There are just five days left before the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and anticipation for this unique occasion is growing. There will be about ten thousand competitors from all over the world.
Notable athletes like Sha’Carri Richardson, Kishane Thompson, and Noah Lyles will delight the crowd with their record-breaking sprinting achievements. These incredible athletes provide the Games with an advantage, especially in the 100, 200, and 100-metre hurdles, 400, 1500, 800, 5000, and 10,000-meter races.
The fastest times for various sprinting events as recorded shortly before the Olympics in Paris
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100m
At the Jamaican Olympic trials finals, Kishane Thompson of Jamaica surprised everyone by winning the 100 metres in a world-record time of 9.77 seconds. Concurrently, Sha’Carri Richardson, the American world champion, guaranteed her place in the Paris Olympics with a season-best time of 10.71 seconds during the US Olympic trials in June.
2. 200m
Noah Lyles, the reigning world champion and bronze medallist from the Tokyo Olympics, won the 200-metre final at the US Olympic trials, setting a new world record of 19.53 seconds.
His outstanding performance earned him a spot in the Paris Olympics, which is just another incredible accomplishment to add to his already impressive career.
3. 100m hurdles
At the US Olympic trials in June, American athletes Masai Russell and Grant Holloway won their 100-metre hurdles finals in season-best performances of 12.25 and 12.86 seconds, respectively, to guarantee their spot in the Paris Olympics.
4. 400m
On Saturday, July 21, at the London Diamond League, season bests in the 400 metres for both men and women were set. Breaking Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s world lead time, Jamaican Nickisha Pryce astonished the world by winning the event with a new season best and world lead finish of 48.57.
5. 400m hurdles
The 400-metre hurdles finalist from the United States, Rai Benjamin, who won silver at the Olympics in Tokyo, set a new meet record and recorded a season-best time of 46.46 seconds at the US Olympic Trials.