Decathletes begin with 100m on Wednesday; wome’s golf tees off
Brooke Henderson of Canada tees off on the 13th hole during day two of the The Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 23, 2021 in Evian-les-Bains, France.The world’s most well-rounded athletes start their quest for decathlon gold with a 100-metre sprint at the. The next two days will see them compete in an impressive variety of events that will test their explosiveness and their endurance. Wednesday’s other events include the long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 metres.
competition gets under way at Kasumigaseki Country Club. Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., and Hamilton’s Alena Sharp will be part of the field for the second straight Olympics. Henderson finished seventh at the 2016 Rio Games while Sharp ended up 30th. Henderson enters the tournament as the seventh-ranked women’s golfer in the world. Most of the top-ranked golfers on the LPGA Tour are in Tokyo, including world No. 1 Nelly Korda of the United States.
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