The final days of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris will surely have an exciting ending!
Today’s finals include the men’s and women’s 4×100, the women’s shot put, the women’s 400, the men’s triple jump, the final round of the women’s heptathlon – the 800, the women’s 10,000 and the men’s 400.
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3:45 p.m. EST: Men’s 400-H Final
Redemption for Rai Benjamin!
Three of the best were here. And Rai Benjamin surpassed them all.
The American was pushed into the final 100 meters by Norwegian Karsten Warholm, but Benjamin mastered the final hurdle with flying colors and sprinted away with the gold medal in a time of 46.36 seconds.
Gold was no longer out of reach for Benjamin.
Warhol took silver in 47.06, while Brazilian Alison dos Santos took bronze in 47.26.
3:35 p.m. EST: Men’s Triple Jump Final
Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun became the first Spaniard to win gold in the triple jump with a jump of 17.86 metres.
Pedro Pichardo took silver in 17.84, while Andy Diaz Hernandez took bronze in 17.64.
3:00 p.m. EST: Women’s 10,000 m final
Beatrice Chebet was the first woman in history to win the 5 and 10 and was the first Kenyan to win gold in the event.
Chebet was last in this very tactical race, winning her second gold medal of these Olympics with a time of 30:43.35. The surprise of the field was Italy’s Nadia Battoecletti, who almost knocked Chebet over and took silver with a time of 30:43.45. Battoecletti’s time was a new national record. Sifan Hassan took bronze in 30:44.
For Hassan, it will be the fastest and perhaps toughest turnaround, as she is scheduled to run the marathon in two days.
How it ended
The pace was initially relaxed – championship style. The field completed the first kilometer in 3:12.
Rahel Daniel led the field over the 2 km mark in 6:18, with all 25 finalists within four seconds of her.
In a strange maneuver, Daniel jogged off the course shortly after completing the 2 kilometers in the lead.
The field reached the 3k mark in 9:27, with 22 runners within two seconds.
No movement on the 4 kilometers, which the field reached in 12:38 and where all the favorites were still in the game.
With twelve laps to go, Beatrice Chebet moved up to third place as the favorites began to move up the field.
With ten laps to go, Margaret Chemlimo Kipkemboi and Chebet from Kenya were in first and second place, with Team Ethiopia hot on their heels.
Ethiopian Tsigie Gebreselma took the lead three kilometers from the finish.
The pace remained at around 3:01 per kilometer, while all three Americans remained at the back of the leading group.
From fast to slow, the pace changed back and forth as the field reached the final 2 kilometers.
13 – including all the favorites – were still in the race.
The American Parker Valby briefly stormed ahead in the last mile.
All was still there when the gong rang – and then the kicking started …
Chebet was the last to pedal and the first to cross the finish line!
2:45 p.m. EST: Women’s Shot Put Final
For Belgian Yemisi Ogunleye it was a throw for the ages – she won gold with a throw of 20.00 meters. New Zealander Madison-Lee Wesche took silver with 19.86 meters, while China’s Jiayuan Song took bronze with 19.32 meters.
2:35 p.m. EST: Women’s 800 m heptathlon final
Belgian Nafissatou Thiam defended her Olympic title and became the first to win three gold medals in a row in this discipline.
Thiam took gold with 6,880 points, while Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson took silver with 6,844 points and Noor Vidts equalised for Belgium with 6,707 points to take bronze.
Despite her heroic efforts in the 800-meter run, Anna Hall finished fifth with 6,615 points.
How the 800 ended
Anna Hall was quickly in the lead. She needed every second to get to the podium – about 8.4 seconds to be exact.
Hall reached the bell after 59 seconds, with Katarina Johnson-Thompson several seconds behind in second place.
Hall gave it his all in the final 100 meters to win the 800 in 2:04.39, and then the clock started ticking.
Johnson-Thompson finished second with a time of 2:04.90, while Thiam defended her overall title, six seconds behind. Unfortunately for Hall, Vidts was just two seconds back.
Most of the field achieved personal bests thanks to Hall’s rapid pace.
2:00 p.m. EST: Women’s 400-meter final
48.17 Olympic record for Marileidy Paulino!
An excellent field of participants crossed the finish line, but in the last 200 meters Paulino had a race of his own.
It was pure dominance.
Paulino’s gold medal was the first for a woman from the Dominican Republic – across all disciplines.
Salwa Eid Naser took silver in 48.53, while Natalie Kaczmarek took bronze in 48.98.
1:50 p.m. EST: Men’s 4×100-meter final
Canada wins gold!
Canada took gold on the outside lane with a time of 37.50, South Africa took silver with 37.57 and Great Britain took bronze with 37.61.
Once again, the USA was plagued by mistakes, which led to disqualification.
It had been 20 years since the U.S. men won a medal and 24 years since they won gold. Now the Americans will have to wait another four years.
1:30 p.m. EST: Women’s 4×100 final
Friday’s events began with a typical rainy Parisian night.
The U.S. women brought 11 gold medals to the event and crossed the finish line with the fastest time of the semifinals.
41.78 seconds later, the US women won their twelfth gold medal.
Sha’Carri Richardson’s lock runner took the USA from bronze to gold on the final leg. Richardson added an image that is sure to become iconic as she looked over her right shoulder in the final meters to deliver the coup de grace.
Great Britain won silver in 41.85, while Germany took bronze in 41.97.
The rain could not dampen the celebrations in the USA.
When will the 2024 Olympic Games take place in Paris?
The Olympic Games begin on July 26 and end on August 11. The athletics competitions begin on August 1.
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