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Cover: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Hannah Peters \/ Getty Images, Ryan Crouser: Christian Petersen \/ Getty Images, Grant Holloway: Andy Lyons \/ Getty Images, Pawel Fajdek: Patrick Smith \/ Getty Images<\/i><\/p>\n
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Several of the stars already announced for the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial – Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix 2022 have had a fantastic weekend at the World Championships. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the 100m, Grant Holloway the 110m hurdles, Ryan Crouser the shot put and Pawel Fajdek the hammer throw.<\/b><\/p>\n
After the Tokyo Olympics, Jamaica again claimed the podium in the women’s 100m. In the Japanese capital, Elaine Thompson-Herah won ahead of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson. As expected, it was all about them in Eugene as they marched confidently towards the final. But this time the order was different.<\/p>\n
Fraser-Pryce’s great start gave her a big lead over her rivals from the very beginning and she won the royal event for the fifth time in her career with a new championship record of 10.67. The legend, who will return to the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial again this year after last year, has now reached the top of the podium again after 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019. Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji was also in the final, finishing 5th in 10.91.<\/p>\n
There were two huge dramas at the final of the men’s 110m hurdles. Firstly, Olympic champion Hansle Parchment was injured during the warm-up and was unable to compete. Then Devon Allen, who had run 12.84 earlier this year, was disqualified for a reaction time that was one-thousandth of a second too fast. This was a huge chance for Grant Holloway, who took the opportunity offered by his rivals. The 24-year-old world star defended his World Championship title with a time of 13.03 seconds and will now arrive to Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r as the two-time world champion of the event.<\/p>\n
The Americans finished a fantastic evening by claiming the podium in shot put. World record-holder Ryan Crouser threw 22.94m to celebrate a gold medal at Hayward Field – a feat worthy of the odds. The Olympic champion, who achieved the competition record, will be joined by Holloway and Fraser-Pryce on 8 August at this year’s Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial – Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Just five centimetres behind Crouser was Joe Kovacs, who competed brilliantly but failed to defend his title. The bronze medallist with a PB of 22.29 metres was Josh Awotunde. New Zealand’s Tom Walsh, who finished 4th, also achieved over 22m: the 22.08m thrower will have to fight back at the Gyulai Memorial to Crouser for the defeat.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, we saw Pawel Fajdek, one of Poland’s two hammer throwing legends, win his fifth World Championship gold medal. The winner of 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019, was unbeaten in Eugene after his dizzying 81.98m throw, almost a metre better than his rival Wojciech Nowicki (81.03m), who has also been announced for the Memorial. We are particularly pleased that Bence Hal\u00e1sz will be in excellent shape for the competition, as he broke the 80-metre barrier for the first time in his career at the World Championships. His personal best of 80.15 m meant 5th place in the final.<\/p>\n
Christian Coleman and Yohan Blake were also in the 100m field, with Coleman the better of the two, making the final and finishing 6th in 10.01. For the second fastest man of all time, the semi-final was the final stop: with 10.12 he was the best of those who could not make it into the final race.<\/p>\n