Athletics Highlights, Paris 2024 Olympics Day 13: Nadeem wins Javelin Gold; Neeraj wins silver; Mclaughlin-Levrone sets new WR

USA’s Grant Holloway wins gold in the men’s 110m hurdles with a time of 12.99. USA’s Daniel Roberts beats Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell to silver by just 0.03 seconds. 

Icing on the cake! A 91.79m throw in his last attempt for Nadeem and he seals the gold for Pakistan!

He also becomes the first man to record two 90+ throws in a single Olympic event!

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Arshad Nadeem becomes first gold medallist in track-and-field from Pakistan

Arshad Nadeem scripted history for Pakistan when he became the first track-and-field athlete from his country to win a medal at the Olympic Games, in Paris, on Thursday.

A foul again in his last attempt and Neeraj Chopra seals the silver medal for India! A 89.45m throw in his second attempt was his best of the night.

Paris Olympics: Neeraj Chopra wins silver as Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem shatters Olympic Record to claim stunning gold

Neeraj threw his season-best of 89.45m, which was also his only clean attempt in the event.

Etelatalo - 81.69

Walcott - x

Weber - 84.09

Yego - 81.58

Vadlejch - 83.27 

Peters - 81.83

Not to be for Neeraj in his fifth throw as well. Another foul throw means he remains second behind Nadeem with a best throw of 89.45. 

Etelatalo - x

Walcott - 76.86m

Weber - 87.40m

Yego - 83.20

Vadlejch - 84.98

Peters - 87.38

Chopra - x

Nadeem - 84.87

Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone has done it!! A new World Record of 50.37 to defend her 400m hurdles Olympic gold.

Anna Cockrell of USA wins silver with 51.87 ahead of Femke Bol (NED) who clocked 52.15.

Etelatalo - x

Walcott - 76.86m

Weber - 87.40m

Yego - 83.20

Etelatalo - x

Walcott - 76.86m

Weber - 87.40m

Tara Davis-Woodhall wins gold in the Women’s Long Jump final with a 7.10m. Germany’s Malaika Mihambo finishes second with 6.98m ahead of USA’s Jasmine Moore (6.96).

A foul again for Chopra in his fourth attempt. Continues in second place. 

Etelatalo - 82.02

Walcott - 78.96

Weber - 86.85

Yego - 84.90

Peters - 88.54

Vadlejch - x

Chopra - x

Nadeem - 79.40

Etelatalo - 82.02

Walcott - 78.96

Weber - 86.85

Yego - 84.90

Peters - 88.54

Anderson Peters moves up to third in the standings. 

Defending champ Malaika Mihambo registers an improvement of 6.98m to move into the silver medal position at the end of the fifth jump. 

Helander, Keranen, Da Silva and Mardare are the four athletes eliminated at the end of three throws. 

Vadlejch - 88.50m

Peters - x

Walcott - 82.89m

Nadeem - 88.72m

Weber - x

Yego - x

Eteletalo - 84.58

Neeraj - x

Mardare - 77.77m

Helander - x

Da Silva - x

Keranen - 78.90

It is a foul for Neeraj in his third attempt as he walks out the front after a <80m throw. He remains second in the standings. 

Vadlejch - 88.50m

Peters - x

Walcott - 82.89m

Nadeem - 88.72m

Weber - x

Yego - x

Eteletalo - 84.58

Tara Davis-Woodhall extends her lead at the top with a 7.10m jump at the end of four attempts. 

Vadlejch - 88.50m

Peters - x

Walcott - 82.89m

Nadeem - 88.72m

Weber - x

Vadlejch moves to third with an 88.50m throw in his third attempt. 

Vadlejch - 84.52m

Peters - 87.87m

Walcott - X

Nadeem - 92.97m

Weber - 87.33m

Yego - 87.72m

Etelatalo - 77.60m

Chopra - 89.45m

Helander - 82.65

Mardare - 80.10

Keranen - 75.33

Neeraj Chopra registers a Season Best throw of 89.45m to move into second in the standings. He trails Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem who broke the OR on the way to 92.97m

Vadlejch - 84.52m

Peters - 87.87m

Walcott - X

Nadeem - 92.97m

Weber - 87.33m

Yego - 87.72m

Etelatalo - 77.60m

What an unbelievable throw from Arshad Nadeem! He registers a 92.97m throw to obliterate the Olympic Record!

