Championship records tumbled on Day 9 of the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha.
In the women's 5000m, Kenyan Hellen Obiri retained her world championships title with a new championship record of 14:26.72. Margaret Kipkemboi came through to overtake Konstanze Klosterhalfen in the home straight for silver clocking a personal best of 14:27.49, with the German taking bronze in 14:28.43.
Just one centimetre separated the three medallists in the greatest men's shot put contest in history. Ryan Crouser set a new championship record with his opening throw of 22.36m. By the end of the night, that was just the equal-seventh best distance. Joe Kovacs finished with the gold after a massive 22.91m throw. Crouser and Tom Walsh, the pre-championship favourite, had to settle for silver and bronze with both launching the shot out to 22.90m.
The star-studded USA men's 4x100m team, led out by 100m champion Christian Coleman and anchored by 200m champion Noah Lyles, were no match for the...
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