Athletics- Jefferson-Wooden, Bednarek complete Ultimate Championship sprint doubles

Athletics - 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championships - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - September 13, 2026 Brazil's Alison dos Santos in action during the Men's 400m Hurdles final REUTERS/Marton Monus

BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Americans Melissa ⁠Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek completed sprint doubles by winning their ⁠200 metres races on the final night of the inaugural World ‌Athletics Ultimate Championship on Sunday, 24 hours after they raced to 100m victories.

• Jefferson-Wooden laid down the fourth fastest time in history of 21.47 seconds in the women's 200, while ​Bednarek won in 19.52. The pair earned $300,000 apiece, $150,000 ⁠for each victory.

• Italian Gianmarco ⁠Tamberi cleared 2.37 metres to win the men's high jump title.

• Britain's Josh ⁠Kerr ‌won the men's 1,500m title, an event that had been billed as a long-awaited showdown with Jakob Ingebrigtsen before the Norwegian, who ⁠was victorious over 5,000m on Friday in a remarkable ​comeback from Achilles ‌surgery, announced his withdrawal a day earlier.

• Fresh off his world-record run ⁠two weeks ​ago, Brazil's Alison dos Santos won the 400m hurdles in 45.98 seconds to beat rivals Rai Benjamin of the U.S. (46.40) and former record-holder Karsten Warholm of Norway (46.78). ⁠Jasmine Jones of the U.S. won the women's ​event in 52.45.

• Djamel Sedjati of Algeria surged past Canada's 2023 world champion Marco Arop over the final few steps to win the men's 800m in ⁠1:41.91. Arop crossed in 1:42.28, while Kenya's Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi was third (1:42.44).

• Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka threw 91.09m to win the men's javelin by almost five metres, while Saly Sarr of Senegal won the women's triple ​jump with a leap of 15.06m.

• Likina Amebaw ⁠of Ethiopia pulled away to win a tactical women's 5,000m in 14:30.36.

• The ​inaugural Ultimate Championship featured a prize pot ‌of $10 million, the richest ever in the ​sport. Over 60,000 fans attended over the three sold-out days in Budapest.

(Reporting by Lori Ewing; Editing by Joe Bavier and Toby Davis)

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布达佩斯，9 月 13 日（路透社）——美国选手梅丽莎·杰斐逊-伍登和肯尼·贝德纳雷克在周日举行的首届世界田径终极锦标赛的最后一晚，分别赢得了 200 米比赛的冠军，完成了短跑双冠王的壮举。此前 24 小时，他们刚刚在 100 米比赛中取得了胜利。

• 杰斐逊-伍登在女子 200 米比赛中跑出了 21.47 秒的历史第四快成绩，而贝德纳雷克以 19.52 秒的成绩夺冠。两人各获得 30 万美元奖金，每场胜利获得 15 万美元。

• 意大利选手詹马尔科·坦贝里跳过 2.37 米，赢得男子跳高冠军。

• 英国选手乔什·克尔赢得了男子1500米冠军，这场比赛原本被誉为与雅各布·英格布里格森之间期待已久的对决。此前，这位挪威选手在周五的5000米比赛中取得了胜利，他在跟腱手术后实现了惊人的复出，但在前一天宣布退出比赛。

两周前刚刚打破世界纪录的巴西选手艾利森·多斯·桑托斯，以45.98秒的成绩赢得了男子400米栏冠军，击败了美国选手雷·本杰明（46.40秒）和前世界纪录保持者、挪威选手卡斯滕·瓦霍尔姆（46.78秒）。美国选手贾斯敏·琼斯以52.45秒的成绩赢得了女子组冠军。

• 阿尔及利亚选手贾梅尔·塞贾蒂在最后几步超越了加拿大 2023 年世界冠军马尔科·阿罗普，以 1 分 41 秒 91 的成绩赢得男子 800 米冠军。阿罗普的成绩为 1 分 42 秒 28，肯尼亚奥运冠军伊曼纽尔·瓦尼奥尼获得第三名（1 分 42 秒 44）。

• 斯里兰卡选手鲁梅什·帕蒂拉格 (Rumesh Pathirage) 以 91.09 米的成绩赢得男子标枪冠军，领先第二名近 5 米；塞内加尔选手萨利·萨尔 (Saly Sarr) 以 15.06 米的成绩赢得女子三级跳远冠军。

• 埃塞俄比亚选手Likina Amebaw 以14:30.36 赢得战术女子5000 米比赛。

• 首届终极冠军赛奖金高达1000万美元，是这项运动有史以来最高的奖金。在布达佩斯举行的三天比赛中，超过6万名观众到场观赛，门票全部售罄。

（Lori Ewing报道；Joe Bavier和Toby Davis编辑）

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