WORLD RECORD ‼️
🇰🇪's Ruth Chepngetich destroys the marathon world record in Chicago with an incredible 2:09:57 😮💨
That's almost 2 minutes faster than the previous world record 🤯
She finishes in 10th place overall of the @ChiMarathon 👏
🇳🇱 OH MY HEAVENS! Sifan Hassan wins the 2024 Olympic marathon and breaks the Olympic record in 2:22:55.
Superhuman.
She finishes the Olympics with a 🥉 bronze medal in the 10,000m, 🥉 bronze medal in the 5000m and now 🥇 gold medal in the marathon.
3 MEDALS AT @Paris2024 🤯
🇳🇱's @SifanHassan does what no one deemed possible: she wins 3 Olympic medals 😮💨
5000m 🥉
10,000m 🥉
Marathon 🥇
UNBELIEVABLE 🙌
#Paris2024#Olympics
Splits from the Team USA 4x400m gold medal relay that broke the Olympic record and ran the second fastest time in WORLD HISTORY! Just .14s off the world record!
44.50 - Chris Bailey
43.30 - Vernon Norwood
43.50 - Bryce Deadmon
43.13 - Rai Benjamin
16-year-old Quincy Wilson is now the youngest ever male track and field athlete to compete for Team USA at the Olympics.
Splits 47.30 on the 4x400m lead off in the qualifying round. #ParisOlympics
BREAKING NEWS: FloTrack has confirmed with sources that 16-year-old Bullis School (MD) star Quincy Wilson will be a part of the men's 4x400m team in round one at the Olympics.
We have also confirmed that he will be the lead-off leg for the team.
Wilson shared on Instagram on Thursday morning to "Tune in Friday morning @ 5:05 am est."
That's when the first round is scheduled for the 4x400m.
#Paris2024
📸: USA TODAY
Quincy Wilson 🇺🇸 to lead off the US men's 4x400m team in the prelims tomorrow at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
He will make history as the youngest male athlete to represent the United States in Track & Field at the Olympics!
#Paris2024#Olympics#Athletics