What happened at worlds: Day 10

Nia Ali wins the 100-meter hurdles in a personal-best time of 12.34 seconds. Photo by Getty for IAAF

The IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships ended with a jam-packed day that highlighted each of the major themes that kept coming up during the 10-day event:

Mothers: This time, it was Nia Ali, who has a 4-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter, who won a world championship — she dominated the 100-meter hurdles. For DyeStat, Brooklynn Loiselle wrote about how Ali has looked up to Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who also won gold medals during the event.

Nike Oregon Project: Yomif Kejelcha, an Ethiopian who trains with the Nike Oregon Project,  took silver in the men’s 10,000 meters and then faced some questions about where he will be training now that his coach, Alberto Salazar, received a four-year ban for doping. And Matthew Centrowitz, who previously trained with Salazar but now runs for the Bowerman Track Club, made good on his promise to discuss his former coach and his relationship with NOP after the 1,500 meters, in which he finished seventh. Alex Castle wrote it up for the Oregonian, and Brett Taylor recorded an interview with Centrowitz, as well, for DyeStat.

Former Ducks: University of Oregon alum Phyllis Francis ran the lead leg of the gold-medal winning women’s 4×400-meter relay, and Nate Mann had the story for the Register-Guard, and Brett captured the whole relay team on video for DyeStat. And Nate wrote one additional piece, as well, about post-competition life for Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton for DyeStat.

 

 

 

Lori Shontz

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