At the World Athletics Championships in Eugene the Italian record of 400 women's hurdles falls after nine years.
Thanks to Ayomide Folorunso who runs 54.34 in the semifinals and improves by two tenths the 54.54 of Yadisleidy Pedroso achieved in Shanghai in 2013. But it is not enough to access the world final, for which, on balance, Folorunso would have needed a prohibitive 53.72 .
It was therefore clear from the start of the round that getting into the final was a very, very complicated matter.
But the Emilian consoles himself with the most awaited gift, that is the Italian primacy, touched on several times during this year and now centered at Hayward Field.
Folorunso is fifth in her semifinal in 54.34, a time less than twenty cents compared to what Yadisleidy Pedroso scored in Shanghai, in the Diamond League stage,
on May 18, 2013, nine years ago.
To access the decisive round, however, the blue would have had to literally revolutionize the history of the specialty in our country (53.72 the last admission time), which is only possible in the realm of fantasy.
"I wanted to leave the track knowing that I had given everything - Folorunso said -, it has been a growing season and therefore I know that this is only a stage of passage for better things that await me in the future. I made some technical mistakes because I have got some obstacles on the first straight, but all in all I knew it would be a good fight and I'm happy to have stayed there to fight with them. "
Azzurra should have literally revolutionized the history of the specialty in our country (53.72 the last admission time), which is only possible in the realm of fantasy.
"I wanted to leave the track knowing that I had given everything - Folorunso said -, it has been a growing season and therefore I know that this is only a stage of passage for better things that await me in the future. I made some technical mistakes because I have got some obstacles on the first straight, but all in all I knew it would be a good fight and I'm happy to have stayed there to fight with them. "
Azzurra should have literally revolutionized the history of the specialty in our country (53.72 the last admission time), which is only possible in the realm of fantasy.
"I wanted to leave the track knowing that I had given everything - Folorunso said -, it has been a growing season and therefore I know that this is only a stage of passage for better things that await me in the future. I made some technical mistakes because I have got some obstacles on the first straight, but all in all I knew it would be a good fight and I'm happy to have stayed there to fight with them. "
It has been a growing season and so I know this is just a passing stage for better things that await me in the future.
I made some technical mistakes because I took some obstacles on the first straight, but all in all I knew it would be a good fight and I'm happy to be there to fight with them. "
It has been a growing season and so I know this is just a passing stage for better things that await me in the future.
I made some technical mistakes because I took some obstacles on the first straight, but all in all I knew it would be a good fight and I'm happy to be there to fight with them. "
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Also out the other two blue, Rebecca Sartori (55.90) and Linda Olivieri (56.04), who will certainly be more at ease in a more accessible context, in Munich, for the Europeans, in less than four weeks.
And the concept can also be applied to Folorunso, who signs the third continental time among the semi-finalists (in the final the Dutch Bol and the Ukrainian Ryzhykova).
In the 800 meters Catalin Tecuceanu signs the personal best and passes the turn: 1: 44.83 in the battery to improve by ten cents and snatch the fourth overall time of the initial round.
The rhythm imposed by the Canadian Marco Arop produces the fastest times of the round (he is the leaders with 1:44. 56), so much so that Tecuceanu in the end, even if recovered with the times, prints the fourth absolute time.
Appointment in the semifinals tomorrow at 4 am in the Italian morning.
In the two finals of last night's session, gold to Kazakhstan in the 3000 steeplechase thanks to the ex Kenyan Norah Jeruto (8: 53.02) and to China in the disc with Feng Bin's 69.12.
