Aregawi shocks Simpson for gold
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Sweden capped an eventful world championship day with its first gold medal on Thursday in Moscow.
Abeba Aregawi won the 1,500 meters, beating defending champion Jenny Simpson of the United States with a great last-lap effort.
Earlier in the day, Aregawi’s teammate Emma Green Tregaro flaunted her rainbow-painted fingernails in the morning as she qualified for the weekend high jump final, a show of support for gays and lesbians in Russia.
High jumper, Bohdan Bondarenko of Ukraine, seized the spotlight when he just missed out on a world record of 2.46 meters and had to settle for a championship record of 2.41 for gold, edging Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar by three centimeters. Derek Drouin of Canada earned the bronze by also clearing 2.38.
Bondarenko, wearing a yellow shoe on his right foot and a red one on the left, passed on 2.44 after he had cleared 2.41 on his second attempt.
“I have a minor instep injury and that’s why I skipped several heights today,” Bondarenko said.
On a night of close calls for Americans, Simpson was not the only one to settle for silver.
Jehue Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago threw himself across the finish line to hold off Michael Tinsley by .01 seconds and win the 400-meter hurdles.
Gordon came on strong down the stretch and finished in a world-leading time of 47.69 seconds to edge Tinsley. Emir Bekric of Serbia was third and two-time Olympic champion Felix Sanchez wound up fifth.
It was a similar story in the women’s 400 hurdles, even if the margins were bigger.
Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic beat American duo Dalilah Muhammad and defending champion Lashinda Demus.
The US silver medal tally ballooned to eight, with a championship leading 14 overall. The US also leads the gold medal standings with four.
Kenya moved up into second place together with Russia when steeplechaser Ezekiel Kemboi further established himself as the greatest of his era, winning gold ahead of compatriot Conseslus Kipruto for his third world title in a row. It was the fourth straight 1-2 finish for Kenya at the world championships.
Also, Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia won the women’s triple jump ahead of Ekaterina Koneva of Russia.
Ibarguen, the Olympic silver medalist, won with a world leading jump of 14.85 meters, holding off Koneva by 4 centimeters. Defending champion Olha Saladuha of Ukraine took bronze with a leap of 14.65.
(Agencies)
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