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Jamaica's sprint queen Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce closed off her individual career at the World Championships in Japan.
The Pocket Rocket didn't medal in the final but was happy to at least make the finals and end her illustrious career in the same country she made her world championships debut.
The Pocket Rocket didn't medal in the final but was happy to at least make the finals and end her illustrious career in the same country she made her world championships debut.
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00:00Let's race over to Tokyo, where Jareem Richards will be on the track again tomorrow in the semifinals of the men 400 meter.
00:07But while he's still going strong, Jamaica's sprint queen, Shellyann Fraser-Price,
00:12well, she closed off her individual career at the world championships in Japan.
00:16The pocket rocket didn't medal in the final, but was happy to at least make the finals
00:20and end her illustrious career in the same country she made her world championship debut.
00:25And it has been my blessing to represent my country, and it has been my blessing to be able to do this for such a long time.
00:34You know, God has truly been good to me, and I cannot say that enough.
00:39You know, making the finals in itself is a huge accomplishment.
00:42Sure, it's not the results that I would have wanted for myself, but that's just life.
00:46You know, we just have to roll with the punches, and, you know, again, I've been blessed to be a part of so many different finals,
00:54and tonight I was a part of another one, so I'm grateful for that.
00:58Everybody loves Shelly.
01:00All right, day three of the world championships concluded with a massive upset in the women's 100-meter hurdle final.
01:06The Olympic champion, Masai Russell of America, was the hot favorite to add goal,
01:10but instead she was kept off the podium as Switzerland's Kambunji grabbed the goal.
01:15Set.
01:19And the way cleaning, that's the fantastic news for this field.
01:22Grace Stark to the first hurdle.
01:23Daniel Williams hit the second hard.
01:25Grace Stark still moving well.
01:26Masai Russell hitting hurdles as well.
01:28Toby Amazon going well, but look at Dataji Kambunji in late three.
01:32The Swiss, I think, steals it.
01:35That 12.26 for Dataji Kambunji is a huge lifetime best.
01:40It's going to be Dataji Kambunji on top of the pile here.
01:45What a run from Kambunji.
01:47Toby Amazon, 12.29.
01:50It's a silver medal for her, and Grace Stark gets herself onto the podium.
01:55What a beautiful race.
01:56And the greatest fourth vaulter of all time added yet another world record to his CV
02:01as Sweden's Mondo Duplantis set the bar high, literally, going 6 metres,
02:076 metres, 30 metres for his 14th world record and his 8th global pole vault gold medal.
02:15They're roaring him on.
02:16Is it his fourth world record of the year?
02:19Yes!
02:19Oh, yes!
02:20Oh, yes!
02:22Oh, yes!
02:24Cometh the hour.
02:26Cometh the Swede.
02:28The whole place is enraptious.
02:30He's held us all in the palm of his hand,
02:34and he's delivered the knockout blow again.
02:37Even his dad, even his dad is on the verge of tears this time.
02:42Just when you think, just when you think he can't get any better, he does.
02:48We will never, never forget the night that Mondo Duplantis lit up the stadium
02:54and captured the headlines and the hearts of everyone.
02:59He's a world record holder again.
03:01What a night and what a moment for Mondo.
03:076.30 metres.
03:09Wow, what a jump.
03:11Well, the excitement didn't end there in Tokyo
03:13as the marathon concluded with a mad sprint at the end
03:16while a New Zealander stunned the field in the 3,000 metre steeple chase.
03:21There was one of the closest finishes you'll ever see in the men's marathon.
03:26After 42 kilometres of running in Tokyo,
03:29somehow Alphonse Felix Simbu found a burst of energy
03:33to snatch it right on the line.
03:35He beat Germany's Amanal Petros by three hundredths of a second,
03:39which was closer than the winning margin in the men's 100 metres final.
03:43It was also Tanzania's first world title in track and field.
03:48I never believed if I won because, you know, we are going together.
03:54But at the end of the result, I saw I am champion, so very nice.
04:00At the end of the day, I mean, I win the...
04:02I bring the silver medal.
04:05It's like my first world championship, so it's meaning a lot to me.
04:09And, yeah, I mean, I'm so happy.
04:11I'm so happy for me and I'm so happy also for the first place.
04:15He deserves it and I deserve it too.
04:18It's a sport, you know.
04:19It's because of friendship, it is because of democracy
04:22and freedom and love, and that's what we did.
04:28And there was a big upset in the men's 3,000-metre steeplechase
04:33for defending champion Sufjan al-Bakali.
