Women's 400m Hurdles Semi Finals Line Up _ Sydney McLaughlin _ Femke Bol _ Paris Olympics

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00:00A total of 25 athletes qualified for the semifinals of the women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2024

00:06Olympic Games after performing in the Round 1 and Ripple Charge.

00:10Eighteen athletes directly qualified for the semifinals after Round 1 heats, and six athletes

00:16made it to the semifinals from Ripple Charge.

00:18The fastest athlete in the Round 1 was the reigning world champion Femke Bol, who cruised

00:23to a 53.38-second run in a first-round heat.

00:27Bol will be running in the third semifinal this Tuesday alongside Jamaica's Sian Salman,

00:33Jaycee Knight of Great Britain, and American athlete Anna Cockrell.

00:37Only two athletes from each semifinal heat will qualify directly to the final later this

00:41week, so there will be some minor battles for automatic qualification spots in the semifinal

00:47heats.

00:48Bol, who has already produced a lightning-quick split time in the 4x4 mixed relay last weekend,

00:54will be the overwhelming favorite in the first semifinal.

00:57Anna Cockrell, Sydney McLaughlin-Leveroni, and Jasmine Jones are the three athletes that

01:02the USA has sent to take part in the 400-meter hurdles this year, and all three of them have

01:08made the semifinals.

01:09Jones and McLaughlin-Leveroni produced 53.60-second performances in their respective Round 1 heats,

01:17and they will be going in the first and second semifinals this Tuesday.

01:21McLaughlin-Leveroni will be up against Genevieve Russell of Jamaica, home favorite Louis Marvell,

01:27Ayomiti Florenzo of Italy, and experienced Anna Ryskova of Ukraine.

01:31Sydney and Genevieve Russell should be the favorites to reach the final from the second

01:36semi.

01:37In the first semifinal, Jasmine Jones will take on Rachel Clayton of Jamaica, Chana Grebo

01:42of France, Lena Nilsson of Great Britain, and Kathleen Peters of the Netherlands.

01:47The two big guns in the 400-meter hurdles are none other than the defending Olympic

01:52champion Sydney McLaughlin-Leveroni and the reigning world champion Femke Boll.

01:57They both should make the final comfortably to set up a clash that Wheel Track fans have

02:02been waiting to see for a long time.