2024 Olympics Track & Field Live Aug. 5 Evening Session Replay
2024 Olympics Track & Field Live Aug. 5 Evening Session Replay
Four finals are set for today's evening action, including the men's pole vault, women's discus throw, women's 5000 meters, and women's 800 meters.
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Day five of Olympic track and field action continues at the Stade de France on Monday afternoon.
Four finals are set for today's evening action, including the men's pole vault, women's discus throw, women's 5000 meters, and women's 800 meters.
Athletes will also look to advance out of the first round of men’s 3000 meters steeplechase and 200 meters as well as the semi-final of the women’s 200 meters.
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Stay tuned for live updates across the evening session.
3:47PM EDT: Women’s 800m Final
After fending off an attacking field heading onto the final straightaway Keely Hodgkinson of Great Britain earned gold with a 1:56.72. Hodgkinson led the field through 400 meters, splitting 58.4.
Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia finished strong for silver with 1:57.15, she was third at the 400 meter mark splitting 58.5. Kenya’s Mary Moraa was third at 1:57.42.
3:15 PM EDT: Women’s 5000m Final
A stacked field for the women’s 5000 meters took to the track this evening. It was a tightly packed race up until two laps to go, with so much traffic up front some of the front runners saw contact while vying for track position as well.
As the dust settled the stage was set for Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet to out kick teammate Faith Kipyegon to the line, times of 14:28.56 and 14:29.60 respectively. However after the race there was a DQ and appeal process which saw Kipyegon temporarily removed from second place for obstruction and then reinstated after an appeal.
Sifan Hassan of Netherlands was third for the bronze timed at 14:30.61.
Kipyegon had some contact with Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia during the late race breakout which led to the back and forth judges decision.
2:45 PM EDT: Women’s 200m Semi-Final Round
Three heats of the Semi-Finals, first two finishers in each heat and the next two fastest combined advance to the final.
Semi-Final 1, Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred leads the heat with 21.98 and Nigeria’s Favour Ofili was second with a season best of 22.05. McKenzie Long of USA was third at 22.30 will have to watch times for potential advancement. Wind, 0.0 m/s.
Semi-Final 2, USA’s Gabrielle Thomas first clocked at 21.86, the second auto-qualifying position goes to Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain running 22.31. Third was Hélène Parisot of France 22.55. Wind, +0.2 m/s.
Semi-Final 3, USA’s Brittany Brown led the heat with a 22.12 followed by Daryll Neita of Great Britain 22.24. One of the qualifying times advanced out of this heat as well, Jessika Gbai of Côte d'Ivoire was third with a 22.36. Wind, +0.1 m/s.
Gabrielle Thomas led the compiled Semi-Finals with a 21.86 and will be joined by Julien Alfred, Favour Ofili, Brittany Brown, Daryll Neita, McKenzie Long, Dina Asher-Smith, and Jessika Gbai for the finals on Tuesday, August 6th.
2:30 PM EDT: Women’s Discus Throw Final
In-progress update, through three attempts the field is led by USA’s Valarie Allman with a mark of 68.74 meters.
Allman's series started with a foul, then 68.74, and 68.06m. Bin Feng of China ranks second with 67.51 and Sandra Elkasevic of Croatia third so far with 67.51m.
Top eight now move on for three more attempts.
Final update, the gold medal goes to USA's Valarie Allman who finished with two throws over 69 meters! Allman's best mark a 69.50 on her fourth attempt, the full series a foul, 68.74, 68.06, 69.50, foul, 69.21.
Silver went to Bin Feng of China at 67.51 and bronze to Croatia's Sandra Elkasevic with a season best 67.51.
1:55 PM EDT: Men’s 200m First Round
Six heats on schedule to compete here. The first three in each heat advance to the Semi-Final, all other finishers move to the Repechage Round.
Heat 1, Joseph Fahbulleh of Liberia leads the first heat clocking 20.20, Eseosa Fostine of Italy second 20.26, and Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa third 20.42. Wind, +0.1 m/s.
