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NYC Grand Prix: Zharnel Hughes breaks British 100-metre document


A star-studded group of athletes lined the monitor on the 2023 NYC Grand Prix on Saturday, held at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York Metropolis. The meet, a part of the World Athletics Contential Tour Gold, featured a standout efficiency by British runner Zharnel Hughes, in addition to Individuals Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Noah Lyles and Athing Mu.

Males’s 100m

1. Zarnell Hughes (GBR) 9.83 
2. Ackeem Blake (JAM) 9.93
3. Christian Coleman (USA) 10.02

Zharnel Hughes, who was born and raised within the British Territory of Anguilla, smashed 20-year previous British document of 9.87 in an astounding 9.83. Hughes was third via midway, however stormed the final 50-metres previous Jamaica’s Ackeem Blake  and 2019 world champion Christian Coleman. Blake adopted in 9.93, with Coleman third in 10.02.

Hughes efficiency makes him the second-fastest European man of all time (behind Olympic champ Marcell Jacobs). He additionally ran the second-fastest 100m ever recorded in New York, World Athletics shared. The one man to have gone faster is Usain Bolt, who ran 9.72 in 2008, setting a world document on the time.

Ladies’s 100m

1. Aleia Hobbs (USA) 10.98
2. Brianna Williams (JAM) 11.04
3. Melissa Jefferson (USA) 11.06

Males’s 200m

1. Noah Lyles (USA) 19.83
2. Issam Asinga (SUR) 20.25
3. Elijah Morrow (USA) 20.30

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Photograph: Kevin Morris

Noah Lyles tied Usain Bolt‘s document when he broke 20 seconds in a wind-legal 200m for the thirty fourth time in his profession, successful the 200-metre dash in 19.83 seconds. Lyles (who broke the American document on the 2022 world champs the place he ran 19.31) is the world’s quickest man this 12 months at 19.67, and the third-fastest 200m sprinter in historical past behind Bolt (19.19) and fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake (19.26).

Noah Lyles was set to compete in opposition to the reigning world 100m champion, Fred Kerley. The U.S. dash stars, who each gained gold on the 2022 world champs of their respective occasions, have been desirous to have a showdown amid a lot media hype, however Kerley withdrew. Kerley stays undefeated at 100m within the final 12 months.

Ladies’s 200m

1. Abby Steiner(USA) 22.19
2. Tamara Clark (USA) 22.43
3. Jenna Prandini (USA) 22.51

Males’s 400m

1. Zandrion Barnes (JAM) 45.05
2. Matthew Boling (USA) 45.58
3. Trevor Stewart (USA) 45.85

Ladies’s 400m

1. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) 49.51
2. Gabby Thomas (USA) – 50.29
3. Charokee Younger (JAM) – 51.02

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, NYC Grand Prix
Photograph: Kevin Morris

Males’s 800m

1. Bryce Hoppel (USA) 1:44.55
2. Isaiah Harris (USA) 1:45.11
3. Hobbs Kessler (USA)  1:45.80

Ladies’s 800m

1. Athing Mu (USA) 1:58.73
2. Sage Hurta-Klecker (USA) 2:00.77
3. Allie Wilson (USA) 2:00.80

Athing Mu running 800 metres at NYC Grand Prix
Photograph: Kevin Morris

World and U.S. Olympic champion Athing Mu left the remainder of the sphere behind in her first race in 11 months. With a conservative begin, Mu ran comfortably via the primary lap, opening up within the remaining 300 metres to complete in 1:58.73. Mu was a full two seconds forward of second-place Sage Hurta Klecker (2:00.77), with Allie Wilson a detailed third (2:00.80).

Discover the total NYC Grand Prix outcomes right here.



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