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<\/p>\nThe 16th Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial \u2013 Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix proved again that it is one of the most important one-day competitions of the world’s athletics. At the Budapest station of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series, a line of Olympic champions, world champions, and world record holders stepped onto the track, and the clash paraded a stronger field than any earlier \u2013 not by accident, seven meeting records were also born! It reached the highest World Athletics Competition Performance Ranking score in the history of the clash, with 93,581 points, with this representing another milestone in the history of the Gyulai Memorial, leaving behind competitions belonging to the Diamond League series.<\/p>\n
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The program started immediately with the men\u2019s hammer throw, where the world champion Ethan Katzberg<\/strong>\u00a0triumphed with an 83.64-meter throw. Behind the Canadian star, the German Merlin Hummel<\/strong>\u00a0finished, while to the great joy of the home crowd, Bence Hal\u00e1sz <\/strong>closed in third place with 81.65 meters. \u00c1rmin Szabados<\/strong>\u00a0also stood his ground excellently, closing the competition in sixth place.<\/p>\n In the women’s long jump, the American Monae\u2019 Nichols<\/strong>\u00a0acquired the victory with 688 ahead of Claire Bryant <\/strong>and the Jamaican Ackelia Smith<\/strong>, while the Hungarian Petra B\u00e1nhidi-Farkas<\/strong>\u00a0finished in sixth place with 659.<\/p>\n The men\u2019s pole vault again brought the starring of Armand Duplantis<\/strong>. The Swedish world record holder won with a 607-centimeter result, preceding the Australian Kurtis Marschall<\/strong>\u00a0and the Greek Emmanouil Karalis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In the women\u2019s pole vault, the Olympic champion Nina Kennedy <\/strong>triumphed with a flawless series, with 480 centimeters, the same height was completed also by the New Zealander Eliza McCartney<\/strong>, who became second due to her more failures, while the Slovenian Tina \u0160utej<\/strong>\u00a0finished in third place.<\/p>\n In the women’s high jump, the Australians ruled the field: Eleanor Patterson<\/strong>\u00a0won with 200 centimeters ahead of her compatriot, Nicola Olyslagers<\/strong>\u00a0(198), while the Montenegrin Marija Vukovi\u0107 <\/strong>also became third with 198.<\/p>\n In the men’s 400 meters hurdles, an extremely sharp finish decided: the German Emil Agyekum<\/strong>, with 47.58 seconds, preceded the American Trevor Bassitt <\/strong>by only one hundredth, while Caleb Dean<\/strong>, falling behind by another hundredth, became third. In the heat, Csaba Moln\u00e1r<\/strong>\u00a0ripped 50.16, the best Hungarian result of this year.<\/p>\n At the women, the American Jasmine Jones <\/strong>proved to be the best with 52.91 seconds, preceding the Jamaican Rushell\u00a0Clayton<\/strong>\u00a0(53.34) and the Bahraini Kemi Adekoya<\/strong>\u00a0(54.18).<\/p>\n In the women’s 200 meters, Gabrielle Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0again provided a world-class performance, with 21.83 seconds she put Kayla White<\/strong>\u00a0and Anavia Battle<\/strong>\u00a0behind her.<\/p>\n At the men, the Moroccan Yassine Hssine<\/strong>\u00a0won the competition with a 19.92-second time ahead of Makanakaishe Charamba<\/strong>\u00a0and Udodi Onwuzurike<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In the men’s long jump, the Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou <\/strong>made wait for himself until the very last series, when with his 831-centimeter jump he decided the competition. The Uzbek Anvar Anvarov<\/strong>\u00a0and the German Simon Batz <\/strong>both closed with 812, while the Hungarian Krist\u00f3f Pap<\/strong>\u00a0finished in seventh place.<\/p>\n In the men’s shot put, the Italian Leonardo Fabbri won with a 22.04-meter result ahead of the Jamaican Rajindra Campbell<\/strong>\u00a0and the Nigerian Chukwuebuka Enekwechi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The middle-distance runs also brought an extremely high standard. In the women’s 1500 meters, the Australian Abbey Caldwell <\/strong>won with a 4:01.79-minute time ahead of Claudia Hollingsworth<\/strong>\u00a0and the Kenyan Mirriam Cherop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n At the men, at the end of an amazingly close finish, the Kenyan Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech<\/strong>\u00a0preceded his compatriot, Danson Kiplangat<\/strong>, by only one hundredth of a second (3:31.09\u20133:31.10), while the Portuguese Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pinto<\/strong>\u00a0finished in third place.