QUOTE OF THE DAY
Jakob Ingebrigtsen on his profitable 1500m race: “I used to be slightly little bit of locked on the within, it opened fairly a giant hole. I simply tried to remain calm, went for it, I used to be in a position to catch up. Simply a tremendous feeling. The distinction in sports activities is exclusive. Once you succeed, and generally you’ve gotten a foul expertise. It’s superb to have this.” On getting back from disappointment within the 1500m: “Not solely sports activities, however in life. You’re feeling that you just succeed, you’re in an excellent rhythm, it’s motivation. Once you hit a wall, and don’t carry out the best way you need to, it’s very troublesome. However for me, I’m collaborating in two occasions in Paris. I obtained one other shot, I simply needed to benefit from it.”
RESULT OF THE DAY
USA ladies’s 4x400m relay (Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas, Alexis Holmes) gained the Olympic title in a second quickest time ever 3:15.27, solely 0.10 behind WR from 1988 (URS) and with a document margin 4.23 sec.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Wonderful efficiency of the Botswanan males’s 4x400m relay (Bayapo Ndori, Busang Kebinatshipi, Anthony Pesela, Letsile Tebogo) who completed second in African document 2:54.53, solely 0.10 sec. behind the winner USA (2:54.43 OR, simply 0.14 sec. behind WR).
MEDALS (43 international locations)
USA 14-11-9; KEN 4-2-4; CAN 3-1-1; ESP 2-1-1; NOR 2-1-0; GBR 1-4-5; JAM 1-3-2.
POINTS (75 international locations)
USA 322; KEN 101; GBR 100; JAM 70; ETH 67; ITA 65; NED 57; CAN 54; GER 51.
TITLE DEFENDERS
Sure (10): Crouser, Allman, Duplantis, Tentoglou, El Bakkali, McLaughlin-Levrone, Thiam, Kipyegon, USA (2x)
No (30): Stano, Palmisano, Barega, POL (4×400 combined), Warner, Nowicki, Jacobs, Hassan (2x), Ingebrigtsen, Wlodarczyk, Chemutai, Moon, Stahl, Mihambo, Chopra, De Grasse, Parchment, JAM (4×100 ladies), Gong Lijiao, ITA (4×100 males), Miller-Uibo, Pichardo, Warholm, Kipchoge, Camacho-Quinn, collectively Barshim and Tamberi, Liu Shiying, Camacho-Quinn, Cheptegei
NC (7): Rojas, Thompson-Herah (2x), Lasitskene, Mu, Gardiner (DNS), Korir
TOP MARKS
WR (3+1): 3:07.41 combined 4x400m USA (230th WR at Olympic Video games); 625 pole vault Duplantis; 50.37 400m hurdles McLaughlin-Levrone, world finest 2:50:31 marathon race stroll combined relay ESP (WR not but set)
OR (13): 3:07.41 combined 4x400m USA; 26:43.14 10,000m Cheptegei; 625 pole vault Duplantis; 3:27.65 1500m Hocker; 8:52.76 steeple Yavi; 2:50:31 marathon race stroll combined relay ESP; 70.00 discus Stona; 92.97 javelin Nadeem; 50.37 400m hurdles McLaughlin-Levrone; 48.17 400m Paulino; 2:06:26 marathon Tola; 3:51.29 1500m Kipyegon; 2:54.43 4x400m USA
WL (13+1+1): 3:07.41 combined 4x400m USA; 625 pole vault Duplantis; 8:52.76 steeple Yavi; 43.40 400m Corridor; 2:50:31 marathon race stroll combined relay ESP; 92.97 javelin Nadeem; 50.37 400m hurdles McLaughlin-Levrone; 2:57.76 males’s 4x400m 2:57.76; 48.17 400m Paulino; 6880 heptathlon Thiam; 1:41.19 800m Wanyonyi; 2:54.43 4x400m USA; 3:15.27 4x400m USA; outside Lafond 15.02; equalled Benjamin 46.46
AR (21+1): 7 – NACAC; 6 – Europe; 3 – Africa; 2 – Asia, Oceania (+1 equalled), South America
AGENTS (particular person gold medals)
6 – Paul Doyle; 3 – Federico Rosa, Mark Wetmore; 2 – Gianni Demadonna, Alfons Juck (with Andrew Maulseed hammer winner), John Regis, Daniel Wessfeldt; 1 – Pascal Bureaux, Sekou Clarke, Mark Corstjens, Caroline Feith, Ray Flynn, Stale Jan Froynes, Jos Hermens, Aivar Karotamm, Carine Messerschmidt, John Nubani, Juan Pedro Pineda de la Losa, Henry Rolle, Alberto Suarez Bermudez, Valentijn Trouw, Kim Vanderlinden, Robert Wagner, Sean Whipp. Nadeem and Lafond are representing themselves and never recognized for strolling winners.
