This Day in Observe & Discipline–August 11
1965—The Soviet Union’s (and Ukraine’s) Tamara Press set the sixth (and ultimate) World Report of her profession within the Discus, throwing 195-10 (59.70) in Moscow.
She was a 4-time Olympic medalist, profitable gold within the Shot Put in 1960, and the SP and Discus in 1964. She gained the silver medal within the Discus in 1960. Her sister Irina was the gold medalist within the 80-meter Hurdles in 1960 and the 5-event Pentathlon in 1964.
(From Olympedia): “The Press sisters retired in 1966, coinciding with the introduction of required gender verification in observe & area. This led to widespread, but by no means confirmed, rumors relating to (their gender)”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladiespercent27s_discus_throw_world_record_progression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Press
1984–Carl Lewis duplicated Jesse Owens’ 1936 feat of profitable 4 Olympic gold medals by anchoring the U.S. to victory within the Males’s 4×100 relay on a busy ultimate day of T&F competitors in Los Angeles (The Males’s Marathon would happen the following day). Previous Lewis had been Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, and Calvin Smith, because the quartet set a World Report of 37.83. Ending 2nd and Third had been Jamaica (38.62) and Canada (38.70).
Valerie Brisco gained her Third gold medal of the L.A. Video games, operating the Third leg (49.2) of the profitable U.S. 4×400 relay crew that set an American Report of three:18.29 (Now #9-U.S.). Additionally on the crew had been Lillie Leatherwood (50.5), Sherri Howard (48.8), and Chandra Cheeseborough (49.8). Profitable silver and bronze had been Canada (3:21.21) and West Germany (3:22.98).
Cheeseborough, the silver medalist within the 400, additionally gained a third medal, operating the Third leg on the profitable U.S. crew within the Ladies’s 4×100 (41.65). Canada (42.77) and Nice Britain (43.11) gained silver and bronze. Dealing with the opposite 3 legs for the U.S. had been Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, and Evelyn Ashford, the winner of the 100-Meters.
It was a 1-2 sweep within the Males’s 1500 for Nice Britain, with Seb Coe (3:32.53-OR) efficiently defending his title over Steve Cram (3:33.40), the 1983 World Champion. Spain’s José Abascal (3:34.30) gained the bronze medal, with Jim Spivey (3:36.07) inserting fifth and fellow American Steve Scott (3:39.86) ending tenth. Respiratory issues pressured the Third Brit, World Report holder Steve Ovett, to drop out of the race. After crossing the end line, Coe shook his fist at his British critics sitting within the press space!
Morocco’s Stated Aouita set an Olympic Report of 13:05.59 whereas profitable the Males’s 5000 over Switzerland’s Markus Ryffel (13:07.54) and Portugal’s António Leitão (13:09.20). Ending 4th was Nice Britain’s Tim Hutchings (13:11.50), now one of many sport’s main TV commentators, who usually groups up with Steve Cram within the TV sales space.
The Males’s Excessive Leap featured 5 previous (Dwight Stones and West Germany’s Dietmar Mögenburg), and future (China’s Zhu Jianhua, Sweden’s Patrik Sjöberg and West Germany’s Carlo Thränhardt) World Report holders.
4 of them cleared 7-7 (2.31), with Mögenburg and Zhu clear up thus far. Stones, who missed as soon as at
7-6 (2.29) earlier than clearing 7-7 on his 1st try, was sitting in Third place, 12 years after profitable the primary of his two Olympic bronze medals in 1972.
Mögenburg solidified his maintain on 1st place along with his 1st soar clearance of 7-7 ¾ (2.33), whereas the 18-year outdated Sjöberg moved into 2nd place by clearing on his 2nd try. Stones missed on all 3 of his makes an attempt, with Zhu, now assured of the bronze medal, lacking his 2 tries at 7-8 ½ (2.35) after lacking as soon as at 7-7 ¾. Mögenburg cleared 7-8 ½ on his 1st try, and the gold medal was his after Sjöberg missed on all 3 of his makes an attempt.
Italy’s Allesandro Andrei spoiled a possible U.S. sweep by profitable the Males’s Shot Put with a toss of 69-9 (21.26). Individuals took the following 3 spots: Michael Carter (69-2 ½ [21.09], who was about to affix the San Francisco 49ers (he would win 3 Tremendous Bowl rings!), Dave Laut (68-9 ¾ [20.97]), and Augie Wolf (68-8 [20.93].
Alonzo Baber, the winner of the 400-Meters earlier within the week, broke open the Males’s 4×400 relay along with his 43.7 cut up on the Third leg because the U.S. gained in 2:57.91, adopted by Nice Britain (2:59.13) and Nigeria (2:59.32). Different members of the U.S. crew had been Sunder Nix (45.6), Ray Armstead (44.0), and Antonio McKay (44.6).
