The Tokyo Olympics are finally underway!
There are 25 athletes with direct ties to The Bowerman – past winners, current finalists and previous finalists – competing for Olympic medals in the Land of the Rising Sun.
How The Bowerman Fared At The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games |
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Name
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Award Year
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Event
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Medal
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Mondo Duplantis
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2019 Finalist
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Men’s Pole Vault
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Gold
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Athing Mu
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2021 Finalist
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Women’s 800 Meters
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Gold
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Sydney McLaughlin
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2018 Finalist
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Women’s 400 Hurdles
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Gold
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Fred Kerley
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2017 Finalist
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Men’s 100 Meters
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Silver
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Rai Benjamin
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2018 Finalist
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Men’s 400 Hurdles
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Silver
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Keni Harrison
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2015 Finalist
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Women’s 100 Hurdles
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Silver
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Raven Saunders
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2016 Finalist
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Women’s Shot Put
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Silver
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Raevyn Rogers
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2017 Winner
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Women’s 800 Meters
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Bronze
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Let’s see how many Olympic medals they can add to The Bowerman’s total.
Was There Ever A Doubt?
Athing Mu is golden.
Mu, who is a finalist for The Bowerman in 2021 after a sensational freshman year at Texas A&M, won the gold medal and set an American record of 1:55.21 in the Women’s 800 Meters. Running at the front the entire time, Mu negative split the race, going through 400 meters in 57.82 and pulling away from the field on the homestretch on her way to a 57.39 final lap.
This is the first time that an American woman won gold in the event since 1968 (Madeline Manning Mims).
McLaughlin Wins Gold, Sets WR
Sydney McLaughlin got the gold medal she coveted.
It also came with a world record.
McLaughlin, who was a finalist for The Bowerman in 2018 after a stellar year at Kentucky, won the gold medal in the Women’s 400 Hurdles and set a world record in the process with her winning time of 51.46. That shaved 0.44 seconds off the old world record that McLaughlin set at the U.S. Olympic Trials – Track & Field.
Born To Fly (And Win Gold)
Mondo Duplantis wanted more.
Duplantis, who was a finalist for The Bowerman in 2019 after a record-breaking year at LSU, already won the gold medal in the Men’s Pole Vault. He asked the bar to be raised to 6.19m (20-3¾), which would break his own world record. Duplantis barely touched the bar with his chest on the first attempt, knocking it off its perch. His other two attempts weren’t any closer, so he ended with a top bar of 6.02m (19-9).
Legendarily Fast
Imagine running under the world record and finishing second.
That’s how crazy the final of the Men’s 400 Hurdles was on Day 5.
Rai Benjamin became the second fastest man in world history, but it wasn’t enough to beat Norway’s Karsten Warholm, who lowered his own world record in the process. Warholm won the gold medal in 45.94, while Benjamin took silver in an American record of 46.17.
Benjamin was a finalist for The Bowerman in 2018 after making a name for himself at Southern California.
Charleston, Stand Up!
Raven Saunders is an Olympic silver medalist!
Saunders, who was a finalist for The Bowerman in 2016 after a tremendous year at Ole Miss, put together an incredible field series in the final of the Women’s Shot Put. Donning the Hulk mask, Saunders opened at 19.65m (64-5¾), hit 19.62m (64-4½) in Round 3, 19.49m (63-11½) in Round 4 and then launched the orb 19.79m (64-11¼) to cement her spot on the podium.
This was Saunders’ second Olympic Games. She finished fifth in Rio five years ago.
The Gamble Pays Off
Never doubt Fred Kerley.
Kerley, who was a finalist for The Bowerman in 2017 after a stellar year at Texas A&M, captured the silver medal in the Men’s 100 Meters on Day 3 of the Tokyo Olympic Games. He went 9.84 PB to finish between Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs and Canada’s Andre De Grasse.
Many thought Kerley made a mistake choosing the 100 and 200 over the 400 at the U.S. Olympic Trials, especially after medaling in the 400 at the 2019 World Championships – but that wasn’t the case. Kerley took third in Eugene, Oregon and then second in Tokyo.
Silver For Harrison
Keni Harrison proved to be world-class on Day 4.
Harrison, who was a finalist for The Bowerman in 2015 after a stellar year at Kentucky, earned the silver medal in the Women’s 100 Hurdles at the Tokyo Olympic Games. It was a close battle for the runner-up spot behind champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn between her and Jamaica’s Megan Tapper, but Harrison took it at the finish line by 0.03 seconds (12.52 to 12.55).
This is the second global silver in a row for Harrison, who also took second at the 2019 World Championships.
Rogers Kicks To Bronze
Raevyn Rogers sat seventh with 75 meters to go in the final of the Women’s 800 Meters.
By the time the 2017 winner of The Bowerman crossed the finish line, she picked off four athletes on her way to capturing the bronze medal in a PR of 1:56.81.
Rogers tied Athing Mu for the fastest split over the final 100 meters – 14.01.
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