June 30, 2024

Live updates, results: U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Day 7

Noah Lyles celebrates with his gold medal after winning the men’s 100-meter final on Day 3 of the U.S. Olympic track and field trials on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at Hayward Field in Eugene. Lyles will be back on the track Thursday for the first round of the men’s 200 meters.Howard Lao for The Oregonian/OregonLive

After two rest days, the action returns to Hayward Field on Thursday with Day 7 of the U.S. Olympic trials for track and field.

Thursday’s schedule brings finals in the women’s discus and the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. The sprint stars also will be on the track for a bevy of qualifying events, from the semifinals of the men’s 110-meter hurdles to the men’s and women’s 200 meters to the 400 hurdles for both the men and women.

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Follow along here for live updates and results as the Olympic trials continue Thursday in Eugene.

Live updates

Men’s 800 meters, round 1: Thursday’s action is underway with heats of the men’s 800 meters. Bryce Hoppel and Hobbs Kessler go 1-2 at the finish line in the first heat of 800 qualifying. Hoppel crosses in 1 minute, 46.83 seconds and Kessler is just behind at 1:46.85. Both advance automatically to the semifinals, along with these four runners from that first heat: Wes Ferguson (1:47.08), Darius Kipyego (1:47.18), Charles Jones (1:47.31) and Cass Elliott (1:47.41). … In heat 2, Sam Whitmarsh passes early leader Darius Smallwood down the home stretch to win it in 1:46.13. Isaiah Harris crosses second in 1:46.14, followed by Camden Marshall in 1:46.33. Brannon Kidder takes fourth in 1:46.48, Sam Ellis (1:46.65) is fifth and Smallwood fades to sixth (1:46.68) but still snags an automatic qualifier spot into the semifinals. … Clayton Murphy surges to the front in the final 100 meters and wins the third heat in 1:47.05. Brandon Miller places second in 1:47.10, with Jonah Koech third in 1:47.26. Also moving through to the semfinals are Eric Holt (1:47.28), Zephaniah Carico-Mclennan (1:48.39) and Josh Hoey (1:48.40). … Several runners finish in a pack in the fourth heat. Tinoda Matsatsa winds up the winner in 1:46.73, with Abraham Alvarado narrowly behind in 1:46.76. Shane Cohen finishes third in 1:46.83, followed by Isaiah Jewett in 1:46.84. Nick Plant is fifth in 1:46.88 and Matt Wisner grabs the last auto qualifier spot by placing sixth in 1:46.95. Benjamin Allen finishes seventh, but his time of 1:47.29 is good enough to move him through to the semis. The other two time qualifiers are Bobby Poynter (1:46.95) and Vincent Crisp (1:47.12) from heat 2.

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