Recap of Wildcats Time at Track World Championships
By Marisol Diaz
Recap of the second half of the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing; Wildcats Pau Tonnesen and Sage Watson compete.
What a week it has been at the world championships! Team USA has been killing it, although there are a few other teams that have done just as well.
MEDAL COUNT UPDATE: USA has the most medals, but Kenya/Jamaica have the most golds. http://t.co/Z8133MxduX pic.twitter.com/WTr6VHjLId
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) August 29, 2015
An exciting decathlon has come to a finish early this morning with former Olympic gold medalist, Ashton Eaton, setting a new world record after he finished the 1500 meter race! He’s now a 2 time world record holder! I think I was practically jumping out of my seat watching this race as everyone realized he was on pace to beat his own record.
WORLD RECORD!!!!!! 9045 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/ojJ8qRsoDG
— USATF (@usatf) August 29, 2015
Watch it here…USA takes Gold in the Decathlon…world record…
, the lone wildcat in the decathlon finished in 18th place and I know everyone at Zona Zealots and UofA is proud of him for making it so far.
The decathlon finished early this morning and Pau took 18th place with 7,606 pts. Congrats to Pau for competing in the World Championships!
— Arizona Track & Field/Cross Country (@ArizonaTrack) August 29, 2015
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I came across a great article from El Mundo. If you don’t speak Spanish, I’ll sum up the article by saying that they are calling Pau the Spanish Superman!!
He’s making headlines all over the world after competing in the European Cup and placing second in the decathlon this past June.
Remember, he is representing Spain for the championships while Sage is representing her home country Canada.
Pau Tonnesen, el supermán español http://t.co/4Vh4a1Yi7o
— Ultimas noticias (@Edicionnoticias) July 5, 2015
Here’s what happened in a few other events:
MEDAL ALERT: #TeamUSA women’s 4x100m wins silver in 41.68!! Jamaica takes gold in World Champs record 41.07. #Beijing2015
— USATF (@usatf) August 29, 2015
Disappointment in the men’s 4 x 100 as a messy baton exchange led to USA being disqualified.
#TeamUSA has been DQ'd from the men's 4x100m. Last exchange was out of the zone. #Beijing2015
— USATF (@usatf) August 29, 2015
REWATCH: #TeamJamaica take down #TeamUSA in the men's 4x100 http://t.co/Q4mMtyx4KN pic.twitter.com/KjXXUoFnVY
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) August 29, 2015
Wow! The women’s 800 was exciting with three athletes all very close together at the end. It could have gone to any of them.
Women's 800 World Champ Final: REWATCH HERE => http://t.co/vSQ67TYktp #Beijing2015
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) August 29, 2015
In the women’s long jump, USA’s Tianna Bartoletta took gold with a mark of 7.14. And no USA to be found in the high jump with Russia taking gold.
Mo Farah of Great Britain took gold for the 5k! No surprise there at all. He already killed it in the 10k earlier this week.
REWATCH: @Mo_Farah pull off DOUBLE GOLD! http://t.co/oyRpcvJJdK #Beijing2015
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) August 29, 2015
Our second wildcat, Sage Watson, is still set to compete in the women’s 4 x 400 relay coming up soon!
Also, in the second to last event of the championships, Sage Watson will run in the 4x400m for Canada at 5:05 am tomorrow morning.
— Arizona Track & Field/Cross Country (@ArizonaTrack) August 29, 2015
Canadian women qualify for 4 x 400 final at worlds: http://t.co/gtZjUzy5xC pic.twitter.com/JuOvVtxF4B
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 29, 2015
Last time Canada fielded a team in the women's 4x400m relay final at Worlds, 2001 Championships in Edmonton #Beijing2015
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) August 29, 2015
Very excited to see how she and her teammates do. Make sure to support Sage and watch the event tomorrow!
BEAR DOWN!
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