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Big Blue Brew 8/12: Olympic Medalists

Big Blue Brew 8/12: Olympic Medalists

See all of the track and field Cats who won medals this past weekend.

Big Blue Brew Crew
August 12, 2024

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👟 2 golds for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
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Bronze!

Congratulations to Jasmine Camacho-Quinn on winning the bronze medal in the women’s 100m hurdles with a time of 12.36.

https://ukathletics.com/news/2024/08/10/masai-russell-wins-olympic-gold-in-100m-hurdles-two-wildcats-win-gold-in-4x400m-relay/

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🔼 Golden! Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone earned gold in the 400m hurdles with a world record time of 50.37 seconds. She is the first woman in history to repeat an Olympic gold medal in the 400m hurdles. She has bested the globe’s top time in the event six ties in her career. McLaughlin-Levrone also won gold in the 4×400m relay. Her team had a time of 3:15.27. She ran her split at 47.70 which is the fastest 4×400m split since 1982.

👟 Read more about McLaughlin-Levrone.

🔼 More Gold. Alexis Holmes also won gold in the 4×400m relay. She ran the anchor leg and crossed the line over 30 meters before the silver-medal-winning Dutch team.

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Silver!

What male athlete won silver in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.09?

Got a guess? Check below for the answer!

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Leaping to Gold. Masai Russell won gold in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.33. This is the second consecutive Olympics in which the gold medalist in the 100m hurdles has come from Kentucky, as well as the second straight Olympics in which two Wildcats have finished on the podium in that event.

👟 Here’s more about Russell.

📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, August 15

⚽️ Women’s soccer vs. Central Michigan @ 7:30pm ET | Tickets

Friday, August 16

⚽️ Men’s soccer vs. Northern Kentucky @ 7:30pm ET (Exhibition)

Sunday, August 18

⚽️ Women’s soccer vs. Morehead State @ 7:30pm ET | Tickets

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