QUOTE OF THE DAY
Jakob Ingebrigtsen on his winning 1500m race: “I was a little bit of locked on the inside, it opened quite a big gap. I just tried to stay calm, went for it, I was able to catch up. Just an amazing feeling. The contrast in sports is unique. When you succeed, and sometimes you have a bad experience. It’s amazing to have this.” On coming back from disappointment in the 1500m: “Not only sports, but in life. You feel that you succeed, you’re in a good rhythm, it’s motivation. When you hit a wall, and don’t perform the way you want to, it’s very difficult. But for me, I’m participating in two events in Paris. I got another shot, I just had to make the most of it.”
RESULT OF THE DAY
USA women’s 4x400m relay (Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas, Alexis Holmes) won the Olympic title in a second fastest time ever 3:15.27, only 0.10 behind WR from 1988 (URS) and with a record margin 4.23 sec.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Excellent performance of the Botswanan men’s 4x400m relay (Bayapo Ndori, Busang Kebinatshipi, Anthony Pesela, Letsile Tebogo) who finished second in African record 2:54.53, only 0.10 sec. behind the winner USA (2:54.43 OR, just 0.14 sec. behind WR).
MEDALS (43 countries)
USA 14-11-9; KEN 4-2-4; CAN 3-1-1; ESP 2-1-1; NOR 2-1-0; GBR 1-4-5; JAM 1-3-2.
POINTS (75 countries)
USA 322; KEN 101; GBR 100; JAM 70; ETH 67; ITA 65; NED 57; CAN 54; GER 51.
TITLE DEFENDERS
Yes (10): Crouser, Allman, Duplantis, Tentoglou, El Bakkali, McLaughlin-Levrone, Thiam, Kipyegon, USA (2x)
No (30): Stano, Palmisano, Barega, POL (4×400 mixed), Warner, Nowicki, Jacobs, Hassan (2x), Ingebrigtsen, Wlodarczyk, Chemutai, Moon, Stahl, Mihambo, Chopra, De Grasse, Parchment, JAM (4×100 women), Gong Lijiao, ITA (4×100 men), Miller-Uibo, Pichardo, Warholm, Kipchoge, Camacho-Quinn, jointly Barshim and Tamberi, Liu Shiying, Camacho-Quinn, Cheptegei
NC (7): Rojas, Thompson-Herah (2x), Lasitskene, Mu, Gardiner (DNS), Korir
TOP MARKS
WR (3+1): 3:07.41 mixed 4x400m USA (230th WR at Olympic Games); 625 pole vault Duplantis; 50.37 400m hurdles McLaughlin-Levrone, world best 2:50:31 marathon race walk mixed relay ESP (WR not yet set)
OR (13): 3:07.41 mixed 4x400m USA; 26:43.14 10,000m Cheptegei; 625 pole vault Duplantis; 3:27.65 1500m Hocker; 8:52.76 steeple Yavi; 2:50:31 marathon race walk mixed relay ESP; 70.00 discus Stona; 92.97 javelin Nadeem; 50.37 400m hurdles McLaughlin-Levrone; 48.17 400m Paulino; 2:06:26 marathon Tola; 3:51.29 1500m Kipyegon; 2:54.43…
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