{"id":456228,"date":"2023-08-24T23:52:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T19:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=456228"},"modified":"2023-08-24T23:53:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T19:53:48","slug":"antonio-watson-beats-hudson-smith-in-the-400m-final","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/antonio-watson-beats-hudson-smith-in-the-400m-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Watson beats Hudson-Smith in the 400m final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Watson won the final of the 400m on Thursday night at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>Briton Hudson-Smith went off like a rocket out of the blocks and led going into the final 100 m straight but paid late on for that fast start, using most of his energy.<\/p>\n<p>His time of 44.31seconds was just outside the European record he had set in the previous round, which had marked him out as a gold-medal protagonist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congrats ANTONIO WATSON \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd47<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usainbolt\/status\/1694797565500199141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWatson, who had been the quickest qualifier of the finalist, timed his run to the line for perfection to win the gold in a time of 44.22.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica&#8217;s legend Usain Bolt was fast to congratulate his fellow countryman for the gold medal with a post on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Budapest2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Budapest2023<\/a> \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa &#8211; \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f 400M<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd47 Antonio Watson \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 44.22<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd48 Matthew Hudson-Smith \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 44.31<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd49 Quincy Hall \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 44.37 PB <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Athl%C3%A9tisme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Athl\u00e9tisme<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldAthleticsChamps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WorldAthleticsChamps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Du2a5eXSpB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Du2a5eXSpB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MR.CARTER (@NelsonCarterJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NelsonCarterJr\/status\/1694797336352837699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Watson won the final of the 400m on Thursday night at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest. 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