Williams pulled off a big upset in the women’s 100m hurdles final, ringing up a season’s best and clocking a…