Paris 2024 Games delivered three world records

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games concluded yesterday morning with the women’s marathon, where Namibia’s Helalia Johannes ended 68th in 2 hourd 38 minutes 36 seconds.Thirteen Olympic records and three world records were broken during the track and field athletics program from 1 to 11 August in and around the Stade de France Stadium. In the mixed 4x400 metres relay heats, the USA set a new Olympic and world record in 3 minutes 07.41 seconds. However, the Netherlands won the gold medal in the final. Here is a recap of the athletics medals placings and new Olympic records (marked *):MEN* Discus throw: 1 Roje Stona (Jamaica, new Olympic record 70.00m), 2 Mykolas Alekna (Lithuania), 3 Matthew Denny (Australia). * Pole vault: 1 Armand Duplantis (Sweden, new Olympic and world record 6.25 metre), 2 Sam Kendricks (USA), 3 Emmanouil Karalis (Greece).* Marathon: 1 Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia, new Olympic record in 2:06:26), 2 Bashir Abdi (Belgium), 3 Benson Kipruto (Kenya).* 10 000 metres: 1 Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda, new Olympic record in 26 minutes 43.14 seconds), 2 Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia), 3 Grant Fisher (USA).* 1500m: 1 Cole Hocker (USA, new Olympic record in 3:27.65 ), 2 Josh Kerr (Britain), 3 Yared Nuguse (USA).* 4x400m relay: 1 USA (new Olympic record in 2:54.43), Botswana, 3 Britain.* Javelin throw: 1 Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan, new Olympic record 92.97m), 2 Neeraj Chopra (India), 3 Anderson Peters (Grenada).400m: 1 Quincy Hall (USA), 2 Matthew Hudson-Smith (Britain), 3 Muzala Samukonga (Zambia). 3000m steeplechase: 1 Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco), 2 Kenneth Rooks (USA), 3 Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya). 20 km race walk: 1 Gold, Brian Daniel Pintado (Equador), 2 silver, Caio Bonfim (Brazil), bronze Alvaro Martin (Spain). Shot put: 1 Ryan Crouser (USA), 2 Joe Kovacs (USA), 3 Rajindra Campbell (Jamaica). Long jump: 1 Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece), 2 Wayne Pinnock (Jamaica), 3 Mattia Furlani (Italy).100m: 1 Noah Lyles (USA), 2 Kishane Thompson (Jamaica), 3 Fred Kerley (USA).Hammer throw: 1 Ethan Katzberg (Canada), 2 Bence Halasz (Hungary), 3 Mykhaylo Kokhan (Ukraine).200 metres: 1 Letsile Tebogo (Botswana), 2 Kenneth Bednarek (USA), 3 Noah Lyles (USA). 5000m: 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway), 2 Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya), 3 Grant Fisher (USA). 800m: 1 Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Kenya), 2 Marco Arop (Canada), 3 Djamel Sedjati (Algeria).High jump: 1 Hamish Kerr (New Zealand), 2 Shelby McEwen (USA), 3 Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar).400m hurdles: 1 Rai Benjamin (USA), 2 Karsten Warholm (Sweden), 3 Alison dos Santos (Brazil).110m hurdles: 1 Grant Holloway (USA), 2 Daniel Roberts (USA), 3 Rasheed Broadbell (Jamaica).Triple jump: 1 Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun (Spain), 2 Pedro Pichardo (Portugal), 3 Andy Diaz Hernandez (Italy).4x100m relay: 1 Canada, 2 South Africa, 3 Britain.WOMEN* 400m: 1 Marileidy Paulino (Dominica, Olympic record in 48.17s), 2 Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain), 3 Natalia Kaczmarek (Poland).* 400m hurdles: 1 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA, Olympic and world record in 50.37 seconds), 2 Anna Cockrell (USA), 3 Femke Bol (Netherlands).* 3000m steeplechase: 1 Winfred Yavi (Bahrain, Olympic record 8:52.76), 2 Peruth Chemutai (Uganda), 3 Faith Cherotich (Kenya).* 1500m: Faith Kipyegon (Kenya, Olympic record in 3:51.29), 2 Jessica Hull (Australia), 3 Georgia Bell (Britain).* Marathon: Sifan Hassan (Netherlands, Olympic record in 2:22:55), 2 Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia), 3 Hellen Obiri (Kenya). Triple jump: 1 Thea Lafond (Dominica), 2 Shanieka Ricketts (Jamaica), 3 Jasmine Moore (USA).100m: 1 Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia), 2 Sha'carri Richardson (USA), 3 Melissa Jefferson (USA).High jump: 1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine), 2 Nicola Olyslagers (Australia), 3 Iryna Gerashchenko (Ukraine) and Eleanor Patterson (Australia). Discus throw: 1 Valarie Allman (USA), 2 Bin Feng (China), 3 Sandra Elkasevi (Croatia). 5000m: 1 Beatrice Chebet (Kenya), 2 Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), 3 Sifan Hassan (Netherlands). 800m: 1 Keely Hodgkinson (Britain), 2 Tsige Duguma (Ethiopia), 3 Mary Moraa (Kenya). Hammer throw: 1 Camryn Rogers (USA), 2 Annette Nneka Echikunwoke (USA), 3 Jie Zhao (China).200m: 1 Gabrielle Thomas (USA), 2 Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia), 3 Brittany Brown (USA). 20km race walk: 1 Yang Jiayu (China), 2 Maria Perez (Spain), 3 Jemima Montag (Australia).Pole vault: 1 Nina Kennedy (Australia), 2 Katie Moon (USA), 3 Alysha Newman (Canada). Long jump: 1 Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA), 2 Malaika Mihambo (Germany), 3 Jasmine Moore (USA). Shot put: 1 Yemisi Ogunleye (Germany), 2 Maddison-Lee Wesche (New Zealand), 3 Jiayuan Song (China). 10 000m: 1 Beatrice Chebet (Kenya), 2 Nadia Battocletti (Italy), 3 Sifan Hassan (Netherlands). Javelin throw: 1 Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan), 2 Jo-Ané van Dyk (South Africa), 3 Nikola Ogrodnikova (Czechia). 100m hurdles: 1 Masai Russel (USA), 2 Cyrena Samba-Mayela (France), 3 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico). 4x100m relay: 1 USA, 2 Great Britain, 3 Germany.4x400m relay: 1 USA, 2 Netherlands, 3 Britain. MIXED EVENTSMixed 4x400m relay: 1 Netherlands, 2 United States, 3 Britain. Marathon walk mixed relay: 1 Spain, 2 Ecuador, 3 Australia.– tielman@nmh-hub.com.na

Paris 2024 Games delivered three world records

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Namibian Sun 2024-11-15

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