McLaughlin tops own world mark in 400 hurdles
Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin bested her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. outdoor track and field championships Saturday in Eugene, Ore.
McLaughlin crossed the finish line in 51.41 seconds, breaking her own record of 51.46 set last year at the Tokyo Games, where she won the gold medal.
The top three finishers in each event at the national championships will represent the United States in the world outdoor championships, also at Eugene's Hayward Field, next month.
Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman in track history, finished sixth in the 400, in what was her final national championship race. Despite her finish, Felix will is expected make the mixed relay team at worlds.
NCAA champion Talitha Diggs of Florida won the 400 in 50.22 seconds.
Michael Norman ran the men's 400 in a world-leading 43.56.
World record holder Keni Harrison won the women's 100 hurdles in 12:34.
Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson made it through to the 200 final today by finishing second in her heat.
Richardson's heat was marked by several late scratches, but she finished in 22.69 seconds. Kentucky's Abby Steiner, who set a collegiate record in the 200 meters at the NCAA track and field championships, had the best time in the heats at 22.14.
American record holder Kara Winger won the javelin with a throw of 210 feet, 10 inches, her ninth career national title in the event. Sinclaire Johnson, the 2019 NCAA champion, won the 1,500 meters in 4:03.29.
On the men's side, Cooper Teare finished first in 3:45.86. Olympic silver medalist Chris Nilsen won the pole vault. Hillary Bor won the steeplechase.
American Ress loses, then regains gold medal at worlds
Elation, devastation, relief and shock. United States swimmer Justin Ress went through all the emotions after winning his first individual gold medal on the last day at the world swimming championships in Budapest, Hungary.
As quick as he won the men's 50-meter backstroke final — 24.12 seconds — it seemed to him the medal was taken away just as quickly.
Ress finished two-hundredths of a second in front of teammate Hunter Armstrong but was disqualified for allegedly being submerged at the finish.
Armstrong was awarded gold, Ksawery Masiuk, 17, of Poland was bumped up to silver and Italy's Thomas Ceccon handed the bronze. It was Armstrong's first individual gold medal at these championships.
Ress was in shock, trying to comprehend why he was stripped of the gold.
Only after all the other races were completed did FINA announce that the disqualification was overturned. There was no explanation, no words of contrition for Ress.
Coming through a lonely mixed zone with his gold medal hanging over his chest afterward, Ress still seemed to be overwhelmed by the drama of his last day at the worlds.
“It was shock the whole time,” Ress said of his initial reaction to being disqualified. “Twenty minutes I was just in the chair in the team room, just paralyzed, shocked I got DQ'ed. And then, obviously the overturns rarely happen, so I pretty much lost all hope.”
U.S. team manager Lindsay Mintenko hadn't lost hope, however, and she pushed officials to review their decision. The officials showed her frame-by-frame footage of Ress' finish to back up their case. Eventually the officials agreed. “When they told me it got overturned, it was 20 more minutes of shock that it had been overturned,” Ress said. “But then, you know, on top of that, there's just all this sadness, anger and, I think that's probably the worst possible way a race could go.
“But I've learned that it's not about the results, it's about the journey. But when it goes down like that, you know, winning, you think you've won for a couple of minutes, and then see the DQ, it's just devastating,” Ress said.
Canadian Summer McIntosh, 15, won another gold medal and Italy pipped the United States to the men's 4x100 medley relay title. The American women clinched the Unites States' record 45th medal of the week by winning their 4x100 medley final. Regan Smith, Lilly King, Torri Huske and Claire Curzan were 0.47 seconds ahead of Australia.
Canada finished with 11 medals for their most successful worlds.
Chun leads by 3 strokes at Women's PGA
In Gee Chun shot a 3-over 75 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Women's PGA Championship in Bethesda, Md.
Lexi Thompson and Hye-Jin Choi both shot 70 and were tied for second with Sei Young Kim (71) at 5 under.
• Xander Schauffele shot a 3-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead over good friend and playing partner Patrick Cantlay (63) into the final round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.
• Padraig Harrington shot a 5-under 66 that enabled him to open a five-shot lead going into the final round of the U.S. Senior Open in Bethlehem, Pa.
• Li Haotong had eagle on the same hole for the third day running as he opened up a three-shot lead in the BMW International Open in Munich ahead of the final round today. Starting the day ahead by one stroke, Li was 5 under (67) for the day and 20 under for the event.
Allgaier wins Xfinity race
Justin Allgaier routed the field at Nashville Superspeedway for his second Xfinity Series win of the season. The JR Motorsports driver led 134 of the 188 laps and beat Trevor Bayne by 4.513 seconds.
• Denny Hamlin was awarded the pole for today's NASCAR Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway when a surprise rain shower washed out the second round of Saturday qualifying.
• Ron Capps took the No. 1 position in NHRA Funny Car qualifying at Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. The defending series champion had a run of 3.901 seconds at 328.38 mph Friday in his Toyota GR Supra that stood up Saturday.
Brittany Force took the top spot in Top Fuel, Erica Enders in Pro Stock and Eddie Krawiec in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Kvitova earns title in tuneup
Two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova tuned up for the Grand Slam tournament by overpowering Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2 to win the Eastbourne (England) title.
Also, Taylor Fritz outlasted Maxime Cressy 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) in an all-American men's final for his second Eastbourne title.
• Stefanos Tsitsipas won the Mallorca Championships in Palma, Spain, beating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2) as they prepared to play on the grass courts at of the All England Club. Tsitsipas' first grass-court title on the ATP Tour comes before Wimbledon starts on Monday. It was Tsitsipas' tour-leading 40th win of the season and ninth-career title.
• Caroline Garcia won her first title in three years after coming back from a set and a break down to beat 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in the Bad Homburg (Germany) Open final.
Sparks prevail in Seattle
Nneka Ogwumike had 24 points to lead four Sparks scorers in double figures, and they clamped down in the fourth quarter to beat the Storm 85-77 in Seattle.
Ogwumike hit 12 of 18 shots from the floor for L.A. (7-10).
Katie Lou Samuelson added 17 points for the Sparks, who outscored Seattle 17-9 in the final period. Brittney Sykes finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Kristi Toliver scored 11.
• The Phoenix Mercury announced they agreed to terms on a contract divorce with Tina Charles after 18 games.
The WNBA's leading scorer last season, Charles signed with Phoenix in February, a day after the Mercury added Diamond DeShields in a three-team trade with Chicago and New York. The additions were expected to give the Mercury a huge boost to a roster that already had Diana Taurasi, Britney Griner and Skylar Diggins-Smith. The Mercury have struggled to 6-12 after reaching the WNBA finals last season.
Charles, the 2012 WNBA MVP, was Phoenix's second-leading scorer at 17.3 points per game while grabbing 7.3 rebounds.
U.S. women top Colombia
Sophia Smith scored twice in the second half and the U.S. women's national team beat Colombia 3-0 in Commerce City, Colo., to extend its home unbeaten streak to 68 games.