splinters of glass in the eye
Jamaica sprinter injured in strange World Cup accident
08/24/2023 9:46 p.m
Noah Lyles was not shocked even by a golf cart accident just before the starting gun, Sha’Carri Richardson saved valuable energy in the hunt for the World Cup double. While the two US stars sprinted effortlessly into the 200m final, Andrew Hudson was unlucky.
The US stars Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson are aiming for the sprint double at the World Athletics Championships – Lyles had a strange accident in the golf cart shortly before his 200-meter semifinals. But four days after his gold run over 100 meters, Lyles stayed cool and, as the defending champion, easily made it into the final over 200 meters (Friday, 9:50 p.m.) in 19.76 seconds. His race even had to be postponed by 25 minutes because of the crash. Richardson also had room to improve with her 22.20 seconds.
TV footage showed two of the vehicles taking athletes from warm-up to the competition area colliding. It was also seen how someone from the team of volunteers fell out of the vehicle. However, the person stood up independently and took a few steps away from the scene of the accident. The World Athletics Federation confirmed the incident. A shocked Lyles was also seen in the pictures. Because the Jamaican Andrew Hudson injured his eye in the accident, the semifinals with Lyles were then postponed.
Hudson only ran 20.38 seconds, which would not have been enough for the finale. But after a decision by the judges, the 26-year-old can now start in the final, he gets lane one. In the accident, he got a piece of glass in his eye, Hudson said afterwards. He was treated for 20 minutes, then “I did my best,” he said: “I worked hard to be here.” In the “literally sense of the word” he saw out of focus, said Hudson: “The race was blurry.” And: “Maybe next time I’d rather walk.”
Lyle’s biggest rivals for the 200m gold are likely to be Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo (19.97), runner-up in the 100m world champion, his compatriots Kenneth Bednarek (19.96) and Erriyon Knighton (19.98), and Briton Zharnel Hughes (20.02) become. Most recently, Jamaica’s legend Usain Bolt (2015 in Beijing) and his compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce (2013 in Moscow) won the double. In addition to Richardson, defending champion Shericka Jackson (22.00) and the strong American Gabby Thomas (21.97) also have good chances in the women’s final (Friday, 9.40 p.m.).