Americans in rainy Lausanne (August 19-20, 2025)
Many Americans are focused on their final training for Tokyo. Some athletes are competing as they like to race into shape and others did not make the Tokyo Worlds, or trying a last shot at Tokyo. Special inspiration from Stuart Weir, RBR Europe senior writer, who does this report for British athletes on all meets.
Men’s 100 meters
Oblique Seville, JAM ran 9.87 in rain worthy of Noah’s biblical stories. Noah Lyles, US, with a poor start, ran 10.02 for second.
Brandon Hicklin, USA, was sixth in 10.20, and Courtney Lindsey, USA, was seventh in 10.27.
Men’s 800 meters
If this is not the Josh Hoey revenge tour (first used by Jonathan Gault of LETSRUN), then it should be. Josh took on the Olympic champion and crushed him in a rain swept 1:42.82. Wanyonyi in 1;43.29. Bryce Hoppel, Paris numero 4, US record holder, was eighth in 1:48.18.
Men’s 5,000m
Isaac Kimeli, KEN, got by Grant Fisher, US, 13:07.67 to 13:08.51! Grant is racing into WC shape. Eduardo Herrara, MEX, and DarkSky Distance, ran a fine 13:09.50! Graham Blanks, US, was 8th in 13:12.94, and was not happy with his last lap.
Men’s 110m hurdles
On the Cordell Tinch tour, Cordell ran 12.98 in absolute shit conditions. Jamal Brit ran 13.13 in second and Trey Cunningham, coming off his surprise 4th at US Champs was third in 13.19. Dylan Beard was seventh in 13.30. Conditions were abysmal.
Men’s 400m hurdles
Ezekiel Nathanial, fresh off his Nigerian NR, ran 48.08 for the win, with Trevor Bassitt running the race of 2025 for himself, in 48.14.
Men’s pole vault (in the city)
Emmanouil Karalis, GRE, cleared 6.02 meters, another six meter clearance. Sam Kendricks was sixth in 5.72m, and told media he needs some final tuning for Tokyo. Austin Miller, the always smiling US champion, was seventh in 5.62m. Not the height he wanted, but Austin is booking this as an experience.
Men’s shot put
On the real Joe Kovacs Revenge Tour, Joe won in 22.04m. Leonardo Fabbri, ITA was second in 21.77m. Adrian Piperi, US was third in 21.49m. Our fave kiwi, Tom Walsh, was fourth in 21.47m. Roger Steen, US was fifth in 21.28 and US champ, Payton Otterdahl was sixth in 21.24m.
Women
Women’s 200 meters
Brittany Brown won the 200m in 22.23 in Lausanne’s rainy weather. McKenzie Long was sixth in 22.69. Brittany took on a serious field. Well done!
Women’s 400 meters
Isabella Whittaker, USA, was third in 50.63 in the 400m won by European silver…
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