By Leilah Bbaale<\/p>\n
Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the men\u2019s Olympic 200m title while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone extended her 400m hurdles dominance at Paris 2024 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Botswana\u2019s Tebogo held off challenges from Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Noah Lyles, as he stormed to victory in 19.46 seconds.<\/p>\n
In addition to becoming the first African champion in the event, Tebogo\u2019s triumph marked his country\u2019s first gold medal at the Games.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really a beautiful race for me,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I made it to the final, my coach just told me, now my job is done, it\u2019s up to you to see what you can do. Whether it\u2019s a medal or not, just finish the race healthy. That\u2019s all I could have wished for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tebogo\u2019s time was an African record and the fourth fastest in history. Bednarek took silver in 19.62 and Lyles bronze in 19.70.<\/p>\n
McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own world record as she captured gold in 50.37 seconds, eclipsing her previous mark of 50.65 set in June.<\/p>\n
Fellow American Anna Cockrell took silver in 51.87, while Femke Bol of the Netherlands claimed bronze in 52.15.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see our sport continue to grow, for people to want to watch the 400m hurdles,\u201d McLaughlin-Levrone said. \u201cJust a lot of hard work put in this year. I knew it was going to be a tough race. An amazing competition all the way round.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arshad Nadeem secured Pakistan\u2019s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics, setting a new Olympic record to win the men\u2019s javelin final.<\/p>\n
Nadeem registered a best throw of 92.97 meters, beating the previous Games record of 90.57 set by Norway\u2019s Andreas Thorkildsen at Beijing 2008.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s Neeraj Chopra took silver with 89.45 and Grenada\u2019s Anderson Peters bronze with 88.54.<\/p>\n
American Tara Davis-Woodhall continued her rapid ascent by winning gold in the women\u2019s long jump.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old secured the title with 7.10 meters, 0.12 meters ahead of Germany\u2019s defending Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo, who took silver. American Jasmine Moore took bronze, 0.02 meters further back.<\/p>\n
Davis-Woodhall, who finished sixth at the Tokyo Olympics, was a silver medalist at the 2023 world championships before taking gold at this year\u2019s world indoor championships.<\/p>\n
In the night\u2019s only other gold medal at Stade de France, American Grant Holloway lived up to his pre-race favoritism by powering to victory in the men\u2019s 110m hurdles final.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old reigning world champion and Tokyo 2020 silver medalist blitzed his rivals to win in 12.99 seconds.<\/p>\n
His compatriot Daniel Roberts claimed silver in 13.09 and Rasheed Broadbell of Jamaica clinched bronze, just three thousandths of a second further back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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