Noah Lyles reacts after winning the men’s 200 meter final in the 2022 USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field on June 26, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. Steph Chambers / Getty Images / AFP
EUGENE, Oregon-World champion Noah Lyles reeled Erriyon Knighton to win the men’s 200 meters in 19.67 seconds at Sunday’s US championships, while fellow national champion Abby Steiner shows no signs of exhaustion from dominating the women’s race.
Lyles chases after Knighton when it’s his turn but dives down to the final stretch, grinning and flashing a ‘finger gun’ at the teen as he breaks the ice two hundredths of a second ahead on the final day of the meeting in Eugene, Oregon .
“I did what it took to win and Erriyon gave me the best in the first leg – I’m not worried about that,” Lyles said. “I said, ‘I’ll catch him – it’ll take the rest of the 100’.”
Olympic bronze medalist Lyles, who denied the 18-year-old a place on the podium in Tokyo, apparently went to Knighton in Eugene, which will host the first world championships to be held in Tokyo. United States from July 15.
After the race, Knighton stormed out in a TV interview alongside Lyles, saying, “I’m not done yet.”
Steiner saw off more experienced opponents to win the women’s final, her time being a world best 21.77 this season until Shericka Jackson hit 21.55 at the Jamaica test in night.
“As the college season comes to an end, a lot of people want to put limits on you, saying you’re going to burn out, but me and my coach believe in the process,” says Steiner.
Tamara Clark finished second with 21.92 and Tokyo silver medalist Jenna Prandini finished third with 22.01.
Olympic bronze medalist Gabrielle Thomas, who is recovering from a hamstring injury, finished last and 2019 world silver medalist Brittany Brown was fifth.
Fan-favorite Sha’Carri Richardson failed to advance to the final after coming out on top in the 100m.
The top three finishers in Eugene who have met certain qualifying standards and the reigning global champions will compete at the world championships.
In the 110m hurdles, world leader Devon Allen held his place with his teeth, taking third place with three milliseconds, on September 13.
Daniel Roberts won in 13.03 and Trey Cunningham came in second with 13.08, while defending world champion Grant Holloway opted out of the final.
‘Bump up’
Olympic champion Athing Mu soon took control and overcame a challenge from two-time world bronze medalist Ajee Wilson in the final stretch to win the women’s 800m with a score of 1:57.16.
“It’s a fast field,” said Mu, who also won a 4x400m gold medal in Tokyo. “Ajee was right for me, I just wanted to push a little harder and get to the starting line.”
Wilson finished seven hundredths of a second behind Mu, with Raevyn Rogers in third at 1:57.96.
World and Olympic 400m hurdles silver medalist, Rai Benjamin took the lead in a 47.04 world-leading victory over Trevor Bassitt and Khalifah Rosser.
Benjamin, who is still getting fit after testing positive for COVID-19, cut his step in the second hurdle but turned on the gas in the second half of the race.
“This weekend is full of things for me. Honestly, it felt like an explosion,” he said in a television interview.
Four-time world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, Christian Taylor, whose plans to go to Tokyo were derailed by a ruptured Achilles tendon, finished fifth in the triple jump but will head into the world as how to be the defending champion.
World Indoor bronze medalist Donald Scott won with the 17.07m long jump, with Will Claye second and Chris Bernard third.
World indoor silver medalist Chase Ealey won the women’s shooting with a world-leading 20.51m, with Adelaide Aquilla and Jessica Woodard taking second and third.
World indoor bronze medalist Bryce Hoppel won the men’s 800m at 1:44.60.
World silver medalist Emma Coburn won the cycling race, while Courtney Wayment and Tokyo silver medalist Courtney Frerichs also earned their place at the world championships. .
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