Here’s the athletes with Washington ties in action on the first day of the olympics track and field competition at the Stade de France in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis:
1) joshhkerr of the brooksbeaststc in H1 of the men’s 1500 at 2:10 am Pacific/11:10 am Paris time;
2 & 3) uwtrack standouts samueltanner_ and kieran.m.lumb in H3 of the men’s 1500 at 2:32a/11:32a;
4) Former wsucougarxctf All-American charismahmstaylor in Group B of the women’s triple jump at 9:15 a/6:15 p;
5) uwtrack alum izzibattdoyle in heat 2 of the women’s 5000m at 9:36 a/6:36 p;
6) nia_akins of the brooksbeaststc in heat 4 of the women’s 800m at 11:12 a/8:12 p.
A recap of how they did will be posted on the website after each day of competition.
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All photos ©️ Paul Merca, except for Taylor. Taylor by kirby_lee
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