The World Championships have been serving up drama, one after another. Day 1 opened with fireworks across events, from the sprints to the 3000m steeplechase. Day 2 turned even wilder, with shocking falls in the women’s 1500m, the dethroning of American champions in both the men’s and women’s 100m, and Jimmy Gressier’s quirky finish in the 10,000m. Now, Day 3 has barely begun, but it has already delivered a spectacle, a breathtaking photo finish in the men’s marathon between Alphonce Simbu, Amanal Petros, and Iliass Aouani. No one has seen such a razor-thin ending in decades, but this year’s Worlds seem determined to rewrite history at every turn, and that’s not all, as Clayton Young scripted history for the US as well.

American Clayton Young , despite not winning the Marathon, clocked

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