Athletics-Dos Santos Delivers Again as Sedjati Springs 800m Surprise in Budapest
Dos Santos ran 45.98 seconds, and Sedjati edged Marco Arop in 1:41.91 as the inaugural meet offered a $10 million prize pot.
- On Sept 13, World-record holder Alison dos Santos won the men's 400m hurdles, while Djamel Sedjati claimed the men's 800 on the final night of the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest.
- The inaugural Ultimate Championship featured a prize pot of $10 million, the richest ever in the sport, attracting over 60,000 fans across three sold-out days in Budapest.
- Djamel Sedjati of Algeria surged past Canada's 2023 world champion Marco Arop in the men's 800, while Kenya's Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi finished third in the competition.
- Brazil's Santos defeated rivals Rai Benjamin and Karsten Warholm in the 400m hurdles, while Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka dominated the men's javelin with a throw of 91.09m.
- Jasmine Jones secured the women's 400m hurdles victory, while Ethiopia's Likina Amebaw pulled away to win the women's 5,000m, capping the championship's final evening with dominant performances.
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Dos Santos delivers again as Sedjati springs 800m surprise in Budapest
Dos Santos came to this new competition of athletics as the great rival to beat and as a favorite despite the great level of the competitors, which he defeated with authority, leaving far behind the Olympic and world champion, the American Rai Benjamin, relegated to second place (46.40). Still more delayed was the Norwegian Karsten Warholm, third with a time of 46.78. Alison Dos Santos manages to descend again from the symbolic barrier of the 46…
Alison Dos Santos ran under 46 seconds again.
'Piu' became the only athlete to complete the test under 46 seconds twice
Budapest, 13 Sep (Latin Press) The Brazilian racer Alison Dos Santos today commanded the 400 meters with male branch fences (m) of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship of Budapest. The post Brazilian Dos Santos commands 400 with fences (m) of Ultimate Budapest first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
Alison dos Santos won another title in the 400m with male barriers. The Brazilian won the Ultimate 2026 World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary, this Sunday. With time of 45s98, Piu surpassed his main rivals in the race, the American Rai Benjamin (46s40) and the Norwegian Karsten Warholm (46s78). In addition, the result kept [...] The post Alison dos Santos wins world athletics in Budapest and wide hegemony in the season appeared first…
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