Perez throws 73.09 meters in the discus and Sears throws 10.77 meters in the 100 meters | Report

Cuba’s Yaime Perez completed the world’s longest discus throw since 1989 with an incredible throw of 73.09 meters at the Oklahoma Throw Series competition in Ramona on Saturday (13th).

Conditions were perfect for discus throwers, and most of the competitors beat their lifetime bests by several metres. Perez, the 2019 world champion, not only broke the 70 meter barrier for the first time, but also threw over 71 meters, 72 meters and 73 meters.

After opening with a foul, the Olympic bronze medalist threw the discus to 71.96 meters, breaking her previous career best of 69.39 meters set in 2019. He threw even further in the third round, setting the winning mark of 73.09 meters. The 32-year-old clocked 69.13 meters and 71.50 meters before fouling out to close out the series.

With her winning record, Perez broke Valarie Allman’s North American record of 71.46 meters and moved into 10th place on the world record list.

Veronica Fraley of the United States took second place with 67.17 meters, and Ieva Gumus of Lithuania took third with 64.98 meters, both women setting major personal records.

Sears is scorching hot in Gainesville until 10:77 a.m.

Fast sprint times were the talk of the day at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida, with American Jacious Sears setting a lifetime best 100 meters in 10.77 seconds (1.6 m/s).

The 22-year-old dominated the race, winning by more than a quarter of a second over Kyla Jackson (11.10 seconds).

In the other section, Tamari Davis won a photo finish over Melissa Jefferson, both clocking 10.94 seconds.

World champion Noah Lyles opened the field with a win in the 100m, but Olympic 200m silver medalist Kenny Bednarek made his compatriots strive for it.

The two crossed the finish line in an almost inseparable state, both clocking 10.01 seconds (1.7m/s), but as a result of the photo finish, Lyles won by just 5/1000ths of a second. I got it.

There was also a close race in the women’s 100m hurdles. 2019 world champion Nia Ali of the United States drove Tonea Marshall to the line in 12.44 to 12.45 (-0.8m/s). Christina Clemons was third in 12.51 seconds, and world champion Daniel Williams was fifth in 12.57 seconds.

In the heats earlier in the day, Ali and Marshall were involved in an even closer finish, with both clocking 12.47 seconds (2.5m/s) with wind assistance.

World champion Grant Holloway won the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.21 seconds (-1.4 m/s), clocking 13.10 seconds with wind assistance during his heats.

Elsewhere, teenager Kaylin Brown set a new personal best in the 400 meters, beating Aaliyah Butler (50.05) and Great Britain’s Amber Anning (50.08) in 49.95 seconds.

In the men’s 400m, Canada’s Christopher Morales Williams, the fastest man indoors, won with a score of 44.91, finishing 0.07 seconds ahead of Ohmad Robinson.

In the women’s 4×100 meters, the United States quickly finished 1-2. The quartet of Mikia Briscoe, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini and Aleia Hobbs won with a score of 41.94, followed by another American quartet with a score of 41.99: Tamari Davis, Annavia Battle, Kiara Parker and Melissa・He finished slightly ahead of (Jefferson).

This is only the second time in history that two teams from the same country have completed the 4x100m race within 42 seconds.

The international Empire Athletics team won the women’s 4×400 meters, thanks in part to Olympic champion Shawnae Miller-Uibo’s anchor leg. The Bahamian native took his team home with a time of 3:23.83, finishing ahead of the American quartet (3:24.09).

Jan sets U20 world record

At the National Athletic Meet Grand Prix 2 on Sunday (14th), China’s Yang Ziyi, just 15 years old, threw 64.28 meters*, breaking the women’s U20 javelin throw world record.

Yang, who has thrown over 60 meters in four of the five events this year so far, set a new record of 62.23 meters in Chengdu earlier this month.

But she added another two meters to that mark on Sunday, setting the official U20 world record of 63.86 meters set by Cuba’s Yulenmis Aguilar in 2015 and the unrecognized U20 world record set by Greece’s Elina Tsenko in 2020. Both of the 63.96 meters were updated.

Yang first threw 60.83 meters and followed that up with 59.53 meters on his second attempt. She then fouled in the next three rounds, but she won with a flying distance of 64.28 meters, setting the world lead and finishing the series on a high note, breaking the U20 record.

With this throw, Yang also threw 61.95 meters in the final round, defeating three-time world championship medalist Lu Huihui.

*Subject to normal ratification procedures