The fourth day of the World Championship in Athletics in Beijing brought the Russian team only one medal. This silver Denis Kudryavtsev 400 metrovke hurdles was the first for Russia in world forums on this distance.
Record Kudryavtseva
At the current track and field world championships in Beijing, Russian team is still without gold medals. Actually, before the fourth day of competition in the asset Russians were no rewards at all.
The situation was corrected runner in the 400 meters hurdles Denis Kudryavtsev. From 23-year-old athlete was to be expected at least a medal because he qualified for the final with the best time.
Russia has already been in this championship disappointment, when it seemed that the medal from the team almost in the pocket, but in the final Kudryavtsev made even stronger than in the preliminary heats.
Running 400 meters hurdles of 48.05 Denis found not only personal record, but also updated the national achievement Ruslan Mashchenko (48.06), lasted as much as 17 years.
If it was not a phenomenal race by Kenyan Nicholas Betta, Kudryavtsev probably would have taken the award the highest standard. However, his opponent ran a race with the best result of the season in the world, ran 48 seconds – 47.79.
The third was the representative of the Bahamas by Jeffrey Gibson, with a score of 48.17 also set a new national record.
Leadership Kenya
After the fourth day of competition in Beijing, the national team of Kenya has managed to become the sole leader of the medal standings, beating on the number of gold medals the United Kingdom and Jamaica.
At the beginning of the competitive program, all three teams came, having assets of two gold awards. Jamaicans were unable to replenish its treasury, and the UK has brought the third gold Greg Rutterford Who Flew to 8.41 meters in the final tournament jumpers at length.
As for Kenya, apart from Betta medal highest order wins Tuesday in the women’s 1500-meter race, David Rudisha.
After the first 400-meter circle, he led the race with his compatriot Ferguson Rotich, but that was not strong enough, and as a result the second representative of Kenya did not even make the top three, missing the podium at the Pole Adam Kshota and Bosnian Amel Tuku.
Finals in 40 years
ran in the final distance of 1.5 km and Russian Tatyana Tomashova, to pursue a career in the age of 40 after a disqualification.
Show Tomashov result close to his best career time, established in 2006, and equal to her in Beijing, where no one even close was not able to get close to the 4-minute milestone from which Tomaszów, in due time, ran out, there would not be.
However, the current form has allowed not only Russian woman keep up with the group and finish the race in ten of the twelve athletes.
The victory is celebrated Ethiopian superstar Genzebe Dibaba not allowed Faith Kipegon bring Kenya’s fifth gold in Beijing.
Gold for taxi
Curious case occurred in Beijing, with the Pole Pawel Fraydekom to win the competition at the hammer throwers, and then rapidly celebrate.
In his hotel room the athlete returning to tipsy taxi and I paid the driver his own gold medal.
In the morning, discovered the loss, the athlete turned for help to the police, who managed to find a taxi driver and return the medal to convince the Polish athlete.
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