U.S. hurdler wins worlds gold as DQ overturned

TOKYO -- American Rai Benjamin was declared the victor of the 400-meter hurdles astatine the satellite championships Friday aft officials overrode an archetypal disqualification for somewhat dislodging a hurdle successful the lane adjacent to him erstwhile helium knocked implicit his own.

Femke Bol of the Netherlands defended her rubric successful the women's contention successful a tally of 51.54.

Benjamin was cruising to triumph erstwhile helium clipped the 10th and last hurdle. The interaction moved the obstruction successful the lane to his left, but the runner successful that lane -- respective steps down -- cleared it without a problem.

Some disorder followed, arsenic Benjamin was initially disqualified. About a infinitesimal later, World Athletics undid the "DQ," and Benjamin was walking astir the way with a golden medal and wearing a golden crown.

He finished successful 46.52 seconds to adhd the satellite rubric to the Olympic golden helium took past year.

Benjamin had specified a spread connected 2022 satellite champion Alison dos Santos successful the men's contention that helium won by .32 seconds contempt knocking implicit the last barrier.

Abderrahman Samba of Qatar, whose 46.98 successful 2018 was the archetypal sub-47 clip among this generation's talented harvest of hurdlers, finished third. Karsten Warholm, who ran the world-record 45.94 to triumph the Olympics 4 years agone connected this aforesaid way successful Tokyo, ended up 5th this time.

In the women's race, America's Jasmine Jones posted a idiosyncratic champion of 52.08 to seizure metallic down Bol, and Emma Zapletalova bushed Olympic runner-up Anna Cockrell to the enactment for bronze.

Dalilah Muhammad, the American 2016 Olympic and 2019 satellite champion, finished seventh successful what she has said volition beryllium her last race.

World grounds ticker successful heptathlon

Watch out, Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Heptathlete Anna Hall is successful pursuit of your satellite title record. Maybe adjacent your satellite record.

Joyner-Kersee acceptable the satellite championships grounds of 7,128 points successful 1987. Her satellite grounds people stands astatine 7,291, which she acceptable successful winning golden astatine the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Hall finished Day 1 of the lawsuit with 4,154 points to instrumentality a 248-point pb implicit Kate O'Connor of Ireland, with reigning Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam lurking (3,818 points). There are 3 events remaining: the agelong jump, javelin and 800 meters.

Hall joined the 7,000-point nine earlier this play with a people of 7,032 points, which is tied for the second-best people of each time. In that competition, Hall had 4,161 points aft the Day 1 events.

Triple leap champ Pichardo feels astatine location successful Tokyo

There's thing astir this stadium that brings retired the champion successful triple jumper Pedro Pichardo of Portugal. And helium needed it connected his last jump.

Pichardo, the Olympic golden medalist from the Tokyo Games successful 2021, saw Andrea Dallavalle of Italy instrumentality implicit the pb successful the last circular with a personal-best leap of 17.64 meters. The 32-year-old Pichardo responded with a leap of 17.91 meters to unafraid gold.

He knew his effort was a victor and strutted retired of the soil pit. He looked into the camera and said, "Who's the best, baby?"

On this night, determination was nary question: Pichardo. He besides won the lawsuit astatine the 2022 satellite championships successful Eugene, Oregon.