Another medal for Ukraine, a surprise slump for the world record holder in the 400m hurdles and concerns for the USA ahead of the 4x100m relay - that was the night at the IAAF World Championships in Eugene.
400 meter hurdles, women: Carolina Krafzik was 0.15 seconds short of reaching the semi-finals. In her pre-run, she finished fifth in 56.24 seconds and was eliminated as narrowly as possible. Femke Bol from the Netherlands was fastest over the stadium loop with 53.90 seconds. World record holder and Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin from the USA controlled her lead in 53.95 seconds.
High jump, women: World indoor champion Yaroslava Mahuchich won the second medal for Ukraine with silver. The 20-year-old jumped 2.02 meters. She was only beaten by the new world champion Eleanor Patterson from Australia, who managed the height on the first attempt. Bronze went to Elena Vallortigara of Italy, who was the only one to cross 2.00 meters in the first attempt.
200 meters, women: Jessica-Bianca Wessoly clearly missed making it into the final. The 25-year-old from Mannheim finished in 23.33 seconds and thus had the third-worst time of all semi-finalists. The fastest was top favorite Shericka Jackson from Jamaica, who needed 21.67 seconds and was not yet at his full potential.
Discus, men: The Slovenian Kristjan Ceh won gold with the world championship record distance of 71.13 meters. Virgilijus Alekna from Lithuania has held the old record of 70.17 meters since the 2005 World Cup in Helsinki. The country's association was still able to celebrate: Alekna's son Mykolas and Andrius Gudzius took silver and bronze. Defending champion Daniel Ståhl from Sweden finished fourth.
200 meters, men: 100-meter world champion Fred Kerley apparently injured himself in the semi-finals over 200 meters and missed out on making the final. No information was initially given about the reason for the complaints and possible effects on a start in the 4x100 meter relay for the USA on Saturday evening (local time) in Eugene. Kerley had obviously slowed down and run rough on the home stretch. Kerley's teammate and 200m top favorite Noah Lyles had the best time of any semifinalist, finishing in 19.62 seconds.
1500 meters: Scotsman Jake Wightman surprisingly won gold in 3:29.23 minutes with the best time of his career, ahead of Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway. Mohamed Katir from Spain got bronze.
400 meter hurdles, men: The Brazilian Alison Dos Santos dominated the race in 46.29 seconds and finished ahead of two Americans. Rai Benjamin won the silver in 46.89 seconds ahead of Trevor Bassitt, who took the bronze in 47.39 seconds. World record holder Karsten Warholm from Norway, who ran the incredible time of 45.94 seconds at the Olympic victory in Tokyo last summer, broke in the last 100 meters and finished penultimate, 2.13 seconds behind. He was injured earlier in the season and didn't look fit.
