Ryan Crouser shatters World Athletics Championship record, Day 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Sable, triple jumpers fail to reach final; Indian results

That brings us to the end of the first day of action from the World Athletics Championships. A disappointing day for the Indian fans with Avinash Sable failing to make it to the final in 3000m steeplechase. The three triple jumpers - Abdulla Aboobacker, Eldhose Paul and Praveen Chithravel - also could not make the cut to the final 12.

But there was plenty to enjoy. Ryan Crouser proving why he is the greatest shot putter ever with another gold medal. Some heartbreaking finishes too in track events towards the end.

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1. United States - 3:08.80 (WR)

2. Great Britain - 3:11.06

3. Czech Republic - 3:11.98

A heartbreaking finish to the race for Netherlands. Femke Bol had the lead with barely 15 metres to go but the Dutch woman lost her footing. She got back up and finished third but did not have the baton on her hand.

As the American bags another World Championships gold, Sportstar takes a look at what makes the Shot Put athlete a champion above all others.

Ryan Crouser delivers a mammoth throw on his final attempt and breaches the 23 metre mark. He falls just five centimetres short of breaking his own world record.

1. Ryan Crouser - 23.51 (CR)

2. Leonardo Fabbri - 22.34

3. Joe Kovacs - 22.12

Ethopia sweeps the podium in the Women’s 10000m Final.

1. Gudaf Tsegay - 31:27.18

2. Letesenbet Gidey - 31:28.16

3. Ejgayehu Taye - 31:28.31

Sifan Hassan and Gudaf Tsegay were locked in the battle for the first place till the final moments of the race but the former’s legs gave in and the Dutch athlete went tumbling down onto the track.

1. Ryan Crouser - 22.98 (CR)

2. Leonardo Fabbri - 22.34

3. Joe Kovacs - 22.12

The double Olympic champion and the reigning World Champion Ryan Crouser on course to defend his title. He leads the pack after three throws with a best of 22.98m - a World Championship record.

Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri with an astonishing 22.34m best to stay in the hunt in the second place while Kiwi Tom Walsh in third place with 21.93m.

India’s contention in the Men’s Triple Jump comes to an end. Abdulla Aboobacker kept the hopes alive till his final jump. He had to jump over 16.61m to stay in the hunt but could only manage 16.60m. He is 14th as things stand, and only the top 12 athletes make it to the final.

Eldhose Paul had a tough night. The 26-year-old saw all three of his attempts land in the 15m range. His best was 15.59m which came on his first attempt. Praveen Chithravel started strong with a 16.38m jump but failed to better it.

Attempt 1 - 16.61m

Attempt 2 - 16.60m

Attempt 3 - 16.60m

Attempt 1 - 16.38m

Attempt 2 - 16.28m

Attempt 3 - 16.32m

Attempt 1 - 15.59m

Attempt 2 - 15.33m

Attempt 3 - 15.31m

HEAT 1

1. Zharnel Hughes - 10.00

2. Ryieme Forde - 10.01

3. Seye Ogunlewe - 10.07

HEAT 2

1. Noah Lyles - 9.95

2. Ferdinand Omanyala - 9.97

3. Usheoritse Itsekiri - 10.17

HEAT 3

1. Raphael Bouju - 10.09

2. Eugene Amo-Dadzie - 10.10

3. Emmanuel Matadi - 10.13

HEAT 4

1. Letsil Tebogo - 10.11

2. Rohan Browning - 10.11

3. Reece Prescod - 10.14

HEAT 5

1. Oblique Seville - 9.86

2. Fred Kerley - 9.99

3. Henrik Larsson - 10.17

HEAT 6

1. Abdul Hakim Sani Brown - 10.07

2. Rohan Watson - 10.11

3. Marcell Jacobs - 10.15

HEAT 7

1. Akane Simbine - 9.97

2. Christian Coleman - 9.98

3. Hiroki Yanagita - 10.20

4. Emanuel Archibald - 10.20

The Men’s 100m will have seven Heats and the top three from each will make the next round.

The Indian trio will be in action to make it to the final. The automatic qualifying mark for the event is 17.15m.

