Oregon 22 World Athletics Champs: Fred Kerley leads US 100m sweep!

The Males’s 100 meters lived as much as the hype. Fred Kerley let his ft do the speaking. A complete class act, Fred Kerley ran a masterful race, one which ought to be watched by all coaches for years to return! 

Fred Kerley leads a US sweep within the Males’s 100 meters! 

Up to date  with quotes from medalists.  

In a 100m for the ages, Marvin Bracy had the perfect begin, Fred Kerley had a mediocre begin, stayed focus, behind Bracy for 80 meters, Fred Kerley saved his focus and took the race on the very finish. Fred Kerley gained in 9.86, @braceyaself was silver in 9.88, and Trayvon Bromell took the bronze in 9.88! Indirect Seville in 4th in 9.97, Akani Simbine was fifth in 10.01 and Christian  Coleman, 2019 World Champ, in sixth, in 10.01.

The US sweeps the 100 meters to the delight of the gang. That’s the first time that the US has swept since 1991, the US  additionally did it in 1983.

Superb commentating by Rob Walker and Gail Devers (that Gail Devers) on World TV.

We knew that one thing was particular when 4 Individuals moved into the semi-final. Fred Kerley was mellow within the semi-final, after his 9.79 in warmth one.

Fred Kerley shocked many in 2021 when he moved to the 100m and 200m, and appeared to close down within the 400m. It was because of an harm.  He instructed Stuart Weir, RunBlogRun’s European senior author that he had not given up the 400m. He was simply engaged on his pace!

After his gold medal efficiency, Fred Kerley instructed the combined zone the next:

“The job is finished for right now. Subsequent, I’ve bought to focus on the 200 after which the relay. It felt superb. I bought the work achieved this time, and the gold medal means greater than something. It’s superb to do it on residence soil with the house crowd behind us. It’s a beautiful blessing to get a clear sweep. I really feel we will dominate once more at (subsequent yr’s) World Championships. All of us put the work in, come again residence and return once more subsequent yr. This win means I can do 100, 200, and 400m. I bought a medal in 400m and 100m. There’s one solely subsequent. I strategy the 200m by getting relaxation right now and tomorrow and get the job achieved Monday morning.”

Within the silver medal place is Marvin Bracy. Bracy virtually stole the race from Kerley, however Fred Kerley saved his head and ran his race, a lesson for all sprinters. Bracy stated:

“It feels nice to get my first medal at residence and with an American sweep. What else may I ask for. All of the exhausting work has paid off with the accidents, the critics. This reveals me I’ve bought what it takes to get it achieved. (1-2-3) To say it’s one factor, to do it’s one other. We knew it was very a lot potential. It was about three guys getting on the identical accord.”

Trayvon Bromell took the bronze medal within the 100 meters. That is what Trayvon needed to say:

“It feels good. It’s been seven years since I bought a medal by my accidents and all the things I handled. It’s a blessing. We’re going to maintain constructing for the remainder of the season. I wish to be a Diamond League champion. We simply give attention to the subsequent step.”

On this author’s thoughts, Fred Kerley can do absolutely anything. I feel he can and will medal within the 200 meters, and with an excellent hand-off, can lead the US to a gold within the 4×100 meters. We might be ready, for the 200 meters and the 4×100 meter relay!

Males’s 100 meters, 1. Fred Kerley, USA, 9.86, 2. Marvin Bracy, USA, 9.88, 3. Trayvon Bromell, 9.88, 4. Indirect Seville, Jamaica, 9.97, 5. Akani Simbine, South Africa, 9.98, 5. Christian Coleman, USA, 10.01.

Males – 100 meters from World Athletics and LOC 

Statistical Abstract

• Fred Kerley (USA) gained the gold medal in 9.86, main a USA medal sweep with Marvin Bracy getting silver and Trayvon Bromell bronze. The USA additionally swept the lads’s 100 metres in 1983 and 1991.
• The USA certified 4 runners for the ultimate, with Christian Coleman ending 6^th. That has solely occurred twice earlier than – by Jamaica in 2013 and by the USA in 2015.
• Bromell ran 9.88 in 3^rd, the two^nd-fastest 3^rd-place mark on the World Championships, after 9.84 by Asafa Powell (JAM) in 2009.
• Kerley additionally gained bronze within the 400 meters on the 2019 World Championships. He’s the one man to win medals within the 100 and 400 meters.
• This was the 11^th gold medal for the USA within the occasion in 18 editions of the World Championships. Solely Kenya, with 13 titles in males’s steeplechase, has gained extra gold medals in a single occasion.
• The medal sweep offers the USA 28 medals within the males’s 100 meters, greater than all different nations mixed (27) (2 bronzes in 2015).