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16 Monday, September 30, 2019 Sports Coleman pulls out of Fraser-Pryce storms to her 4th 200m after 100m gold 100m gold after maternity leave DPA Doha

Freshly crowned 100 me- tres world champion Chris- tian Coleman has pulled out of the 200m at the Doha cham- pionships. The name of the 23-year-old was omitted in a revised start list for Sunday night’s race. The American is report- edly sore after his three 100m rounds and winning the title the previous day in a personal best at the end of a longer than usual season. Coleman had originally been bidding for a dou- ble, and his absence makes countryman an even bigger favourite for the gold on Tuesday. Lyles is the fourth fastest man over the distance since a 19.50 seconds run in July. Coleman was a controver- sial champion Sunday, given that he was only cleared to compete on September 2 af- Fastest woman: Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2nd left) runs to win the women’s 100m final at the 2019 IAAF ter the American anti-dop- Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Sunday. She clocked 10.71secs. (AFP) ing agency USADA stopped a probe into three alleged missed doping tests within 12 Dina Asher-Smith of Britain settles for silver months. USADA withdrew the pro- DPA as she won in 10.71 seconds. 100m titles from 2009, 2013 cess after being told by the Doha European champion Dina Ash- and 2015, and her total haul at World Anti-Doping Agency it er-Smith took Britain’s first- the worlds now stands at 8-2- had not applied the wherea- Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann ever medal in the event, a silver 0. She also has six Olympic bouts rules properly. Fraser-Pryce returns from ma- in a national record 10.83. Ma- medals, two of them gold. ternity leave with a vengeance rie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast In other events, Christian to claim a fourth added bronze in 10.90 to two Taylor of the United States world title and then take her 2017 silvers. claimed a record-extending 2-year-old son with her on the Sporting a rainbow-col- fourth triple jump gold, and Fancied Lyles lap of honour. oured hairdo after a bright Russia’s , Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates after winning the Fraser-Pryce was just one yellow one the previous day, competing as a neutral athlete, women’s 100m final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships preserves hundredth off her personal best Fraser-Pryce added to the won the women’s . at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Sunday. (AFP) energy as he strolls into 200m semis Sidorova win women’s pole vault world title DPA Doha

Top favourite Noah Lyles looked a little older with fresh- ly dyed grey hair but showed no sign of age on the track as he strolled into the world championship semi- finals on Sunday. Fellow US 100m champion meanwhile pulled out ahead of the heats. Lyles preserved plenty of energy as he clocked 20.26 seconds and advanced behind heat winner Jereem Richards Russia’s Anzhelika Sidorova reacts while competing in the women’s at Khalifa International Sta- pole vault final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships at dium, 0.76 seconds slower the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Sunday. (AFP) than his season-leading 19.50 from July which makes him AFP 4.95 metres. the fourth fastest man over the Doha America’s distance and clear favourite added to her growing collec- for gold Tuesday. Anzhelika Sidorova won the tion of silver medals – she “I felt really smooth, I ran women’s pole vault world title was second in the 2017 world at about a 75-per-cent level,” at the World Athletics Champi- championships and at the onships in Doha on Sunday. 2016 Olympics – with a vault The 28-year-old – compet- of 4.90m. ing as an Authorised Neutral Greece’s Olympic cham- Athlete due to the IAAF ban pion filled on Russia over the doping third spot also having gone scandal – won with a vault of over at 4.85m. Winner Russia’s Anzhelika Sidorova poses for photographers after the women’s pole vault final in Doha on Sunday.( AFP) Taylor seals

USA’s Noah Lyles competes in the golden treble Men’s 200m heats at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Champion- ships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Sunday. (AFP) with triple jump said the part-time model Lyles, who dyed his hair to match escape act his kit better. “My goals are the same: I cam here to win.” Lyles was unconcerned about AFP gues Fabrice Zango claimed being beaten by Richards, who Doha bronze with a jump of 17.66m. was somewhat surprised see- Taylor, the world champi- ing himself in front, saying: Christian Taylor of the on in 2011, 2015 and 2017, had “I looked and thought ‘OK, United States completed a su- flirted with elimination at the for real?’” European cham- perb hat-trick of World Cham- start of the final after fouling pion Adam Gemili of Britain pionship triple jump titles here his first two jumps. impressed with a season best Sunday, surviving near elimi- Long-time rival Claye 20.06 seconds to lead the way nation to take gold. meanwhile had taken the lead into the semis. The 29-year-old two-time with a second jump of 17.72m. Turkey’s defending cham- Olympic champion and now Taylor, needing to com- pion Ramil Guliyev and 100m four-time world champion plete a jump to stay alive, final- bronze medallist Andre de clinched gold with a leap of ly got on the board with a leap Grasse of Canada progressed 17.92m. of 17.42m on his third attempt. along with new Asian record That was good enough to The 2012 and 2016 Olympic holder Xie Zhenye of China fend off the challenge of com- champion then took the out- and strong Ecuadorian Alex patriot , who took right lead with his fourth jump Quinonez, with both running USA’s Christian Taylor competes in the men’s triple Jump final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Khalifa International silver with a best jump of of 17.86m before tightening his sub-20 seconds this year. Stadium in Doha on Sunday. (AFP) 17.74m. Burkina Faso’s Hu- grip with an effort of 17.92m.