Kerley leads American sweep in 100m

Fred Kerley led an American clean sweep in the men’s 100 metres final at the World Championships and Chase Ealey helped give home fans a night to remember with the first US victory in the women’s shot put.

Kerley, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, timed his dip perfectly to clock 9.86 seconds and pip compatriots Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell in front of an underwhelming home crowd. Kerley had run the fastest-ever World Championships heat on Friday with a scorching 9.79. Defending champion Christian Coleman finished sixth. Italy’s Olympic 100m champion Lamont Jacobs, who has battled a thigh injury for several weeks, pulled out of the semifinals.

In the shot put, Ealey threw 20.49 metres with her opening attempt to win the US team’s first World Championships gold medal on home soil and deny China’s Gong Lijiao a third successive title.

In the morning session, Ethiopian world record holder Letesenbet Gidey beat Sifan Hassan to win the women’s 10,000m gold in 30:09.94, the fastest time of the year. Olympics and defending world champion Hassan finished fourth. Reuters