Athletics-Dos Santos Delivers Again as Sedjati Springs 800m Surprise in Budapest
- On Sept 13, World-record holder Alison dos Santos won the men's 400m hurdles, while Djamel Sedjati claimed the men's 800 on the final night of the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest.
- The inaugural Ultimate Championship featured a prize pot of $10 million, the richest ever in the sport, attracting over 60,000 fans across three sold-out days in Budapest.
- Djamel Sedjati of Algeria surged past Canada's 2023 world champion Marco Arop in the men's 800, while Kenya's Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi finished third in the competition.
- Brazil's Santos defeated rivals Rai Benjamin and Karsten Warholm in the 400m hurdles, while Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka dominated the men's javelin with a throw of 91.09m.
- Jasmine Jones secured the women's 400m hurdles victory, while Ethiopia's Likina Amebaw pulled away to win the women's 5,000m, capping the championship's final evening with dominant performances.
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At the first-ever World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest, Brazilian Alison dos Santos continued her powerful run, while Americans Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek achieved a golden double in the sprint.
Dos Santos delivers again as Sedjati springs 800m surprise in Budapest
Dos Santos came to this new competition of athletics as the great rival to beat and as a favorite despite the great level of the competitors, which he defeated with authority, leaving far behind the Olympic and world champion, the American Rai Benjamin, relegated to second place (46.40). Still more delayed was the Norwegian Karsten Warholm, third with a time of 46.78. Alison Dos Santos manages to descend again from the symbolic barrier of the 46…
Alison Dos Santos ran under 46 seconds again.
'Piu' became the only athlete to complete the test under 46 seconds twice
A victory that is worth more than anything. Alison dos Santos defeated the world's fastest 400 hurdles at the World Athletics Final in Budapest at the Gyula Zsivótzky National Athletic Center. With this, the Brazilian star managed to finally put an end to his childhood traumas.
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