“For days, I said, ‘I’m going to bring you the gold medal.’ Or, at least, ‘I’m going to bring you a medal. Favorite us! Follow Agbégnénou cemented herself as one of the host nation’s biggest gold-medal hopes for the 2024 Paris Games by winning her sixth world judo title, returning to the top of the sport 11 months after having daughter Athena.Īgbégnénou, 30, beat Slovenian Andreja Leški in Wednesday’s 63kg final in Doha. Jamaica also boasts the Olympic bronze medalist in the 100m hurdles ( Megan Tapper) and 2015 World champion Danielle Williams. Nigerian Tobi Amusan broke the world record in the semifinals (12.12), then ran 12.06 in the windy final.Īnderson was eighth in Tokyo as the youngest Jamaican woman to contest an individual Olympic track and field event since 2004. She broke the Jamaican record in the semifinals (12.31 seconds), then ran the fifth-fastest all-conditions time in history in the final (12.23 with an illegal tailwind of 2.5 meters per second). Last July, Anderson, then 21, became the youngest 100m hurdles medalist in world championships (or Olympic) history, according to. The prognosis from my medical team is nothing short of 100% positive.”
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“The good news is that I will make a full recovery.
“Unfortunately I will be sitting out this season, just to make sure I get the best recovery possible. “These past few weeks have been personally challenging for me as I’ve had to deal with a significant injury to my knee,” she posted. Favorite us! Follow Britany Anderson, the world silver medalist in the 100m hurdles, will miss the outdoor track season due to a knee injury. “The improvements I’ve made physically, but most of all mentally would lend myself to throwing the discus at a high level,” Crouser said. Robert Garrett and Bud Houser won gold in both events in 18, respectively. Most recently, John Godina, who did both in 19, when he won shot put silver and bronze. More than a dozen Americans previously competed in the Olympics in both the shot put and discus, according to. Crouser’s dad, Mitch, was a 1984 Olympic alternate in the discus. He won the 20 Big 12 titles in the event competing for the University of Texas. In 2014, an off=year, Eaton shook things up by racing the 400m hurdles, then returned to the decathlon.Ĭrouser is a little more familiar with the discus than Eaton was with the low hurdles. It would be reminiscent of another Oregon native, Ashton Eaton, the two-time Olympic decathlon champion. Roster | Key EventsĬrouser’s agent said he would not give up the shot put if and when he adds the discus.
TRACK WORLDS: Broadcast Schedule | Results | U.S. But I do want to give the discus an honest effort at some point in my career.” “Everything getting pushed back a year has kind of eliminated that opportunity for an off-year. “Before COVID, would have been 2022,” he said. The next “off-year” - without an Olympics or world outdoor championships - is in 2026, when Crouser will be 33. USA Today first reported Crouser’s interest in the discus. “I plan on giving the discus a year on the off-year,” he told Flotrack on Friday after qualifying for Sunday’s shot put final at the world championships in his home state of Oregon. Ryan Crouser, the two-time Olympic shot put champion and world record holder, hopes to throw the discus some time after the 2024 Paris Games.
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