What Were the Top Competitions of the 2024 Olympic Season? | Sprints, Jumps, Hurdles

[@MAC-tf7pw]

The men’s 1500 OLY finals was the first electrifying race we saw at the OLY. It should be in the top 10. I’d have the men’s 400m oly final as number one for me. It was FAST and it was INSPIRATIONAL.

[@kpat3052]

He specifically said this list was sprints, jumps, and hurdles. Pay attention.

[@sandyacombs]

Of course those are all great races and to put them in order is personal. My favorite races were 1) Quincy Hall 400m, I thought it was the most incredible race I've ever seen, a la Dave Wattle 2) Rai Benjamin 4 x 400m, to hold off Tebogo was amazing! 3) Masai Russel Olympic 100mH she beat an amazing field.

[@TheFinalLeg]

That Quincy Hall Dave Wottle comparison is on point! And yea both Rai and Masai were amazing at the Olympics! 💯

[@tazaman2009]

Excellent commentary on the year in review...Especially without any race video and still kept my attention. 😎👍🏾

[@jayyy735]

Great choices. For me, I switched the order of 1-2 ONLY bc I have to think how I felt in the moment. The 100m became even more crazy bc of the times that you see at the end but during the race nothing can top that mens 4x4 to me. Tebogo tracking Rai like prey had me screaming and crying at once 😅😭😭😭😭 Same for Quincy’s race. That was so crazy but I didn’t peep the full extent (and his facial expressions) until replay bc i didn’t expect it in the moment. Now I may put Quincy #2.

[@RyuBlaze24]

Women’s 100 hurdles USA finals was phenomenal

[@calaleph]

You missed the women’s 4x400. Fastest time since 1988 from the US team, and national record.

[@samsunglg6671]

Rai Ben's split is exactly the same as MJ's PB, what a duo they would've made. *_43.18s_*

[@TheFinalLeg]

Yea that's a fire stat. Both have shown to be extremely consistent and reliable anchor legs🔥

[@Track4all]

​@TheFinalLeg in a previous conversation, you said the 1968 was better because of the world records. I say, go back and look at all the events and time and 2024 is better. Also in the 100m, the last place finisher in 2024, would have won the 100 m in 1968 and 1968 in the women's 400m, the winner had a time of 52.0 and the winner in the women's 400mh had a time of 50.37. Tell me what you think?

[@thegreatdel9679]

1.) Quincy hall 400m 2.) Noah Lyles 100m 3.) women’s 4x400

[@TheFinalLeg]

Great call out on the women's 4x400. That race had the best marks for place in 4th 5th 6th and 7th, along with that amazing 3:15 for no.2 all time almost breaking the world record

[@Neofolis]

I would definitely have included one of the many amazing men's 800m races this year. I can't remember off hand which was best, it was one of the Diamond League races.

[@AnthonyWilliams_83]

That number 9 race was epic to watch!!

[@AthleticsEditz]

Shout out Men’s 800m at the Olympics!

[@TheFinalLeg]

I know people don't want to acknowledge, but that race was better than 2012. Yes Rudisha ran the World Reocrd in an amazing performance, but the depth in that Paris Olmypic final was crazy. Bryce Hoppel would have won silver in London...he got 4th in Paris...

[@AJT127]

@@TheFinalLeg Interesting how you say it was better than 2012 but yet it didn't make this list... considering many fans consider the 2012 800m final to be the best race of all time

[@AthleticsEditz]

@@TheFinalLeg Yeah I personally would have had the M800m in Paris definitely in my top 5, or perhaps higher. But I get there's dozens and dozens of races throughout the season and it is subjective at the end of the day! I would also say for sure the Paris M800m was the best 800m race of all time, man or woman!

[@NelleBligh333]

My favourite race of the year too.

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@AJT127 Yea I said at the top of the video this is sprints jumps and hurdles. You know I don't cover anything above 400m on my channel. The Paris Men's 800, 1500, the Paris DL W 1500m, Eugene DL W 10000m, Rome DL 3k Steeple, etc would all definitely be on this list if that were the case.

