Athletics Highlights, Paris 2024 Olympics; Day 14: USA wins women’s 4x100 relay gold; Benjamin beats Warholm to hurdles win

USA’s Rai Benjamin wins gold in the Men’s 400m hurdles! A Season Best time of 46.46 gets him his first Olympic Gold Medal. 

Norway’s Karsten Warholm wins silver with 47.06 ahead of Alison Dos Santos of Brazil who wins another bronze (47.26).

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold

Rai Benjamin of the United States won the Olympic men’s 400 metres hurdles gold medal on Friday.

A 17.81m jump from Pedro Pichardo isn’t quite enough. He will settle for silver. Spain’s Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortum of Spain wins gold with a longest jump of 17.86m.

A season’s best of 17.64 hands Italy’s Andy Diaz Hernandez a bronze!

Paris 2024 Olympics: Spain’s Diaz unseats champion to win triple jump gold

Spain’s Jordan Diaz won gold in the men’s triple jump on Friday, securing his country’s first ever Olympic medal in the event by defeating defending champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal who had to settle for silver.

Beatrice Chebet wins gold in the Women’s 10.000m with a time of 30:43.25. Italy’s Nadia Battocletti wins silver with a National Record time and Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands wins bronze!

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Chebet wins women’s 10,000 metres gold

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet won the gold medal in the Olympic women’s 10,000 metres on Friday.

8000m in and Chelimo Kipkemboi of Kenya ahead of countrymate Lilian Rengeruk. Nadia Battocletti of Italy is third. 

5000m into the event and the frontrunners are making their way up. Sifan Hassan moves up to 2nd while Chebet is 4th. 

At the 3000m mark it is Rino Goshima of Japan in the lead ahead of Beatrice Chebet of Kenya and Daisy Jepkemei of Kazhakstan. 

Eritrea’s Rahel Daniel leads at the 1000m mark ahead of Japan’s Rino Goshima and Lauren Ryan of Australia. 

Yemisi Ogunleye has done it again!! She registers a 20.00m throw and that seals the gold medal! A personal best throw in the last attempt gives her the win.

New Zealand’s Maddison-Lee Wesche’s Personal Best of 19.86 can only give her a silver. 

Jiayun Song of China wins bronze with 19.32 metres. 

Paris 2024 Olympics: Germany’s Ogunleye wins women’s shot put gold

Germany’s Yemisi Ogunleye won the gold medal with her final throw of 20.00 metres in the Olympic women’s shot put on Friday.

Diaz Fortun (ESP) - 17.86

Pichado (POR) - 17.84

Hernandez Diaz (ITA) - 17.63

Moments after Yemisi Ogunleye took the lead in the standings with a 19.73 metre throw, Maddison-Lee Wesche responds with a 19.86 to snatch back the top position. 

Nafissatau Thiam finishes sixth in the 800m but the Belgian athlete looks to have done enough to seal the gold medal and defend her title. 

Final Standings:

1. Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) - 6880 points

2. Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) - 6844

3. Vidts Noor (BEL) - 6707

Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam wins Paris 2024 Olympics heptathlon gold to seal Olympic hat-trick

Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam became the first woman in history to win three consecutive Olympic heptathlon crowns on Friday, sealing victory ahead of Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Anna Hall of USA wins Heat 2 of the Women’s Heptathlon event with a time of 2:04.39 to register a season best. Katarina Johnson-Thompson registers a personal best of 2:04.90 to finish second. 

1. Wesche (NZL) - 19.58

2. Ogunleye (GER) - 19.55

3. Song (CHN) - 19.32

4. Ross (USA) - 19.28

Sveva Gerevini of Italy gets a Personal Best of 2:08.84 to win Heat 1 of the Women’s Heptathlon. Auriana Lazraq-Khlass registers a PB to finish second with 2:09.45. 

Spain’s Jordan Diaz Fortun jumps to the top of the standings with a 17.86m jump, ahead of Portugal’s Pichado (17.79).

The final of the Women’s Heptathlon is set to get underway. Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium leads Katarina Thompson-Johnson of Great Britain, 5924 - 5803. 

Almir Dos Santos of Brazil is the first participant in the Men’s Triple Jump final, he manages a distance of 16.41 which is immediately bettered by Fabrice Zango (BUR) and Pedro Pichardo (POR).

New Zealand’s Maddison-Lee Wesche leads the pack after a 19.58 throw in her second attempt. Germany’s Yemisi Ogunleye is second with a 19.55m throw.

Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulinho wins the gold in the women’s 400m final with an Olympic Record a time of 48.17.

Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain wins silver with a Season Best of 48.53 with Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland winning bronze in 48.98. 

Amber Anning of Team GB sets a new National Record of 49.29 to finish fifth. 

Paris 2024 Olympics: Dominican Republic’s Paulino wins 400m gold

Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino won gold in the Olympic women’s 400 metres on Friday.

Canada wins the men’s 4x100m relay!! Andre De Grasse in the anchor leg seals the win! A season best time of 37.50.

South Africa registers an Area Record to bag silver with 37.57 with Great Britain winning bronze with 37.61. 

The flimsy baton exchange from the USA results in a disqualification! They are disqualified under rule TR24.7 [passing the baton outside the takeover zone (early / late takeover)]

Paris Olympics 2024: De Grasse anchors Canada to men’s 4x100m relay gold

South Africa took silver in an African record of 37.57sec and Britain bronze (37.61)

World Record - 36.84; Jamaica in London 2012

Olympic Record - 36.84; Jamaica in London 2012

Season Best: 37.40 (USA)

Jaida Ross of the USA is the first competitor of the event. She throws a 19.28 to get things underway. 

World Record - 22.63; Natalia Lisovskaya (URS) in 1987

Olympic Record - 22.41; Ilona Slupianek (GER) in 1980

USA registers a Season Best of 41.78 to win gold in the women’s 4x100m relay. The team comprising of Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas and Sha’Carri Richardson defend their medal from Tokyo. 

Great Britain wins silver with a time of 41.85 with Germany winning bronze with 41.97. 

Split times USA - Jefferson (11.46); Terry (9.98); Thomas (10.25); Richardson (10.09)

Paris 2024 Olympics: Sha’Carri Richardson shines as US wins women’s 4x100m relay gold

Sha’Carri Richardson produced a dazzling last leg to power the United States to victory in the Olympic women’s 4x100m relay on Friday.

World Record - 40.82; USA in London 2012 

Olympic Record - 40.82; USA in London 2012 

Season Best - 41.55; Great Britain

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Grant Holloway’s ‘career Grand Slam is officially complete’

Having placed him in the club of some great hurdlers after winning the Olympic title with 12.99, new 110m hurdles champion Grant Holloway is a relieved man.

Women’s 4x100m relay final

Women’s Shot Put final

Men’s 4x100m relay final

Women’s 400m final

Men’s Triple jump final

Women’s Heptathlon 800m (final event)

Women’s 10,000m final

Men’s 400m hurdles final

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Athletics events of Day 14 of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Stay Tuned for all updates and results from the events in store today.