Is there any stronger favorite than TJer Yulimar Rojas, who could claim WC gold No. 4 in Budapest and jump her indoor/outdoor count to 7? (JIRO MOCHIZUKI)
OUR INTERNATIONAL PANEL has crunched all the data for Budapest, and the overall results say that the U.S. women will enjoy a medal haul slightly superior to the one they had in Eugene last year (which was 14 medals: 7 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze). This year’s projected 16 total podium spots split out as 6 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze.
We have listed our Top 10 in each event. Any Team USA members who don’t make the top 10 are listed in alphabetical order at the end. The right-hand column is the athlete’s placing in last year’s T&FN World Rankings (nr = not ranked). For the relays, the numbers indicate place in last year’s WC.
The chart is based on the best information available as of August 16 (meaning that final entry lists were known, but not actual start lists), so the presence of an athlete’s name doesn’t guarantee they’ll contest the event.
Our picks will not be updated as the meet progresses.
100 METERS
1.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
(Côte d’Ivoire)
4
2.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
(Jamaica)
1
3.
Sha’Carri Richardson
(USA)
nr
4.
Shericka Jackson
(Jamaica)
2
5.
Julien Alfred
(Saint Lucia)
nr
6.
Dina Asher-Smith
(Great Britain)
6
7.
Daryll Neita
(Great Britain)
8
8.
Brittany Brown
(USA)
nr
9.
Ewa Swoboda
(Poland)
nr
10.
Gina Lückenkemper
(Germany)
nr
(The other American: Tamari Davis nr)
200 METERS
1.
Shericka Jackson
(Jamaica)
1
2.
Gabby Thomas
(USA)
7
3.
Julien Alfred
(Saint Lucia)
nr
4.
Dina Asher-Smith
(Great Britain)
4
5.
Sha’Carri Richardson
(USA)
nr
6.
Anthonique Strachan
(Bahamas)
nr
7.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
(Côte d’Ivoire)
nr
8.
Daryll Neita
(Great Britain)
nr
9.
Kayla White
(USA)
nr
10.
Rhasidat Adeleke
(Ireland)
nr
400 METERS
1.
Marileidy Paulino
(Dominican Republic)
2
2.
Salwa Eid Naser
(Bahrain)
nr
3.
Natalia Kaczmarek
(Poland)
7
4.
Britton Wilson
(USA)
nr
5.
Rhasidat Adeleke
(Ireland)
nr
6.
Lieke Klaver
(Netherlands)
9
7.
Talitha Diggs
(USA)
nr
8.
Candice McLeod
(Jamaica)
6
9.
Nickisha Pryce
(Jamaica)
nr
10.
Sada Williams
(Barbados)
3
(The other American: Lynna Irby-Jackson nr)
800 METERS
1.
Athing Mu
(USA)
1
2.
Mary Moraa
(Kenya)
2
3.
Keely Hodgkinson
(Great Britain)
3
4.
Jemma Reekie
(Great Britain)
nr
5.
Natoya Goule-Toppin
(Jamaica)
4
6.
Halimah Nakaayi
(Uganda)
nr
7.
Catriona Bissett
(Australia)
nr
8.
Nia Akins
(USA)
nr
9.
Abbey Caldwell
(Australia)
nr
10.
Habitam Alemu
(Ethiopia)
nr
(The other Americans: Raevyn Rogers 8, Kaela Edwards nr)
1500 METERS
1.
Faith Kipyegon
(Kenya)
1
2.
Freweyni Hailu
(Ethiopia)
5
3.
Hirut Meshesha
(Ethiopia)
7
4.
Laura Muir
(Great Britain)
3
5.
Birke Haylom
(Ethiopia)
nr
(or Diribe Welteji [Ethiopia] 6)
6.
Sifan Hassan
(Netherlands)
nr
7.
Ciarra Mageean
(Ireland)
4
8.
Nikki Hiltz
(United States)
nr
9.
Jessica Hull
(Australia)
9
10.
Nelly Chepchirchir
(Kenya)
nr
(The other Americans: Sinclaire Johnson 9, Cory McGee nr)
STEEPLE
1.
Beatrice Chepkoech
(Kenya)
nr
2.
Jackline Chepkoech
(Kenya)
7
3.
Winfred Yavi
(Bahrain)
3
4.
Sembo Almayew
(Ethiopia)
10
5.
Faith Cherotich
(Kenya)
5
6.
Zerfe Wondemagegn
(Ethiopia)
nr
7.
Maruša Mišmaš Zrimšek
(Slovenia)
nr
8.
Peruth Chemutai
(Uganda)
9
9.
Courtney Wayment
(USA)
nr
10.
Emma Coburn
(USA)
nr
(The other American: Krissy Gear nr)
5000 METERS
1.
Faith Kipyegon
(Kenya)
nr
2.