1. Abel Kipsang

2. Yarade Nuguse

3. Adam Spencer

4. Charles Grethen

5. Elliot Giles

6. Andrew Coscoran

India’s Ajay Kumar Saroj ends in the 13th place in the third Heat. He made a late dash to catch up to the front pack but it proved a little too much for the World No. 130.

1. Mohamed Katir

2. Niels Laros

3. Cole Hocker

4. Pietro Arese

5. Narve Gilje Nordas

6. Azeddine Habz

India’s Ajay Kumar Saroj will be in action in this Heat.

1. Mario Garcia

2. Tshepo Tshite

3. Neil Gourley

4. Samuel Tanner

5. Ruben Verheyden

6. Timothy Cheruiyot

1. Jakob Ingebrigtsen

2. Josh Kerr

3. Isaac Nader

4. Reynold Cheruiyot

5. Adel Mechaal

6. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot

The Norway runner, also the Olympic champion, in action in Heat 1 of the Men’s 1500m race.

Again, there will be no non-automatic qualifiers. The first six will advance to the semifinals.

The Indian will be in Heat 3 of the Men’s 1500m race.

Of the four heats, the top six from each will advance to the semifinals.

Here is Alvaro Martin from Spain, the first gold medal winner of the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

Katalin Novak with a word to the crowd at the National Athletics Centre. The president officially declares the championships open.

The IAAF president Sebastian Coe gets the programme underway with a speech.

The Indian steeplechase runner was in the best form of his life and expected to make the final. On Saturday, however, Sable stumbled.

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There’s plenty of events still left today. For India, Ajay Kumar Saroj will start in the men’s 1500m heats.

This will be followed by the triple jump qualification featuring Eldhose Paul, Abdulla Aboobacker and Praveen Chithravel.

1. Ethan Katzberg - 81.18m - Q

2. Mykhaylo Kokhan - 78.47m - Q

3. Bence Halasz - 78.13m - Q

4. Wojciech Nowicki - 78.04m - Q

5. Pawel Fajdek - 77.98m - Q

6. Rudy Winkler - 77.06m - Q

7. Daniel Haugh - 76.64m - q

8. Michail Anastasakis - 75.76m - q

9. Eivind Henriksen - 75.37m - q

10. Gabriel Kehr - 75.10m - q

11. Diego Del Real - 74.91m - q

12. Adam Keenan - 74.56m - q

1. Mykhaylo Kokhan - 78.47m - Q

2. Pawel Fajdek - 77.98m - Q

3. Rudy Winkler - 77.06 - Q

4. Michail Anastasakis - 75.76 - q

5. Eivind Henriksen - 75.37 - q

6. Diego Del Real - 74.91 - q

The Indian steeplechase runner shares his thoughts on today’s race.

The Men’s Hammer Throw qualifications are underway at the moment. Mykhaylo Kokhan, Pawel Fajdek and Rudy Winkler have advanced to the final with throw over the qualifying mark of 77m.

Shaili Singh fails to qualify for the Final of the Women’s Long Jump event. The Indian finished 24th out of 36 athletes who were competing in the event and leapt a distance of 6.40m in her third attempt. Only the top 12 athletes qualify for the final.

Shaili Singh jumped 6.40m in her second attempt in the qualification round of the Women’s Long Jump.

Shaili Singh jumped 6.26m in her first attempt in the qualification round of the Women’s Long Jump. The top 12 from both groups will qualify for the final or by gaining automatic qualification by achieving the 6.80m mark.

1. Alvaro Martin (ESP) — 1:17:32 (Gold)

2. Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) — 1:17:39 (Silver)

3. Caio Bonfim (BRA) — 1:17:47 (Bronze)

4. Evan Dunfee (CAN) — 1:18:03

5. Christopher Linke (GER) — 1:18:12

6. Veli-Matti Partanen (FIN) — 1:18:22

7. Brian Pintado (ECU) — 1:18:26

8. Declan Tingay (AUS) — 1:18:30

India’s Shaili Singh will be in action in the women’s Long Jump qualification.

Alvaro Martin of Spain captured gold in the 20km race walk in the opening event of the World Athletics Championships. Martin moved into the lead with about 5km remaining to finish in one hour 17.32 seconds, the fastest time in the world this season, on the soggy 1km loop course that started and finished at picturesque Heroes’ Square. Sweden’s Perseus Karlstrom won silver in 1:17.39, while Caio Bonfim of Brazil claimed the bronze (1:17.47).

