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Males’s 110m hurdles
Closing: August 8
Defending champion: Hansle Parchment (JAM) 13.04
Olympic report: Liu Xiang (CHN) 12.91, 2004
World champion: Grant Holloway (USA) 12.96
World chief: Grant Holloway (USA) 12.86
Whereas removed from being a foregone conclusion, USA ought to dominate as they’d six of the quickest eight instances of the 12 months initially of July.
Grant Holloway (Getty)
High contenders
Grant Holloway (USA) (12.86 in 2024)
A 3-time international champion each indoors and out, he shall be eager to make up for second place in Tokyo in 2021 and has been unbeatable thus far in 2024.
Freddie Crittenden (USA) (12.93 in 2024)
The Budapest fourth-placer ran his first sub-13 on the US trials.
Daniel Roberts (USA) (12.96 in 2024)
The Budapest bronze medallist additionally went contained in the 13-second barrier for the primary time.
Lorenzo Simonelli (ITA) (13.05 in 2024)
Improved from 13.21 to 13.05 to win European gold and appeared in kind with second place on the Monaco Diamond League.
British Problem: Tade Ojora was solely fourth on the trials and was chosen on his significantly better 2023 kind, when he was a Budapest semi-finalist.
Prediction: 1 Holloway (USA) 12.84; 2 Crittenden (USA) 12.96; 3 Roberts (USA) 13.04
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Diamond League)
Girls’s 100m hurdles
Closing: August 10
Defending champion: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) 12.37
Olympic report: Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.35, 2012
World champion: Danielle Williams (JAM) 12.43
World chief: Masai Russell (USA) 12.25
This occasion has seen nice enchancment lately and there are many potential medallists.
High contenders
Masai Russell (USA) (12.25 in 2024)
Was in modest kind main as much as the US trials after which went fourth all-time with 12.25 within the remaining.
Ackera Nugent (JAM) (12.28 in 2024)
The previous world under-20 champion moved up a stage within the Jamaican trials to enter the all-time high 10.
Cyrena Samba-Mayela (FRA) (12.31 in 2024)
An excellent European gold medal-winning run confirmed the house crowd ought to have loads to cheer about right here.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) (12.39 in 2024)
The reigning champion has since received medals in two World Championships and been in good kind in 2024.
British problem: Cindy Sember was fourth on the Europeans in 12.56 however may want a PB simply to make the ultimate.
Prediction: 1 Samba-Mayela (FRA) 12.25; 2 Camacho-Quinn (PUR) 12.34; 3 Russell (USA) 12.35
Rai Benjamin (Getty)
Males’s 400m hurdles
Closing: August 9
Defending champion/Olympic report: Karsten Warholm (NOR) 45.94
World champion: Karsten Warholm (NOR) 46.89
World chief: Rai Benjamin (USA) 46.46
This might be the race of the Video games, with the three quickest athletes of all time in kind and evenly matched.
High contenders
Rai Benjamin (USA) (46.46 in 2024)
The American champion has three international silvers and a bronze and narrowly got here out on high on the Monaco Diamond League.
Alison dos Santos (BRA) (46.63 in 2024)
The 2022 world champion was third in Tokyo and is steadily getting again to his finest.
Karsten Warholm (NOR) (46.70 in 2024)
The world record-holder, defending Olympic champion and three-time world champion received European gold however doesn’t but look to be in completely high kind.
Malik James-King (JAM) (47.42 in 2024)
A one-second PB received him the Jamaican title. He has no championships expertise however was a wonderful fourth in Monaco behind the massive three.
British problem:Alastair Chalmers clocked a 48.54 PB on the British trials however may want a sub-48 run to make the ultimate.
AW Prediction: 1 Warholm (NOR) 46.21; 2 Benjamin (USA) 46.23; 3 Dos Santos (BRA) 46.36
Sydney McLaughlin (Getty)
Girls’s 400m hurdles
Closing: August 8
Defending champion/Olympic report: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) 51.46
World champion: Femke Bol (NED) 51.70
World chief: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) 50.65
Little separates the best feminine athlete on the earth proper now and the perfect in Europe. Don’t be stunned if the world report falls once more.
High contenders
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) (50.65 in 2024)
Improved her personal world report on the US Trials and, with 22.07 200m velocity, she ought to go even quicker in Paris.
Femke Bol (NED) (50.95 in 2024)
The world and European champion who additionally received the world indoor 400m title in Glasgow has minimize the hole to McLaughlin-Levrone, breaking her European report in Switzerland.
Rushell Clayton (JAM) (52.51 in 2024)
The 2019 and 2023 world bronze medallist smashed her PB when profitable the Jamaican trials.
Anna Cockrell (USA) (52.64 in 2024)
The previous world under-20 champion broke 53 seconds for the primary time within the semi-finals on the US trials however went a lot quicker within the remaining.
British problem: Lina Nielsen had an enormous breakthrough with a 54.43 run however may have even quicker to get to the Paris semis. Jessie Knight confirmed significantly improved kind at La Chaux-de-Fonds.
AW Prediction: 1 McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) 50.46; 2 Bol (NED) 50.75; 3 Clayton (JAM) 51.99
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