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The track and field events at the 2024 Paris Olympics have been electric, and American Quincy Hall just added to the ever-growing list of memorable moments.
Hall found himself well behind the leaders for much of the men’s 400m race on Wednesday. It would have been easy for him to accept a middle-of-the-pack finish and still take pride in reaching the Olympic final.
Instead, he turned on the jets for the closing stretch of his lifetime:
Hall won the gold medal in incredible fashion with a time of 43.40 seconds. He defeated Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith by .04 seconds, while Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga took home the bronze at 43.74 seconds.
The victory from Hall drew plenty of reaction from social media:
Robby Kalland @RKalland
he was running like they run in the movies when they want you to know they’re running as hard as possible https://t.co/BTphPPy3VI
Rodger Sherman @rodger
there have now been THREE men’s track events which Team USA was losing in the closing moments but came back to win gold (Quincy Hall in the 400m, Noah Lyles in the 100m, Cole Hocker in the 1500m) pic.twitter.com/Vw9QeQmaRH
TERRY @BeingTerryJane
Quincy just f*cking inspired me! Put that sound on TikTok.
“Quincy Hall is coming back, Quincy Hall is digging deep, Quincy Hall is running pass all of them. Can he get there? He does! It’s Gold for the USA Quincy Hall with the epic comeback.” pic.twitter.com/IGpcswzOKe
Robert Littal BSO @BSO
That was nothing but will and desire from Quincy Hall. Went Kobe face for the last 50 meters
Nick Easter @easterskywalker
Quincy Hall and Cole Hocker so far with the Big Dawg Olympic Hall of Fame performances. Sheeesh!
Dramatic comebacks have been the name of the game for the United States in the men’s track and field events, as Noah Lyles and Cole Hocker did so as well in the 100m and 1,500m, respectively.
As for Hall, he will surely never forget his first career gold medal.
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Publish date : 2024-08-07 09:11:00
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