An Olympic 400m record of 48.17 by Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic proved one of the major highlights on a captivating night of athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday (9 August).
It was an evening of both individual brilliance and riveting head-to-head duels as Rai Benjamin finally got the win he’d been seeking on the big stage over arch rival Karsten Warholm of Norway, the US star powering to 400m hurdles gold in 46.46, while in the heptathlon Belgium’s Nafi Thiam had to summon all her strength in the 800m to repel a superb effort by world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Thiam winning her third straight Olympic title with a tally of 6880.
The men’s triple jump produced a thrilling duel with Spain’s Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun leaping 17.86m to deny Pedro Pichardo by just two centimetres. Canada sprang a surprise in the men’s 4x100m, USA lived up to their favourite’s tag in the women’s 4x100m, while in the women’s 10,000m Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet completed a golden double. There was also gold for Germany in the women’s shot put through Yemisi Ogunleye.
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