From world records to dramatic head-to-heads and brilliant breakthroughs, we look at the top moments from the 2024 Games
McLaughlin-Levrone stands alone
Track fans were licking their lips in anticipation at the prospect of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone going up against European record-holder Femke Bol in the women’s 400m hurdles. But it was a no contest in the end as the American flew to a world record of 50.37 as Bol finished a disappointed third in 52.15 behind another American, Anna Cockrell. Read more here.
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Duplantis reigns supreme
There are strong favourites for events and then there are near certainties. Mondo Duplantis fell into that category in Paris and, after dispatching of his rivals, the Swedish pole vaulter went on to clear a world record of 6.25m. Read more here.
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Sifan Hassan completes ‘Zatopek treble’
After winning bronze in the 5000m and 10,000m, Sifan Hassan went into the marathon on the final day of the Games asking herself as usual “why am I doing this?” In a high-quality dust-up between many of the world’s top marathon runners, though, she saw off the challenge of world record-holder Tigist Assefa and Hellen Obiri to take gold in 2:22:55. Read more here.
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Cole Hocker shocker
In the most anticipated event of the athletics programme, all eyes were on Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr. Yet after Ingebrigtsen had set off at world record pace it was Cole Hocker who stormed through in the home straight to take a surprise gold in 3:27.65 from Kerr and Yared Nuguse with Ingebrigtsen out of the medals. Read more here.
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Thiam vs KJT
Nafi Thiam won her third Olympic gold in Paris and to do so she had to fight off the challenge of world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the heptathlon. It was a thrilling competition which went down to the wire as the Belgian struck gold with 6880 points. Read more here.
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Hands of Stona
When world record-holder Mykolas Alekna threw an Olympic record of 69.97m in the second round of the discus, he looked unbeatable. But in one of the biggest upsets of the Games, Rojé Stona, a little-known Jamaican who had been having trials for NFL in the run-up to the Games, beat that mark with 70.00m. “I’ll have to reconsider my future now,” he said on his NFL vs athletics dilemma. Read more here.
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Golden girl Gabby
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