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The U.S. Olympic Team for the 2024 Paris Olympics has officially been announced.. With just 16 days to go until the opening ceremony, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced 592 ...
The U.S. Olympic Team for the 2024 Paris Olympics has officially been announced.. With just 16 days to go until the opening ceremony, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced 592 ...
On July 9, 2024, USA Track & Field officially announced the final roster of 120 athletes (59 men and 61 women) qualified for the 2024 U.S. Olympic track and field team. [29] 16-year-old Quincy Wilson was selected for the 4x400-meter relay team, becoming the youngest male U.S. track athlete in history. [30]
The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 855, of which 353 are gold. [2] The United States men's and women's teams have participated in all editions of the games except for the Moscow 1980 games due to boycott. [4]
Four venues were used: Pont d'Iéna for race walking, Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides for the start and end points of the marathon races, and Stade de France for the track and field events. The competition featured an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history.
There were plenty of outstanding individual performances by Team USA at Stade de France. USA TODAY Sports selects the 10 brightest U.S. track and field stars from the Paris Olympics.
In 2024, Bednarek qualified for the Olympic team by placing second at the Olympic trials in the 100m and 200m. Noah Lyles won both races. In the 200m, both Lyles and Bednarek went under Michael Johnson's 1996 meet record of 19.66. Lyles edged Bednarek, running 19.53 to Bednarek's 19.59, a personal record. [17]
Despite missing out on qualifying spots at the US track and field trials, this 16-year-old has made it into the team as the youngest male track US Olympian