Paris, France — In an exhilarating males’s 100m ultimate on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, Jamaica’s rising star Kishane Thompson narrowly missed out on a gold medal.
The race, held on the Stade de France earlier than a packed crowd, led to a photograph end with American Noah Lyles edging out Thompson. Each athletes clocked 9.79 seconds, however Lyles (9.784) was declared the winner over Thompson (9.789) by a mere five-thousandths of a second.
The race noticed Lyles obtain a brand new private finest, whereas Fred Kerley secured third place with a season-best 9.81 seconds. South Africa’s Akane Simbine set a nationwide report with 9.82 seconds, ending fourth. Defending champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy got here in fifth, additionally recording a season-best of 9.85 seconds. Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo set a nationwide report with 9.86 seconds for sixth place, adopted by American Kenneth Bednarek in seventh with 9.88 seconds. Jamaica’s Indirect Seville completed eighth with 9.91 seconds, marking the fastest-ever last-place time in an Olympic 100m ultimate.
Sub-10 second barrier
Remarkably, all eight runners broke the sub-10 second barrier, a primary in any Olympics or World Championships 100m ultimate.
Thompson and Seville had certified for the ultimate with the 2 quickest occasions from the semi-finals. Seville gained his warmth in a private better of 9.81 seconds, forward of Lyles, who clocked 9.82. Simbine took the second semi-final in 9.87 seconds, with Tebogo shut behind in 9.91 seconds. Thompson secured his spot with a 9.80-second win within the third semi-final, adopted by Kerley in 9.84 seconds.
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Thompson’s silver medal brings Jamaica’s medal rely to 3, with two silver and one bronze.
Goule-Toppin out
Within the ladies’s 800m semi-finals, Natoya Goule-Toppin led for a lot of the race however in the end completed sixth with a time of 1:59.14 minutes, lacking out on the ultimate. The race was gained by Kenya’s Mary Moraa in 1:57.86 minutes, with Ethiopia’s Mesele Worknesh ending third in 1:58.06 minutes.
Within the males’s 400m heats, Jevaughn Powell was the one Jamaican to advance, ending third in his warmth with a time of 45.12 seconds. Deander Watkins and Sean Bailey didn’t progress routinely with occasions of 45.97 and 44.68 seconds, respectively. Kirani James gained warmth 5, however all non-qualifiers will compete in a repechage on Monday morning.
Monday’s occasions embody the boys’s 400m hurdles, males’s discus throw, males’s 400m repechage, males’s 200m heats, and the ladies’s 200m semi-finals, providing extra alternatives for medals.
