A star-studded group of athletes lined the observe on the 2023 NYC Grand Prix on Saturday, held at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York Metropolis. The meet, a part of the World Athletics Contential Tour Gold, featured a standout efficiency by British runner Zharnel Hughes, in addition to People Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Noah Lyles and Athing Mu.
Males’s 100m
1. Zharnel Hughes (GBR) 9.83
2. Ackeem Blake (JAM) 9.93
3. Christian Coleman (USA) 10.02
Hughes, who was born and raised within the British Territory of Anguilla, smashed 20-year outdated British file of 9.87 in an astounding 9.83. Hughes was third by midway, however stormed the final 50-metres previous Jamaica’s Ackeem Blake and 2019 world champion Christian Coleman. Blake adopted in 9.93, with Coleman third in 10.02.
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— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) June 24, 2023
Hughes efficiency makes him the second-fastest European man of all time (behind Olympic champ Marcell Jacobs). He additionally ran the second-fastest 100m ever recorded in New York, World Athletics shared. The one man to have gone faster is Usain Bolt, who ran 9.72 in 2008, setting a world file on the time.
Ladies’s 100m
1. Aleia Hobbs (USA) 10.98
2. Brianna Williams (JAM) 11.04
3. Melissa Jefferson (USA) 11.06
Males’s 200m
1. Noah Lyles (USA) 19.83
2. Issam Asinga (SUR) 20.25
3. Elijah Morrow (USA) 20.30
Lyles tied Bolt‘s file when he broke 20 seconds in a wind-legal 200m for the thirty fourth time in his profession, profitable the 200-metre dash in 19.83 seconds. Lyles (who broke the American file on the 2022 world champs the place he ran 19.31) is the world’s quickest man this yr at 19.67, and the third-fastest 200m sprinter in historical past behind Bolt (19.19) and fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake (19.26).
Lyles was set to compete in opposition to the reigning world 100m champion, Fred Kerley. The U.S. dash stars, who each received gold on the 2022 world champs of their respective occasions, had been desperate to have a showdown amid a lot media hype, however Kerley withdrew. Kerley stays undefeated at 100m within the final yr.
Ladies’s 200m
1. Abby Steiner(USA) 22.19
2. Tamara Clark (USA) 22.43
3. Jenna Prandini (USA) 22.51
Males’s 400m
1. Zandrion Barnes (JAM) 45.05
2. Matthew Boling (USA) 45.58
3. Trevor Stewart (USA) 45.85
Ladies’s 400m
1. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) 49.51
2. Gabby Thomas (USA) – 50.29
3. Charokee Younger (JAM) – 51.02
Males’s 800m
1. Bryce Hoppel (USA) 1:44.55
2. Isaiah Harris (USA) 1:45.11
3. Hobbs Kessler (USA) 1:45.80
Ladies’s 800m
1. Athing Mu (USA) 1:58.73
2. Sage Hurta-Klecker (USA) 2:00.77
3. Allie Wilson (USA) 2:00.80
World and U.S. Olympic champion Athing Mu left the remainder of the sphere behind in her first race in 11 months. With a conservative begin, Mu ran comfortably by the primary lap, opening up within the closing 300 metres to complete in 1:58.73. Mu was a full two seconds forward of second-place Sage Hurta Klecker (2:00.77), with Allie Wilson a detailed third (2:00.80).
Discover the complete NYC Grand Prix outcomes right here.
