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Christian Coleman has won the world championship gold medal in the men’s 100 meters, three weeks after avoiding a ban for missed drug tests.
After starting well, Coleman extended his lead down the stretch to win in 9.76 seconds, beating defending champion Justin Gatlin into second place in the centerpiece race. Andre de Grasse of Canada was third.
Coleman had been accused of failing to provide accurate information on his whereabouts for drug testing. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency dropped the case after determining one of the missed tests should be backdated on a technicality, taking it out of the required 12-month window for violations.
In other results, DeAnna Price has become the first U.S. woman to win the world championship gold medal in hammer throw. Price, from Moscow Mills, Missouri, threw 77.54 meters for first place.
Price, a two-time NCAA champion at Southern Illinois who lost large parts of her career to injuries, wept after winning the gold as she posed with the flag. Joanna Fiodorow of Poland was overjoyed with silver and celebrated with teammates. Zheng Wang of China was third on 74.76.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands ran 30 minutes, 17.62 seconds in the women’s 10,000 to take gold in an event she made her debut in less than five months ago. Hassan finished ahead of Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey. The bronze went to Agnes Jebet Tirop of Kenya.
Tajay Gayle won the long jump at 8.69 meters, becoming the first Jamaican to win a world championship field event. Jeff Henderson of the U.S. was second and Cuba’s Juan Miguel Echevarria third.
Two-time Olympic champion Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.80 seconds) qualified fastest in the heats for the women’s 100 meters, with Marie-Josee Ta Lou (10.85) and Dina Asher-Smith (10.96) close behind.
Defending champion Tori Bowie of the U.S. qualified third in her heat, far off her personal best with 11.30, and two-time world 200 champion Dafne Schippers ran 11.17.
The United States will have three of the eight runners in the women’s 800 meters final Monday after Ajee Wilson, Raevyn Rogers and Ce’Aira Brown all qualified from the semifinals. Halimah Nakaayi of Uganda was fastest in 1:59.35.
The 800 takes place without 2017 champion Caster Semenya, who has been barred for refusing demands to medically reduce her natural testosterone level.
The men’s 800 meters has been thrown wide open after Nijel Amos of Botswana, the fastest in the world this year, withdrew unexpectedly, saying on Instagram that he had a tight Achilles tendon.
In his absence, Kenya’s Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir was fastest in 1:45.16, while Diamond League winner Donovan Brazier of the United States won his heat in 1:46.04.
Defending champion Karsten Warholm of Norway was fastest in the 400 hurdles semifinals, while U.S. champion Rai Benjamin and Brazil’s Alison dos Santos won the other two semifinals. Two-time Diamond League champion Kyron McMaster was disqualified after breaking a hurdle.
World-record holder Renaud Lavillenie failed to even make the final in the pole vault, though his younger brother Valentin still qualified.
In the men’s discus, 2017 silver medalist Daniel Stahl of Sweden was streets ahead in qualifying with a 67.88-meter throw. Mason Finley of the U.S. won bronze two years ago but failed to reach the final Saturday.
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