Day 6 of Olympic track and field action got underway at the Stade de France on Wednesday morning, featuring the return of Americans Grant Fisher and Hobbs Kessler in their secondary events, and the 2024 Olympic debut of World Indoor champion Bryce Hoppel.

Yesterday's evening session featured a fantastic spoiler of the Ingebrigtsen-Kerr duel, but there are more matchups to be staged in the qualifying rounds this session.

This morning, six qualifying events will be contested, consisting of repechage "second chance" rounds in the women's 1500m, as well as the first rounds of the men's high jump, women's 100mH, women's javelin, men's 5000m, and men's 800m. In addition, the marathon race walk mixed relay (consisting of a male and female race-walker each doing about 20K), a brand new Olympic event which the U.S. team did not qualify for, will finish about 30 minutes into the track session.

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6:30 AM EDT: Women's 1500m Repechage Round

Top 3 in each of 2 heats advance. 18-year-old Birke Haylom was the biggest surprise to not qualify from the quarter-finals. Haylom wasted no time getting out in 58.9, a ridiculous split for a repechage. Winnie Nanyondo, another top seed, led the chase pack about 50 meters back at 600. Wow, Haylom splits 2:02.9 at 800. This is world record pace, and she's doing it all alone!

It finally starts to slow at 1200m in 3:10.9, six seconds ahead of the chase pack led by Lucia Stafford of Canada. Haylom gets it done in 4:01.47, but as this will be her 2nd race of four, there are big questions about how she will preform in the semis and finals. Behind her are Ludovica Cavalli of Italy and Esther Guerrero of Spain, with NCAA star Sophie O'Sullivan (of Sonia fame) out of the qualifiers in 4th position.

Sinta Vissa of Italy, who trains in the U.S., wins the second heat in 4:06.71 ahead of Reeve Walcott-Nolan and the Spaniard Agueda Marques, completing your set of semifinalists. Sarah Healy is just out in 4th, and Linden Hall also fails to qualify finishing 8th.

5:55 AM EDT: Men's 800m Quarter-finals

Top 3 per heat will advance, with the rest forced to run an extra repechage.

Heat 1

The defending champ Marco Arop features, but he has to settle for 2nd here behind Eliott Crestan of Belgium in 1:45.51. Payton Craig of Australia takes the final spot. Craig is just 19 years old. No reason to worry about Arop from this heat -- he was gliding into 2nd not concerned about the win, moving forwards in the final stretch.

Heat 2

This field stars circuit staple but breakout star Gabriel Tual of France, who had a huge PB of 1:41 earlier this year on the Diamond League. Also look out for Ireland's Mark English and the Botswanan sprinter Tshepiso Masalela. Rounding out the field is Mohamed Dewdar of Palestine, who had to train only running on gravel with no track available to him.

Masalela leads 400m at 51.3. It's the new 1:41 man Gabriel Tual, then Mark English taking top 2 in 1:45.13 with Masalela in 3rd. Tual and English really had to fight for that one, for seemingly no reason as both would advance regardless of who won. Dewdar splits 1:54.83 for 9th.

Heat 3

The American Brandon Miller will be trying for a semifinal spot, but he's moving backwards in the final 100m. Kenyan superstar Emmanuel Wanyonyi leads in 1:44.64, followed by Catalin Tecuceanu and Andreas Kramer. Armenian record for Yervand Mkrtchyan in 9th place, 1:49.91. Miller will have to wait for the repechage.

Heat 4

After a fantastic 5th-place showing in the 1500m, Hobbs Kessler will attempt to secure a second final berth in the 800m this heat. He'll have to face the favorite Djamel Sedjati of Algeria and Australia's Peter Bol to do it, though.

It's 53.70 through the 400 --  the slowest pace yet. Kessler saves it for late but makes it in, behind Sedjati (1:45.84) and the Brit Elliot Giles. Bol will have to repechage as he finishes 7th in 1:47.50.

Kessler said after the race to NBC, "I was tired. It got away from me there a little bit, but I know a lot can happen in the last 150." Of his 1500 finish, "I'm proud and I'm proud to be an American miler, that's for sure. It would have been great to come home with a medal but I'm proud."

Heat 5

The phenom Ben Pattison will star in this heat along with Frenchman Benjamin Robert. After a 53.3 400, Pattison displays tactical skill beyond his years moving wide the final 100m to win in 1:45.56, followed by Edmund Du Plessis of South Africa and Wyclife Kinyamal. Kinyamal came dangerously close to not qualifying, with Robert nearly taking his spot at the end but having to settle for 4th.

