Launched by entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, Athlos aims to draw off of the star energy of girls’s observe, and fans piled into Contemporary York’s Icahn Stadium for a occasion ambiance on the quit of a busy athletics season.
Reuters
27 September, 2024, 02:30 pm
Final modified: 27 September, 2024, 02:39 pm
Kenya’s Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon took a victory lap with a straightforward salvage in the 1,500 metres on the inaugural ladies-handiest Athlos NYC meet on Thursday, while Brittany Brown timorous Paris 200 gold medallist Gabby Thomas.
Launched by entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, Athlos aims to draw off of the star energy of girls’s observe, and fans piled into Contemporary York’s Icahn Stadium for a occasion ambiance on the quit of a busy athletics season.
The winners of every occasion pocketed $60,000 – twice the prize money offered on the Diamond League finale – and first place finishers every got a custom Tiffany crown.
World file holder Kipyegon, who claimed a third successive Olympic title in Paris, underlined her location as queen of the ‘metric mile’ after crossing the line in four minutes, 4.Seventy 9 seconds to notify victory in Contemporary York.
Ethiopian Diribe Welteji (4:05.58) might presumably perhaps no longer match the Kenyan’s energy in a breathless speed fabricate, while Kenyan Susan Ejore-Sanders (4:06.25) became third.
American Thomas ran out of gasoline in the final 50 metres of her occasion and accomplished three hundredths of a second on the again of Paris bronze medallist Brown, who clocked 22.18.
“I feel appreciate this sport is de facto changing and rising – I’m angry to be a segment of it,” stated Brown. “Here’s a total contemporary occasion and we’re attempting one thing contemporary and I’m happy to be a segment of attempting.”
Ivorian Marie Josee Ta Lou-Smith obtained the 100 in 10.98, with Brown coming in second (11.05).
Olympic 400 champion Marileidy Paulino saved her undefeated slouch in the occasion alive by coming home first in 49.59, while Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn obtained the 100 hurdles in 12.36, lower than two weeks after taking the Diamond League finale.
“Or no longer it is handiest ladies – we’re ready to placed on a present,” Camacho-Quinn told the gang after her speed.
Paris 800 silver medallist Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia held off a disaster from Kenyan Mary Moraa across the final turn to inappropriate the line first in 1:57.43.
