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On a great day together, which only lacked a world record, the weight throw marveled. Joe Kovacs (USA) reached 22.91. After him, with 22.90, a miserable and glorious centimeter, were his compatriot Ryan Crouser and the New Zealander Tomas Walsh .

Kovacs thus became the third man in history, tied with Alessandro Andrei (1987). And his mark, along with Andrei's, in the fourth, after Randy Barnes 23.12 and 23.10 in 1990. And 23.06 of East German Ulf Timmermann (1988).

The throws, except to a lesser extent the javelin, are a modality anchored in time. Years characterized by certainty and (founded) suspicions of doping. Randy Barnes was sanctioned twice. The second, for life and a couple of years after reappearing with a gold at the Atlanta Games. The weight raises its head again from official ethics.

There was no talk in this World doping in the weight, but in other fields. The sanction against Alberto Salazar , a technician in question, made his athletes present in Doha suspicious. Especially Sifan Hassan , winner of the 10,000 and under the magnifying glass in the 1,500.

Immune to the frowning pressure, she won as a hare to lead the fastest global race in history. He finished in 3: 51.95. And, if we exclude four of those Chinese from the 90 fed, ahem !, with turtle blood, we are talking about the second best all-time record, after the world record of Genzebe Dibaba (3: 50.07). Nor has the Ethiopian been lately free of suspicious comments. Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) was second with 3: 54.22; and Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia), third with 3: 54.38. Nine women went down four minutes.

Another disciple (or former disciple, who is justified) of Salazar, the very white German, Konstanze Klosterhalfen , fought gold to the exhaustion in the 5,000. He succumbed to Kenya, to Hellen Obiri (14: 26.72) and Margaret Kipkemboi (14: 27.49).

The day ended with 4x100 relays. The feminine ones, for Jamaica. In the masculines there was Jamaica, in an atrocious crisis. As Coleman , Gatlin , Rodgers and Lyles did not drop the witness, the United States won. And with national record (37.10). The seventh mark of all time. The first six belong to Jamaica. All with Bolt .

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