Other winners included Australia’s Eleanor Patterson in the women’s high jump and Kristjan Čeh of Slovenia in the men’s discus.Įarlier in the night, world 100-meter champion Fred Kerley slowed down midway through his 200-meter semifinal due to a cramp and finished sixth. Spain’s Mohamed Katir flew down the homestretch to take home bronze. His win broke a string of five straight world 1,500 titles by the Kenyans. Wightman finished in a time of 3 minutes, 29.23 seconds. He had a look of disbelief as he crossed the finish line ahead of Olympic champion and heavy favorite Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway. It was a night full of surprises with Jake Wightman of Britain winning the 1,500 meters. Dos Santos won bronze at the Tokyo Games last summer behind Warholm and Benjamin.
He broke Kevin Young’s world-championship record of 47.18 seconds set in 1993 in Germany. Upon his finish, Dos Santos gave two bows to the cheering crowd. Olympic champion and world-record holder Karsten Warholm of Norway has been dealing with hamstring issues and didn’t have his trademark kick at the finish.
