Husky alum Lindsay Flanagan top American at World Champs marathon; Izzi Batt-Doyle 44th...
BUDAPEST, Hungary--Washington alums Lindsay Flanagan (Paul Merca photo) of Team USA and Izzi Batt-Doyle of Australia finished ninth and 43rd in the women's marathon through the streets of Budapest early Saturday morning to start the penultimate day of competition at the World Athletics Championships.
The 78 woman field began their racing through the streets of Budapest at Heroes' Square at 7 am with the temperature at 76 degrees by running a 2.2 kilometer loop.
The runners then embarked on four 10-k loops that passed through many of the city's major landmarks, including the Hungarian State Opera House, St. Stephen's Basilica, Buda Castle, the Danube River, and Széchenyi Chain Bridge, before finishing at Heroes' Square.
Flanagan, a 2014 Washington graduate and NCAA qualifier who finished 37th in her previous world championship appearance in London in 2017, started at the back of the lead group, while Batt-Doyle, a former Pac-12 10000m champ, was a bit more conservative through the first half of the race.
 |
| Washington alum Izzi Batt-Doyle comes off the Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Paul Merca photo) |
At the 10k mark, Flanagan was 23rd in 35:36, while Batt-Doyle was 54th at 36:00.
Flanagan moved to 14th at 20k in 1:10:36, while Batt-Doyle moved one position up at 1:12:49. Flanagan moved to ninth at the half-marathon point in 1:14:30, with Batt-Doyle 52nd at 1:16:57.
Lindsay dropped four places to 13th at 30k in 1:45:08, while Izzi moved to 48th in 1:50:40.
Over the last 12.2 k, Flanagan regained four places to finish in 2:27:47 as the top American, while Batt-Doyle moved up five positions to finish 43rd in 2:37:53, with the field finishing with the temperature approaching 90 degrees.
Amane Shankule of Ethiopia won the race in 2:24:23, with teammate Gotytom Gebreslase second at 2:24:34. Fatima Gardadi of Morocco finished third in 2:25:17.
There are no Washington affiliated athletes competing in Saturday night's portion of the World Athletics Championships back at the National Athletics Centre.
Six finals will be contested Saturday night, including the men's pole vault, women's shot put, men's 800, women's 5000, and both 4 x 100 meter relays. The conclusion of the decathlon will come towards the end of Saturday night's session.
Nia Akins of the Brooks Beasts is the final Washingtonian competing at the world championships, as she goes in the finals of the women's 800 meters Sunday evening at 8:45 pm (11:45 am Pacific) along with fellow Americans Raevyn Rogers, and defending world and Olympic champion Athing Mu.
Don't forget to visit our buymeacoffee.com site to access exclusive member and supporter only content throughout the world championships.
NOTE: World Athletics, the WABudapest 23 Organizing Committee, and USA Track & Field contributed to this report.
paulmerca.blogspot.com may receive a commission for any purchases made from links clicked. Please support this site and our sponsors by clicking on the links. You can also support the site by clicking the yellow "Buy Me A Coffee" link below.
Comments