Current:Home > ScamsGabby Thomas leads trio of Americans advancing to 200 track final at Paris Olympics -TrueNorth Capital Hub
Gabby Thomas leads trio of Americans advancing to 200 track final at Paris Olympics
View
Date:2025-04-14 15:58:39
Americans Gabby Thomas, McKenzie Long and Brittany Brown advanced to the women’s 200-meter final at the Paris Olympics.
Thomas, the defending bronze medalist and favorite to win gold this time, blazed through her semifinal heat to win in 21.86. She has the fastest 200 time in the world, 21.78, which she ran June 28 at the U.S. track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon.
Thomas was behind at the curve, but easily overtook Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain on the straightaway. Asher-Smith, who finished in 22.31, also advanced to the finals.
Long, whose story of reaching the Olympics as she navigated the sudden death of her mother has inspired other runners, owns the second fastest 200 time in the world this year at 21.83. She finished third in her heat at 22.30, but qualified for the final on time. Julien Alfred, who won the women's 100 Saturday and earned Saint Lucia's first-ever medal, won Long's heat in 21.98.
A star at Ole Miss, Long won the 100 and 200 NCAA titles in June. Paris is her first Olympics.
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
It is also the first Olympics for Brown, who won the third and final heat in 22.11.
None of the American sprinters stopped to speak with reporters after their heats.
The women's 200 final is scheduled for Tuesday at 3:40 p.m. ET (9:40 p.m.in Paris) at Stade de France. It is the last event of the day.
Get Olympics updates in your texts! Join USA TODAY Sports' WhatsApp Channel
Email Lindsay Schnell at lschnell@usatoday.com and follow her on social media @Lindsay_Schnell
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
veryGood! (642)
Related
- Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
- UConn is unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25. No. 21 Washington State ends 302-week poll drought
- Summer House's Carl Radke Shares Love Life Update 6 Months After Lindsay Hubbard Breakup
- These Tarte Cosmetics $10 Deals Are Selling out Rapidly, Plus There's Free Shipping
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- Disney Channel Alum Bridgit Mendler Reveals She's a Mom—and a Space Startup CEO
- Brian Dietzen breaks down the 'NCIS' tribute to David McCallum, that surprise appearance
- She disappeared leaving to catch the school bus. What to know about this missing Texas girl:
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- NASA has double the asteroid rubble it expected to receive from space mission
Ranking
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- Wyze camera breach may have let 13,000 customers peek into others' homes
- Los Angeles Angels 3B Anthony Rendon: '[Baseball]'s never been a top priority for me.'
- FBI investigates after letter with white powder sent to House Speaker Johnson’s Louisiana church
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- William Byron launches Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season with win in Daytona 500
- Air Canada chatbot costs airline discount it wrongly offered customer
- YouTuber Ruby Franke Sentenced to 4 to 60 Years in Prison for Child Abuse
Recommendation
What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
2 adults are charged with murder in the deadly shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration
IndyCar announces start times, TV networks for 2024 season
LE SSERAFIM members talk 'EASY' album, Coachella performance: 'A dream moment'
Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
Video shows horse galloping down I-95 highway in Philadelphia before being recaptured
'Rust' movie shooting trials begin: What happens next for Alec Baldwin and his armorer?
CM Punk gives timeline on return from injury, says he was going to headline WrestleMania