Tokyo – Athletics

Athletics in Tokyo Specifics

• New in Tokyo 2020:
  • The Mixed (coed) 4x400m relay
• Dates: July 30 – Aug 7 (M Marathon on Aug 8)
  • Full Schedule for the games

Who to Know (on Team USA before Olympics):

• Allyson Felix
  • She is in for her 5^th and final (sad day) Olympic team. That 400m final at trials was not to be missed! Her medal count is 6 golds and 3 silvers, competing in the 4x100m relay, 200, 400m, 4x400m relay. She is a huge advocate for athletes who become moms after she gave birth to her daughter, Cammy in 2018.
  • Result: She took bronze in the 400m in the best comeback I’ve ever seen! She will also be retiring at the end of the 2022 track season. She was also on the 4x400m relay team to win gold for the USA.

• Noah Lyles
  • He is the reigning 200m World Champion. Noah was going to try the 100m/200m double but did not make the US team in the 100m. He is also super outgoing and personable.
  • Result: He won bronze in the 200m after a hard year.

• Sydney McLaughlin
  • She is now the WR holder after US trials.  Sydney is considered one of the rising T&F stars and she keeps going back and forth with Dalilah Muhammad (also Team USA) for the win. except the 400m hurdles race to be one of the featured races of Tokyo!
  • Result: She broke her own WR (that she and Dalilah had traded) and won gold in the 400m hurdles in an epic showdown with Dalilah. She was also on the 4x400m relay team to win gold for the USA.

• Sam Kendricks
  • He has won back-to-back World Championships in the PV and it seems to be him and Duplantis trading off title wins.
  • Result: He tested positive for COVID and did not compete in Tokyo.

• Other countries:

• • Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price – Team JAM
    • She has won more 100m titles than any other woman in history including the gold medal in the 2008 Beijing & 2012 London Games. However, she won bronze in Rio 2016. She has 6 Olympic medals to her name total. Without top American Richardson, the gold medal looks to be in her hands if she can take it.
    • Results: She won silver in the 100m as part of the JAM sweep. She also was on the team that won gold in the 4x100m relay.

• • Mondo Duplantis – Team SWE
    • He currently has the WR in the PV but has yet to win gold at the Olympics
    • Results: He won gold clearing 6.02m.

• Missing some people?
  • Sha’Carri Richardson won the 100m in trails however tested positive for marijuana and is out of the Tokyo games.
  • Christian Coleman, favorite for the World’s Fastest Man title has been banned due to missing too many tests.
  • Christian Taylor, 2x TJ Olympic Champion, will not get to defend his title as he tore his Achilles within the last month.
  • Shelby Houlihan, WR holder in 1500m, tested positive for steroids this week so she will no longer competing.

Trials:

• Team USA in full:
  • M 100m
    • Trayvon Bromell (brah-mel), Ronnie Baker & Fred Kerley
  • M 200m
    • Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek & Erriyon Knighton
  • M 400m
    • Michael Norman, Michael Cherry & Randolph Ross
  • M 800m
    • Clayton Murphy, Isaiah Jewett& Bryce Hoppel
    • ‘Biggest upset of the trials thus far’: Donovan Brazier, World Champion, did not make the Olympic team. He died at the 150m to go mark.
  • M 1500m
    • Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker & Matthew Centrowitz (reigning Olympic champ)
  • M 110m Hurdles
    • Grant Holloway, Devon Allen & Daniel Roberts
  • M 400m Hurdles
    • Rai Benjamin, Kenny Selmon & David Kendziera
  • M 5k
    • Grant Fisher, Woody Kincaid & Paul Chelimo
  • M 10k
    • Woody Kincaid, Grant Fisher, Joe Klecker
  • M 300m Steeplechase
    • Hillary Bor, Benard Keter & Mason Ferlic
  • M Marathon
    • Abdihakem Abdirahman, Jacob Riley & Galen Rupp
  • M 20km Race Walk
    • Nick Christie
      • He was the only one to hit the Olympic Standard of the top 3 at trials
  • W 100m
    • Javianne Oliver, Teahna Daniels & Jenna Prandini
      • Jenna is the lucky replacement for the suspended Sha’Carri. She will now compete in both the 100m and the 200m.
  • W 200m
    • Gabby Thomas, Jenna Prandini & Anavia Battle
  • W 400m
    • Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix & Wadeline Jonathas
  • W 800m
    • Athing Mu, Raevyn Rogers, Ajee Wilson
  • W 1500m
    • Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Cory McGee & Heather MacLean
  • W 100h
    • Keni Harrison, Christina Clemons & Gabbi Cunningham
      • Brianna McNeal took 2nd at trials however her ban was not overturned. She is out of Tokyo.
  • W 400h
    • Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad & Anna Cockrell
  • W 5k
    • Elise Cranny, Karissa Schweizer & Rachel Schneider
  • W 10km
    • Emily Sisson, Karissa Schweizer & Alicia Monson
  • W 3000m Steeplechase
    • Emma Coburn, Courtney Frerichs & Val Constein
  • W Marathon
    • Sally Kipyego, Molly Seidel & Aliphine Tuliamuk
  • W 20km Race Walk
    • Robyn Stevens
  • Decathlon
    •  Garrett Scantling, Steven Bastien & Zach Ziemek
  • M Long Jump
    • JuVaughn Harrison, Marquis Dendy & Steffin McCarter
  • M High Jump
    • JuVaughn Harrison, Shelby McEwan & Darryl Sullivan
      • The HJ/LJ double hasn’t been done since Jim Thorpe in 1912
  • M Triple Jump
    • Will Claye, Donald Scott & Chris Bernard
  • M PV
    • Chris Nilsen, Sam Kendricks & KC Lightfoot
  • M Shot Put
    • Ryan Crouser (new WR), Joe Kovacs & Payton Otterdahl
  • M Discus Throw
    • Mason Finley, Reggie Jagers & Sam Mattis
  • M Javelin
    • Curtis Thompson, Michael Shuey
      • Riley Dolezal did not hit the Olympic standard
  • M Hammer Throw
    • Rudy Winkler, Daniel Haugh & Alex Young