Vadlejch - 84.52m

Peters - 87.87m

Walcott - X

Nadeem - 92.97m

Peters moves to the top of the standings. 

Malaika Mihambo registers a 6.95m throw in her third attempt. Trails second-placed Jasmin Moore by 0.1m. 

Barest of margins but Neeraj Chopra fouls in his first attempt. Three more throws before the first elimination. Keshorn Walcott (TT) leads the field with a 86.16m throw. 

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo shocks Noah Lyles to win gold in the men’s 200m! An Area record of 19.46. USA’s Kenneth Bednarek wins silver ahead of Lyles. 

Paris 2024 Olympics: Botswana’s Tebogo becomes Africa’s first 200m champion, Lyles finishes with bronze

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo won the 200m final of the Paris 2024 Olympics taking place at the Stade de France on Thursday to secure his first gold medal of the Summer Games.

Germany’s Julian Weber registers a foul on his first throw. Inadvertently crosses the line during the throw. 

Tokyo Silver Medallist Jakub Vadlejch records a 80.15m throw in his first attempt. Anderson Peters of Grenada records a 84.70m throw. 

Keshorn Walcott moves to the top with a Season Best throw of 86.16. Arshad Nadeem fouls on his first attempt.

USA’s Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps 7.05m in her second attempt to move to the top of the standings. Larissa Iapichino records 6.87 to displace Mihambo from third place. 

The men’s javelin final is underway at the Stade de France. Neeraj Chopra will be the eighth thrower in the startlist. 

Germany’s Malaika Mihambo registers a slight improvement of 6.81m in her second jump. She trails Moore and Davis-Woodhall. 

USA’s Jasmine Moore records 6.96 to move to the top of the standings. A USA 1-2 on top after the first round of jumps. 

Team GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson breaks her Personal Best to register a 14.44m throw in the Shot Put leg to finish second in Group A. She however loses her overall lead to Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam who registered a PB of 15.54m.

Larissa Iapichino of Italy registers a 6.78m jump to move to the top of the standings, 0.1m ahead of Mihambo. 

Tara Davis-Woodhall jumps to the top after his first attempt, throwing 6.93m.

Mihambo starts with a 6.77m jump in the women’s long jump final. Nigeria’s Ruth Usoro records a 6.58m jump. 

All eyes on Malaika Mihambo and Tara Davis-Woodhall ahead of the Women’s Long Jump Final.

WR: 7.52m - Galina Chistyakova in Leningrad 1988

OR: 7.40m - Jackie Joyner-Kersee in Seoul 1988

Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji wins semifinal 2 of the women’s 1500m with a time of 3:55.10. Australia’s Jessica Hull finishes second with 3:55.40. Agathe Guillemot of France registers a National Record to finish sixth and qualify directly to the final. 

Faith Kipyegon wins semifinal 1 of the women’s 1500m with a time of 3:58.64. Georgia bell of Team GB finishes second. Laura Muir finishes fourth with 3:59.83. The top 6 athletes from each heat progress directly to the final. 

The Shot Put leg of the women’s heptathlon is now underway. Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Great Britain leads the points table after the 100m hurdles and the High Jump rounds. 

Read the report of the first two events below. 

Paris 2024 Olympics: Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads after first heptathlon events

Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson led the women’s heptathlon through the first two events on Thursday, with Belgium’s twice Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam and American Anna Hall second and third.

7.22m - Malaika Mihambo (GER)

7.18m - Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA)

6.98m - Jasmine Moore (USA)

3:49.04 - Faith Kipyegon (KEN)

3:50.30 - Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)

3:50.83 - Jessica Hull (AUS)

The first event of the day will be the Women’s 1500m semifinal which will start at 11:05pm IST. 

Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the athletic events from Day 13 of the Paris 2024 Olympics. 

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