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All three rounds of the women’s 100m take place on the opening day of Los Angeles 2028 olympics As part of a move to kick off the Games with “one of the most exciting events in sport”, world athletics Said.
The competition program for the Games was released on Thursday, with athletics events included across the entire event for the first time in history.
Sprinters generally run a maximum of two races per day at a major championship. The schedule for the men’s 100 meters finals will be more simple, with the winner being crowned on the second day.
Organizers said the first day would feature the most women’s finals on a single day in Olympic history, including the women’s triathlon final, women’s shot put and women’s rugby sevens gold medal competitions.
World Athletics said it consulted athletes before making the surprise change. The Games’ Chief Athlete Officer, former gold medal-winning swimmer Janet Evans, said: “To have a major event on the first night of competition in the historic LA Memorial Coliseum – when we presented it to the athletes like this, there was excitement.
“Most athletes told me: ‘Just tell me. Tell me early, and I’ll start training to run three 100s a day.'”
Britain’s former world silver medalist Dina Asher-Smith Said: “It will be an honor to make the LA Games debut in the women’s 100 metres. It’s an exciting occasion – celebrating the enduring legacy, strength and global power of women’s sprinting, exactly 100 years after women competed in Olympic track and field for the first time.”
2023 world champion sha’cary richardson He said the decision proved that “track and field is going through its time”. “The course of the LA28 is going to be something special, especially for the women’s sprint,” she said.
However, the move has not proven universally popular, with three-time NCAA All-American Caitlin Hutchison writing on social media: “Which of you idiots thought this was a good idea”.
“The winning time in the women’s 100 meters in 2028 will be 11.02,” he wrote in a later comment, suggesting the time would be slowed due to the physical stress of running three times a day.
The women’s 100 meters record is 10.49, set by Florence Griffith Joyner in 1959. Reigning 100m world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden clocked 10.61 in Tokyo this year, the fourth-fastest time in history.
World Athletics said the program was “carefully designed” to maximize the number of possible pairings in events such as the 100 m and 200 m, 800 m and 1500 m, and 5,000 m and 10,000 m.
A star that is unlikely to double Sydney McLaughlin-LevronWho holds the world record in the 400m hurdles, but took a year off to return to running the 400m hurdles and set a new championship record at the World Championships in Tokyo this summer. The 400 m hurdles semi-finals and 400 m final are both scheduled for the same day in LA.
Normally the Summer Olympics begin with the swimming events, but since they will be held at the same venue as the opening ceremonies, SoFi Stadium, they have been moved to the second week to allow more time for the pools to set up.
Five swimming gold medals are at stake on the final day. Sports will also stop due to marathon events; As per tradition, there will be a men’s marathon on the last day.