Gudaf Tsegay
(Ethiopia)
1
3.
Letesenbet Gidey
(Ethiopia)
nr
4.
Sifan Hassan
(Netherlands)
7
5.
Beatrice Chebet
(Kenya)
2
6.
Alicia Monson
(USA)
10
7.
Ejgayehu Taye
(Ethiopia)
5
8.
Medina Eisa
(Ethiopia)
nr
(or Freweyni Hailu [Ethiopia] nr)
9.
Lilian Rengeruk
(Kenya)
nr
10.
Sarah Chelangat
(Uganda)
nr
(The other Americans: Elise Cranny nr, Natosha Rogers nr)
10,000 METERS
1.
Sifan Hassan
(Netherlands)
4
2.
Letesenbet Gidey
(Ethiopia)
1
3.
Gudaf Tsegay
(Ethiopia)
nr
4.
Ejgayehu Taye
(Ethiopia)
5
5.
Alicia Monson
(USA)
nr
6.
Grace Loibach
(Kenya)
nr
7.
Elise Cranny
(USA)
nr
8.
Lemlem Hailu
(Ethiopia)
nr
(or Mizan Alem [Ethiopia] nr)
9.
Eilish McColgan
(Great Britain)
7
10.
Caroline Kipkurui
(Kazakhstan)
9
(The other American: Natosha Rogers nr)
100 HURDLES
1.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
(Puerto Rico)
2
2.
Nia Ali
(USA)
nr
3.
Keni Harrison
(USA)
4
4.
Ackera Nugent
(Jamaica)
nr
5.
Masai Russell
(USA)
nr
6.
Megan Tapper
(Jamaica)
nr
7.
Ditaji Kambundji
(Switzerland)
nr
8.
Danielle Williams
(Jamaica)
9
9.
Pia Skrzyszowska
(Poland)
nr
10.
Marione Fourie
(South Africa)
nr
400 HURDLES
1.
Femke Bol
(Netherlands)
2
2.
Dalilah Muhammad
(USA)
3
3.
Shamier Little
(USA)
7
4.
Janieve Russell
(Jamaica)
5
5.
Andrenette Knight
(Jamaica)
nr
6.
Jessie Knight
(Great Britain)
nr
7.
Ayomide Folorunso
(Italy)
nr
8.
Rushelle Clayton
(Jamaica)
6
9.
Viktoriya Tkachuk
(Ukraine)
9
10.
Gianna Woodruff
(Panama)
8
(The other American: Anna Cockrell nr)
MARATHON
1.
Amane Beriso
(Ethiopia)
nr
2.
Rosemary Wanjiru
(Kenya)
nr
3.
Yalemzerf Yehualaw
(Ethiopia)
2
4.
Goytatom Gebreselassie
(Ethiopia)
4
5.
Tsehay Gemechu
(Ethiopia)
10
(or Workenesh Edesa [Ethiopia] nr)
6.
Keira D’Amato
(USA)
nr
7.
Sally Chepyego
(Kenya)
nr
8.
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
(Israel)
8
9.
Eunice Chumba
(Bahrain)
nr
10.
Shyline Jepkorir
(Kenya)
nr
(The other Americans: Lindsay Flanagan nr, Susanna Sullivan nr)
20K WALK
1
Kimberly García
(Peru)
1
2
Jiayu Yang
(China)
5
3
María Pérez
(Spain)
nr
4
Alegna González
(Mexico)
7
5
Jemima Montag
(Australia)
6
6
Sandra Arenas
(Colombia)
nr
7
Zhenxia Ma
(China)
4
8
Evelyn Inga
(Peru)
nr
9
Antigóni Drisbióti
(Greece)
10
10.
Hong Liu
(China)
8
(no U.S. qualifiers)
35K WALK
1
Kimberly García
(Peru)
1
2
Maocuo Li
(China)
6
3
Katarzyna Zdziebło
(Poland)
3
4
María Pérez
(Spain)
10
5
Shijie Qieyang
(China)
2
6
Kumiko Okada
(Japan)
nr
7
Xueying Bai
(China)
nr
8
Magaly Bonilla
(Ecuador)
nr
9
Raquel González
(Spain)
8
10
Federica Curiazzi
(Italy)
nr
(The Americans: Stephanie Casey nr, Miranda Melville nr, Maria Michta-Coffey nr)
4 x 100
1.
Jamaica
2
2.
United States
1
3.
Great Britain
6
4.
Côte d’Ivoire
dnc
5.
Germany
3
6.
Netherlands
6h
7.
Poland
6h
8.
Switzerland
7
9.
Spain
5
10.
France
dnc
4 x 400
1.
United States
1
2.
Jamaica
2
3.
Netherlands
dq-h
4.
Great Britain
3
5.
Belgium
6
6.
Ireland
dnc
7.
Poland
5h
8.
