On day five of the 2024 Paris Olympics track and field events, 11 U.S. athletes made it to the next rounds of their respective events. This included Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton, placing No. 1 and No. 2 in the qualifying round of the men’s 200m along with Noah Lyles placing No. 6. This was Lyles’ first action since winning the gold in the men’s 100m, beating out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by just five thousandths of a second.

Gabby Thomas also placed No. 1 in the semifinal round of the women’s 200m along with Brittany Brown at No. 4.

The day was capped off by four medal races which resulted in two more medals being added to the U.S. count. In the men’s Pole Vault, Sam Kendricks won silver behind Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis. The only U.S. gold medal of the day came from Valarie Allman, winning the women’s Discus final by a margin of 1.99 points.

The sixth day saw even more U.S. qualifiers, as 15 U.S. athletes moved onto the next round of their events. This included four U.S. athletes placing No. 1 in their events: Freddie Crittenden in the men’s 110m Hurdles, Kendall Ellis in the women’s 400m, Tara Davis-Woodhall in the women’s Long Jump and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the women’s 400m Hurdles.

The U.S. added five medals to the trophy case on day six. The highlight of all of these medals was in the men’s 1,500m, as Cole Hocker shocked many by winning the gold, upsetting Great Britain’s Josh Kerr and Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigsten. American Yared Nuguse clinched the bronze by finishing ahead of Ingebrigtsen.

In the women’s Hammer, U.S. athlete Annette Echikunwoke took home silver behind Canada’s Camryn Rogers and above China’s Zhao Jie.

Gabby Thomas and Brittany Brown both finished on the podium in the women’s 200m after qualifying the previous day. Thomas took home gold in front of St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred and Brown took bronze.

At the qualifying rounds on day seven, 17 U.S. athletes advanced to the next round of their event. This was highlighted by Shelby McEwen placing No. 1 in the men’s High Jump, Grant Holloway placing No. 1 in the men’s 110m Hurdles semifinals and Kenny Bednarek finishing at No. 2 in the men’s 200m semifinal.

In the afternoon U.S. athlete  Katie Moon took silver in the women’s Pole Vault, finishing 0.05 points behind Australia’s Nina Kennedy and just above Canada’s Alysha Newman. U.S. athlete Quincy Hall made an incredible final push to earn gold, ahead of Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith at No. 2 and Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga at No. 3 in the men’s 400m final. The U.S. added one final medal on day seven, as Kenneth Rooks finished with a silver in the men’s 3,000m Steeplechase. Brooks placed behind Morocco’s Soufiane Elbakkali who took gold and above Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwott who took bronze.

During the six qualifying rounds on day eight, five U.S. athletes qualified for the next round of their event. Both the U.S. men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams placed No. 1 in their qualifying rounds to move on as well. In the heptathlon, Anna Hall made her mark in the first four of seven total events. Hall placed No. 7 in the 100m Hurdles, No. 3 in the High Jump, No. 8 in the Shot Put and No. 8 in the 200m. This resulted in her sitting at No. 3 overall with 3,956 points after day one of the two-day heptathlon.

For day eight medals, U.S. athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall took home gold in the women’s long jump, in front of Germany’s Malaika Mihambo and fellow U.S. athlete Jasmine Moore, who took bronze. This was followed by Kenny Bednarek who took silver and Noah Lyles who took bronze for the U.S. behind Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo in the men’s 200m.

The U.S. finished out the day with four more medals, two golds and two silvers. In the Women’s 400m hurdles, U.S. athlete Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won gold with fellow U.S. athlete  Anna Cockrell taking silver, in front of the Netherlands’ Femke Bol. The United States finished strong with two more medals, as Grant Holloway and Daniel Roberts finished in the top two spots of the men’s 100m Hurdles. Holloway took gold and Roberts took silver in front of Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell.

Edited by Dylan Heinrich | dheinrich@themaneater.com

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