5 Olympic champions who are still making waves after the Paris Olympics ft. Letsile Tebogo, Mondo Duplantis

The Paris Olympics 2024 concluded on August 11, 2024, and witnessed some of the most dominant performances from various athletes such as Letsile Tebogo, Mondo Duplantis, and others. These athletes are still in the headlines with their stellar performances at the Diamond League.

The 200m Olympic champion, Tebogo, stole the spotlight again at the Lausanne Diamond League, as he nabbed the win there. Along with him, another Olympic champion, Mondo Duplantis, became a ten-time world record holder in the pole vault event by surpassing his own world record.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is also on the list of the champions who have continued to shine after winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Here are the top 5 Paris Olympic champions who are still the talk of the town because of their performances after the biggest event.

Top 5 Olympic champions who are still in the headlines after the Paris Olympics

#5 Femke Bol

Femke Bol is one of the athletes who did not stop after shining bright at the Paris Olympics. She competed in the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League in the 400m hurdles event and clocked 52.25s to stand atop the podium. A week later of this accomplishment, she competed at the Silesia Diamond League 2024 and proved her prospect as a formidable athlete by clocking 52.13s.

She won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics in the 4x400m mixed relay event and one silver and one bronze medal in the 4x400m relay and 400m hurdles events respectively.

#4 Emmanuel Wanyonyi

Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who won the 800m event at the Paris Olympics, continued his quest of winning gold medals at the Lausanne Diamond League. He clocked 1:41.19 during the Olympics and followed it up with a faster time in the Silesia Diamond League. Posting a time of 1:41.11, Wanyonyi recorded the joint fourth-fastest time in the history of the event.

#3 Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is still in the headlines after winning gold in the 3000m race at the Paris Olympics, as he broke the world record in the 3000m at the Silesia Diamond League. He broke the world record by more than three seconds as he clocked 7:17.55 and shattered the previous record of 7:20.67 set by Kenyan athlete Daniel Komen in 1996.

Three days before this feat, the 23-year-old had bested the 1500m Olympic champion, Cole Hocker, at the Lausanne Diamond League by clinching a gold medal in the event. He clocked 3:27.83, while Hocker finished second with a time of 3:29.85.

#2 Mondo Duplantis

Another athlete who stunned the track and field community with his achievements was Mondo Duplantis. After setting a world record during the Paris Olympics in the pole vault by soaring to the height of 6.25m, Duplantis continued his dominance in the Lausanne Diamond League, where he broke his meet record of 6.10m by jumping to 6.15m and clinching the gold.

A few days after his performance in Lausanne, the Swedish athlete broke the world record for the tenth time by soaring to the height of 6.26m in his second attempt. He trounced the American pole vaulter, Sam Kendricks, who soared to 6.00m to secure second place.

#1 Letsile Tebogo

Letsile Tebogo became the first Botswananian athlete to win the Olympic gold medal at the Paris Olympics. He clinched gold in the 200m by clocking 19.46s and defeated the heavy-favorite Noah Lyles. Days after this triumph, Tebogo competed at the Lausanne Diamond League in the 200m dash, where he clocked 19.64s and defeated Erriyon Knighton and Fred Kerley, who clocked a time of 19.78s and 19.86s, respectively.

Following his victory at Lausanne, Tebogo continued his 200m dominance at the Silesia Diamond League, where he again stood atop the podium by clocking 19.83s, ousting Kenny Bednarek and Alexander Ogando.