2024 Olympics Track & Field Aug. 7 Evening Session Blog
2024 Olympics Track & Field Aug. 7 Evening Session Blog
Three finals are set for today's evening action, including the men's discus, men's 400m, and men's 3000m steeplechase.
Day seven of Olympic track and field action continues at the Stade de France on Wednesday afternoon.
Three finals are set for today's evening action, including the men's discus, men's 400m, and men's 3000m steeplechase.
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3:43 PM EDT: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final
This was a wild one! After the field bunched up late there were multiple big runs and an exciting kick to the line between the top three medalists.
Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco defended his gold medal from 2020 Tokyo with a time of 8:06.05 after reeling in a major run by USA’s Kenneth Rooks. Rooks had taken it out late to challenge the field with a big lead and held on to earn silver at 8:06.41. Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya earned bronze running 8:06.47.
Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia, the world record holder in the event, took a hard fall on the final lap and did not finish the race.
3:20 PM EDT: Men’s 400m Final
QUINCY HALL! With a dramatic comeback over the final 100 meters USA’s Quincy Hall ran down the field for gold clocking 43.40. Matthew Hudson-Smith of Great Britain earns silver with 43.44 and Muzala Samukonga of Zambia earns bronze with 43.74.
Four athletes ran 43.78 or below in this final.
2:45 PM EDT: Women’s 400m Semi-Final Round
First two finishers in each heat and next two fastest times advance to the final.
Heat 1, Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain brings home the heat with a 49.08. Rhasidat Adeleke of Ireland came second with 49.95. Henriette Jæger of Norway third and is now watching for time advancement with a 50.17. This heat took place after an odd restart after Netherlands’ Lieke Klaver didn’t leave their blocks and was handed a yellow card. Klaver ended up fourth in this heat running 50.44.
Heat 2, Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino leads the heat running 49.21, Alexis Holmes of USA second at 50.00.
Heat 3, Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland wins the heat at 49.45, Amber Anning of Great Britain second 49.47.
2:25 PM EDT: Men’s Discus Throw Final
An Olympic record has been broken! On his fourth attempt Roje Stona of Jamaica hit a mark of 70.00 meters to take down the previous Olympic record of 69.89 held by Lithuanian’s Virgilijus Alekna since 2004! Stona still had two attempts to go.
Final results now in! Roje Stona’s Olympic record mark of 70.00m holds strong for gold! Silver goes to Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania with a mark of 69.97m, and Matthew Denny of Australia bronze with 69.31m.
2:02 PM EDT: Men’s 200m Semi-Final Round
First two in each heat and the next two fastest advance to the final, which is scheduled for August 8th at 2:30 PM EDT.
Heat 1, Kenneth Bednarek of USA leads the opening heat with a 20.00 while easing across the line. Alexander Ogando of Dominican Republic second at 20.09. Andre De Grasse of Canada third at 20.41 and Shaun Maswanganyi of South Africa fourth 20.42 looking at times moving forward. Wind reading, -0.1 m/s.
"I intend to win. I came here to win and that's the only thing that's on my mind," Kenny Bednarek during post-race interview.
Heat 2, Letsile Tebogo takes the second heat with a 19.96. Noah Lyles, the 100m gold medalist, finished second with a 20.08. Both advance to the final by place. Makanakaishe Charamba of Zimbabwe, 20.31, and Fostine Eseosa Desalu of Italy, 20.37, both move into the time advancement spots with a heat still to go. Wind reading, -0.2 m/s.
Heat 3, USA’s Erriyon Knighton brings in the heat victory with a 20.09 and Joseph Fahnbulleh second at 20.12. Tapiwanashe Makarawu earned time advancement in third with 20.16. Wind reading, -0.6 m/s.
Along with Zimbabwe teammate Makarawu, Makanakaishe Charamba advances on time out of heat two at 20.31.
1:35 PM EDT: Men’s 400m Hurdles Semi-Final Round
Three heats, first two in each heat and next two fastest on time advance to final.
