Fred Kerley led an American clean sweep in the men's 100 metres final at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday and Chase Ealey helped give home fans a night to remember with the first U.S. victory in the women's shot put.
Kerley, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, timed his dip perfectly to clock 9.86 seconds and pip compatriots Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell in front of an underwhelming home crowd at Hayward Field."It's amazing to do it on home soil with the home crowd behind us. It's a wonderful blessing to get a clean sweep," said Kerley, who had run the fastest-ever World Championships heat on Friday with a scorching 9.79.
"To say it is one thing, to do it is another. We knew it was very much possible," he added. "It was about three guys getting on the same accord." In the shot put, Ealey threw 20.49 metres with her opening attempt to win the U.S. team's first World Championships gold medal on home soil and deny China's Gong Lijiao a third successive title.
China did manage to win gold in the men's long jump, Wang Jianan producing a last-round leap of 8.36m to snatch the title away from Tentoglou Miltiadis.In the morning session, Ethiopian world record holder Letesenbet Gidey beat Sifan Hassan to win the women's 10,000m gold in 30:09.94, the fastest time of the year.
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