Paris Olympics 2024: Saturday 8.10

8.10.24 Saturday: 

Last day of major competition brought some more hardware for the US team. 

Masai Russell came from out of nowhere in a stacked field to win the Women's 100m Hurdles. She defeated the defending champion Jasmine Camacho Quinn. 

Women's 100m Hurdles:

1. Masai Russell, USA 12.33
2. Cyrena Samba Mayela, France 12.34
3. Jasmine Camacho Quinn, Puerto Rico 12.36

Men's 5,000m

1. Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway 13:13:66
2. Ronald Kwemoi, Kenya 13:15:04
3. Grant Fisher, USA 13:15:13

The Men's High Jump ended in a tie four (well three) years ago. This time around, the competitors/ athletes wanted a tie breaker. 

Men's High Jump

1. Hamish Kerr, New Zealand 2.36
2. Shelby McEwen, USA 2.36
3. Mutaz Essa Barshim, Qatar 2.34

The men's basketball team prevailed and won the gold! 

Men's Basketball

1. USA
2. France
3. Serbia 

Wrapping up this games was two amazing races that resulted in gold medals for the USA. There was the Men's 4x 400m relay and the Women's 4x400m relay. 

Rai Benjamin anchored the relay and is the first to win a gold in the 400m hurdles and a gold in the 4x400m relay. Quincy Wilson, at the age of 16, will also get a gold for running in the prelims for this race. With their time in the finals, the men established a new Olympic record. 

Men's 4x400m Relay

1. USA, 2:54:43 -- Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin

2. Botswana, 2:54:53

3. Great Britain, 2:55:83

Now onto the women! They did not disappoint either. In the process of coming together to win gold they also set a new American record. 

Women's 4x400m Relay

1. USA, 3:15:27 -- Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Alexis Holmes

2. Netherlands, 3:19:50

3. Great Britain, 3:19:72