2024-08-04 23:41:33
5 thousand decided the Olympic title at 100 meters in Paris. That’s exactly how much the American Noah Lyles managed to overtake Kishane Thompson (Jamaica). Lyles finished in 9.784s, his rival, who led almost to the end, in 10.789s. Both are officially recorded with a time of 9.79 seconds. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the title was decided by thousands. The bronze medal went to Fred Curley (USA) with 9.81 seconds.
Reigning Olympic champion Lamont Marcel Jacobs finished fifth with a personal best of 9.85 seconds. He suffered from injuries for about 2 years and recovered from the husband of Yvette Lalova – Simone Collio.
Yaroslava Maguchych (Ukraine) sensationally dropped 2 meters off her winning jump of 2.10 meters shortly before the Olympics when she broke Stefka Kostadinova’s world record in Paris. She still took the gold because she cleared the bar once. Australia’s Nicola Ollislegers succeeded only on her third attempt. After taking the title, Maguchih jumped twice 202 cm and once 204 cm unsuccessfully.
The bronze was shared by the Ukrainian Irina Gerashchenko and the Australian Eleanor Patterson, who finished with 195 cm each and equal indicators. With the same height, Vashti Cunningham (USA), Kristina Honsel (Germany), Elena Kulichenko (Cyprus) and Safina Sadulaeva (Uzbekistan) remained outside the medals.