Noah Lyles stormed into Ostrava on Tuesday and would not be content with just grabbing a world lead at the Golden Spike as he soared to a 14.67 world record in the men’s 150m.
The Olympic champion found himself in a competitive field that also included teen phenom Gout Gout and Sinesipho Dambile but took initiative on a decent start at the turn as he kicked on the straightaway.
With Dambile in pursuit, Lyles took control and coasted into the finish where he was greeted by an animated Gout, who finished third in 14.96, while Dambile took second in 14.78.
“It was about time. The world record was quite slow,” Lyles said. “This feeling — it is nothing new. I said I could have a better turn. It is very hard to get used to running in a staggered 150 start. You know we do it in practice but that is without blocks. But all in all, I think that it was really good. If you want to be the best, be you. That is all it takes. But who would be sad for a world record? With the time like this, everybody would return to Ostrava.”
The action on the track and in the field in Ostrava wasn’t exclusive to Lyles, as Audrey Werro carried some of her momentum from her world leading heroics in Stockholm just over a week ago. Werro was locked in on Tuesday as she rolled to a 1:54.45 in the women’s 800m — eighth-fastest all time and a meeting record.
Femke Broeders-Bol was second in 1:57.13 as Eloisa Coiro took third in 1:58.59.
“Today, I was feeling really really good – also in the training area,” Werro said. “So I was expecting a very fast time but in the end, it was a little bit too hard because I stayed alone in the last meters. All in all, it was a really good race. To run this time, and the meeting record, it means a lot to me despite the fact that this year | already achieved a few meeting records.”
Meanwhile, in the men’s mile Nathan Green pushed to a 3:49.44 victory for his own meet record over Vincent Ciattei (3:49.5) and Anass Essayi (3:49.94) who finished third, while Bayanda Walaza won the men’s 100m in 9.94 as he inched past Emmanuel Eseme (9.99) and Taymir Burnet (10.13).
Lurdes Gloria Manuel stormed to a 49.74 win in the women’s 400m over Roxana Gómez (50.20) and Sharlene Mawdsley (50.28) as Nadine Visser took the women’s 100m hurdles in a close 12.65 margin as she barely squeezed by Pia Skrzyszowska (12.66) and Marione Fourie (12.68).
In the women’s javelin, Adriana Vilagoš won with a 62.92m toss over Sara Kolak (62.61m) and Lianna Davidson (60.29m) with Imogen Ayris grabbing the women’s pole vault in 4.75m in a win over Gabriela Leon (4.65) and Tina Šutej (4.65) as Ewa Swoboda jumped to a 11.09 victory in the women’s 100m past Zoe Hobbs (11.12) and Brianna Lyston (11.18).
Emmanouil Karalis cleared 5.82m to take the men’s pole vault over Baptiste Thiery (5.62m) and Austin Miller (5.42m), while Rumesh Tharanga captured the men’s javelin in 86.57m in a win ahead of Anderson Peters (84.27) and Douw Smit (83.90) as Leonardo Fabbri powered his way to a 21.91m edge over Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (21.43) and Tom Walsh (21.26).