<\/p>\n In the men’s 3000 meters, the Kenyan Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang<\/strong>\u00a0triumphed with 7:31.90 minutes. The American Anthony Camerieri <\/strong>and the Australian Jackson Sharp <\/strong>also finished behind him with an excellent run at the end of an extremely fast competition.<\/p>\n In the sprint events, excellent results were born as well. The men’s 100 meters was won by the Cameroonian Emmanuel Eseme<\/strong>\u00a0with 9.99 seconds ahead of Abdul-Rasheed Saminu<\/strong>\u00a0and Ackeem Blake<\/strong>.<\/p>\n At the women, the Olympic champion Julien Alfred <\/strong>proved to be the fastest with 10.87 seconds ahead of Elaine Thompson-Herah<\/strong>\u00a0and Tina Clayton<\/strong>, while the Hungarian Bogl\u00e1rka Tak\u00e1cs<\/strong>\u00a0reached the finish line in eighth place.<\/p>\n In the women’s 100 meters hurdles, the Olympic champion Masai Russell<\/strong>\u00a0won with 12.33 seconds ahead of Rayniah Jones <\/strong>and Alaysha Johnson<\/strong>. Among the Hungarians, Luca Koz\u00e1k <\/strong>finished sixth with a national record (12.59), and Anna T\u00f3th<\/strong>\u00a0in eighth place.<\/p>\n In the men’s 110 meters hurdles, the American Ja\u2019Kobe Tharp<\/strong>\u00a0won with a fantastic 12.85-second result ahead of Jamal Britt<\/strong>\u00a0and Cordell Tinch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The men’s 800 meters also brought a fiery battle. The Algerian Djamel Sedjati <\/strong>triumphed with a 1:43.19-minute result ahead of the Kenyan Laban Kipkorir Chepkwony<\/strong>\u00a0and the Spanish David Barroso<\/strong>, while the first eight finishers reached the finish line within less than eight-tenths of a second.<\/p>\n In the last highlighted event of the clash, the men’s 400 meters, the Zambian Muzala Samukonga <\/strong>won with 44.02 seconds. To the greatest joy of the home crowd, Attila Moln\u00e1r<\/strong>, with a great run, reached the finish line in second place with a 44.51-second time, while the South African Zakithi Nene<\/strong>\u00a0became third.<\/p>\n Beside the international stars, the Hungarian athletes also stepped onto the track in numerous home events, so the spectators could continuously enjoy the battles of the most different disciplines of athletics throughout the whole afternoon and evening. The program was further colored by the spectacular relay runs of the U12 and U16 age groups, in which the youngest talents of the sport could show themselves in front of the crowd of the National Athletic Centre.<\/p>\n The successful execution of the competition again required a huge teamwork. Led by sports director Attila Spiriev <\/strong>and P\u00e9ter Deutsch<\/strong>, president of the organizing committee, the high-quality work of the organizers, the judges, the technical staff, and the more than one hundred volunteers ensured that the world’s athletics elite could compete again in excellent conditions in Budapest. Not incidentally, the Hungarian athletes could celebrate 34 personal bests, and plus 14 best results of this year were born!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In accordance with traditions, at the end of the competition they handed over the Dr. Spiriev Bojidar Trophy<\/strong>, which this year again could be received by Armand Duplantis<\/strong>. The Swedish world record holder, with his 607-centimeter winning jump, in series again deserved the recognition for the most outstanding performance of the Gyulai Memorial.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 16th Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial again in a worthy way justified its place among the world\u2019s most significant one-day athletics competitions. In the full-house National Athletic Centre, the crowd could celebrate world-class performances, newer successes of Olympic champions and world champions, as well as memorable Hungarian results. The Budapest clash, with its professional standard higher than any earlier, proved again that the Gyulai Memorial is one of the highest-prestige one-day competitions of international athletics.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 16th Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial \u2013 Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix proved again that it is one of the most important one-day competitions of the world’s athletics. 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