Deon Lendore leads Paval Maslak in their semi final of the men's 400m.
Deon was the slowest qualifier with 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 |
|
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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". **
Deon Lendore died in a car crash on Monday 10th January 2020, aged 29.
He was driving home after coaching at Texas A&M university when he was involved
in a head on collision.
He anchored his country to a bronze medal at London 2012 and
competed at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics (2021).