Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek continued their dominant seasons by winning the titles of the American 100 meters in the best personal moments.
Jefferson-Wooden ran 10.65 seconds, becoming the fastest joint woman in history. The previous medalist of the 100m Olympic bronze medalist was 10.73 from June 1.
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Jefferson-Wooden was followed by the training partner Kayla White (Personal Best 10.84) and Aleia Hobbs (10.92) in qualification for the September world championships in Tokyo.
Sha’Carri Richardson advanced his warmth from the first round on Thursday, then wiped out of Friday semi-finals as she said. Richardson has a Bye in the world team as a reigning world champion, provided she is in good standing with the USATF.
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In the male race, the 200m Olympic silver medalist, Kenny Bednarek, ran 9.79, becoming the eighth man to break 9.80. This is his first American title. His best previous time was 9.86 from June 1.
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Bednarek is joined in the world team by the finalist Courtney Lindsey (9.82) and T’Mars McCallum (9.83).
In addition, Noah Lyles who has a Bye as a reigning world champion of 2023. Lyles advanced Thursday of his warmth in the first round, then retired before the semi-finals to prepare for the 200m on Sunday.
Lyles also has a Bye in 200m, but he said that he planned to run this event in the final in an offer for a fifth American record title.
Also Friday, Anna Hall became the first woman to win a fourth title of consecutive American heptathlon.
Hall, which finished second at the Worlds 2023 and fifth at the 2024 Olympic Games while dealing with injuries of two years, totaled 6,899 points.
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Two months ago, Hall recorded 7,032 points during a competition in Austria, going from the fifth equally to the second row on the list of all time.
Only mentor Jackie Joyner-Kersee, an Olympic gold medalist from 1988 and 1992, scored above: the world record of 7,291 points and the six best scores in history as a whole.
Hall equaled the Swedish Carolina Klüft, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist, which also marked 7,032.
In September, Hall can become the second American to win a world title in the heptathlon after Joyner-Kersee, which did it in 1987 and 1993.
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Anna Hall binds for the second row of all time at Heptathlon Points
Anna Hall’s score in Götzis, Austria was only improved by Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
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The triple Olympian Vashti Cunningham won his 15th American height jump title combining interior and outdoor championships.
Kyle Garland won her first national title in the decathlon and became the third best performer in American history. His 8,869 points of points between the 1996 Olympic gold medalist, Dan O’Brien (8,891) and Garrett Scantling (8,867).
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the double Olympic champion and world record holder in the hedges of the 400m, was the best qualifier of the 400m final on Saturday. McLaughlin-Levrone chose to run the 400m flat and not the hedges of the 400m at the national championships.
Bryce Deadmon, quadruple Olympic relay medalist, led the qualifications to the male final on Saturday 400m.
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This final will not include the 2024 Quincy Hall Olympic medalist and the 2022 world champion Michael Norman, none of whom have entered nationals. Hall has treated injuries this season, and Norman has missed a lot of time due to injuries in recent years.
This will not include Quincy Wilson, which last year, with the 4x400m, became the youngest Olympic gold medalist on the age of 16. Wilson, an increasing high school student, finished 11th in the general classification in the semi-finals.
The winner of the Olympic tests, Nia Akins, and the world’s double medalist Ajeé Wilson led the nine qualifications to the 800m female final on Sunday. Tokyo’s Olympic gold medalist, Athing Mu-Nikolayev, was the 10th faster in the semi-finals, missing the final by a single place.
In the male 800m, the three fastest Americans in history – Bryce Hoppel, Josh Hoey and Donavan Brazier – all made the final on Sunday.
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Nationals continue on Saturday with live coverage on NBC Sports and Peacock From 4 p.m. he.
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