Day eight at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 ended in joyful fashion for the United States as Noah Lyles and then Sha’Carri Richardson anchored victories in the respective men’s and women’s 4x100m finals after earlier trademark wins for Faith Kipyegon in the 5000m and Mondo Duplantis in the pole vault.
Chase Ealey also became a multiple world title winner in the shot put, while Marco Arop claimed a maiden global gold in the 800m and Pierce LePage added another win for Canada in the decathlon.
Lyles came to Budapest for three gold medals and tonight it was a case of mission accomplished as the man with the plan crossed the line in 37.38, the fastest run this year, promptly holding up three fingers just in case anyone had forgotten his earlier individual 100m and 200m victories.
Italy, the Olympic champions, took silver in 37.62, and bronze went to Jamaica, who clocked 37.76 to finish 0.04 clear of Great Britain.
In the women’s final, individual 100m champion Richardson was handed a metre lead over Jamaica’s 200m champion Shericka Jackson and held on to it tenaciously to set a championship record of 41.03 before being almost bowled over by a reception party consisting of four male teammates bearing Stars and Stripes flags.
Jamaica took silver in 41.21, with bronze going to Britain in 41.97.
Story: World Athletics
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