Alfred and Rose win sensational gold medals in track and field

2024-08-03 20:16:04

The famous Olympic champion over 100 meters, Julien Alfred, hails from St. Lucia and won her country’s first medal at the Summer Olympics. The 23-year-old indoor world champion clocked a national record of 10.72 seconds in the final at the Stade de France in Paris, ahead of Shakari Richardson (USA/10.87) and Melissa Jefferson (USA/10.92). In the decathlon, Norwegian Markus Roos also unexpectedly won the gold medal.

Rose, 22, scored 8,796 points, a national record. He is ahead of Germany’s Leo Neugebauer (8,748) and Grenada’s Lindon Victor (8,711). Tokyo Olympic champion Damian Warner from Canada scored zero points in the pole vault and withdrew from the competition.

During the women’s 100-meter semifinals, three-time Olympic champion Shirley-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s track was empty. Jamaicans who wanted to enter the stadium area in private vehicles instead of team buses were not allowed through. “They changed the rules. We’ve been through this door before,” the 37-year-old said. It has now been explained that this is no longer possible.

Femke Bol leads the Dutch mixed relay team as she finishes last in the 4 x 400m dash with a time of 3:07.43 ahead of Team USA (3:07.74) and Team GB (3:08) Win the gold medal.

In the men’s shot put competition, American Ryan Cross (USA) once again led compatriot Joe Kovac (22.15) and Jamaican Rajendra Campbell (22.15) with 22.90 meters. Crowther completed the three-peat behind Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, both ahead of Kovac. Thea LaFond from the Dominican Republic won the country’s first gold medal in the triple jump with a national record of 15.02m, silver went to Shanieka Ricketts (JAM/14.87) and bronze went to Jasmine Moore (JAM/14.46) .

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