McLeod redeems Jamaican honour with gold in 110-m hurdles

London Aug 8 (IANS) Jamaica s Omar McLeod won the final in the 110-metre hurdles on the fourth day of the World Athletics Championships helping to ease the blow to the track-mad nation s pride after losses in the men s and women s 100-metre race here.

McLeod on Monday took the gold medal with a time of 13:04 seconds forcing defending champion Sergei Shubenkov of Russia to settle for silver while Hungary s Balasz Baji claimed the bronze reports Efe.

The 23-year-old was carrying the hopes of Jamaica on his shoulders following the weekend defeats of living legend Usain Bolt and heavy favourite Elaine Thompson in their 100-metre sprints.

In the women s triple jump Venezuela s Yulimar Rojas dethroned the reigning champion Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia with a distance of 14.91 metres.

Ibargüen frustrated in her bid to become the first to win three consecutive world titles will leave London with the silver medal.

Kazakhstan s Olga Rypakova who took gold at the 2012 Olympics here collected the bronze medal.

The day s marquee event was the women s 1 500 metres pitting 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist Faith Kipyegon of Kenya against Dutch runner Sifan Hassan owner of the year s fastest time 3:56 min.

The two women were leading the pack as the race entered the final 200 metres but Hassan hit the wall and ended up with a fifth-place finish.

Kipyegon completed the course in 4:02.59 min followed by US champion Jenny Simpson at 4:02.76 and South Africa s Caster Semenya who posted a time of 4:02.90.

Poland s Anita Wlodarczyk triumphed in the hammer throw with a distance of 77.90 metres snagging her third straight world title and extending her winning streak to 41.

Zheng Wang of China won the silver with a throw of 75.94m. Wlodarczyk s countrywoman Malwina Kopron collected the bronze.

--IANS
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