Double Olympic champion sees three-year unbeaten run ended by Darlan Romani at World Indoors, as Sandi Morris and Damian Warner show too good in pole vault and heptathlon

Ryan Crouser suffered his first defeat within the shot put in three years as Brazil’s Darlan Romani, who claimed the primary main medal of his profession, took residence a shock World Indoor gold in a championship document of twenty-two.53m in Belgrade on Saturday (March 19).

The final time Crouser, the reigning Olympic shot put champion and world record-holder each indoors and out, misplaced an occasion was method again on the 2019 World Championships in Doha.

Such a shock loss speaks volumes of his latest dominance. The American holds 4 out of the highest 5 indoor throws in historical past and was unbeaten in 32 outings heading into Belgrade.

A gap throw of twenty-two.44m, which turned out to be Crouser’s better of the competitors, was a championship document. In concept, what adopted ought to have been the formality of ending first however by the midway stage Romani replied with that monstrous 22.53m to take the lead and the document.

Solely Randy Barnes, Ulf Timmerman and Crouser himself have ever thrown additional indoors.

The expectation was that Crouser would discover a technique to snatch again the lead, however surprisingly it appeared the strain bought to the double Olympic champion after he fouled in his fifth throw and couldn’t match the gap of Romani on his final.

“I got here out and began the competitors fairly properly and I used to be pleased with the primary makes an attempt,” Crouser stated. “The coaching has not been implausible and total I’m involved in regards to the distance. I actually wished to carry out higher.

“It was an especially lengthy competitors. I need to say congratulations to Romani on a large PB, he did extraordinarily properly and competed properly so he deserved it.”

Romani is the primary Brazilian to win an indoor medal since Mauro Vinícius da Silva claimed gold within the shot put at Sopot in 2014.

Double Olympic bronze medallist and 2017 world champion Tom Walsh claimed bronze with 22.31m, tying his Oceania indoor document from the final World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in 2018.

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPION

A surprising upset occurred within the shot put as Brazil’s Darlan Romani ended Ryan Crouser’s three-year successful streak with a championship document 🔥

🥇 Darlan Romani 🇧🇷 (22.53m)
🥈 Ryan Crouser 🇺🇸 (22.44m)
🥉 Tomas Walsh 🇳🇿 (22.31m) #WorldIndoorChamps 🇷🇸 pic.twitter.com/BjbKtzGLTw

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) March 19, 2022

Scott Lincoln, who began the yr off with an indoor private better of 20.73m on the BoXX United Manchester World Indoor Tour, solely managed 19.65m and completed sixteenth out of a potential 17 locations, in what was a tough night for the six-time British indoor champion.

“Not the world debut I hoped for however, placing issues into perspective, I do know the place I can enhance and I’m simply going to maintain working laborious,” Lincoln stated. “The out of doors season has all the time been the intention anyway, I’m not suited to the indoor ring in addition to the out of doors ring so we’ll go from right here and hold constructing.

“I certified for this occasion so I deserved to be right here and my efficiency perhaps doesn’t present that right this moment. It’s simply going to make me hungrier for the outside.

“There’s a giant summer season developing. I’m planning on doing all three [Worlds, Commonwealths, and Europeans] so I’m simply going to get again to the UK now, have every week off to get better, have a little bit of enjoyment in life and, as I say, simply hold constructing.”

Morris beats Nageotte after Tokyo disappointment

Sandi Morris put the agonising ache of pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics because of a hip damage behind her as she beat fellow American and Olympic champion Katie Nageotte in what was an intriguing conflict.

It was clear from the beginning that each Morris and Nageotte had been the standout names on the beginning listing, which wasn’t stunning given the previous received Olympic pole vault silver at Rio 2016 whereas Nageotte received gold in Tokyo final summer season.

The outcomes emphasised that reality, with Morris successful gold with 4.80m whereas Nageotte needed to accept silver with 4.75m. Given they had been each method off their respective indoor private bests of 4.95m and 4.91m you could possibly inform fairly shortly that data weren’t going to be damaged within the occasion.

European indoor silver medallist Tina Šutej got here extremely near successful a silver medal for Slovenia however she misplaced on countback to Nageotte.

“It’s actually superb,” Morris stated. “Being at this stage for thus a few years is so tough to do. To have the ability to take that title, it actually means a lot to me. After a yr like final yr after I was injured for the Olympics you are feeling you need to show your self once more.

“We’re so laborious on ourselves and I wished to exit and show it to myself that I may nonetheless do it at this stage. Right this moment was about me preventing off my very own inside demons. Doing it again to again was superb and doing it with my team-mate and now coaching associate Katie  was actually particular.

“It provides me goosebumps eager about it. We’re going to travel for the subsequent few years. It’s going to be a lot enjoyable. I used to be upset I didn’t have 4.90m in me right this moment. I went for it however my vitality wasn’t there after I knew I’d received.”

Wily Warner too good in heptathlon 

Damian Warner began from the place he left off after successful decathlon gold finally yr’s Tokyo Olympics by including the World Indoor heptathlon crown to his assortment of medals.

The Canadian produced a shocking all-round efficiency as he constructed up 6489 factors to go second on the all-time heptathlon listing behind Ashton Eaton.

He has now received gold medals on the Olympics, World Indoors and Commonwealths and can now set his sights on turning into decathlon champion at this summer season’s World Championships in Eugene.

Warner was spectacular over the 2 days. He began off beautifully by successful the 60m and the lengthy leap earlier than ending fourth within the shot put, ninth within the excessive leap, first within the 60m hurdles, fifth within the pole vault and third within the what was a decisive 1000m.

Swiss star Simon Ehammer pushed him all method, nevertheless, the 22-year-old European U23 lengthy leap champion ending on a nationwide record-breaking whole of 6363 on his technique to silver. Australian Ashley Moloney claimed the bronze in an Oceania indoor document of 6344.

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