2024 Paris Olympic: Medals Updates – Cycling, Track & Field

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Cycling

Women’s Road Race

The women’s road race occurred on Sunday in Paris, following the men’s event in which Belgian Remco Evenepoel won gold. The women’s race covered a distance of 158 km (98 miles) and marked the 40th anniversary of its inclusion in the Olympics. American cyclist Kristen Faulkner surprised everyone by winning with a time of 3:49:23, launching her decisive move shortly after crossing the River Seine.

The battle for silver was closely contested, with Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos edging out Belgian Lotte Kopecky. Vos made history as the fifth woman to claim multiple medals in the women’s road race.

Kopecky noted the shock among competitors when Faulkner made her move, reflecting on their inaction. Interestingly, Faulkner had not initially planned to compete in the road race; she joined the event just weeks before the Games after a teammate withdrew. Overwhelmed by her Olympic victory, she could recall her cycling passion only started in 2017, and while she stating, “I don’t know – you tell me what happened.”

Men’s Road Race

Elsewhere in the Olympic cycling game, it’s recorded that the men’s road race was the longest event at the 2024 Olympics, covering 272 kilometers. Belgian Remco Evenepoel won gold with a time of 6:19:34, becoming the inaugural champion of both the men’s time trial and road race. He initiated his first breakaway early on, and his teammate Van Aert and Van der Poel joined him shortly after. Valentin Madouas maintained a strong position near the front of the chase group during the early stages of the city circuit.

Women’s Team Sprint

Great Britain won gold in the women’s team sprint event, setting a new world record. Team New Zealand was not see as a potential contender, but the team approached the race with a renewed sense of determination against the odds. Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant, and Sophie Capewell won gold, all earning their first Olympic medals. The team praised their teammates for pushing beyond their limits and doing it under immense pressure.

Men’s Individual Sprint

Dutch cyclist Harrie Lavreysen sets new world record in men’s individual sprint qualification round of 9.088 seconds. He won the men’s team sprint on Tuesday and further aiming for three gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Defending Olympic gold medalist Harrie Lavreysen won the men’s individual sprint by a mere.024 seconds. His opponent, Matthew Richardson, won the silver medal, adding to the bronze he won earlier in the week. Both athletes expressed their gratitude for the victory.

Jack Carlin of Great Britain won the bronze medal in the track cycling bronze medal match against Jeffrey Hoogland of the Netherlands. Carlin won the first race by.017 seconds and the second by.041 seconds. The bronze medal duel was tied at one race each, but Carlin pulled ahead in the final race.

Women’s Team Pursuit

The U.S. women’s team pursuit won gold over New Zealand with a time of 4:04.306. The team of Kristen Faulkner, Chloe Dygert, Jennifer Valente, and Lily Williams achieved this feat at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The U.S. team faced a challenging start but managed to regain the lead by the 500m mark and maintained a 1.2 second advantage at the halfway point. New Zealand finished second for the silver medal in just six tenths of a second behind the Americans. Great Britain overcame the bumpy ride as they didn’t have a good start and beat Italy to the race with bronze medal.

Men’s Team Pursuit

Australia won gold in the men’s team pursuit at the Olympics with a time of 3:42.067, while Great Britain missed out on the gold medal final due to a last-minute incident with Ethan Hayter’s bike wobbling. Italy won bronze with a victory over Denmark. The Australian team of Oliver Bleddyn, Sam Welsford, Conor Leahy, and Kelland O’Brien won more than two seconds ahead of Great Britain. Both teams were neck and neck from the beginning, but Australia managed to pull ahead slightly after the first lap.

With just a hundredth of a second separating the two at 1,000 meters, Great Britain took the lead at the halfway mark. However, with just 250m to go, Australia had a.168 lead over Great Britain, securing their first gold medal since 2004. The Brits managed to secure a medal for the sixth time in the last seven Olympics and made their way back to the podium after missing out in Tokyo. The Australians were flawless in Paris, setting a new world record against Italy in the preliminary round and securing their third overall gold medal.

