It was a dramatic day of doubles all round, it seemed, on gold rush Thursday at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.
There were seven titles up for grabs on day six, the most of the championships, and Jamaica ended their drought with two surprise successes in the space of 10 minutes in the evening session at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest.
First Danielle Williams pipped Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn by 0.01 in the 100m hurdles to reclaim a title she won in Beijing back in the mists of 2015. Then Antonio Watson, nine years her junior, secured an equally unexpected gold in the men’s 400m final.
There was also a Jamaican medal double in the men’s long jump, Wayne Pinnock taking a consolation silver and Tajay Gayle bronze in a gripping competition won with a last-gasp 8.52m by Greece’s Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou.
Camryn Rogers’ victory in the women’s hammer, ahead of US throwers Janee’ Kassanavoid and De Anna Price, completed a momentous double for her nation, Ethan Katzberg having landed gold in the men’s final on day two.
The day had started with Spanish teammates Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez completing a double Spanish double in the race walks, following up their 20km victories with successes at 35km. The day ended on the track without surprise, Femke Bol of the Netherlands collecting her first outdoor world title with a commanding victory in the women’s 400m hurdles final.
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