'We did it': Fred Kerley leads first American sweep of 100 meters at world championships in 31 years
EUGENE, Ore. — Before the race, U.S. fighter jets zoomed over the stadium. Then, down on the track, Americans flashed a different kind of speed.
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Fred Kerley stakes his claim to Usain Bolt’s throne in Eugene
EUGENE, Oregon – It is accepted in track and field, both in silence and aloud, that there will likely never be another Usain Bolt. There will never be an athlete with Bolt’s ethereal combination of speed, presence and joy. Never another with Bolt’s relentless seizure of moments and of history. Never another with his ability to hoist a niche (being kind here) sport, throw it across his shoulders – or clench it in his radiant smile like a pirate’s scabbard – and make it not just relevant, but viral. He ran faster than any human, more gleefully than should be allowed, and pulled an entire ecosystem along in his slipstream. He was a unicorn.
Fred Kerley wins men's world 100m gold in US clean sweep
Oregon on Saturday. Kerley, in lane four, was down on Marvin Bracy for 95 metres of the tight race, but managed to out-dip his teammate for victory in 9.86 seconds at Eugene's Hayward Field. Bracy took silver in 9.88sec, Trayvon Bromell claiming bronze in the same time for a third-ever 100m world championship clean sweep for the United States after 1983 and 1991. The fourth of the strong US quartet, Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion from Doha in 2019 who was banned from the Tokyo Olympics for missing three doping tests, finished sixth (10.01) despite an electric start. "We said we were going to do it and we did! USA, baby!" Olympic silver medallist Kerley said to roars of approval and applause from a partisan home crowd.
Kerley leads U.S. sweep in men's 100m final at athletics worlds as De Grasse fails to qualify
In the place they call TrackTown USA, American sprinters swept the podium Saturday night in the men's 100-metre at the world athletics championships.
Kerley leads home American sweep of men's world 100m final
EUGENE, Ore. : Fred Kerley led home an American clean sweep in the world championships 100 metres final on Saturday, the first since 1991, to send the home fans wild as the sport's dominant nation got a night to remember as they hosted the event for the first time.
Fred Kerley crowned 100m world champion as US secures clean sweep in Eugene
Fred Kerley was crowned 100m world champion as the USA secured a clean sweep in Eugene, Oregon.
Fred Kerley leads U.S. medals sweep of men’s 100m at track worlds
Fred Kerley is the world champion in the 100m, completing an extraordinary journey to the title of world’s fastest man.
Four Americans into men's world 100m final
EUGENE, Ore. : The United States' hopes of a clean sweep in the men's 100m for the first time since 1991 received a considerable boost on Saturday when all four of their sprinters advanced to the final.