Men’s omnium

France’s Benjamin Thomas won the men’s omnium event in Paris, with 164 points. The event consists of four races, including a scratch race, tempo race, elimination, and points race. Thomas executed his winning strategy to secure points, leading the pack with a 9-point lead over second-place finisher Luri Leitao. The elimination race was marred by some controversy, with Ethan Hayter emerging as the victor. Thomas’ gold medal is a proud moment for France, marking its ninth cycling medal in Paris. France has now achieved a medal in each cycling discipline. Belgium’s Fabio van den Bossche won his first Olympic medal in track cycling.

Women’s Keirin

New Zealand’s Ellese Andrews won Olympic gold in the women’s keirin with a time of 10.744. She maintained her lead throughout the last lap and held off a challenge from world sprint champion Funicane. Great Britain’s Emma Finucane took bronze, while Netherlands’ Hetty van de Wouw settled for silver. Andrews said her early lead was intentional and she aimed to dominate the race. Germany’s Lea Sophie Friedrich finished seventh, while France’s Mathilde Gros won her heat. Andrews won her second Olympic keirin medal and extended her gold medal streak from the team sprint.

Women Maddison Relay Race

Italy won the women’s Madison relay race, Great Britain took silver, while while the Netherlands got bronze. The scoring system is confusing, with the top four teams earning points. The strategy is to win sprints during non-sprint laps or exert maximum effort to lap the field. Italy secured three of the 12 sprints and achieved the top performance of six more than Great Britain. The British ultimately prevailed in the final lap.

Track & Field

Men’s Javelin Final

Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan won gold in the men’s javelin Olympic final with a record-breaking throw of 92.97m. He became the first Pakistani athlete to qualify for the final of any Olympic track and field event. Neeraj Chopra of India won silver, while Anderson Peters of Grenada won bronze.

Women’s High Jump

American Tara Davis-Woodhall won gold in the women’s high jump with a jump of 7.10 meters at the Paris Olympics. She was the leading long jumper globally and had the highest score in her qualifying heat. The United States now has 11 Olympic medals in women’s long jump, setting a new record. Malaika Mihambo of Germany won silver, while Jasmine Moore won her second bronze. Moore made history by becoming the first U.S. woman to win a bronze in the long jump three times in a row.

Men’s 110m Hurdles Final

Grant Holloway won his first Olympic gold medal in the men’s 110m hurdles final in Paris, setting a blistering pace of 12.99 seconds. His reputation as a premier hurdler globally was indisputable, but gold in Paris validates it. Holloway is overwhelmed with joy after achieving his dream of winning an Olympic title. He was confident in his abilities and knew he could finish the race.

Men’s 200m: Final

Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won gold in the men’s 200m final at the Olympics, giving Botswana its first-ever Olympic gold medal and third medal of any color. The American team, consisting of Kenny Bednarek, Noah Lyles, and Erriyon Knighton, finished in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place respectively. Lyles’ loss means he won’t achieve his goal of completing the 100m-200m Olympic double, ending a three-year winning streak.

He tested positive for COVID two days before the competition but chose to compete anyway. Lettebogo’s gold medal sets a new African record in the 200m, becoming the youngest male gold medalist since American Bobby Joe Morrow in 1956. He also dedicated his gold medal to his mother, Seratiwa, who passed away in May. At the 2023 Worlds in Budapest, he settled for silver and is poised to compete for major titles for the next decade.

Women’s 400m Hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won her third Olympic gold medal and a new world record in the women’s 400m hurdles with a time of 50.37 seconds. It was her sixth consecutive victory and her third gold medal in the event. Anna Cockrell won the silver medal for the U.S. with a personal best time of 51.87 seconds, while Femke Bol of the Netherlands won the bronze medal. Cockrell’s achievement is a redemption story for her after being initially disqualified from the Tokyo Olympics final. The American athlete has maintained her world record for three consecutive years and now boasts the same title in the Olympics at just 25 years old. She expressed gratitude for the opportunity and celebrated her 25th birthday in a special way.