Heat 1, Karsten Warholm of Norway, who won gold in 2020 at Tokyo, earns his ticket to the final with a 47.67 to lead the heat. Clement Ducos of France gets the home crowd going with his own qualification in second 47.85. Alison dos Santos of Brazil, 47.95, and Trevor Bassitt of USA, 48.29, now wait on the clock.
Heat 2, Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands leads this heat with a 48.15 and after a strong final charge to the line Magi Rasmus of Estonia earned the second qualifying position with a time of 48.16. In third, Abderrahman Samba of Qatar moved within the time bubble for advancement with 48.20.
Heat 3, USA’s Rai Benjamin leads the heat in a cool and collected 47.85. Roshawn Clarke of Jamaica earned the second qualifying position with 48.34.
Advancing on time is Alison dos Santos of Brazil, 47.95 in the first heat, and Abderrahman Samba of Qatar, 48.20 in the second heat.
The final is scheduled for August 9th at 3:45 PM EDT.
1:15 PM EDT: Men’s Triple Jump Qualification
Will update with qualifiers for the final. All athletes meeting the qualification standard of 17.10 meters or are at least among the 12 best performers advance to final. The final is scheduled for August 9th at 2:13 PM EDT.
Four athletes met the qualification standard out right, led by Pedro Pichardo at 17.44 (+0.03).
Qualifying Round Results
Pedro Pichardo - Portugal - 17.44m
Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortun - Spain - 17.24m
Salif Mane - United States - 17.16m
Hugues Fabrice Zango - Burkina Faso - 17.16m
Almir dos Santos - Brazil - 17.06m
Jaydon Hibbert - Jamaica - 16.99m
Max Heß - Germany - 16.98m
Yaming Zhu - China - 16.91m
Yasser Mohammed Triki - Algeria - 16.85m
Connor Murphy - Australia - 16.80m
Lazaro Martínez - Cuba - 16.79m
Andy Díaz Hernandez - Italy - 16.79m
1:05 PM EDT: Men’s 110m Hurdles Semi-Final Round
Top two finishers in each heat automatically advance, next two fastest on time advance. Final is scheduled for August 9th at 2:13 PM ET.
Heat 1, Grant Holloway leads the way with a 12.98. Enrique Llopis of Spain was second with 13.17 and will advance. Third in the heat looking to advance on time was Hansle Parchment of Jamaica 13.19. Wind reading, +0.1 m/s.
When asked to reflect on his race Holloway responded, “I liked the start, I liked the finish, way better than I was two days ago. So I’m happy.”
Heat 2, Rasheed Broadbell of Jamaica leads the heat clocking 13.21, the second advancement spot went to USA’s Freddie Crittenden at 13.23. Third still being decided between Louis Francois Mendy, (13.334) and Sasha Zhoya, (13.334). Wind reading, -0.1 m/s.
Heat 3, Orlando Bennett of Jamaica leads the third and final Semi-Final heat with a 13.09. USA’s Daniel Roberts second at 13.10. Third initially split between Shunsuke Izumiya of Japan and Milan Trajkovic of Cyprus (13.316). Wind reading, +0.6 m/s.
Both advancements on time were from the first heat. Hansle Parchment of Jamaica 13.19 and Rachid Muratake of Japan 13.26.
12:15 PM EDT: Women’s Pole Vault Final
4.70 meters update, 13 athletes still competing entering this height.
4.80 meters update, only two athletes remain without misses including USA’s Katie Moon and Switzerland’s Angelica Moser. Nine athletes still competing entering this height, only five advanced to the 4.85 bar.
4.85 meters update, Nina Kennedy of Australia clears on first attempt. Katie Moon and Alysha Newman advance on second attempt, Angelica Moser misses twice and passes final attempt to 4.90 height.
4.90 meters update, only four competing now. Nina Kennedy again makes height on first attempt. Katie Moon misses then passes her next attempt to 4.95. Alysha Newman of Canada was eliminated to finish third with her 4.85 clearance. Angelica Moser misses first attempt and is eliminated to finish fourth at 4.80.
4.95 meters update, Katie Moon misses on her final two attempts, Nina Kennedy missed her first attempt but wins gold with her 4.90 clearance at the previous height! Moon earns silver at 4.85.
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