Canada
4
9.
Italy
7
10.
Cuba
dnc
HIGH JUMP
1.
Nicola Olyslagers
(Australia)
4
2.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
(Ukraine)
1
3.
Iryna Herashchenko
(Ukraine)
3
4.
Vashti Cunningham
(USA)
10
5.
Eleanor Patterson
(Australia)
2
6.
Angelina Topić
(Serbia)
nr
7.
Yuliya Levchenko
(Ukraine)
nr
8.
Daniela Stanciu
(Romania)
nr
9.
Morgan Lake
(Great Britain)
nr
10.
Lamara Distin
(Jamaica)
9
(no other Americans)
POLE VAULT
1.
Katie Moon
(USA)
2
2.
Wilma Murto
(Finland)
7
3.
Tina Šutej
(Slovenia)
4
4.
Nina Kennedy
(Australia)
3
5.
Sandi Morris
(USA)
1
6.
Eliza McCartney
(New Zealand)
nr
7.
Katerína Stefanídi
(Greece)
5
8.
Alysha Newman
(Canada)
nr
9.
Roberta Bruni
(Italy)
8
10.
Holly Bradshaw
(Great Britain)
10
(The other Americans: Hana Moll nr, Bridget Williams nr)
LONG JUMP
1.
Larissa Iapichino
(Italy)
nr
2.
Tara Davis-Woodhall
(USA)
nr
3.
Ivana Vuleta
(Serbia)
2
4.
Ese Brume
(Nigeria)
3
5.
Quanesha Burks
(USA)
4
6.
Hilary Kpatcha
(France)
nr
7.
Brooke Buschkuehl
(Australia)
nr
8.
Jazmin Sawyers
(Great Britain)
9
9.
Tissana Hickling
(Jamaica)
nr
10.
Ackelia Smith
(Jamaica)
nr
(The other American: Jasmine Moore nr)
TRIPLE JUMP
1.
Yulimar Rojas
(Venezuela)
1
2.
Leyanis Pérez
(Cuba)
7
3.
Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk
(Ukraine)
3
4.
Liadagmis Povea
(Cuba)
nr
5.
Shanieka Ricketts
(Jamaica)
2
6.
Thea LaFond
(Dominica)
5
7.
Tori Franklin
(USA)
4
8.
Keturah Orji
(USA)
6
9.
Jasmine Moore
(USA)
nr
10.
Tuğba Danışmaz
(Turkey)
nr
SHOT
1.
Lijiao Gong
(China)
2
2.
Maggie Ewen
(USA)
7
3.
Sarah Mitton
(Canada)
5
4.
Chase Ealey
(USA)
1
5.
Danniel Thomas-Dodd
(Jamaica)
8
6.
Auriol Dongmo
(Portugal)
3
7.
Jiyuan Song
(China)
6
8.
Jessica Schilder
(Netherlands)
4
9.
Jorinde van Klinken
(Netherlands)
nr
10.
Axelina Johansson
(Sweden)
nr
(The other Americans: Adelaide Aquilla nr, Jalani Davis nr)
DISCUS
1.
Valarie Allman
(USA)
1
2.
Sandra Perković
(Croatia)
2
3.
Bin Feng
(China)
3
4.
Jorinde van Klinken
(Netherlands)
6
5.
Kristin Pudenz
(Germany)
4
6.
Shanice Craft
(Germany)
10
7.
Claudine Vita
(Germany)
5
8.
Mélina Robert-Michon
(France)
nr
9.
Liliana Cá
(Portugal)
8
10. Lagi Tausaga
(USA)
nr
(The other Americans: Elena Bruckner nr, Veronica Fraley nr)
HAMMER
1.
Brooke Andersen
(USA)
1
2.
Camryn Rogers
(Canada)
2
3.
DeAnna Price
(USA)
nr
4.
Anita Włodarczyk
(Poland)
4
5.
Zheng Wang
(China)
nr
6.
Janee’ Kassanavoid
(USA)
3
7.
Sara Fantini
(Italy)
5
8.
Jillian Shippee
(USA)
nr
9.
Bianca Ghelber
(Romania)
6
10.
Silja Kosonen
(Finland)
9
JAVELIN
1.
Haruka Kitaguchi
(Japan)
3
2.
Mackenzie Little
(Australia)
4
3.
Tori Peeters
(New Zealand)
nr
4.
Kelsey-Lee Barber
(Australia)
2
5.
Elína Tzénggo
(Greece)
5
6.
Līna Mūze-Sirmā
(Latvia)
8
7.
Victoria Hudson
(Austria)
nr
8.
Nikola Ogrodníková
(Czechia)
nr
9.
Anna-Linnea Alanen
(Finland)
nr
10.
Anete Kociņa
(Latvia)
nr
(The Americans: Ariana Ince nr, Maggie Malone nr; no third qualifier)
