At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Noah Lyles of the USA narrowly secured gold in the men's 100-meter final, clocking 9.784 seconds, just ahead of Jamaica's Kishane Thompson at 9.789 seconds. In the men's 10,000-meter final, Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei set a new Olympic record with a time of 26:43.14, leading a remarkable race where all top 13 finishers surpassed the previous Olympic mark. South Africa's Adriaan Wildschutt, despite an impressive national record of 26:50.64, finished outside the podium as nine athletes outperformed him. Meanwhile, Grant Fisher of the USA earned bronze in the same event, marking the first American medal in the 10,000m since 2012. Fisher finished just 0.02 seconds behind Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi, who took silver. The U.S. currently leads the overall medal tally at the games with a total of 43 medals, including 9 golds, as other American athletes also secured victories in swimming and gymnastics.