{"id":240747,"date":"2025-08-26T05:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=240747"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:48:14","slug":"ogando-wins-200m-race-in-diamond-league-prepares-for-september-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/ogando-wins-200m-race-in-diamond-league-prepares-for-september-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogando wins 200m race in Diamond League, prepares for September World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Ogando-Hoy-1024x508.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240787\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Ogando-Hoy-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Ogando-Hoy-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Ogando-Hoy-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Ogando-Hoy-1536x763.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Ogando-Hoy-2048x1017.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>25-year old Alexander Ogando is trained by F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez, the Dominican double Olympic champion. S\u00e1nchez is also Ogando\u2019s mentor. Now, the hard work is bearing fruit as preparations are completed for the World Championships set for 13 to 21 September 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of his ongoing preparations for the World Championship, the Dominican sprinter last week added another major achievement to his career by winning the 200-meter race at the Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, 22 August. The 24-year-old clocked 20.16 seconds, edging out American Robert Gregory (20.19) and Nigerian Udodi Onwuzurike (20.29).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His next race is the 200 m Diamond League final on 28 August 2025 in Zurich, Switzerland. And then, the World Championships in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Athletics website reports that this victory further cements Ogando\u2019s rise in global athletics and highlights his role as one of Latin America and the Caribbean\u2019s top sprinting talents. His performance continues to bring pride to the Dominican Republic on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally from San Juan de la Maguana, Ogando has already made his mark as part of the Dominican 4x400m mixed relay team, winning gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Championships in Oregon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GqUMWd4hjWg\">Diamond League <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/25\/spotlight-on-liranyi-alonso-wins-gold-for-dr-in-the-pan-am-youth-games\/\">DR1 News <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/ogando-se-luce-gana-en-los-200-metros-de-la-liga-diamante\/\">Hoy <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/diamond-league-zurich-2025-preview-schedule-how-to-watch World Athletics\">Olympics <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/worldathletics.org\/competitions\/world-athletics-championships\/tokyo25\/timetable\">World Athletics <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GqUMWd4hjWg\">Ogando 200 m race <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 August 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25-year old Alexander Ogando is trained by F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez, the Dominican double Olympic champion. S\u00e1nchez is also Ogando\u2019s mentor. Now, the hard work is bearing fruit as preparations are completed for the World Championships set for 13 to 21 September 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. As part of his ongoing preparations for the World Championship, the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/ogando-wins-200m-race-in-diamond-league-prepares-for-september-world-championship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240788,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240747\/revisions\/240788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}