After just three sets of medals awarded on Friday, day two of the World Athletics Championships was filled with a bit more excitement.
Team USA took home the gold on Saturday, with Chase Ealey winning the shot and Fred Kerley taking the gold in the men’s 100-meter run. In total, the United States leads the medal tally with five medals.
Also on Saturday, Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia won a spectacular finish for the women’s 10,000 meters race and won the gold medal for her efforts.
In a hammer throw, Poland’s Pawel Fajdek won his fifth consecutive world championship. China’s Jianan Wang won the men’s long jump, his first world gold.
Here’s a full view of Oregon22’s medal table, as well as a look at who won medals in individual events on the first day of competition.
2022 WORLD ATHLETE CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL TABLE
(Through Day 2, after 8 event finals)
Gold: Letesenbet Gidey, Ethiopia
Bronze: Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi, Kenya
Silver: Wojciech Nowicki, Poland
Bronze: Eivind Henriksen, Norway
Silver: Miltiadis Tentoglu, Greece
Bronze: Simon Ehammer, Switzerland
Gold: Chase Ealey, United States
Bronze: Jessica Schilder, Netherlands
Gold: Fred Kerley, United States
Silver: Marvin Bracy, United States
Bronze: Trayvon Bromell, United States
Gold: Dominican Republic (Lidio Andres Feliz, Marileidy Paulino, Alexander Ogando, Fiordaliza Cofil)
Silver: Netherlands (Liemarvin Bonevacia, Lieke Klaver, Tony Van Diepen, Femke Bol)
Bronze: United States (Elija Godwin, Allyson Felix, Vernon Norwood, Kennedy Simon)
Gold: Kimberly Garcia Leon, Peru
Silver: Katarzyna Zdzieblo, Poland
Gold: Toshikazu Yamanishi, Japan
Bronze: Perseus Karlstrom, Sweden
— Nik Streng, nstreng@oregonian.com, @NikStreng
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