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Warholm runs 2nd fastest 400 hurdles ever at Diamond League

ZURICH (AP) — Karsten leading mark in 2019.
Warholm ran the second- Dina Asher-Smith of Britain
fastest time in history to win was second in 22.08 and
the men's 400 meters hur- Thompson, the Olympic 100
dles in 46.92 seconds at the and 200 champion from
Diamond League finals on Jamaica, clocked 22.44 in
Thursday. third.
The 23-year-old world In the long jump, Eche-
champion from Norway varria set a world-leading
took 0.20 seconds off his mark by 24 centimeters.
lifetime best, but was 0.14 Gong took the women's
behind the 27-year-old shot put victory from Chase
world record set by Kevin Easley of the U.S., who set
Young winning the 1992 a lifetime best of 19.68 me-
Barcelona Olympics title. ters. Gong's 20.31 mark was
Young was in Zurich for 47 centimeters beyond her
Thursday's race. own world's best this sea-
Warholm was pressed son.
hard by Rai Benjamin who Donavan Brazier of the Unit-
clocked 46.98, lifting the ed States won the 800 in a
22-year-old American into personal best 1:42.70 after
a tie for third all-time. Track overhauling Nijel Amos in
great Edwin Moses is now Karsten Warholm from Norway competes in the men's 400m hurdles race, during the Weltklasse the closing meters.
fifth on that list with 47.02. IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting in the stadium Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzer- Salwa Eid Naser, the 2017
"It was crazy," Warholm land, Thursday, August 29, 2019. world silver medalist, won
said. "I knew that I will do Associated Press the women's 400 in 50.24.
a good time but this race The Nigeria-born runner
and with this new (personal Juan Miguel Echevarria's his American teammate runner-up Zhenye Lie of who competes for Bahrain
best), it*s just amazing." opening leap of 8.65 me- Gatlin in the next lane. China, who clocked 10.04 is unbeaten over 400 this
Four world-leading marks ters won the men's long "I followed my race plan, and 2011 world champion season.
were set on a warm eve- jump; and Lijiao Gong's my execution was great," Yohan Blake of Jamaica, Sydney McLaughlin led an
ning at the storied Weltk- 20.31 meters took the wom- Lyles said. "The race was who was third in 10.07. American podium sweep
lasse meeting, one month en's shot put. not as fast as I wanted." Miller-Uibo, the Olympic of the 400 hurdles in her
before the world cham- In the men's 100, Noah Lyles Lyles will focus on the 200 at champion over 400, is now season-best time of 52.85.
pionships open in Qatar, surged late to win in 9.98, the Sept. 28-Oct. 6 worlds in the 11th-fastest woman all- Sifan Hassan of the Neth-
where the 400 hurdles is leaving world champion Doha, where the 37-year- time in the 200. Sporting erlands won the 1,500 in
shaping up to be a stand- Justin Gatlin back in fourth. old Gatlin could be the green-streaked hair, Miller- 3.57.08. World record hold-
out duel. Racing into a slight head- best American hope for the Uibo's personal best was a er Beatrice Chepkoech
Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran wind, Lyles trailed late in the 100 title. huge 0.26 faster than Elaine took the 3,000 steeple-
21.74 in the women's 200; race before blasting past Gatlin timed 10.08 behind Thompson's previous world- chase in 9:01.71.q

Continued from Page 17 The Air Force Academy of group play shouldn't be
That is why Popovich's first taught Popovich to focus difficult; two of those four
stint as coach of the U.S. on the current mission. teams will move on to the
men's basketball team — it Right now, and that's guid- round of 16. But a loss in an
starts in earnest this week- ing the U.S. to gold in the exhibition at Australia last
end, when the Americans World Cup. week suggested that this
open their quest for a third "Pop is completely locked U.S. team could be more
consecutive basketball in on this one thing," USA than a little vulnerable
World Cup championship Basketball managing di- against the other World
— has not become some rector Jerry Colangelo Cup contenders.
sort of comeuppance tour said. "He understands what Popovich has been telling
for infamous previous at- the goal is, what we're his team that winning the
tempts at gold that went playing for here." World Cup will be tough.
awry. The Americans arrived in The loss only reaffirmed
As such, this World Cup isn't Shanghai on Thursday, what he was saying.
about avenging the disap- with Popovich one of the "For a number of reasons, U.S. head coach Gregg Popovich talks to player in a time-out
pointment that Popovich first to greet some fans who but ultimately the way during their exhibition basketball game in Melbourne, Thurs-
still carries over getting cut waited at the team hotel he talks about us having day, Aug. 22, 2019.
from the 1972 U.S. Olympic and sign a couple dozen these three U-S-A letters Associated Press
team as a player despite autographs. He took his across our chest, we know
having a stellar few days time with each, carefully what this means to him," least the parts he wants on political criticism.
at tryouts for the team that scripting the cursive, telling U.S. guard Joe Harris of the to open up about, is well- Economic relations right
lost a controversial gold- those who camped out on Brooklyn Nets said. "He ob- chronicled. His undergrad- now between the U.S. and
medal game to Russia. It a rainy morning that there viously has a tremendous uate degree was in Soviet China are thorny, at best.
isn't about how the 2002 was no need to rush. amount of pride and re- Studies. He considered a But when Popovich ar-
world championships team His team opens play Sun- spect for his country and spy career and has gone rived Thursday, donning a
that he was an assistant on day against the Czech you can feel it in how he through intelligence train- blue jacket with the USA
finished sixth, or how the Republic, then faces Tur- goes about his business. ing. He's not shy about Basketball red, white and
2004 Olympic team that key and Japan later next This isn't something he's just bringing up his opinions on blue logo, the Chinese fans
he assisted managed only week in the last two group- doing for the hell of it." anything, and in recent who came out to greet the
a bronze. stage games. Getting out Popovich's backstory, at years he hasn't held back Americans cheered him.q