Women's 400m Hurdles Semi Finals Line Up _ Sydney McLaughlin _ Femke Bol _ Paris Olympics
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00A total of 25 athletes qualified for the semifinals of the women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2024
00:06Olympic Games after performing in the Round 1 and Ripple Charge.
00:10Eighteen athletes directly qualified for the semifinals after Round 1 heats, and six athletes
00:16made it to the semifinals from Ripple Charge.
00:18The fastest athlete in the Round 1 was the reigning world champion Femke Bol, who cruised
00:23to a 53.38-second run in a first-round heat.
00:27Bol will be running in the third semifinal this Tuesday alongside Jamaica's Sian Salman,
00:33Jaycee Knight of Great Britain, and American athlete Anna Cockrell.
00:37Only two athletes from each semifinal heat will qualify directly to the final later this
00:41week, so there will be some minor battles for automatic qualification spots in the semifinal
00:47heats.
00:48Bol, who has already produced a lightning-quick split time in the 4x4 mixed relay last weekend,
00:54will be the overwhelming favorite in the first semifinal.
00:57Anna Cockrell, Sydney McLaughlin-Leveroni, and Jasmine Jones are the three athletes that
01:02the USA has sent to take part in the 400-meter hurdles this year, and all three of them have
01:08made the semifinals.
01:09Jones and McLaughlin-Leveroni produced 53.60-second performances in their respective Round 1 heats,
01:17and they will be going in the first and second semifinals this Tuesday.
01:21McLaughlin-Leveroni will be up against Genevieve Russell of Jamaica, home favorite Louis Marvell,
01:27Ayomiti Florenzo of Italy, and experienced Anna Ryskova of Ukraine.
01:31Sydney and Genevieve Russell should be the favorites to reach the final from the second
01:36semi.
01:37In the first semifinal, Jasmine Jones will take on Rachel Clayton of Jamaica, Chana Grebo
01:42of France, Lena Nilsson of Great Britain, and Kathleen Peters of the Netherlands.
01:47The two big guns in the 400-meter hurdles are none other than the defending Olympic
01:52champion Sydney McLaughlin-Leveroni and the reigning world champion Femke Boll.
01:57They both should make the final comfortably to set up a clash that Wheel Track fans have
02:02been waiting to see for a long time.