Heat 6

Finally, the world indoor champ Bryce Hoppel will have his 2024 Olympic debut. He leads 52.4 at 400, running comfortably. He lets Mohamed Attaoui pass him at the end, but looking left and right Hoppel knew he was a lock for 2nd. Max Burgin of the UK takes the 3rd spot. Attaoui fought really hard for that heat win -- his time of 1:44.81 was 0.4s faster than Hoppel, but it worked out for him for now.

Asked what Hoppel thought of the men's 1500m yesterday, he said, "Man, I was so fired up... I've been following the medal count a little too closely, so a lot of national pride."

In the semifinal, his plan is to "race a little bit more all out." He was "trying to get the job done while staying conserved."

5:50 AM EDT: Women's Javelin Semifinal Group B

The competition starts with a bang.  as Maria Andrejczyk (65.52m), Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado (64.40), and Japanese world champ Haruka Kitaguchi (62.58) auto-Q in the first round of throwing. In the second round, Sara Kolak throws her furthest in 5 years. 64.57m, for the second position.

The Greek athlete Elina Tzengko gets the standard on her final throw in 63.22m to round out the auto-Qs.

5:10 AM EDT: Men's 5000m Semifinals

With no repechage, it's a generous top 8 per heat that will advance to the final with no time qualifiers. For those that missed the news yesterday, world record holder and Olympic 10,000m champ Joshua Cheptegei and his countryman Jacob Kiplimo are both scratches.

Aside from them, though, there are a ton of returners from the 10K, highlighted by your Olympic bronze medallist Grant Fisher who is hot off a quick altitude stint in Switzerland in between the two races.

Heat 1

This first heat features Mo Ahmed of Canada, who finished 4th in the 10K final last week, and the French crowd roars for Jimmy Gressier who became the first Frenchman to break 27 minutes in that race. We'll be looking at Hagos Gebrhiwhet, who scared the world record running 12:36 earlier this year. Andreas Almgren of Sweden is a DNS.

At 10 minutes, Ingebrigtsen is moving up the field but he gets pushed out to lane 3 -- at least he stays on his feet.

There's still 15 guys with a lap to go! Abdi Nur goes down! Fisher makes it through. With the slow time again of 13:51, we're lucky that there was only one casualty this race -- but unlucky that casualty happened to be Nur, who fell brutally on his back with 100m to go.

Your top seven in heat 2 are Ingebrigtsen, Ethopia's Biniam Mehary, Belgium's Isaac Kimeli, Fisher, Oscar Chelimo and Ronald Kwemo in a photo finish, and Dawit Seare of Eritrea. Those are all confirmed in, but there's still a photo finish yet to be decided for that final 8th place between Morgan McDonald and Addisu Yihune. The photos were decided in Chelimo and Yihune's favor, meaning McDonald is out.

4:25 AM EDT: Women's Javelin Semifinal Group A

We'll be looking for throws over 62.00m here to auto-Q, otherwise you'll have to wait and see if you make the top 12.

In the first round of throws, only Jo-Ane Van Dyk can hit that mark with a 64.22m throw, though Mackenzie Little of Australia gets it done with 62.82 in the 2nd round.

Australia gets two in the finals as Kathryn Mitchell becomes the third auto with a 62.40m throw. Her throw is all the more impressive considering her age of 42, making her one of the oldest competitors at these Olympics and now an Olympic finalist.

The only American Maggie Malone sits in 9th in her group -- not great -- with one throw to go. Her last throw of 58.12m isn't an improvement on her 58.76m best, so she won't advance to the finals as she sits in 12th now.

4:15 AM EDT: Women's 100mH Quarter-finals

Top 3 per heat and next three fastest overall losers will advance to the semis, but there's a second chance repechage waiting for those who can't achieve qualification today.

Heat 1

This heat has two heavy hitters in Nigeria's Tobi Amusan, who is far from a lock for the gold despite setting the WR two years ago, and Alaysha Johnson of the US. They take top 2 12.49 and 12.61, followed by Janeek Brown of Jamaica in 12.84. This shows Tobi is in form, which is a great sign for the rounds to come. Wind is -0.1, perfect for hurdling when you don't necessarily want too much of a rhythm-interrupting tailwind.