Heat 2, Tarsis Gracious Orogot of Uganda stormed to the line over the final meters to lead the heat at 20.32. Wanya McCoy of the Bahamas second at 20.35 and Renan Correa of Brazil third 20.41 for advancement. Wind, -0.1 m/s.
Heat 3, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana takes the heat with plenty of space at 20.10. Makanakaishe Charamba of Zimbabwe second at 20.27 and Tortu Filippo of Italy third with 20.29. Benjamin Richardson of South Africa unfortunately pulled up heading onto the straightaway and did not finish. Wind, -0.1 m/s.
Heat 4, USA’s Kenneth Bednarek clocks 19.96, the first time under 20 seconds so far this round. Alexander Ogando of Dominican Republic was second at 20.04 and Joshua Hartmann of Germany third at 20.30. Zarnel Hughes of Great Britain was a notable scratch. Wind, +0.2 m/s.
Heat 5, USA’s Erriyon Knighton leads the heat at 19.99, with one heat to go that is the second quickest. Tapiwanashe Makarawu of Zimbabwe second 20.07 and Shaun Masqanganyi of South Africa third 20.20. Wind, +0.2 m/s.
Heat 6, Coming off his gold medal performance in the 100m dash on Sunday, USA’s Noah Lyles runs 20.19 to lead the final heat and advances to the Semi-Finals. Andrew De Grasse of Canada 20.30 and Towa Uzawa of Japan 20.33. Wind, +0.1 m/s.
At the conclusion of the First Round heats, USA's Kenneth Bednarek, 19.96 (+0.2), and Erriyon Knighton, 19.99 (+0.2) lead the compiled times.
1:04 PM EDT: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase First Round
Three heats are scheduled for this first round of the men’s 3000 meters steeplechase. Top five in each heat advance, no timed advancement.
Heat 1, Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco brought home the opening heat clocking 8:17.90. Leonard Chemutai, Getnet Wale, Daniel Arce, and Ahmed Jaziri also advance.
Amos Serem, one of the top seeds out of Kenya, had an unfortunate misstep early on going around the water jump and had to retrace his steps. Made a strong comeback to the line but was just outside the five qualifiers in sixth.
Results have now marked Amos Serem as “advanced by referee”. Some quick thinking to go back around to re-take the water jump to finish his race at distance.
Heat 2, Mohamed Tindouft of Morocco recorded a personal best time of 8:10.62 to win the second heat. Samuel Firewu, Abraham Kibiwot, Ryuji Miura, and Mukund Avinash Sable all advance.
Heat 3, Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia closes strong to win the heat at 8:23.89. Kenneth Rooks of Team USA was second recording 8:24.95. Simon Kiprop Koech, Amin Mohamed Jhinaoui, and Jean-Simon Desgagnés all advanced.
Tindouft's heat 2 victory at 8:10.62 was the top time of the combined qualifying round. The final is now set for the evening session of Wednesday, August 7th.
1:00 PM EDT: Men’s Pole Vault Final
World record holder and defending Olympic Champion Armand Duplantis of Sweden leads the top seeds heading into this final round.
5.70 meter update, Duplantis entered competition at this height, eight of the 12 vaulters clear this height on first attempt.
5.85 meters update, only three vaulters have clean sheets clearing every attempt including Armand Duplantis, Emmanouil Karalis, and Ersu Sasma.
5.90 meters update, Duplantis passes on 5.90, there are seven active vaulters heading to 5.95 meters.
5.95 meters update, Duplantis clears first attempt, USA’s Sam Kendricks clears first attempt, Greece’s Karalis Emmanouil misses but then passes following attempts to the 6.00 height.
6.00 meters update, Duplantis clears first attempt while Kendricks and Emmanouil are knocked out of competition. Kendrick’s cleared a height of 5.95 for silver, Emmanouil earns bronze with 5.90.
Duplantis, now officially the gold medal winner, is making attempts at his own world record with the bar at 6.25 meters.
6.25 meters update, WORLD RECORD by Sweden’s Armand Duplantis! On his third attempt bringing the crowd to a roaring applause, the two-time Olympic gold medal winner caps off a fantastic competition in Paris.
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