Jamaican Women have dominated the sprints at the Olympic Games over the past 16 years. Since Beijing 2008, they have won 10 out of 12 possible medals in the 100m dash, including all 4 gold medals.

But the "Big 3" names of Jamaican Women's sprinting, Shericka Jackson, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shell-Ann Fraser-Pryce, have all had slightly slower starts to their seasons than in previous years. Bringing about concerns around their potential to return to the podium once again.

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On May 14th, Fred Kerley recently took to Twitter and said "World record next time I touch the 100m".

That set the Track & Field World on fire with criticism from all angles considering the current record of 9.58 seconds, set by Usain Bolt back in 2009, seems almost unattainable by any current 100m sprinter. But though it may seem crazy on the surface, there is a level of understanding we should have for athletes setting ambitious goals.

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Should the USA Require Athletes to Run at Spring Relay Meets to Be Selected for the Olympic Relay Pool?

At the 2024 World Athletics Relays, a USA Men's 4x100m Team of Courtney Lindsey, Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King and Noah Lyles won Gold in a time of 37.40 seconds, which is one of the fastest times in history.

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Michael Norman opened up is 2024 Season with a 400m in 44.21 seconds. That's his first race since July 2023, his first 400m since August 2022 and the 9th fastest time of his career.

Over the past few years, Norman has dealt with setbacks and injuries that prevented him from consistently performing to the best of his ability. After winning 400m Gold at the 2022 World Championships, Norman switched to the 100m dash, failed to make the 2023 USA team and switched coaches twice.

But now with his 2024 seasons opener, he looks to be healthy and ready to return to the top of the podium this year. Is Norman now a threat for gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris?

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Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs is the reigning Olympic Champion in the 100m Dash, but he is actually a bit different than any other Olympic Champion that we have ever seen in the event.

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World 100m Champions Sha’Carri Richardson and Fred Kerley have started off a bit slower than expected in their first few races in 2024. Should the track & Field world be worried?

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⏰Video Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:39 Sha’Carri Richardson

05:57 Fred Kerley

09:21 Still Early in the Season?

10:52 Chinese Tracks are slow?

11:42 Summary

Courtney Lindsey shocked the world this past weekend in Nairobi Kenya with his 19.71 performance in the 200m Dash, just edging out World Bronze medalist Letsile Tebogo of Botswana. This comes off the heels of Lindsey’s 19.88 at the Tom Jones Memorial a week prior. 

Though these performances may come as a shock at the top of 2024, Lindsey is no fluke having made team USA last year to the Budapest World Championships in the 200m. All throughout 2023 he also ran times of 19.85, 19.86, 1988 and 19.94, proving that he was a consistent world class sprinter. 

As we look forward to the 2024 Olympic year, Lindsey has his eyes set on making team USA once again, not only in the 200m, but possibly the 100m as well. And considering what we have seen him do around the curve in his races, could we see him run 3rd leg on Team USAs 4x100m in Paris as well?

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⏰Video Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:17 Wind/Altitude Conversion

01:05 Courtney is no Fluke

01:50 Double Sprint Threat

03:35 Can he make team USA in the 100m or 200m?

06:19 Building Confidence after beating Tebogo

06:59 Coach Dennis Mitchell

07:35 Should Courtney run the 4x100m?

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela is the Olympic Champion, World Record Holder, 4-time World Champion and 3-time World Indoor Champion in the Triple Jump. She recently announced that she will not compete at the 2024 Olympics due to an Achilles injury, ending her consecutive gold medal streak.

The Triple Jump is often forgotten and far from the most popular events, especially compared to track events like the 100m, 1500m or even field events like the Shot Put and Long Jump. But in just the past 5 years, Rojas and a few other women have arguably produced the most dominance in the event that we have seen in over 15 years.

The women’s event is relatively young, only getting added to the Olympics in 1996, but in the 30 years since then, there have been a few different era’s where women have pushed the boundaries of what is possible in the event. Since winning her first Gold medal in 2017, Yulimar Rojas has arguably ushered in a new era of women’s jumping that will be on full display at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Despite Rojas’ absence this year, the Women’s Triple Jump is in very good hands and will likely be one of, if not the most competitive event to watch at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this summer. 

Today we’ll dive into a brief history of the Women’s Triple Jump, discuss the different era’s of the event over the past 30 years as well as highlight the top contenders for the podium in Paris later this summer.

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00:00 Why Yulimar Rojas is the GOAT

2:18 Why I love the Triple Jump

3:16 Introduction to Women’s Triple Jump

4:15 A Brief History

5:30 1st Era: 1990s

6:49 2nd Era: 2000s

8:43 3rd Era: 2010s

10:41 4th Era: Present

14:01 The Current Triple Jump Field

15:55 Closing

Andre De Grasse of Canada has been one of the most consistent sprinters of the past decade, having won a total of 7 individual medals since 2015, including Olympic 200m Gold in Tokyo 2020. Despite his accomplishments, he flies under the radar a bit and is sometimes overlooked throughout the season leading up to the Olympics or Worlds.

Today we discuss why Andre is in the conversation with some of the greatest sprinters of All-time, dive into each of his medal-winning seasons and what he did leading up to Worlds or Olympics, as well as breakdown his chances at getting onto the podium once again at his 3rd Olympics in Paris later this summer.

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00:00 Intro

00:36 Andre’s History

1:54 Career Accomplishments

6:25 How he shows up for Global Championships

13:31 2024 Olympic Potential

18:37 Closing

Since Usain Bolt Retired in 2017, the men’s 100m dash has become completely wide open with a different 100m Dash Champion at every Major Championship since then. As we now look towards the Paris 2024 Olympics, there are a bunch of contenders all vying for the Gold medal this summer. In Part 5, the final part, we discuss a few sprinters from various countries around the world. From Andre De Grasse and Trayvon Bromell, to Zharnel Hughes and Hakim Sani Brown. A bunch of these guys have either won medals at previous championships or are looking to get onto the podium for the first time in their careers.

Video Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:53 Andre De Grasse

03:17 Zharnel Hughes

05:44 Trayvon Bromell

09:27 Marvin Bracy-Williams

12:18 Hakim Sani Brown

13:33 Terrance Jones

14:35 Cravont Charleston

15:40 Reece Prescod

16:26 Aaron Brown

17:43 Ronnie Baker

18:44 Outro