Heat 2

The defending champ Jasmine Camacho-Quinn put on a show, winning in 12.42 to lead the Qs so far. Behind her are the Brit Cindy Cember in 12.72 and Pia Skrzyszowska in 12.82, but this one was no contest.

Heat 3

French hope Cyrena Samba-Mayela sits here, as does 2010s viral internet sensation Michelle Jenneke who you've got to respect for still being out here hurdling and doing her dance at 31. 

But the main star, U.S. Trials winner Masai Russell, comes storming in from behind to photo finish with Nadine Visser. Sadly Jenneke stumbled over the 3rd hurdle and crashed into the 4th, but she got up to finish in 20.85 and we'll see her in the repechage. Samba-Mayela takes the 3rd spot in 12.56. It was a dead heat for the win, 12.528, but both will advance regardless.

Heat 4

Switzerland's Ditaji Kambundji, the sister of two-time Olympic 100m finalist Mujinga Kambundji, features in this heat behind Worlds winner Danielle Williams of Jamaica. 

It's Williams 12.59, Sarah Lavin of Ireland 12.73, and Kambundji 12.81 taking the top 3 spots.

Heat 5

Ackera Nugent of Jamaica gets through winning in 12.65, followed by 60mH record-breaker Devynne Charlton and the final American, NCAA champ Grace Stark. Charlton was moving backwards after the last hurdle -- Stark almost got her 12.71 to 12.72 at the line.

Your time qualifiers are Charisma Taylor (12.78), Canada's Mariam Abdul-Rashid (12.80), and Japan's Mako Fukube (12.85).

Speaking to NBC after the race, Stark said she was glad to be back from injury. Her goal was "just to stay focused and focused on my lane. There's some things I need to work on, I'll be back for the semifinals."

4:05 AM EDT: Men's High Jump Semifinals

Athletes will be aiming to hit the auto-Q of 2.29m, but we'll take at least the top 12 regardless. The opening height was decided as 2.15m.

The only people not to make the opening height on first attempt are Alperen Acet, the American Vernon Turner, and Donald Thomas, Brandon Starc, Ukraine's Andri Protsenko, and Germany's Tobias Potye. Everyone is able to clear it except for Protsenko, Potye, and Thomas, meaning all the Americans will get to attempt 2.20m.

2.20m takes its victim in Turner, but the second American McEwen will pass this height. Long jump star JuVaughn Harrison, who represented the U.S. in both the long and high jump at the 2021 Games, clears 2.20m on his second attempt.

2.24m proves to be a very difficult height, taking out Harrison who takes 3 misses. Shelby McEwen clears both 2.24 and 2.27m on his first attempt. Defending co-champ Mutaz Barshim, who just missed his first attempt at 2.27, grips his left calf muscle -- this looks serious. The other co-gold-medallist Jianmarco Tamberi in a show of class comes over to aid his competitor who is still on the ground.

Barshim gets back up and over 2.27m, but he's again clutching his calf muscle. "I don't go down without a fight", he tells the camera. Tamberi has two misses at this height -- and as I type this it becomes three misses, though he might advance anyways depending on how others do.

Hamish Kerr is the only person to clear 2.27m in Group B.

1:30-4:30 AM EDT: Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay

Signing in, Spain's 2nd team leads at 38.4K at 2:34:15. about 30 seconds ahead of Ecuador and 70 seconds ahead of Team Australia featuring Jemima Montag. These teams are on pace to walk a sub-3 hour marathon, like they did at the 2024 Race Walking Team Champs when this event debuted.

Ecuador is 43 seconds ahead of Australia, but they have 2 red cards so far for breaking walking form, putting them in a treacherous position.

At 40.4K, the places look set as it's Spain 2, Ecuador, Australia. (The U.S. sent several teams attempting qualification, but wasn't able to place top 22 at the Race Walking Team Champs).

Spain get it done! Alvaro Martin seen celebrating his gold. In 2nd, Ecuador's female last leg crosses the line giving Pintado his second gold of these Olympics. And next up, Jemima Montag of Australia gets her second bronze medal after finishing 3rd individually in the 20K.

The winning time? 2:50:31 over the marathon distance -- a world record in this fledgling event, and probably faster than your marathon PR.

The Slovakian team (Dominik Cerny and Hana Burzalova) that got engaged after the 20K racewalks actually ran this race as a couple -- how cute! -- and finished 18th in 3:03:54.