Medalists in different occasions:
Males’s 50k-walk: Mexico’s Raúl González (3:47:26/Olympic Report), Sweden’s Bo Gustafsson (3:53:19), Italy’s Allessandro
Bellucci (3:53:45). Gustafson’s son Andreas is now a USA citizen and gained the 2020 USA Olympic 50K racewalk
trial. Dad Bo continues to carry the NYC Marathon (42.2 Ok) racewalking document. (From Elliott Denman)
Ladies’s 1500: Italy’s Gabriella Dorio (4:03.25), Romania’s Doina Melinte (4:03.76/winner of the 800) and Maricica
Puica (4:04.15/winner of the 3000)… lacking as a result of Soviet boycott had been the top-7 World
Rankers in 1984 (all from the Soviet Union)
Ladies’s Discus: The Netherlands’ Ria Stalman (214-5 [65.36]), American Report holder Leslie Deniz (212-9 [64.86]),
Romania’s Florența Crăciunescu (208-9 [63.64])….lacking as a result of Soviet boycott had been the top-10 World
Rankers in 1984
Medalists/Outcomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics
Sports activities Illustrated Vault: https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/08/20/triumph-and-tragedy-in-los-angeles
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menpercent27s_4_x_100_metres_relay_world_record_progression
Movies: Males’s 1500 Males’s 4×100 Ladies’s 4×100 Ladies’s 4×400 Males’s 4×400 Males’s 5000 Ladies’s 1500 Males’s SP
1985–Ukraine’s Rudolf Povarnitsin jumped 7-10 ½ (2.40m) in Donetsk (Sergey Bubka’s hometown) to set a brand new World Report within the Excessive Leap.
WR Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Males’s_high_jump_world_record_progression
1995–Individuals Kim Batten (52.61) and Tonja Buford-Bailey (52.62) completed 1-2 within the Ladies’s 400-meter hurdles on the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. Each bettered the earlier World Report of 52.74, which was set by Sally Gunnell on the 1993 Worlds. Gunnell, working as a commentator for British tv, was available to see her document fall. Batten and Buford-Bailey are nonetheless #12-#13 on the All-Time World Performers’ checklist. Jamaica’s Deon Hemmings completed Third (53.48).
Michael Johnson didn’t get the World Report he was searching for, however he nonetheless gained the Males’s 200-meters (19.79) to change into the primary man to win each the 200 and 400 on the similar Olympics or World Championships. Profitable silver and bronze had been Namibia’s Frank Fredericks (20.12) and American Jeff Williams (20.18).
Sergey Bubka gained the fifth of his 6 World titles within the Pole Vault (19-5 [5.92]), with Russia’s Maksim Tarasov and France’s Jean Galfione profitable silver and bronze as each cleared 19-2 ¾ (5.86).
Kenya’s Moses Kiptanui gained his Third straight title within the Steeplechase and set a World Championship Report of 8:04.16. 2nd was fellow Kenyan Christopher Koskei (8:09.30) and Third was Saudi Arabia’s Saad Shaddad Al-Asmar i(8:12.95).
One other profitable streak was prolonged, with Germany’s Lars Riedel (225-7 [68.76]/CR) profitable the Third of his 4 consecutive World titles within the Males’s Discus. 2nd and Third had been the Belarus duo of Vladimir Dubrovshchik (216-6 [65.98]) and Vasili Kaptyukh (216-2 [65.88]).
Mozambique’s Maria Mutola, the defending champion within the Ladies’s 800-meters, was disqualified in her semi-final race for a lane violation on the primary flip.
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_World_Championships_in_Athletics
Outcomes
Movies: MSC W400h M200 MDT
1999–Jearl Miles (Clark) ran 1:56.40 in Zürich to set an American Report within the 800-meters. Miles set the earlier mark of 1:56.43 on the identical observe in 1998. Her new document lasted 18 years till Ajee’ Wilson ran 1:55.61 in 2017. Miles-Clark was inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 2010.
HOF Bio: https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/jearl-miles-clark
2000—It was a typical high-class affair in Zürich, however the one race that stood out above all others was the Males’s 1500-meters, with Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj (3:27.21), beating the Kenyan duo of Noah Ngeny (3:28.12) and Bernard Lagat (3:28.51). It was the primary time in historical past that three males had damaged 3:29 in the identical race.
