Natoya Goule-Toppin Wins Heat-6 of 800m at Paris Olympics

Jamaican middle distance runner Natoya Goule-Toppin won heat 6th of the women’s 800m at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday, clocking a time of 1:58.66s. Goule-Toppin who is 33 years old has a season’s best of 1:56.83 seconds.

🇯🇲Natoya Goule-Toppin runs 1:58.6 to win the final 800m heat #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/BYMeGQxZkr

— Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) August 2, 2024

On the other hand, fellow Jamaican, Adelle Tracey finished seventh in Heat number 4, she ran a season’s best time of 2:03.47 seconds.

While she did not qualify via that run, as per the Jamaica Gleaner, Tracey will contend the repechage round where there’s a possibility to advance.

Goule-Toppin is a favourite to medal in the event.

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