Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted August 2, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted August 2, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Paris 2024 Olympics: Keely Hodgkinson makes winning start in bid for 800m gold Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson made a winning start to her Olympic 800m title bid as Joshua Cheptegei claimed the first track gold at Paris 2024 in the 10,000m. Hodgkinson, 22, is targeting a first global title in the French capital after finishing second at successive World Championships since she achieved a stunning silver on her Olympic debut as a teenager in Tokyo. She controlled her heat from the front in one minute 59.31 seconds to qualify for Sunday’s semi-finals, where she will be joined by team-mates Jemma Reekie and 17-year-old Phoebe Gill. World record holder Cheptegei, of Uganda, sprinted clear on the final lap to set an Olympic record of 26:43.14 and clinch the first gold on the eye-catching purple track inside the Stade de France. The 27-year-old, a three-time world champion over the distance, finished ahead of Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi and bronze medallist Grant Fisher, of the ******* States. Elsewhere, Great Britain will compete for a mixed 4x400m relay medal on Saturday after the quartet of Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Nicole Yeargin set a national record to win their heat in 3:10.61. The ******* States qualified fastest for that final in a world record 3:07.41. However, Team GB’s Scott Lincoln was unable to qualify for the shot put final with a best throw of 19.69m. The French athletes were backed passionately throughout the evening and, in a remarkable moment, the men’s decathlon 400m was delayed by loud chants of ‘Allez les Bleus’ when swimmer Leon Marchand This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Josh Kerr and rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen remain on course for their anticipated Olympic gold-medal showdown after both qualified from their men’s 1500m heats in Friday’s morning session. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Paris #Olympics #Keely #Hodgkinson #winning #start #bid #800m #gold This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/86263-paris-2024-olympics-keely-hodgkinson-makes-winning-start-in-bid-for-800m-gold/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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