Tokyo.- Of the exciting and open battle between the stars of speed to the very expected return of the queen of the triple jump Yulimar Rojas or the challenge of Armand Duplantis to beat his world record in the jump with Garrocha: these are five of the stars to follow in the Tokyo Athletics World Athletics (September 13-21).
Noah Lyles, a threatened reign
In the World Cup in two years ago in Budapest, Noah Lyles was the star with a triplet of golds (100, 200, 4×100 meters) with which he emulated the harvest he used to achieve Usain Bolt in the great events.
In the Olympic Games of Paris 2024 his domain was reduced to gold in the 100 meters and now, in this Japanese event, the competition seems fierce.
Although in the 200 meters he has achieved hopeful victories in the previous weeks against the Botsuano Letsile Tebogo, in the Queen of the 100 Meters it is not imposed from the gold of Paris, losing in recent weeks before Kishane Thompson (Chorzow) and Oblique Seville (London and Lausana).
Thompson stayed five thousandths from the second of Lyles in the Olympic final and is determined to take revenge, although a problem in a warm disturbed his preparation.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the new sensation
At the female speed, all eyes are set in the American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.
The winner of the Olympic bronze in 2024 has progressed a lot this year and has won the nine 100 -meter tests he has played, even dominating the year with a large time of 10.65, which makes him the fifth fastest sprinter in history.
His duel against the Santalucense Julien Alfred, the Olympic champion and recent winner of the Diamond League final in the absence of Jefferson-Wooden is expected.
The defender of the title in the 100 meters, the American Sha’Carri Richardson, seems to enter a step behind after a convulsive year, who included a brief detention for pushing her boyfriend, also the athlete Christian Coleman, at an airport.
Armand Duplantis, Mission 6.30 m
Four years ago, Armand Duplantis achieved his first Olympic gold in the jump with Garrocha in an empty public tokyo stadium and will now try to lift the spectators of their seats.
The man who competes in his proof against his own limits seems to a new gold and the big doubt is whether he can beat his worldwide plusmarca once again, which would be the fourteenth throughout his career.
The last time was in Budapest, in mid -August, and left it at 6.29 meters, so the rival will now be the 6.30 meters bar.
Yulimar Rojas, the great unknown
If there is a reappearance that is expected with expectation in this World Cup is that of the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, the queen of the triple jump, who has not competed in that test for two years due to the serious injury in the Achilles tendon of the left leg that left its 2024 season, Olympic Games of Paris included.
Since then, his fight has been against his body and was only seen in competition in a small meeting on the track covered in Salamanca, in March of this year, where he was tested in the long jump, without getting any valid brand.
Will you have achieved months later to meet your best version? Impossible to have the answer until it competes at the National Stadium of Tokyo, where in 2021 the Olympic gold was hung with a world record (15.67 meters) that in March 2022 raised to the plusmarca of 15.74 m., Which remains in force.
Faith Kipyegon, the incombustible
For a decade, the Keniana Faith Kipyegon is an indispensable name in the mid -background and background competitions, where it collects medals and records.
In July he improved his own 1,500 meter world record (3: 48.68), a test where he is the absolute dominator as attesting to his status as a triple Olympic and world champion.
In the world meeting two years ago in Budapest dazzled with the double 1,500-5,000 meters and the mission in Japan is to repeat the feat.
