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WASHINGTON – With the 2024 Paris Olympics lower than a month away, hundreds of athletes have punched their tickets to the most popular summer season sporting occasion of the 12 months. Amongst these athletes is former HBCU monitor standout from Howard College and All-American Jessika Gbai, who will characterize the Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) on this 12 months’s Summer season Video games. Gbai received the 200-meter sprint on the 2024 African Athletics Championships (June 21-26), clocking in at 22.84, whereas incomes a spot in Paris. She edged out teammate Maboundou Koné (22.99). In Could, the Côte d’Ivoire teammates have been a part of the 4×100 relay group on the 2024 World Relays Championships (Could 4-5) in Nassau, Bahamas the place they certified for the Paris Olympics. Jessika Gbai, who attended Central H.S. in Philly, earned quite a few accolades throughout her time at The Mecca. The previous HBCU walk-on acquired USTFCCCA All-America First Group with the legendary 4×400 relay squad on the 2022 NCAA Division I Out of doors Observe & Area Championships. Individually, she picked up All-America Second Group honors after ending twelfth within the 200-meter sprint.
Howard College US Olympic Trials Recap Over the past couple of weeks, greater than a dozen Bison throughout 4 international locations in three continents competed in trials however fell simply in need of reaching Paris. Regardless of their setbacks, a number of present and former Bison had strong outings within the quest to be an Olympian. On the monitor, former standouts Dylan Beard (Baltimore) and Jessica Wright (Durham, N.C.) and graduate Simone Watkins (Frisco, Texas) made the US Olympic Trials Semifinal Spherical. Within the pool, current grad Miles Simon (Atlanta) reached the US Olympic Trials Semifinals, competing within the 50-meter freestyle. Within the Bahamas, the Thompson Household, consisting of Luke-Kennedy Thompson (Nassau, Bahamas), Erald Thompson III (Nassau, Bahamas), Mark-Anthony Thompson (Nassau, Bahamas) and Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson (Nassau, Bahamas), together with Jack Barr (Nassau, Bahamas) and dual-citizen Tristan Stevens (Chicago, Sick) placed on excellent performances with high three finishes of their respective occasions. 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS The 2024 Summer season Olympics is scheduled for July 26 to Aug. 11 in Paris, France.
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