That is Stuart Weir’s third column of the day on Day one of many Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Video games athletics schedule.
100m
There have been 10 prelims for the lads’s 100m, with the next recording the quickest occasions:
Yupun Abeykoon (Sri Lanka) 10.06
Ferdinand Omanyala (Kenya) 10.07
Emmanuel Eseme (Cameroon) 10.08
Akani Simbine, defending champion, ran 10.10. He commented: “I felt assured. It was good to get a clear race out and begin off properly. I’m simply going with my recreation plan and making an attempt to retain my title.”
The highest 4 within the girls’s races have been
Grace Nwokocha (Nigeria) 10.99
Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) 10.99
Darryl Neita (England) 11.02
Rosemary Chukwuma (Nigeria) 11.02
Thompson-Herah commented: “Bodily, I’m feeling good. That run was fairly comfy and enjoyable, and hopefully, I can take that via the competitors. You must imagine in your self as a result of nobody else can imagine in you. I wished to do properly this 12 months. It’s not on God’s watch. It’s on my watch. No matter time I put collectively, I’ll work my manner again as much as the highest.”