[@goldcanine_8751]

My top 10 is 1.) men’s 4x4 Olympic final 2.) men’s 100m Olympic final 3.) men’s 400m Olympic final 4.) men’s 1500m Olympic final 5.) women’s 100m Olympic final 6.) men’s 200m Olympic final 7.) womens 200m at la Grand Prix 8) women’s 400mh Olympic final 9.) women’s 400m olympic final 10.) women’s 100m Olympic trials

[@AllInTheGame01]

No NCAA Women's Team had swept 1-4 prior to ARK's 1234 Super Sweep (5 Teams from '84, '85, '96 had a 123; 200m FSU & LSU; 400m UT; HJ Arizona & HAM South Carolina). 5th place finisher Isabella Whittaker has since transferred to Ark from Penn :) ARK went on to destroy their own NCAA 4x4 Record by 4s with 3.17.96 (#4 all-time) which would've been sub 3.17 on fresher legs! 13:55; Another exciting & interesting thing about the OLY M4x4 Final is that the Top 5 were all missing 1st Teamers either injured and/or off-form; USA (Hall & Norman), BOT (Scotch), GB (Mitcham & Reardon), BEL (Doom) & SA (WvN). A NGR M4x4 of Ogazi, Bamidele, Ezekiel & Okezie is more than capable of being the 4th African Team in that Final and in future WC/OLY Finals, as should its M4x1 of Ashe, Udodi, Ajayi & Godson Brume & W4x1 of Amusan, Ofili, Chukwuma & Godbless if they ever get their act together as that's far too much talent to be this underachieving! S/O Yaroslava Mahuchikh breaking the 37yr old HJ WR @Paris DL & the super dramatic OLY Mixed 4x4 Final with Femke walking down BEL, GB & USA in easily one of the most viral races of the Olympics. S/O Silesia DL PV not just cos of Mondo's 6.26m WR, but was the 1st time in history that 3 men (Kendricks & Karalis) vaulted 6m+ in the same competition. S/O OLY Discus Final with Roje Stona (off to try & make the NFL) upsetting the big names (Ceh, Stahl, Denny & WR Holder Alekna) to win in a 70m OR. Gotta show some quick love to the distance crew with some of the deepest M800/1500m, M5/10K, W1500m, W3K SC, W5/10K & Marathon we've arguably ever seen. Yes improved tech (shoes & wavelight) has played its part, but the performances still have to be delivered. Justin Gatlin (9.74) has done well to remain in the All-Time Top 5 since Sep '14, but at least one of Fred, Kishane, Trayvon & CC should've moved him off there by now with a wind-legal 9.73 :) Might well happen next yr with those 4 plus Lyles, Simbine, Tebogo & Zharnel all hopefully staying healthy & battling each other all yr. Will be interesting to see if Tebogo (9.86 NR) given his range (100/200/300/400/4x4) has a low-to-mid 9.7s in him with his current training or will he have to sacrifice a little something re his 400m/4x4 training to enable a low-to-mid 9.7s clocking?! Oblique after consecutive 4th, 4th & 8th place finishes in 3 WC/OLY 100m Finals just needs to focus on finally getting on that podium esp after seeing Kishane do so at the 1st time of asking!

[@AthleticsEditz]

You covered it all as per usual!

[@AllInTheGame01]

​@AthleticsEditz 👍 There's so much I'm sure I've missed something :)

[@AthleticsEditz]

@@AllInTheGame01 Not that I could think of (lol)!

[@anthonychristie8378]

My favorite race was the men 100 m , my best race Men 200m

[@brianbethune616]

I agree with this list , i hope tokyo can out do these proformance,

[@TheFinalLeg]

That will be hard to beat when talking about the quality across the board we saw throughout 2024 and specifically in Paris. But there are so many names who are young and still getting better so we'll see!

[@sportsgod-c2d]

These are my top 10 races of Paris 2024: #1: Men's 4x400m relay final #2: Men's 400m final #3: Men's 100m final #4: Men's 1500m final #5: Women's 400m final #6: Mixed 4x400m relay (heats and final) #7: Women's 4x400m relay final #8: Women's 400m hurdles final #9: Women's 4x100m relay final #10: Women's 100m hurdles final

[@AthleticsEditz]

0:50 Why on Earth is Sydney’s reaction time in the 400m hurdles final so much faster than Lyles’ and Kishane’s, etc. reaction times in the 100m final? Like sprinters in general really need to work on their reaction times (apart from Kerley - 0.108 and Jacobs - 0.114 lol), especially Sha’Carri Richardson (0.221 eww).

[@TheFinalLeg]

Yea reaction times can be relatively inconsistent. Even Fred with his amazing reaction in that Paris final is not always super consistent in most of his races. But Sha'carri definitely has had some really poor reaction times and starts throughout her career, despite making up for it in the 2nd half of the race.

