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The United States had a big night in track and field at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, winning two gold medals and five overall. Gabby Thomas blazed her way to an easy win in the 200 meters ...
Track-and-field star Gabby Thomas wins the 200-m gold medal for Team USA at the Paris Olympics, ... won the 200-m sprint Tuesday night at ... winning 200-m bronze in Tokyo, a silver at last year ...
The U.S. track and field star won the gold medal that has long eluded her by finishing first in the 200-meter with a time of 21.83 ... Just before the Olympics, Thomas won the 2024 London Diamond ...
The 200 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the second edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 200 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 and the women's 200 m has been held continuously since its introduction at the 1948 Games. It is the most prestigious 200 m race at elite level.
Lyles' shout-out to Jamaica came a day after a relative unknown, Kishane Thompson, ran a world-leading 9.77 to win the 100-meter nationals. Thompson did not run in Saturday's 200 prelims in Kingston. The U.S. has a long history of baton mishaps in the 4x100 relay, though a team headlined by Lyles won easily last year at worlds. Sha'Carri stumbles
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles suffered an upset in the 200 meters Thursday, settling for Olympic bronze for the second straight time in the event as Botswana's Letsile Tebogo won gold and American Kenny Bednarek got silver. Lyles fell to his back after the loss and eventually sat up to be tended to by medics who rushed out onto the track.
Bednarek finished with a time of 19.62 seconds after winning his semifinal heat on Wednesday.Bednarek's silver in the 200 meters follows his seventh-place finish in the 100 meters on Sunday ...
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to three qualified athletes in the men's 200 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of three has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 20.24 seconds.