The evening session of Day 7 at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games witnessed a thrilling advancement for Jamaica in the 110m hurdles. Reigning Olympic champion Hansle Parchment, Commonwealth Champion Rasheed Broadbell, and Orlando Bennett all successfully made their way to the finals, setting the stage for a highly anticipated showdown.
The standout performance of the evening came from Orlando Bennett, who delivered a stunning victory in his heat. Bennett, who finished second at the Jamaica national championships in June with a time of 13.18, stormed to a personal best of 13.09. This impressive feat made him the fastest Jamaican heading into the finals, raising hopes for a potential podium finish.
Rasheed Broadbell, the Jamaican champion, also secured his place in the final with a solid performance. Broadbell won Heat 2 with a time of 13.21, just ahead of American Freddie Crittendon, who finished second in 13.23 to claim the other automatic qualifying spot.
Hansle Parchment, the reigning Olympic champion, faced a more challenging path to the final. The 33-year-old veteran finished third in the opening heat, which was won by three-time World Champion Grant Holloway in an impressive 12.98. Spain’s Enrique Llopis secured the second automatic qualifying spot with a time of 13.17, while Parchment clocked 13.19. Parchment had to await the completion of the remaining heats to confirm his advancement as the fastest non-automatic qualifier.
In addition to the three Jamaicans, the final will feature a strong American contingent. Alongside Grant Holloway and Freddie Crittendon, Daniel Roberts also advanced, making it a fierce competition between the two nations. Rachid Muratake of Japan, who finished fourth in the opening heat with a time of 13.26, also advanced as a non-automatic qualifier.
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T&T's Richards sets national record 43.78 but narrowly misses medal in Men’s 400m final; USA’s Hall becomes fourth-fastest man in history to claim first Olympic title
Trinidad & Tobago’s Jereem Richards produced the best 400m race of his life but it just narrowly placed him outside the medals at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old, who entered Wednesday’s Men’s 400m final at the Stade de France with a personal best of 44.18 done at the London Diamond League on July 20 this year, produced a national record 43.78 to finish fourth.
The previous national record of 44.01 was held by Machel Cedenio who ran that time in a fourth-place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Running out of lane nine, Richards went out extremely hard in the first 300m before being caught by the field in the last portion of the race.
American Quincy Hall won his maiden Olympic title with a brilliant personal best 44.40, the fourth fastest time in history.
Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith, like he did at the World Championships in Budapest last year, took silver with a European record 43.44 while Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga ran 43.74, a national record, to take bronze just ahead of Richards.
Grenadian 2012 Olympic champion Kirani James was fifth in 43.87. USA’s Chris Bailey (44.58), Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi (44.73) and USA’s Michael Norman (45.62) rounded out the top eight.
Hibbert produces 16.99m in qualifying to advance to Men’s triple jump final in Paris
Jamaica’s Jaydon Hibbert has advanced to the final of the Men’s triple jump at the Paris Olympics.
The 19-year-old, in his first Olympic Games, produced a best jump of 16.99m to advance sixth overall in qualifying at the Stade de France on Wednesday.
That 16.99m came in his first-round jump. He then did 16.95m in round two before closing out his qualifying campaign with a foul in the third round.
The other Jamaican in the field, Jordan Scott, had a best jump of 16.36m to finish 24th overall in qualifying.
Medal contenders Pedro Pichardo, Jordan Diaz Fortuin and Hugues Fabrice Zango all successfully made it through to Friday’s final.
Jamaica’s Clarke, BVI’s McMaster through to Men’s 400m hurdles final in Paris
Jamaica’s Roshawn Clarke and the British Virgin Islands’ Kyron McMaster will represent the Caribbean in the final of the Men’s 400m hurdle after successfully getting through the semifinals at the Stade de France on Wednesday.
BVI’s McMaster, who finished fourth at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, will have an opportunity to win his first Olympic medal after running 48.15 to win the second semifinal ahead of Estonia’s Rasmus Magi (48.16), now a finalist for the third successive Olympics.
Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba also made it through to the final out of that semi with 48.20 in third.
Jamaica’s Malik James-King looked set to finish in the top two in that semifinal before clipping the last hurdle and stumbling to seventh in 48.85.
Clarke ran comfortably on his way to 48.34 for second in the third semifinal behind American Rai Benjamin who won in 47.85.
Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm (47.67), France’s Clement Ducos (47.85) and 2023 World champion Alison Dos Santos (47.95) qualified from the first semifinal.
Jaheel Hyde ran 50.03 to finish seventh in that first semifinal.
The final is set for Friday at 2:45pm Jamaica Time (3:45pm ECT).
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