QUOTE OF THE DAY
Jakob Ingebrigtsen on his successful 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 capable of catch up. Simply an incredible feeling. The distinction in sports activities is exclusive. While you succeed, and generally you could have a nasty expertise. It’s superb to have this.” On getting back from disappointment within the 1500m: “Not solely sports activities, however in life. You are feeling that you simply succeed, you’re in a superb rhythm, it’s motivation. While you hit a wall, and don’t carry out the way in which you need to, it’s very troublesome. However for me, I’m taking part in two occasions in Paris. I bought one other shot, I simply needed to take advantage of it.”
RESULT OF THE DAY
USA girls’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 file margin 4.23 sec.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Glorious efficiency of the Botswanan males’s 4x400m relay (Bayapo Ndori, Busang Kebinatshipi, Anthony Pesela, Letsile Tebogo) who completed second in African file 2:54.53, solely 0.10 sec. behind the winner USA (2:54.43 OR, simply 0.14 sec. behind WR).
MEDALS (43 nations)
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 nations)
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 girls), 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 identified for strolling winners.
STATS (from Ken Nakamura)
WJT: Kitaguchi turned 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 successful 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 as we speak; Kerr turned sixth World Indoor Champion to win the Olympic HJ; Kerr turned 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 have been recorded in Olympic 800m; 1st place time was second quickest in Olympics; 0.01 sec is the smallest successful margin of Olympic 800m, changing 0.03 in 1972 when Wottle gained from Arzanov
5000m: Ingebrigtsen turned 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 as we speak.
W100mH: 12.33 and 12.34 are 2nd and third quickest time of Olympic W100mH; 0.01 sec tied (1976 & 1996)the smallest successful 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 (at the least) 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 (at the least) sixth have been recorded in 4x400mR; Olympic file for 4x400mR was set, 2:54.43 is the quickest 4x400mR time in Paris; 0.10 sec tied the smallest successful margin of Olympic 4x400mR; the successful 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 most important successful 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. All the things harm. I had the selection between working my physique to items and quitting,” he mentioned.
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 chopping her knee open together with her spikes throughout the lengthy soar, informs sporza.be. “And with out anesthesia, as a result of that may paralyze the muscle groups. I attempted to disregard all of it. Fortunately I didn’t hit my muscle, in any other case it could have been over instantly. I used to be simply afraid that the stitches would break throughout the javelin throw,” she mentioned.
PARIS (FRA): After successful triple soar 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 as we speak. What I bear in mind is to remain right here, now. Cease right here. At the moment was my final competitors. My household remains to be speaking to me to see if I can keep longer, my well being is nice, I’m nonetheless 31 years outdated, I don’t know. I’ll give it some thought and see if I proceed,” he mentioned.
PARIS (FRA): After ending fifteenth within the 10,000m, Eilish McColgan will give attention to the roads for the rest of the season, informs AW. She is because of race within the Large Half in London on 1 September.
PARIS (FRA): European U23 cross nation champion Megan Keith was slowed by an ankle damage within the 10,000m, informs AW. “That was the toughest 25 laps ever. I used to be completely happy to make the beginning line and even happier to make the end line. Although I got here final, I’m proud to be right here as an Olympian,” she mentioned.
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 turned seventh athlete (sportsperson) who gained medals at each the Winter and Summer season Video games. She gained silver in bobsleigh in Beijing 2022 earlier than successful a medal within the 4y100m relay in Paris. From DLV.
PARIS (FRA): Two-time 800m Olympic champion and reigning World file holder David Rudisha of Kenya donated the signed white spikes, he wore when broke the world 800m file 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.