USA breaks mixed relay world record, Fraser-Pryce regains it
Team USA celebrates winning and breaking the world record in the mixed 4x400m relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha on September 29, 2019. [Photo/Agency] In the mixed relay, which entered the world championships for the first time, the United States set a world record of 9.34 seconds in three minutes, breaking its own world record in Saturday's preliminaries with a time of 3:12.42. Jamaica finished second in a national record time of 3:11.78, while Bahrain claimed bronze in a regional record time of 3:11.82. Jamaica's Tiffany James said: "This event was fun and very exciting. People in the stands must be happy to see men fighting women." Jamaica's 32-time Olympic double champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce returned to the World Championships and regained the 100m crown. Seven-time world champion Fraser-Pryce missed the 2017 World Series in London when she gave birth to a baby boy in August that year, but returned to Doha in a world-leading 10.71. Briton Dina Asher-Smith was second in 10.83, and Cote d'Ivoire's Marie-Josee Ta Lou was third in 10.90. "It's a dream come true to be here again at 32 years old with a baby in my arms. I didn't sleep last night. The last time I played in a major was 2016, I couldn't sleep," said Price. European indoor champion Anzhelika Sidorova, a Russian athlete allowed to compete as a neutral athlete, won the gold medal in the women's pole vault by clearing a distance of 4.95 meters. Sidorova and U.S. Olympic silver medalist Sandi Morris pushed it to 4.90 as they cleared it on their last attempt. Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi of Greece won the bronze medal with a score of 4.80. The 28-year-old said: "All my performances at the world championships have not been very successful. I certainly hope this bad tradition stops." "I cried because I was really happy." American Christian Taylor, a two-time Olympic champion, won his fourth world title in the triple jump of 17.92 meters. His compatriot Will Claye won silver in 17.74, with Burkina Faso's Hugues Fabrice Zango third in 17.66.