[@AthleticsEditz]

@@TheFinalLeg Yeah, hopefully sprinters in the future can really get them down, especially in major races where those couple of hundredths really make the difference (cough*, cough* Paris)!

[@hq8200]

​@AthleticsEditz interestingly, kerley's 10m split is slower in the final than in the semis despite having a roughly 0.05 faster reaction time!

[@AthleticsEditz]

@@hq8200 Wait, from 0-10m Kerley was faster in the semis?! WHAT?! That’s crazy if so.

[@forevergoated999]

Those reactions times aren't normal especially for Kerley Jacobs is usual in that range others in that range are CC, Trayvon, Brady I think you start to see the trend they're all 60m guys are people who get out hot and are trying to hold that last 40m. Everybody in the Olympic final rely more on top end speed meaning they aren't necessarily worried about their reaction times per se.

[@kuramobay2445]

The women's high jump world record at Paris Diamond League? That's a 37-year old record.

[@TheFinalLeg]

But that's an individual performance vs the full competition. There wasn't much depth behind Mahuchikh's world record performance. That was by far the performance of the year though, by a long way.

[@AthleticsEditz]

@@TheFinalLeg Greater than Jakob's 7.17 3k WR? Better than Sydney's (expected) 50.37 400mH WR? There's been other world records and fast times this year (e.g. Men's 800m Final in Paris) which Yaroslava's WR is arguably better than, and I get it's like the oldest record in the books but surely it's not the individually *BEST* performance of the year 'by a long way'? Your opinion is obviously valid though, I'm just giving mine :)

[@kpat3052]

​@AthleticsEditz he wouldn't consider the 800m or 1500m in his analysis because those aren't sprints.

[@AthleticsEditz]

@@kpat3052 Nope; Mahuchikh's WR isn't a sprint event either. Yes, this video wouldn't mention the high jump or 800 and 1500m, etc. events but Anderson said "That was by far the performance of the year though, by a long way." when talking about her high jump WR so I mentioned other events that arguably were better performances.

[@kpat3052]

@AthleticsEditz You misunderstood my comment. Anderson specifically said this video is about sprints, hurdles, and field so yes her WR was mentioned and considered under this analysis. The 1500 and 800 would not be considered because they are outside the topic of discussion. Listening and reading comprehension.

[@brownmamba6538]

Michael Norman Olympic 400m final should be number 1

[@kpat3052]

Are you confused? Norman came in 8th place at the Olympic final this year. He was injured.

[@brownmamba6538]

@kpat3052 I was joking lol. I know Norman is a flop

[@kpat3052]

@brownmamba6538 he was injured. Same as Hall. He deserves respect. His story is very inspiring.

[@brownmamba6538]

@@kpat3052 no he just chokes at major championships. His "injury" is an excuse

[@kpat3052]

@brownmamba6538 I don't think so. He has been dealing with it for a while. Rai even said it on a podcast when he explained why he was asked to run the anchor.

[@rubybaker-yh7hu]

Sydney world record should be #1 . Just saying.

[@Keetzlol]

Nobody cares about the women’s 400 hurdles it’s one of the least competitive events and the world records don’t really matter when she just breaks the revord in a low stakes low competition low viewership event

[@Keetzlol]

No it shoylnot

[@TheFinalLeg]

That's an individual performance though as opposed to the whole race with all the athletes and the depth behind. Sydney was my personal women's athlete of the year though. But we all have personal preference on our favorites💯

[@nightmare3122]

1500m final is #1 bro this is a joke 💀💀

[@TheFinalLeg]

The 1500m is a sprint, jump or hurdle event? Thanks for watching!

[@nightmare3122]

@ “top ten races this season” was the title I believe, thanks

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@nightmare3122 at the 00:10 second mark of the video "My Top-10 Competitions of the 2024 Season - Sprints, Jumps, and Hurdles" 🙂

[@seensay2132]

1) That Olympic men’s 100 final whewwwwwwwwww photofinish, all 8 under 10, what? 7 under 9.9 🔥🔥🔥 2) Q Hall’s Olympic 400 comeback …activated Beastmode?! Gaming cheatcode speed lol 3) That Olympic men’s 4x400. Rai tactically outdueling Tebogo on anchor and in a fast race with the U.S. missing at least 3 of their top guns!?!?! the kind of High drama Track junkies LIVE for 😂🫡

[@kpat3052]

Curious who was the 3rd person the US was missing? Hall and Norman were out but everyone else ran.