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The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
Kipchoge, the champion of the past two Olympic marathons, sought to make history with a victory in Paris becoming the first athlete to win three Olympic gold medals in the marathon. [ 2 ] 2022 World Championship gold medalist Tamirat Tola , who also took silver back in 2017 and a track 10,000 bronze medal from 2016, came here as the alternate ...
The Olympic records for the event are 2:06:26 hours for men, set by Tamirat Tola in 2024, and 2:22:55 hours for women, set by Sifan Hassan in 2024. The men's marathon world record has been improved several times at the Olympics: in 1908, 1920, and then at successive Olympics by Abebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964. [11]
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The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will be the testing ground for a new sport, an encore for sports that were introduced at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo three years ago and tweaks to existing ...
A former Pickerington Central track star will try to earn her first Olympic gold medal in 2024. NCAA champion and All-American McKenzie Long will represent the United States in the 200-meter dash ...
For the men's long jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 8.27 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [7] [8]
Moreno, who hasn’t owned a car in 30 years, said he hopes Paris continues to renounce them, but sees the city’s upcoming elections as a critical crossroad. “We need to win in 2026,” he said.