STATS (from Ken Nakamura)
WJT: Kitaguchi grew to become first World Youth Champion to win Olympic WJT; Kitaguchi gained first gold for JPN (& second for Asian) at Olympic WJT; 65.80 is the shortest profitable distance of Olympic WJT since 1980, changing 66.18 from 2016
HJ: First medal for NZL at Olympic HJ; Barshim gained fourth medal, most ever, at Olympic HJ, he was tied with Sjoberg with three till at this time; Kerr grew to become sixth World Indoor Champion to win the Olympic HJ; Kerr grew to become solely the second CWG champion to win the Olympic HJ (Drouin gained 2014 CWG and 2016 Olympics)
800m: Greatest marks for place for 2nd to seventh had been recorded in Olympic 800m; 1st place time was second quickest in Olympics; 0.01 sec is the smallest profitable margin of Olympic 800m, changing 0.03 in 1972 when Wottle gained from Arzanov
5000m: Ingebrigtsen grew to become 4th World Champion and 4th European Champion to win the Olympic 5000m; First gold for NOR at Olympic 5000m; Third straight medals for US at Olympic 5000m; Chelimo gained silver in 2016, bronze in 2021, and now Fisher gained bronze at this time.
W100mH: 12.33 and 12.34 are 2nd and third quickest time of Olympic W100mH; 0.01 sec tied (1976 & 1996)the smallest profitable margin of Olympic W100mH; 0.03 sec tied (1976) the smallest distinction between 1st and third within the Olympic W100mH
W1500m: Third gold for Kipyegon at Olympic W1500m; solely Kipyegon and Kazankina has a couple of gold at Olympic W1500m (Kazankina has two); First medal for AUS at Olympic W1500m; Greatest marks for place for 1st to (not less than) eighth in Olympic W1500m; Greatest All time marks for place for third, 4th and fifth at W1500m
M4x400mR: Greatest all time marks for locations for 2nd to (not less than) sixth had been recorded in 4x400mR; Olympic document for 4x400mR was set, 2:54.43 is the quickest 4x400mR time in Paris; 0.10 sec tied the smallest profitable margin of Olympic 4x400mR; the profitable margin was 0.10 sec in 2000
W4x400mR: NED gained first medal at Olympic W4x400mR; 0.18 sec is the smallest distinction between third and 4th in Olympic W4x400mR, changing 0.24sec from 1980; 4.23 sec is the biggest profitable margin of Olympic W4x400mR (earlier max was 3.68 sec from Tokyo); for the sixth time in Olympic historical past, USA gained each 4x400mR and W4x400mR. Solely different nation who gained each is URS in 1980.
PARIS (FRA): Olympic marathon silver medallist Abdi Nageeye was a notable DNF within the marathon in Paris 2024, informs NOS. Nageeye fell on the 20km mark after colliding with Alexander Mutiso earlier than slowing to a halt on the downhill part at 35km. “As a result of I couldn’t stroll usually, my legs began to harm increasingly. Every part harm. I had the selection between operating my physique to items and quitting,” he stated.
PARIS (FRA): Mongolia’s Ser-Od Bat-Ochir was the final finisher within the Paris 2024 marathon in 2:42:33 however the 42-year-old has the excellence of changing into the primary athlete in historical past to compete in six Olympic marathons.
PARIS (FRA): French record-holder Morhad Amdouni was a late withdrawal from the marathon in Paris 2024. He was changed yesterday night by Hassan Chahdi who completed twentieth.
PARIS (FRA): Nafissatou Thiam has revealed she had stitches in her knee after slicing her knee open along with her spikes through the lengthy bounce, informs sporza.be. “And with out anesthesia, as a result of that may paralyze the muscular tissues. I attempted to disregard all of it. Fortunately I didn’t hit my muscle, in any other case it will have been over instantly. I used to be simply afraid that the stitches would break through the javelin throw,” she stated.
PARIS (FRA): After profitable triple bounce silver, 2020 Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo admits he’s considering retirement as he has “misplaced that pleasure” for sport, informs MARCA. “I’ve misplaced that pleasure, that happiness that I had for sport and I’ve been eager about retiring as of at this time. What I take into consideration is to remain right here, now. Cease right here. At present was my final competitors. My household remains to be speaking to me to see if I can keep longer, my well being is sweet, I’m nonetheless 31 years outdated, I don’t know. I’ll give it some thought and see if I proceed,” he stated.
PARIS (FRA): After ending fifteenth within the 10,000m, Eilish McColgan will deal with the roads for the rest of the season, informs AW. She is because of race within the Massive Half in London on 1 September.
PARIS (FRA): European U23 cross nation champion Megan Keith was slowed by an ankle harm within the 10,000m, informs AW. “That was the toughest 25 laps ever. I used to be pleased to make the beginning line and even happier to make the end line. Though I got here final, I’m proud to be right here as an Olympian,” she stated.
PARIS (FRA): German heptathlete Sophie Weissenberg introduced on Instagram that she ruptured her Achilles tendon in warm-up for the 100m hurdles.
PARIS (FRA): Germany’s sprinter Alexandra Burghardt grew to become seventh athlete (sportsperson) who gained medals at each the Winter and Summer time Video games. She gained silver in bobsleigh in Beijing 2022 earlier than profitable a medal within the 4y100m relay in Paris. From DLV.
PARIS (FRA): Two-time 800m Olympic champion and reigning World document holder David Rudisha of Kenya donated the signed white spikes, he wore when broke the world 800m document for the primary time with 1:41.09 in Berlin in 2010, to the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA). Rudisha handed it over to Sebastian Coe on the Stade de France earlier than the night session of day 9 of the athletics programme.
