Oh, and a potential Olympic clash with Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah, who set the Olympic record in the 100m en route to gold at Tokyo 2020, should have every sports fan and Olympics viewer licking their lips.
The current LSU sprinter, like Mu and McLaughlin, will be must-watch in the French capital. She finished first at Olympic trials in the 100m with a time of 10.86s, and while she didn't get the chance to show it off in Tokyo, that pace isn't going anywhere. Richardson is already the fastest active American female sprinter. SEE MORE: 'It's Sydney's time': McLaughlin breaks 400mH world record SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON, TRACK & FIELDĪ positive drug test for cannabis put Sha'Carri Richardson's Olympic debut on ice, but make no mistake - she will be wearing the bib of the United States at Paris 2024. The sprinter from New Jersey will undoubtedly be back for Paris in 2024, and she's another that will require the spotlight every single time she steps onto the track.
She was another leg of that 4x400m relay team that left the field in the dust, and she shattered the world record in 400m hurdles by almost half a second - a world record that she already held. McLaughlin sprinted to gold in both events she competed in. SEE MORE: Teen phenom Athing Mu wins 800m gold, breaks American record SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN, TRACK & FIELDīig things were expected from Sydney McLaughlin after she made her Olympic debut as a 17-year-old at Rio 2016. The only question is whether or not we see her compete in the 400m too. On an American track & field team which includes plenty of young stars that will grab the spotlight in Paris three years from now, Mu deserves to be front and center. Just 19 years old, Mu leaves Tokyo as a two-time gold medalist - she won the 800m and she was part of the lightning quick 4x400m relay team that won the final by almost four seconds. Athing Mu broke that streak by setting a national record and winning by over half a second. It had been 53 years since an American won gold in the women's 800m. SEE MORE: Caeleb Dressel breaks 100m butterfly world record, wins gold ATHING MU, TRACK & FIELD If not for a man named Michael Phelps, that would be the most all-time for an Olympic swimmer. A trip to Paris 2024 would almost guarantee he reaches the double-digit mark. His 100m butterfly pace of 49.45 is a world record, and he set new Olympic records in the 50m and 100m freestyle.ĭressel currently sits on seven career Olympic gold medals. The United States is likely to retain both if its swimming superstars for the next edition of the Summer Olympics in Paris, as Caeleb Dressel has gone on record saying he wants to race in 2024.ĭressel went five-for-six in gold medals at Tokyo 2020, claiming the top step on the podium in the 4x100m freestyle relay, the 100m freestyle, the 100m butterfly, the 50m freestyle, and the 4x100m medley. SEE MORE: Ledecky holds off Titmus for 800m freestyle three-peat CAELEB DRESSEL, SWIMMING She'll have every opportunity to shatter that record in France in three years. In Tokyo, she won gold in the 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle, claimed silver in the 400m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay, and came within one gold medal of tying the U.S. Ledecky is the fastest woman to ever race in a swimming pool, and she fully expects to be back for more in three years. That was Katie Ledecky after winning gold in the 800m freestyle, her last race at Tokyo 2020. Paris 2024 could be a coming out party for the teenager who only got her first cell phone because she was flying halfway across the world to compete in the Olympic Games.
Olympic Trials and dubbed the two of them "Katie squared". We saw the potential, and apparently so did Ledecky, who told her that she's "the now" in American swimming following U.S. Grimes then finished fourth in the 800m final, outpaced a group of experienced swimmers, and only missed the podium by 1.03 seconds. She posted the second fastest time in preliminaries and came within two seconds of Ledecky. Grimes is the United States' next star in the pool, and we got a glimpse of it in Tokyo this year. What were you doing when you were 15? Katie Grimes was competing in the 800m freestyle final at the Olympics one lane over from Katie Ledecky.
Paris will play host for the next edition of the summer Olympics, which is just three years away.Īs we look ahead, who are some of the biggest names we can expect to see in the French capital in 2024? KATIE GRIMES, SWIMMING But as the Games come to a close, it's time to direct our attention to the future. Tokyo 2020 has given us all the magical moments - upsets, comeback stories, thrilling finishes, and the occasional tear-jerker (or ten).
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