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Paris Olympics are just days away with the track and field action set to begin on August 1 and conclude on August 11. Ahead of the Games, track and field enthusiasts have already been treated to record-breaking events, and the global bonanza will further add to the thrill.
From the look of things, rivalries will be renewed and more records might be broken at the Paris Olympics. Athletes have showcased class in their build-up to the Paris Olympics with triple world champion Noah Lyles being vocal about breaking Usain Bolt’s world record in the French capital.
However, before the Paris Olympics, some athletes have already actualized their dreams, breaking world records to place themselves in better positions to triumph on the Olympic stage. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Faith Kipyegon, and youngster Yaroslava Mahuchikh are some of the stars who have cemented their positions with world records ahead of the Paris Olympics.
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Complete list of Track and Field records set in 2024 ahead of the Paris Olympics ft. Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone
#12) Devynne Charlton
In preparations for the Paris Olympics, Devynne Charlton started her season by breaking the world record in the 60m hurdles at the world indoor championships in Glasgow, Scotland. The Bahamian hurdler was no fluke as she lowered the world record to 7.65 seconds while winning the world indoor title.
She had the previous world record of 7.67; however, sharing it with American Tia Jones. She had set that record at the Millrose Games in February with Jones equaling it in Albuquerque a few days later.
Charlton now heads to the Paris Olympics with the much-needed confidence to stun her opponents.
#11) Grant Holloway
Grant Holloway will be searching for his first Olympic gold medal at the Paris Olympics and he is certainly on the right course ahead of achieving huge honors.
Like other athletes, Holloway started his season with an indoor tour which saw him yield another world record. Competing at the US indoor championships in Albuquerque, Holloway broke his world record.
He clocked an astonishing 7.27 seconds, 0.02 faster than his previous world record that he set in 2021. He ran the world record at the preliminaries of the 60m hurdles.
#10) Jessica Hull
Jessica Hull was in disbelief as she crossed the finish line in a new 2000m world record at the Diamond League Meeting in Monaco. Hull was just fresh from clocking a personal best time in the 1500m at the Diamond League Meeting in Paris.
In the hotly contested race in Monaco, the 27-year-old stopped the clock at 5:19.70 to obliterate Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba’s record of 5:21.56 set in 2018.
She will be competing in the 1500m at the Paris Olympics and her world record is a confidence booster ahead of the crunch crush awaiting her.
#9) Faith Kipyegon
Faith Kipyegon will be looking to win her third successive Olympic 1500m as she heads to the Paris Olympics and she is leaving no stone unturned in her preparation. Kipyegon started her season late due to an injury but that did not deter her from impressing fans.
The three-time world 1500m champion won the 1500m and 5000m at the Kenyan Olympic trials before dominating the Diamond League Meeting in Paris in a new record time. She clocked a mind-blowing 3:49.04 to shatter her world record of 3:49.11 set at the 2023 Diamond League Meeting in Florence.
#8) Beatrice Chebet
Beatrice Chebet will be doubling in the 5000m and 10,000m at the Paris Olympics, thanks to her relentless run at the Prefontaine Classic, cum Athletics Kenya national trials for the Olympics, where she struck a world record.
Chebet was only competing in the second 10,000m of her career but she oozed class, like an experienced 10,000m to clock a world record time of 28:54.14. She destroyed the previous record of 29.01.03 set by Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey in the Netherlands in 2021.
Chebet is yet to win an Olympic title and the Paris Olympics will be an avenue for her to execute a great run.
#7) Yaroslava Mahuchikh
Ukrainian youngster Yaroslava Mahuchikh defied all odds to shatter the high jump world record and etch her name in the Hall of Greats at just 22.
The world champion erased the 37-year-old record of 2.09m set by Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova in Rome in 1987.
Mahuchikh cleared 2.10m to achieve the milestone at the Diamond League Meeting in Paris. The youngster will be looking to extend her winning streak to the Paris Olympics.
#6) Peres Jepchirchir
Peres Jepchirchir, the defending Olympic marathon champion rewrote history as she clocked 2:16:16 to set a new women-only world marathon record.
She improved the previous record of 2:17:01 set by Mary Keitany by 45 seconds to dominate the London Marathon. Jepchirchir is gearing up to defend her marathon title at the Paris Olympics and the win was a huge confidence booster ahead of the Olympics.
The hotly-contested race saw Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa finish seven seconds behind the Kenyan as another Kenyan, Joyciline Jepkosgei was third in 2:16:24.
#5) Emmanuel Wanyonyi
Kenya’s 800m sensation Emmanuel Wanyonyi will be making his Olympic debut in Paris and has been dropping crazy times ahead of the crème de la crème of track and field in the French capital.
The 19-year-old opened his season at the Kenyan Cross-Country Championships and finished second in the 2km race before claiming the win at the Kip Keino Classic.
The world 800m silver medallist was majestic at the Adizero Road to Records where he shattered the mile road record. He clocked a stunning 3:54.60 to cut the tape. Wanyonyi is now sharpening his talons as he gets ready for the clash against Djamel Sedjati and Marco Arop at the Paris Olympics.
#4) Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone swung back to full competition this season after an injury derailed her last year. She failed to defend her world title at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary but has bounced back this season, hungrier to bag her second Olympic title at the Paris Olympics.
The 24-year-old raced her first hurdles race at the HBCU Pro Classic before the U.S. Olympic trials. Fans expected her to win the race, but breaking a world record surprised everyone.
She won the preliminaries and the semifinal before shutting down the Hayward Field in Eugene with a world record time of 50.65.
The Hayward Field is a favorite place for the defending Olympic 400m hurdles champion to run since she also broke the world record at the 2022 World Championships. In 2022, she clocked 50.68 to become the first woman to go under 51 seconds at the event.
#3) Mykolas Alekna
Mykolas Alekna ended his day a happy man after shattering the longest-standing men's world record, the discus world record. He threw 74.35m to smash the previous discus mark at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting, in Ramona.
The previous record of 74.08m was set by Jurgen Schult in 1986, 16 years before Alekna was born. Now 21, the Lithuanian sprinter rewrote history to break it, after several attempts from some of the best discus throwers in the world.
As he heads to the Paris Olympics, he hopes to deliver in the same great fashion.
#2) Agnes Jebet
Agnes Jebet has not enjoyed a stellar season so far, however, one of the most impressive things she managed to was to break the world 10km record. Jebet was off to a great start to her season as she became the first woman to dip under 29 minutes, clocking 28:46 to win the race at the 10K Valencia Ibercaja.
However, the 23-year-old has struggled with an injury setback that forced her to finish fifth at the world cross-country championships and she could not make the Paris Olympics team after missing the 10,000m and 5000m Olympic trials.
#1) Mondo Duplantis
Mondo Duplantis is always on a record-breaking spree and has proven to be one of the greatest pole vaulters the world has ever witnessed. He meant business when he opened his outdoor season with another world record at the Diamond League Meeting in Xiamen, starting his Paris Olympics campaign on a high.
Duplantis cleared a distance of 6.24m, his eighth world record since he began his career. The world record came a few months after he had cleared 6.23m, another world record, at the Prefontaine Classic, the Diamond League Meeting final.