IAAF Report: https://www.worldathletics.org/information/information/hicham-el-guerrouj-turns-up-the-heat-in-zuric
2001—Cuba’s Iván Pedroso gained his 4th consecutive World title within the Males’s Lengthy Leap with a leap of 27-6 ¾ (8.40) in Edmonton. Profitable silver and bronze had been American Savanté Stringfellow (27-12 [8.24]) and Portugal’s Carlos Calado (26-11 ¼ [8.21]), who beat out American Miguel Pate for the bronze medal by advantage of a greater 2nd soar.
Anjanette Kirkland (12.42) and Gail Devers (12.54), who was going for her 4th World title, gave the U.S. a 1-2 end within the 100-meter hurdles. Kazakhstan’s Olga Shishigina (12.58) gained the bronze medal.
For Kirkland, who gained out of lane 1, it was the spotlight of what had been a turbulent 12 months (see hyperlink under).
A U.S. lineup of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones completed first (41.71) within the Ladies’s 4×100, however they had been later stripped of the title after White and Jones admitted to utilizing steroids throughout this era. Germany (42.32) was moved as much as the winner’s place, with France (42.39) and Jamaica (42,40) profitable silver and bronze.
Medalists in different occasions:
Ladies’s Discus: Belarus’ Ellina Zvereva (220-2 [67.10]), Romania’s Nicoleta Grasu (217-4 [66.24]), Greece’s Anastasia
Kelesídou (214-11[[65.50])
Ladies’s 5000: Russia’s Olga Yegorova (15:03.39), Spain’s Marta Domínguez (15:06.59), Ethiopia’s Ayelech Worku (15:10.17).
Males’s 50k-Stroll: Poland’s Robert Korzeniowski (3:42:08/additionally gained in 1997 and 2003), Spain’s Jesús Ángel García (3:43:07), Mexico’s
Édgar Hernández (3:46:12)
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics
IAAF Report/Outcomes
https://www.worldathletics.org/outcomes/world-athletics-championships/2001/Eighth-iaaf-world-championships-6947294
Kirkland: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports activities/2001/08/12/no-hurdle-can-slow-kirkland/da5047ab-ae9f-4afc-9f3d-ca2ee70b1646/
2005—Justin Gatlin (20.04) led Wallace Spearmon (20.20), defending champion John Capel (20.21), and Tyson Homosexual (20.34) to a 1-4 sweep of the Males’s 200-Meters on the moist and windy World Championships in Helsinki. Gatlin had earlier gained the 100.
Walter Davis (57-7 ¾ [17.57]) was the winner within the Males’s Triple Leap, with Cuba’s Yoandris Betanzos (57-2 [17.42]) edging Romania’s Marion Oprea (57-1 [17.40]) for the silver medal. Former Auburn star Leevan Sands (Bahamas/57-3/4 [17.39]) was a detailed 4th. Stated Davis, “After my huge soar I began my watch, as a result of I used to be telling myself that is my 12 months, that is my time to win”. The previous LSU Tiger gained 4 NCAA titles within the Triple Leap (indoors & open air in 2001 & 2002).
Michelle Perry (12.66) gained the 100-meter hurdles over Jamaicans Deloreen Ennis-London and Brigitte Foster-Hylton, each of whom had been clocked in 12.76. Joanna Hayes, the 2004 Olympic champion, appeared like a silver medalist right here earlier than getting knocked off steadiness after hitting the ninth hurdle after which pushing over the 10t h(she was ultimately disqualified).
The Netherlands’ Rens Blom and American Brad Walker went jump-for-jump in chilly circumstances by the primary 3 heights within the Males’s Pole Vault. Each wanted Third-jump clearances at their opening peak of 18-1/2 (5.50) simply to remain within the competitors, then each cleared 18-6 ½ (5.65) and 18-10 ¼ (5.75) on their 2nd tries. They had been tied for 1st place at this level, however Walker missed on his first try at 19-1/4 (5.80) and watched because the unheralded Blom cleared to maneuver into the gold medal place. Walker handed to 19-2 ¼ (5.85), however missed on his 2 remaining makes an attempt and settled for the silver medal. Russia’s Pavel Gerasimov (18-6 ½ [5.65]) wound up with the bronze medal.
Germany’s Franla Dietzsch (218-5 [66.58]) gained the 2nd of her 3 World titles within the Ladies’s Discus (additionally gained in 1999 and 2007). 2nd and Third had been Russia’s Natalya Sadova (211-0 [64.33]) and Czech Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová (207-3 [63.19]).
