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The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown won their heat in a time of 3:07.41, smashing the previous record of 3:08.80. 2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. mixed 4x400 ...
Andy Astfalck/BSR Agency/Getty Images While you were sleeping, there was quite the commotion at the 2024 Paris Olympics. During the second heat of the men’s 5000m qualifying round on Wednesday ...
The world-record holder in the event, Ledecky led from the start to finish in 15:37.34, almost two seconds off her Olympic record in the heats. Ledecky's teammate Erica Sullivan was not in contention for a podium finish at the halfway mark but surged over the latter half to overtake the field and claim silver in 15:41.41.
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
In the first swimming final at these Games, the U.S.' Chase Kalisz used a scintillating breaststroke leg to upgrade his silver from Rio five years earlier with an Olympic title in the event. In the slowest Olympic final since 2000, Kalisz was the only finalist to improve on his heat time, clocking 4:09.42 to take the win.
The heat was expected to be even worse in the south, including the region around the Mediterranean city of Marseille that is hosting Olympic competitions like soccer and sailing. It was as hot as 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in parts of southern France on Monday and the temperatures were expected to be that high again Tuesday.
A group of Olympians collaborated with climate scientists and heat physiologists to assess the threat warming temperatures could pose for athletes. Extreme heat making summer Olympics ...
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 25 to 27 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's twenty-third consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1924.