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Edwin Moses always loved the sport of track and field.But reaching the Olympics always seemed like a tall order.. At a young age, Moses was a lot smaller than the other runners. In high school, he ...
t. e. Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. [1]
Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics. The modern program includes track and field events, road running events, and race walking events.
Gabrielle Lisa Thomas (born December 7, 1996) [3] is an American track and field athlete specializing in 100 and 200 meter sprint who is the 2024 200m Olympic champion. Born in Georgia and raised in Massachusetts, Thomas competed in college for Harvard University before beginning a professional track career in 2018.
Marileidy Paulino (born 25 October 1996) [4] is a Dominican athlete sprinter specializing in the 400 meters. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics. [5] At the subsequent Summer Olympics in Paris, she won the gold medal in the 400 ...
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. Sydney Michelle McLaughlin-Levrone (/ məˈɡlɒklɪn ləvˈroʊni / mə-GLOK-lin ləv-ROH-nee; née McLaughlin; born August 7, 1999) [7] is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meters hurdles and is the world record holder in that event. She has won gold in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, as ...
Fred Kerley. Fredrick Lee Kerley OLY [citation needed] (/ ˈkɜːrli / KUR-lee; born May 7, 1995) [2] is an American track and field sprinter. He was the Olympic silver medalist over 100 m at the 2020 Olympics and bronze medalist at the 2024 Olympics in the same event. Kerley has earned an additional six medals at the World Championships, most ...
100 m hurdles. Masai Russell OLY [citation needed] (born June 17, 2000) is an American track and field sprinter and hurdler. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 m hurdles event. Russell is the U.S. NCAA Record holder in the 100 m hurdles. [1] Russell holds personal bests of 12.25 seconds over 100 m hurdles which is ...