04:36Just as it looked like the Moroccan would clinch a third straight world title,
04:40New Zealand's Jordi Beamish out-sprinted him on the home straight to snatch victory.
04:45The former world indoor champion surprised not only al-Bakali, but also himself.
04:50If Jimmy can do it...
04:51Beamish is the perfect example why you should never give up.
04:54This was him in his heat on Saturday after he fell, getting his face stepped on.
05:00But he got back up to qualify for the final and now has the gold.
05:04Yeah, that one didn't quite go to plan, but, you know,
05:07it might have been a blessing in disguise.
05:09You know, that gave me a lot of confidence,
05:10just being able to get back up off the ground and qualify, you know, pretty easily still.
05:15Gave me a lot of confidence that my shape was even better than I thought it was.
05:20What a way to rise up after getting your dream stepped on.
05:23Well, here for Champions League, we'll return to action tomorrow.
05:27However, the Asian Champions League is already off and running.
05:31And there was a surprise as one of the favourites, Al-Itihad, was turned 2-1,
05:36while Shaja FC got off to a winning start in their opener.
05:40Al-Akhli of Saudi Arabia are in action,
05:42but another big Saudi Pro League team, Al-Itihad, slipped up in their opening game.
05:47Despite taking on, or taking an early lead, they went down to 10 men,
05:52and Emirati side Al-Wahda capitalised.
05:55Caio Canedo equalised, and then Lucas Pimenta scored the winner in the 98th minute to seal a 2-1 win.
06:01Emirati club, Shaja FC, have kicked off their campaign with a 4-3 win over 10-man Al-Garrafa of Qatar.
06:10Despite trailing for most of the match, Igor Coronado struck deep into injury time to earn Shaja the three points.
06:17Let's go, muddy our boots on the golf course, as it was a contrasting outcome for the two number ones in the sport,
06:25as American Scotty Schaeffler picked up his sixth title on the season.
06:29However, women's number one, Athia Tickly-Cool, came up just short of another title on the LPG.
06:37The American News claim two majors this season has now taken victory at the Procore Championship in California.
06:43Sheffler in good form, as he prepares for the Ryder Cup later this month.
06:47He joins Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer as the only players since 1960
06:53to win at least six times in consecutive seasons.
06:58But the women's world number one golfer, Gino Tickly-Cool, just missed out on winning her second title of the year.
07:05She four-puttered the final hole at the LPGA Tour's latest event in Ohio.
07:09A bogey for the Thai player left the door open for England's Charlie Hull.
07:14She birdied the 18th to win by a single shot, while it's the 25th different champion on the Tour this season.
07:21Oh, can you hear that?
07:23That's the Boxing Bell Ring song-ding, where American Terence Crawford became the first boxer
07:28to become the undisputed champion at three different weight levels.
07:32Well, that's after Crawford took down Canelo Alvarez this weekend,
07:35and boxing is saying farewell to another champion as British boxer Ricky Hatton,
07:41unfortunately passed away at the age of 46.
07:45The American stepped up two divisions and won on points with all three judges in Las Vegas.
07:50He dethrones Alvarez as the super middleweight champion
07:53and extends his perfect record to 42 wins from 42 fights.
07:57More than 70,000 were there to watch, and the bout was streamed live on Netflix.
08:02Well, the world of boxing has been paying tribute to former world champion Ricky Hatton,
08:07who's died at the age of 46.
08:09He was found at his home near Manchester, and police are not treating his death as suspicious.
08:14The British fighter won 45 of his 48 fights
08:17and held titles in the light welterweight and welterweight divisions.
08:20And he was preparing for a comeback fight in December.
08:26All right, sometimes you just have to do it yourself.
08:30As you check out tonight's Real The Day.
08:34Boca Juniors loaded with attacking talents
08:36took the lead against Rosario Central in the Argentine Class Zero tournament.
08:41Rodrigo Batalha's header silencing the stadium.
08:44But Rosario Central have a world-class veteran in their ranks,
08:48and he delivered himself.
08:49Sometimes, you just have to do it yourself.
09:03So for scoring straight from the corner,
09:07Angel de Maria scores his way to the light TV6, play of the day.
09:11What a goal.
09:13And we're going to send that one out to TV6 viewer, Auntie Nazo,
09:17who's celebrating her birthday today.
09:19Happy birthday and a good play of the day.
09:22That's it for sport.
09:22The team of James Saunders, I'll catch you later.
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