Eugene (AFP)
American Fred Curley won the 100 meters gold at the 18th World Championships in Athletics in his country, specifically Eugene, in an American triple for the third time in the championship’s history.
Curley finished the race with a time of 9.86 seconds, ahead of his compatriots Marvin Bracey and Trayvon Brommel, who together achieved 9.88 seconds, and their compatriot Christian Coleman, the defending champion in Doha 2019, finished sixth with a time of 10.01 seconds.
Many pundits laughed when Curley decided last year to switch from the 400m to the 100m, but the tall, muscular American proved right by claiming silver in the Tokyo Olympics and followed suit with the world title.
Curley achieved a remarkable run in the 400 meters during which he won the local title twice, the bronze of the Doha World Cup 2019 and the gold and silver of the 4 by 400 meters relay.
Curley ran 7 races this year before the World Cup, all of them under 10 seconds, the last of which was at Hayward Stadium in Eugene on June 24 during the American trials. Within two hours, he achieved a personal best of 9.76 seconds in the semi-finals and 9.77 seconds in the final.
Curley is one of only three men, along with compatriot Michael Norman and South African Wade van Niekerk, to fall under 10 seconds in the 100 metres, 20 seconds in the 200 metres, and 44 seconds in the 400 metres.
It is the third consecutive title for the United States in the 100 meters race, after Justin Gatlin in 2017 in London, and Coleman in Doha 2019, repeating her achievement for the third time, after the first between 1983 and 1991 and the second between 1997 and 2001.
It is also the third time that the United States has won the three medals of the race after 1983 (Carl Lewis, Calvin Smith and Emmett King) and 1991 (Carl Lewis, Leroy Borrell and Dennis Mitchell).
And the United States confirmed that it regained control of the world title in the race in the last two editions, after Jamaica toppled it for four consecutive editions, led by “Hurricane” Usain Bolt (2009, 2013 and 2015), and Yohan Blake (2011).
The United States is the most crowned world title in the 100-meter race, winning it 11 times out of 18, and only 7 escaped it, including 4 for Jamaica and once for Britain (Linford Christie), Canada (Donovan Bailey), and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Kim Collins.
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