TOKYO 2025 DAY 2
QUOTES OF THE DAY
“I was so exhausted at 100 meters when I saw the finishing line… let me try if I’m going to win. Thank God that I managed,” Peres Jepchirchir after winning the marathon.
“It is just tremendous feeling to compete in front of Usain here in Tokyo. His coach is my coach and I know that both of them are very proud of me right now. They were like, I am going to be the world champion. But I have proved, in front of him, that I am a champion and I am very proud of that. Now, more gold medals,” Oblique Seville after 100 m, first gold in the 100 m for Jamaica since 2015 by Bolt.
My biggest mistake was that I reacted to Gressier”s spurt too late. My coach said me that 200m before the finish will be the crucial point of our race and I should be ready for any movement of my rivals. But I missed Jimmy”s kick exactly at the 9800m mark. It cost me gold,” Yomif Kejelcha after silver in the 10 000 m.
RESULT OF THE DAY
10.61 100 m by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, 4th all-time, meet record and World lead.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Bronze for Uruguay in women marathon, Ingebrigtsen, Habz and Phanuel Koech out in men 1500 m heats, former World champ Andersen out in hammer qualification.
Clayton beating Alfred in women 100 m, Europe getting two medals in the 10 000 m men, last time happened in 1983 and 1987.
MEDALS (from 12 to 20 countries)
USA 5-0-1, KEN 2-0-0, JAM 1-2-0
TITLE RETAINERS
Yes (3): Crouser, Perez, US 4x4mx
No (4): Tsegay, Tausaga, Richardson, Lyles
NC (4): A. Martin, Beriso, Spanovic, Cheptegei
TOP MARKS
CR: 4x4mx 3:08.80 USA, 10.61 Jefferson-Wooden
WL: 4x4mx 3:08.80. USA, 10.61 Jefferson-Wooden, 713 Davis-Woodhall
AR: 1 – Africa
AGENTS (individual gold medals)
Paul Doyle 2, Federico Rosa, Miguel Mostaza, Gianni Demadonna, John Nubani, Riad Ouled, Norman Peart, Stephen Haas, Dunfee no agent.
TOKYO 2025 – DAY 3 PREVIEW (5 finals)
Expectations: Mondo for 630? Men marathon similar scenario like women, Camryn Rogers looks to be succesful title repeater, Is El Bakkali the only candidate, can Masai Russell attack the WR.
Medals prediction
Marathon men, AW: Geleta, Takele, Ngetich, TFN: the same
Pole vault men, AW: Duplantis, Karalis, Sasma, TFN: Duplantis, Karalis, Kendricks
Hammer women, AW: Rogers, Kosonen, Andersen, TFN: Rogers, Price, Zhiao
Steeple men, AW: El Bakkali, Girma, Miura, TFN: El Bakkali, Ruppert, Girma
100mH women, AW: Russell, Amusan, Stark, TFN: Russell, Visser, Stark
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