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics
IAAF Report/Outcomes
M200: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlW8Djsms3Q
2012—Nice Britain’s Mo Farah, the sooner winner of the Males’s 10,000, despatched the gang on the London Olympics right into a frenzy on the ultimate day of competitors on the observe as he accomplished his distance double along with his slim win within the Males’s 5000-meters over Ethiopia’s Dejan Gebremeskel (13:41.66-13:41.98). Bernard Lagat, who was tripped up as he tried to maneuver huge on the ultimate homestretch, was pissed off in his bid for an additional Olympic medal, ending 4th behind Kenya’s Thomas Longosiwa (13:42.36-13:42.99). Galen Rupp completed seventh in 13:45.04.
The noise stage inside Olympic Stadium was off the charts as Farah took the lead with rather less than two laps to go and held off repeated challenges earlier than edging away within the ultimate strides to safe his place in Olympic historical past.
Ato Boldon had boldly predicted on the NBC broadcast that each Jamaica and the U.S. might break 37-seconds within the Males’s 4×100 relay. He was “unsuitable”, however not by a lot! Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, and the one-and-only Usain Bolt gained in 36.84 within the ultimate observe occasion of the Video games to interrupt the World Report of 37.04 the identical foursome had set on the earlier 12 months’s World Championships in Daegu.. It was Bolt’s Third gold medal (100-200) of the Video games.
Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Homosexual, and Ryan Bailey ran valiantly in defeat, clocking 37.04 to match the earlier World Report and setting a brand new U.S. Report. The earlier AR of 37.38 was set in the day gone by’s warmth by a foursome of Jeff Demps, Doc Patton, Kimmons, and Gatlin.
That was the excellent news. As famous in yesterday’s report, the dangerous information got here in 2016 when the IOC formally nullified the U.S. crew’s efficiency due to Tyson Homosexual’s admitted use of efficiency enhancing medicine! Transferring as much as 2nd & Third had been Trinidad & Tobago (38.12) and France (38.16).
A U.S. lineup of DeeDee Trotter (50.2), Allyson Felix (48.2), Francena McCorory (49.4), and Sanya Richards-Ross (49.1), the gold medalist within the 400-Meters, ran away with the Ladies’s 4×400 relay, operating 3:16.87, the quickest time run in 19 years, to beat runnerup Russia (3:20.23) by greater than 3 seconds. It was the sixth straight Olympic title for the U.S. Ukraine was Third (3:23.57).
Russia’s Anna Chicherova gained the Ladies’s Excessive Leap with a clearance of 6-8 ¾ (2.05}, whereas Brigetta Barrett jumped a private better of 6-8 (2.03) to win the silver medal. Russia’s Svetlana Shkolina, who additionally cleared 6-8, gained the bronze medal.
Trinidad & Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott was the shock winner of the Males’s Javelin with a Nationwide Report throw of 277-6 (84.58). Ending 2-3 had been Finland’s Antti Ruuskanen (276-0 [84.12]) and Czech Vítězslav Veselý (273-5 [83.34]). The 19-year outdated Walcott turned the first man to win World Junior and Olympic titles in the identical 12 months!
Russia’s Mariya Savinova (1:56.19) was a convincing “winner” of the Ladies’s 800-Meters, however was later disqualified for a doping violation, shifting South Africa’s Caster Semenya (1:57.23) into the gold medal place. Upgraded to 2nd and Third had been Russia’s Yekaterina Poistogova (1:57.53) and Kenya’s Pamela Jelimo (1:57.59). Ending 4th was American Alysia Montaño (1:57.93), who led the sector by the primary 400-Meters in 56.31.
Extra fallout from the continuing Russian doping scandal impacted the Ladies’s 20k-Stroll. Olga Kaniskina, the defending Olympic Champion (and 2007 World Champion), was stripped of the silver medal she “gained” in London. She was on her approach to an obvious 2nd Olympic title when she was handed within the final 100-meters by her 19-year outdated teammate, Yelena Lashmanova, who set a World Report of 1:25:02. Upgraded to silver and bronze had been China’s Qieyang Shenjie (1:25:16) and Liu Hong (1:26:00).
And but once more within the Males’s 50k-Stroll, the place Russia’s Sergey Kirdyapkin in the end misplaced his gold medal, leaving Australia’s Jared Tallent (3:36:53) because the Olympic Champion!. Profitable silver and bronze had been China’s Si Tianfeng (3:37:16) and Eire’s Robert Heffernan (3:37:54).
Medalists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics
IAAF Protection: https://www.worldathletics.org/outcomes/olympic-games/2012/the-xxx-olympic-games-6999193
Olympedia Studies: https://www.olympedia.org/editions/54/sports activities/ATH
Farah:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/olympics/18912882
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/sports activities/olympics/mo-farah-wins-5000-meters-at-london-olympics.html?_r=0
Walcott
Kaniskina Stripped of Silver Medal
Movies: M4x100 M5000 W4x400 W800 MJT WHJ
2013—Brittney Reese
