That is our column on U.S. performances in Lausanne on August 22, 2024.
US Athletes in Lausanne!
The Swiss conferences, from Lausanne to Zurich, maintain a particular place within the hearts of US athletes. The yr 2024 was no exception, and listed here are the exceptional performances from our prime US athletes at these prestigious occasions.
Erriyon Knighton took second to Letsile Tebogo, with Tebogo at 19.64 and Knighton at 19.78. Olympic bronze medalist at 100 meters, Fred Kerley, took third in 19.86. Fred informed the media at Lausanne that he would solely retire as soon as he had an Olympic gold medal on his shelf. (Fred Kerley has additionally signed once more with NIKE after a brief stint with ASICS.)
Two American males within the Males’s 400m, received by Matthew Hudson-Smith (43.96). Bryce Deadmon was 4th in 44.37, and Vernon Norwood was 5h in 44.55. Each Bryce and Vernon had been a part of the US gold-medal-winning 4×400-meter relay workforce in Paris.
Bryce Hoppel, US, took 4th in 1:42.63 within the Males’s 800m, received by Emmanuel Wanyonyi, KEN, who ran MR and WL of 1:41.11!
Within the Males’s 1,500m, Cole Hocker, Olympic champion, was second in 3:29.85, and Hobbs Kessler was third in 3:30.47. Jakob Ingebrigtsen received the 1,500m in 3:27.83!
The Males’s 110m hurdles had a shock. Rasheed Broadbell, JAM, received the 110m, upsetting Olympic champion Grant Holloway, 13.10-13.14! Daniel Robert, Olympic silver medalist, took 4th in 13.26. Cordell Tinsch, who simply missed out on Paris, was sixth in 13:34.
Sam Kendricks, Olympic silver medalist, took second in 5.92 meters to Mondo Duplantis, SWE, who cleared 6.15m, maybe the very best ever in a avenue pole vault! Olympic workforce member Jacob Wooten was ninth in 5.62 meters. Olympic Trials champion Chris Nilsen, in a little bit of a stoop, in 5.52 meters.
Within the lengthy bounce, Mitlitadis Tentoglou, GRE, saved the stat going, over 8 meters in each meet all season, and he did it in Lausanne on the final try, with 8.06m. Jeremiah Davis was eighth in 7.80m, and Jarrion Lawson was ninth in 7.69 meters.
Dina Asher-Smith received the 100m in a improbable 10.87 on the ladies’s aspect. Tamari Davis, US, was second in 10.97.
In a deep ladies’s 800m, Mary Moraa received KEN in 1:57.91, US athletes Nia Akins, US, tenth in 2:00.0, and Allie Wilson, eleventh, in 2:00.35! They each appeared a bit burnt out!
Elise Cranny was 4th within the 3,000m, received by Diribe Welteji, ETH, in 8:21.50. Elise set an AR at 3,000m in 8:25.10. Karissa Schweizer was seventh in 8:34.96.
In a tightly contested 100m hurdles, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn received with 12.35. Grace Stark, US, was second in 12.38, with Alaysha Johnson, US, in sixth in 12.59.
Shamier Little had her worst 400m hurdles of the yr, ending eighth in 58.57. Femke Bol received the occasion in 52.25.
Chase Jackson, who had a really robust Paris Olympics, received in 20.64m. Raven Saunders, US, was fourth in 19.08m. Maggie Ewen, US, was seventh in 18.60m, and Adelaide Aquilla, US, was ninth in 17.62m.
There was an enormous turnout for the US in Lausanne. Let’s see the US athletes in Silesia on August 25, 2024.
Eleven days after the Olympics ended, the athletes had been in Lausanne, and their subsequent cease was Silesia!