India’s Avinash Sable missed out on an opportunity to qualify for the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase final at the World Athletics Championships. Sable finished seventh, out of 12 athletes competing in the event by clocking 8:22:24s in the Heats. Only the top five in the three Heats qualify for the final.

Avinash Sable finishes a distance seventh and doesn’t make it to the final of the men’s 3000m Steeplechase final.

Avinash Sable has begun well and is in the second spot behind Wale and the Commonwealth Games silver medallist is running in tandem with the pack.

India’s Avinash Sable will be in action shortly, competing in the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Heats.

Indian race walker Vikas Singh finished 28th with a timing of 1:21:58s and Paramjeet Singh Bisht with a timing of 1:24:02s finished the race in the 35th pace. The other Indian Akashdeep Singh finished 47th with a timing of 1:31:12s.

Alvaro Martin clocked 1:17:32s to win the 20km race walk with Perseus Karlstrom clocking 1:17:39s to be placed second while Caio Bonfim with a timing of 1:17:47s stood third.

Darlan Romani of Brazil: 22.37

Tom Walsh of New Zealand: 21.73

Joe Kovacs of USA: 21.59

Ryan Crouser of USA: 21.48

Payton Otterdahl of USA: 21.54

Zane Weir of Italy: 21.82

Teliyah Brooks, Anna Hall and Chari Hawkins top the 100 metres hurdles heptathlon and the three athletes from the United States have dominated the field.

Alvaro Martin has the lead and with two laps to go the Spaniard is the favourite to win the race. Martin has won the last two European titles competing in the 20km race.

The women’s 100m hurdles heats are underway along with the men’s shot put. It will be hard for the athletes to get into the groove straightaway as they have been indoors due to the thunderstorm. Wet conditions and the athletes will be challenged.

The Indian trio of Akashdeep Singh, Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Singh are way behind the pack and the race progression has been rather very slow from India’s point of view. Ikeda continues to lead as Marius Ziukas of Lithuania copes with a two-minute penalty..

Koki Ikeda is leading the pack and is miles ahead of his competitors as he’s on world record pace after 5kms.

The World Athletics Championships in Budapest is underway after a delayed start due to thunderstorm. The men’s 20 km race walk is underway with Indian race walkers Akashdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, Paramjeet Singh in action.

Further delay is expected in Budapest as our correspondent Jonathan Selvaraj informs due to bad weather. The morning events are pushed an hour further. 11:30 AM for men’s shot put and 12:35 PM for steeplechase.

A thunderstorm pushed back the start of the men’s 20-kilometre race walk, the first event of the World Athletics Championships, by two hours. Athletes were minutes from starting when officials announced the delay. The evening session of the opening day includes finals in the men’s shot put, women’s 10,000 metres and the mixed 4x400 relay.

Men’s 20m Race Walk Final - 12:20PM IST - Akashdeep Singh, Vikash Singh, Paramjeet Singh

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Heat 1 - 3:05PM IST - Avinash Sable (First five qualify to the final)

Women’s Long Jump Qualification Group B - 3:55PM IST - Shaili Singh (Automatic qualification mark - 6.80m or best 12 qualify to the final)

Men’s 1500m Heats 3 - 10:50PM IST - Ajay Kumar Saroj (First six qualify to the semifinal)

Men’s Triple Jump Qualification Group A - 11:07PM IST - Abdulla Aboobacker (Automatic qualification mark - 17.15m or best 12 qualify to the final)

Men’s Triple Jump Qualification Group B - 11:07PM IST - Praveen Chithravel, Eldhouse Paul (Automatic qualification mark - 17.15m or best 12 qualify to the final)

A thunderstorm is expected to hit Budapest in the next 30 minutes, is what our correspondent informs and the Championships will start at 10:50 AM local time instead of 8:50 AM.

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be live streamed in India on Jio Cinema from August 19 to 27.

The morning session also includes Commonwealth Games silver medallist Avinash Sable in the men’s 3000m steeplechase heats and Shaili Singh in the women’s long jump. The duo will participate in the qualification rounds of their respective events.

Nine Indians will be in action on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday. The day begins with the men’s 20km race walk final where Akashdeep Singh, Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Singh Bisht will participate.