Healy Advances to World Championships 100m Hurdles Semifinal,McCormack finishes Tenth in Marathon
TOKYO – Sarah Lavin of Ireland secured her place in the penultimate stage of the World Athletics Championships,finishing third in her 100m hurdles heat in 12.94 seconds. The result sees her advance to the semifinals.
Also competing, Coscoran navigated a challenging heat, finishing sixth and progressing, stating, “Luckily, I stayed clear of the carnage and scraped through in sixth. Hopefully I’ll come into my own in the semis.” Cathal Doyle did not advance, finishing 12th in his 1500m heat with a time of 3:42.60.
Elsewhere at the championships, Oblique Seville of Jamaica was crowned the 100m world champion, achieving a personal-best time of 9.77 seconds. It marks Jamaica’s first 100m world title as Usain Bolt’s victory a decade prior. Kishane Thompson claimed silver in 9.82 seconds,while olympic and defending world champion Noah Lyles took bronze in a season’s best of 9.89 seconds. The race experienced a restart due to a false start by Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo.
In the women’s 100m final, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the United States won gold in a championship record of 10.61 seconds – the fourth-fastest women’s 100m in history. Jamaica’s Tina Clayton secured silver with a personal best of 10.76s, and Olympic champion Julien Alfred claimed bronze in 10.84s. “This year has been nothing short of a dream,” Jefferson-Wooden said. “To be able to put together the perfect race at the right time just means so much to me.”
The anticipated rivalry between Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 1500m will not continue in the final, as Ingebrigtsen failed to qualify from his heat. Despite finishing eighth, the reigning world and Olympic 5000m champion remains optimistic about competing in the 5,000m. “It’s a first-time experience that I haven’t got to the next round,” Ingebrigtsen stated. “Of course, it’s very disappointing, but at the same time it is a reality check…I think I’m probably closer for the 5,000m race right now.”
Away from the stadium, Fearghal Curtin of Youghal, Ireland, established a new Irish half-marathon record, completing the Copenhagen Half Marathon in Denmark with a time of 1:00:22, finishing eighth overall.