Men’s 400m

American Quincy Hall won gold in the men’s 400m final at the Olympics with a personal best time of 43.40 seconds. Despite struggling at the start, Hall dominated the final stretch to win gold, the first American man to do so since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith won silver, his second Olympic medal, while Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga won bronze for his country. Hall’s relentless sprint down the home stretch is sure to be remembered as one of the most iconic moments of these Olympics. He emerged as a serious contender in the 400m after winning bronze at the 2023 Worlds and setting the world’s best time in 2024 just four weeks ago.

Men’s 100m

Lyles narrowly defeated Jamaican Kishane Thompson to clinch his first Olympic gold medal with a personal best of 9.784 seconds. He finished just five thousandths of a second ahead of Thompson, who clocked in at 9.789 seconds, making this the closest 100m final in history. The results were not confirmed until nearly a minute after the race, creating a tense atmosphere as they awaited the photo finish outcome.

Lyles was overwhelmed with joy upon realizing he was an Olympic champion, when the results were finally displayed at the Stade de France. Thompson secured the silver medal, while American Fred Kerley took bronze, marking his second Olympic medal in the 100m event.

Lyles became the first American man to win 100m gold since Justin Gatlin in 2004, completing an impressive comeback after finishing seventh in the U.S. Trials in 2021. He expressed his happiness by celebrating the significance of the victory, saying, “It’s been a rollercoaster… as long as that’s the last one, that’s all that matters.”

In a dramatic start, Lyles initially found himself in last place after 40 meters but surged ahead in the final moments. Lyles’ initially believed that Thompson had won, as Thompson recalled in the post-race, but according to Olympic rules, the winner is determined by which athlete’s torso crosses the finish line first, and that was Lyles.

Women’s 100m

Moving forward, Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred won the women’s 100m final at the Olympics, the first-ever Olympic medal in Saint Lucia’s history. She finished in 10.72 seconds, edging out Sha’Carri Richardson who earned silver. Melissa Jefferson also won bronze. Alfred’s gold medal solidifies her position as a rising star in sprinting. She mentally prepared for the challenge of winning an Olympic medal.

Saint Lucia’s 23-year-old sprinter, Nafissatou Alfred, has become the first Olympic medalist from her country. Alfred hopes her gold medal will help Saint Lucia construct a new stadium. Her personal best time of 10.72 seconds in Paris on Saturday secures her the title of the world’s fastest woman. Alfred mentally prepared for the challenge of winning an Olympic medal by studying the strategies of someone who has never lost an Olympic final.

Shot Put

Next also in the Track & Field Games, American Ryan Crouser has become the first shot put athlete, male or female, to achieve three gold medals. He achieved his third gold medal in Paris with a throw of 22.90m. Joe Kovacs won his third straight Olympic silver with a decisive throw on his sixth attempt. Jamaican Rajindra Campbell became the first in his country’s history to win a shot put medal, securing the bronze. Despite severe injuries and health challenges, he persevered and clinched the gold at the 2023 World Championships.

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Pole Vault

Further in Paris, Swedish athlete Mondo Duplantis broke his own record in pole vaulting for the ninth time, achieving a new world-record height of 6.25 meters at the Stade de France. He won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal and is now a two-time world champion. The 24-year-old from Lafayette, Louisiana, has captured the attention of fans worldwide and continues to push the boundaries of his record.

He had three chances to break the record, but failed on his first two attempts. With only one more chance left, he sprinted towards the bar and skillfully curved his body around the bar, not touching it at all, to officially set the new world record. The crowd was going wild, and he was just trying to harness the energy from the crowd to clear his mind. He is celebrating in Paris and not much sleep, a lot of fun, and a great time.

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