USA’s Grant Holloway Wins 110m Hurdles Gold at Olympics; Daniel Roberts Takes Silver

Doric SamAugust 8, 2024

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The United States continued its stellar showing on the track at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

USA’s Grant Holloway earned the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles on Thursday with a time of 12.99 seconds. He was joined on the podium by his teammate Daniel Roberts, who took home the silver medal. Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell earned the bronze.

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This is the first Olympic gold medal for Holloway, completing an extraordinary career in his signature event. He had already won three world championships in the 110-meter hurdles, as well as a Diamond League title, two world indoor championships and two world indoor tour titles.

Thursday’s victory also brings some redemption for Holloway after a disappointing showing at the Tokyo Games in 2021 where he entered as the favorite but was upset by gold medalist Hansle Parchment of Jamaica. He began the race with a lead through the first 60 meters but surprisingly stumbled over the seventh hurdle, causing him to fall behind and finish in second.

Despite the shadow of the Tokyo Olympics hanging over him, Holloway entered Thursday’s race with confidence.

“You guys think about Tokyo a lot, but we’re in Paris,” Holloway told reporters prior to the race. “I’m looking forward to continuing to show the great form that I’m in. … Everybody is talking about a world record. If it comes, it comes. The first thing we have to take care of is winning.”

Holloway did just that, continuing USA’s dominance in this year’s Track & Field competitions. He is now the sixth American gold medalist runner, joining Noah Lyles (men’s 100m), Quincy Hall (men’s 400m), Cole Hocker (men’s 1,500m), Gabrielle Thomas (women’s 200m) and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (women’s 400m hurdles).