The penultimate day at the Stade de France begins this morning with the women’s heptathlon. American Anna Hall will be looking to maintain her medal position, as she is in third place at the start of the day.
05:30 EDT: Men’s 800m semifinals
05:05 EDT: Men’s 4x400m Relay, Round 1
16-year-old Quincy Wilson made history by becoming the youngest male track and field athlete to compete for the U.S. team at the Olympics. The full U.S. team roster included:
1 – Quincy Wilson
2 – Vernon Norwood
3 – Bryce Deadmon
4 – Christopher Bailey
Wilson struggled on the first leg, managing a 47.30 to finish seventh. Norwood ran a heroic 43.60 to close the gap and handed over to Deadmon. Deamond finished the first corner in fourth and held that position with a 44.20. Chris Bailey began the final leg in fourth place and as he came around the final corner he spun Japan away and brought Team USA across the finish line in third place.
Botswana won the first heat in 2:57.76. Men’s 200m gold medalist Letsile Tebogo joined Botswana’s team late and helped the team take a big lead with a strong first leg in 44.40. It was Tebogo’s sixth consecutive day of competition.
Great Britain finished third in the preliminary round.
Team USA has historically dominated this event, winning 18 gold medals since 1912.
France, Nigeria and Belgium took the first three places in Heat 2. Japan and Belgium made it to tomorrow’s final on time.
04:40 EDT: Women’s 4x400m Relay, Round 1
Team USA has won gold in the women’s 4×400 meter relay at seven consecutive Olympic Games. The first round team consists of:
1 – Quanera Hayes
2 – Shamier Little
3 – Aaliyah Butler
4 – Kaylyn Brown
The team won the first heat easily with a time of 3:21:44, beating Great Britain (3:24:72) by more than three seconds. France took third place with a time of 3:24:73.
Jamaica won race 2 in 3:24.92, followed by the Netherlands (3:25.02) and Ireland (3:25.05).
The top three teams from each heat automatically qualified for the final. Belgium and Ireland also made it through in time.
Several of the top 400m runners were unable to take part in the relay today because they were either recovering from yesterday’s 400m hurdles final or preparing for tonight’s 400m final. However, they are expected to compete in the 4x400m relay final tomorrow.
4:05 a.m. EDT: Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump
Day 2 of the women’s heptathlon began with the long jump.
American Chari Hawkins failed on her first attempt, but then jumped 5.90 and 5.66 on her next two attempts.
After jumping 5.72 in her first attempt, American Taliyah Brooks failed in her second attempt and jumped 6.15 in her third attempt. Brooks dropped from sixth to eighth place in the overall ranking.
American Anna Hall jumped 5.93, 5.80 and 5.72 in her three attempts. In the overall ranking she fell from third to sixth place.
The best jump of the competition was achieved by Colombian Martha Araujo (6.61).
Katarina Johnson-Thompson from Great Britain jumped from second to first place in the overall ranking before the javelin throw.
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