• • Heptathlon
    • Annie Kunz, Kendell Williams & Erica Bougard
  • W Long Jump
    • Brittney Reese, Tara Davis & Quanesha Burks
  • W High Jump
    • Vashti Cunningham, Rachel McCoy & Tynita Butts-Thompson
      • Inika McPherson & Nicole Greene did not hit the standard. They missed by 1 inch.
  • W Triple Jump
    • Keturah Orji, Tori Franklin & Jasmine Moore
  • W Pole Vault
    • Katie Nageotte, Morgann LeLeux & Sandi Morris
  • W Shot Put
    • Jessica Ramsey, Raven Saunders & Adelaide Aquilla
  • W Discus
    •  Valarie Allman, Rachel Dincoff & Kelsey Card
      • Micaela Hazlewood did not hit standard
  • W Javelin
    • Maggie Malone, Kara Winger & Ariana Ince
      • Avione Allgood-Whetstone did not hit Olympic Standard)
  • W Hammer Throw
    • DeAnna Price, Brooke Andersen & Gwendolyn Berry

• • Full Results Olympic Trials
  • Full Results Olympics

Watch Now!

• Track events don’t begin until the 2nd half of the games. Events begin July 30 – Aug 8 with the M 10k final.
• Track is flipped from swimming. The heats are in the evening for the USA but the finals and semis are in the mornings. Get ready to set your alarm!
• Fri 7/30
  • 6:30am – M 10km
• Sat 7/31
  • 6:15am – M Discuss
  • 7:35am – Mixed 4x400m Relay
  • 7:50am – W 100m
  • 8:35pm – W Shot Put
• Sun 8/1
  • 5:10am – M HJ
  • 6:20am – W TJ
  • 7:50am – M 100m
  • 8:20pm – M LJ
  • 9:15pm – W 100m Hurdles
• Mon 8/2
  • 6am – W Discuss
  • 7:15am – M 300m Steeplechase
  • 7:40am – W 5000m
  • 8:50pm – W LJ
  • 10:20pm – M 400m Hurdles
• Tues 8/3
  • 5:20am – M PV
  • 6:35am – W Hammer
  • 7:25am – W 800m
  • 7:50am – W 200m
  • 9:30pm – W 400m Hurdles
• Wed 8/4
  • 6am – W 3000m Steeplechase
  • 6:15am – M Hammer
  • 7:05am – M 800m
  • 7:55am – M 200m
  • 9pm – M TJ
  • 9:05pm – M Shot Put
  • 9:55pm – M 110m Hurdles
• Thurs 8/5
  • 2:30am – M 20km Walk
  • 5:20am – W PV
  • 7am – M 400m
  • 7:30am – W Heptathlon
  • 7:40am – M Decathlon
  • 3:30pm – M 50km Walk
• Fri 8/6
  • 2:30am – W 20km Walk
  • 6:50am – W Javelin
  • 7am – M 5000m
  • 7:35am – W 400m
  • 7:50am – W 1500m
  • 8:30am – W 4x100m Relay
  • 8:50am – M 4x100m Relay
  • 5pm – W Marathon
• Sat 8/7
  • 5:35am – W HJ
  • 5:45am – W 10km
  • 6am – M Javelin
  • 6:40am – M 1500m
  • 7:30am – W 4x400m Relay
  • 7:50am – M 4x400m Relay
  • 5pm – M Marathon