Paval Maslak retains his World Indoor 400m Championship (in Birmingham, UK) with
a season
best time of 45.47 seconds, making it three victories in a row. It was his slowest winning time
(45.44 in Portland 2016 and 45.24 in Sopot 2014) in a Championship that saw every runner
in
heat 3 disqualified ! Pavel finished second in his heat 46.80 but won his semi-final 46.33.
| 1. |
Pavel Maslák |
Czech Republic |
45.47 |
SB |
| 2. |
Michael Cherry |
United States |
45.84
|
|
| 3. |
Deon Lendore |
Trinidad and Tobago |
46.37 |
|
| 4. |
Aldrich Bailey |
United States |
46.44 |
|
| |
Óscar Husillos **
|
Spain
|
|
DISQ |
| |
Luguelín Santos **
|
Dominican Republic |
|
DISQ |
** Óscar Husillos was the fastest qualifier, winning his semi-final in 45.69.
In the final he ran out of his lane and was disqualified.
He "won" the final in 44.92 seconds with Luguelín Santos "second".