Twanisha Terry sets meeting record, leads U.S. 100m sweep at Palio Città della Quercia

American Twanisha Terry led a Team USA sweep of the women's 100m Tuesday (30 August) at the 58th Palio Città della Quercia. The competition is the longest running athletics competition in Italy.

Terry, a gold medallist from last month's World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, as the U.S.'s anchor in the women's 4x100 relay, tied the meeting record, 11.02, for first place.

Her American teammates finished second through fifth, with Kayla White (11.18) and Javianne Oliver (11.31) picking up the minor medals in second and third, respectively.

In the women's 3,000m, Japan's Tanaka Nozomi, a Tokyo Olympian, was victorious. Tanaka's 8:41.93 held off a pair of Kenyans in second and third: Brenda Chebet (8:44.08) and Selah Busienei (8:44.54).

Two-time Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya of South Africa was also in the field, finishing 14th out of 15 at 9:14.01. It was her first event since July's World Championships where she missed the final.

Team USA's Michael Cherry, who ran as part of the 4x400m gold medal team and finished fourth in the individual 400m at Tokyo 2020, took the men's 400m win here. He finished with a 45.27 ahead of Great Britain's Alex Haydock-Wilson, 45.50, and Jamaica's Rusheen McDonald, 45.63.

The men's 800m saw Kyle Langford of Great Britain use a personal-best 1:44.49 to stave off Morocco's Moad Zahafi, who finished close behind at 1:44.57. Kenya's Collins Kipruto was third at 1:44.90.

The day's final event saw 2020 Olympian Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy competing in the men's 5,000m. Crippa is coming off recent success at the European Championships where he claimed gold in the 10,000m and bronze at 5,000m.

But Tuesday, in front of his home-country fans, Crippa recorded a DNF.

Instead, it was Burundi's Egide Ntakarutimana on top in a meeting-record time of 13:08.43. A pair of Ethiopians finished close behind with Hailemaiyan Amare in second at 13:12.72, a personal best. Nibret Melak was third with a 13:16.23 time.

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