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Sydney McLaughlin Leads Top-Four USA Sweep of Women's 400-Meter Hurdles in Oslo

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DyeStat.com   Jun 13th 2019, 8:39pm
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Strong Norwegian Performances Highlight 2019 Bislett Games

By Adam Kopet

Sydney McLaughlin made her much anticipated 400-meter hurdles Diamond League debut Thursday in Oslo at the Bislett Games. She led three other Americans to the top-four places as she finished just off her season's best in 54.16.

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McLaughlin hit the first hurdle hard, but she maintained her composure as Dalilah Muhammad got off to a fast start, building a big lead with 200 meters to go. Coming off the final turn, it was Muhammad leading with McLaughlin finally fulling even with the rest of the field.

However, paying for her fast early pace, Muhammad slowed over the final 100 meters. McLaughlin pulled ahead on the final flat, winning by about half a stride length. Muhammad finished second in 54.35, well off her world-leading mark this season of 53.61.

Shamier Little and Kori Carter finished well behind the duo of McLaughlin and Muhammad. Little was third in 54.92 and Carter was fourth in 55.67.

Norway had a strong day on the track. In the men's 400-meter hurdles, reigning world champion Karsten Warholm stormed to a big win, running 47.33. That broke the European Athletics and meet record. It ranks him 13th on the world all-time performer list and second on the 2019 world list behind Qatar's Abderrahman Samba, who withdrew from the Oslo Diamond League meeting earlier this week.

It should also be noted that Warholm's 400-meter hurdles performances is faster than any Norwegian athlete has covered the flat 400 meters.

Also running well for the host country was Henrik Ingebrigtsen, who broke the Norwegian national record in the 3,000 meters. He finished fourth in 7:36.85. Ethiopia's Selemon Barega won the race in 7:32.17, ahead of Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, who was second in 7:33.26.

Drew Hunter got under the 7:40 barrier for the first time, finishing seventh in 7:39.85. Ben True was one spot back of Hunter in 7:40.49.

There had been a chance for even more Norwegian success in the men's Dream Mile. Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who is still just 18 years old, looked ready to pounce with 400 meters to go, but the first ever Norwegian win in the Oslo Dream Mile was not to be.

Instead, it was Poland's Marcin Lewandowski who used a strong final 200 meters to take the win in 3:52.34, breaking the Polish national record. Kenya's Vincent Kibet and Djibouti's Ayanleh Souleiman finished second and third in 3:52.38 and 3:52.66, respectively. Johnny Gregorek and Clayton Murphy were fourth and fifth in 3:52.94 and 3:52.97, respectively.

Ingebrigtsen finished sixth in 3:53.04. His older brother, Filip Ingebrigtsen, finished ninth in 3:54.41.

In the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, Emma Coburn honored Gabe Grunewald by writing "BRAVE LIKE GABE" on her bib. Coburn would go on to finish fourth in 9:08.42. It was her second-fastest season steeplechase debut of her career by less than a second.

Winning the steeplechase was Kenya's Norah Jeruto in 9:03.71. World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech lacked the closing speed necessary to hold off the hard-charging Jeruto after the final barrier. She finished second in 9:04.30.

Christian Coleman won the 100-meter dash going away in a world-leading 9.85. That was a small improvement over his runner-up finish to Noah Lyles in Shanghai when the pair were timed in an equal 9.86, but with Lyles getting the slight edge at the finish.

Christina Clemons earned the victory in the 100-meter hurdles over Sharika Nelvis, 12.69 to 12.74. Brianna McNeal was disqualified for a false start.

Sam Kendricks earned the victory in the pole vault. Four men were left jumping at 19-4.75 (5.91m) and Kendricks went clear on his third attempt to secure the win. Poland's Piotr Lisek finished second, with Cole Walsh and Armand "Mondo" Duplantis finishing third and fourth, respectively, all at 19-0.75 (5.81m).

This was the pro debut for Duplantis and Walsh bettered 19 feet for the first time in his career. Duplantis turned pro earlier this week after he finished second to Chris Nilsen at the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships. Duplantis, who competes internationally for Sweden, has signed with Puma.

The women's triple jump almost belonged to Keturah Orji. She jumped 47-8 (14.53m) in the second round, her best of the competition. That held the lead until the fifth round when Colombia's Caterine Ibarguen showed why she was the pre-meet favorite. She jumped out to 48-6.25 (14.79m) to secure the victory.



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