All that glitters is gold for Global Sports Communication’s Paris Olympic record-breakers

As Paris passes on to Los Angeles, