World Athletics Championships 2023 talking points as Britain match previous best
Nice Britain return from Budapest after a profitable World Championships.
They gained 10 medals – the joint highest of their historical past and degree with the medal haul from Stuttgart in 1993 – and, right here, we have a look at the talking points.
Britain’s golden woman
It was a real comeback story for Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who has been beset by harm issues since successful her first heptathlon title in 2019.She was a powerful medal contender however all of the pre-Championships discuss was about how Anna Corridor would ease to victory, with defending champion Nafi Thiam out. But Johnson-Thompson by no means let the American, hampered by a knee drawback, out of her sight – setting two private bests – to reclaim her crown, proving her combat and high quality a yr out from the Paris Olympics.
Zharnel Hughes caps a profitable summer season
A bronze within the 100 metres was Hughes’ large second and underlines his progress in a summer season the place he broke the long-standing 100m and 200m British data. He remained constructive after fourth within the 200m however was clearly annoyed following one other fourth within the 4x100m relay. Efficiency director Stephen Maguire is aware of the 28-year-old should now grasp his likelihood after his world breakthrough.
Agony for Asher-Smith
Dina Asher-Smith believed she was in PB form, no less than within the 100m, however a neural drawback finally ended her medal hopes. A disappointing eighth within the 100m and seventh within the 200m noticed her go away the Championships empty-handed having not run within the relay both. With ladies’s sprinting maybe the best it has ever been, Asher-Smith will hope to resolve any challenge rapidly or lose very important momentum forward of the Olympics.
Keely faces extra battles forward
The 21-year-old shall be getting fed up of listening to different anthems whereas she stands on the rostrum. Silver on the Olympics, Commonwealths and now two second locations on the World Championships will add gasoline to the fireplace forward of the 800m on the Paris Video games. New champion Mary Moraa, Athing Mu – who gained final yr – and Hodgkinson will proceed to battle it out of their fascinating competitors.
King Kerr
Josh Kerr continued the British domination of Jakob Ingebrigtsen within the 1500m as he emulated Jake Wightman’s win in Eugene final yr. It units up a mouth-watering conflict in Paris subsequent yr between the 2 Edinburgh AC membership mates and the defending Olympic champion. World Athletics president Seb Coe – a double 1500m Olympic champion – labelled Kerr’s win his best second of the Championships.
