21.41 😱
🇯🇲’s @sherickajacko smashes her 200m championship record 🚀#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/MLShWeXdR1
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2023
🇯🇲 Shericka Jackson had rocketed her way to the No.2 spot (21.41) on the world all-time 200m list, behind the late Florence Griffith-Joyner’s long-deemed untouchable 21.34.
🥇🥇🥇🥇@TeamRojas45 is a quadruple world triple jump champion 🤯#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/MMP5MuBqxY
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2023
🇪🇨 Yulimar Rojas produced a last-round leap of 15.08m to win a record fourth world outdoor title in the women’s triple jump. With three no-jumps and two below-par efforts, the world record-holder was on the verge of losing her first global final since 2017.
He came, He saw, He conquered.@LylesNoah completes the sprint double and storms to his 3rd consecutive 200m gold 🥵#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/yQBfEe3jAY
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2023
🇺🇸 Noah Lyles, a first-time world 100m champion, completed the sprint double in expected style as he earned his third consecutive world 200m title in 19.52.
🇯🇵 strikes gold in the javelin throw! @giant_babyparu saves the best for last 💪#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/giUuxwmV2C
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2023
🇯🇵 Haruka Kitaguchi, launching the spear 66.73m to claim gold with her last attempt.
She took to the runway in the sixth round, was more than two metres clear of her closest competitor.
