2023 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Budapest: Archibald advances to semis after brilliant opening day
Emanuel Archibald (C) pulling ahead of the competition in the preliminary round
Guyana’s premier sprinter Emanuel Archibald got the country’s athletics World Championships’ campaign off to a perfect start on Saturday morning with a win in the Men’s 100M preliminary round.
Archibald looked comfortable and clocked 10.27s for first place in the preliminary race, ahead of Hungary’s Bence Boros who clocked 10.70s and Kin Wa Chan of Macau who clocked 10.79s.
As such, the Guyanese speedster moved on to Round 1 of the event, where he raced in Heat 7 of as many Heats.
In the Heat, Archibald clocked 10.20s to tie with Japan’s Hiroki Yanagita for third place. With the top three finishers in each Heat moving on to the semifinal, both Archibald and Yanagita have secured their spots in the next stage of the competition. Archibald will compete in today’s semifinal, set for this afternoon.
Heat 7 was won by South Africa’s Akani Simbine, who crossed the line in 9.97s, with USA’s Christian Coleman clocking 9.98s to finish second.
Guyana’s other competitor at the Games, Aliyah Abrams, will be in action in Heat 5 of today’s Women’s 400M event.
The Championships began in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday August 20, and will run until Sunday, August 27th.
