The World Athletics Championships is Heating Up!

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Day 6 of the world champions had some big names competing like Noah Lyles, Sha’carri Richardson, Femke Bol and Jakob Ingebrigtsen and like most competitions so far in the world championships all the stars performed well.

No real surpises in the men’s 5000m as we saw the likes of Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Katir, Aregawi and Chelimo all qualify, there was a fall from Tinman elites Sam Parsons and Stewy Mcsweyn, but Stewy has been progressed into the next round.

The men’s long jump finals saw Tentoglou take the win in his final jump with a 8.52m jump, with Jamaicans Pinnock and Gayle in 2nd and 3rd.

All the big hitters qualified in the men and women’s 200m with Noah Lyles look the most impressive in the semi- finals with his cruising 19.76.

Camryn Rogers took the win in the women’s hammer throw with a 77.22 throw, followed by American’s Kassanavoid and Price.

The men’s 800m final had Kenyan Wanyoni looking the strongest with his 1:43.83, Hoppel of USA and Pattison of Great Britain both made the final.

Kicking off Jamaica’s gold medal evening Danielle Wiliams won the women’s 100m hurdles with 12.43, Camacho-Quinn got 2nd and Kennie Harrison was 3rd.

The Men’s 400m was Jamaica’s 2nd gold of the night as Antonio Watson won with 44.22 followed by Matthew Hudson Smith and Quincy Hall

And the final event of the day saw Femke Bol become world champion in the women’s 400m hurdles with a 51.70, Shamier little got silver and Rushell Clayton got bronze, making that 5 medals for Jamaica in just over 1 hour.

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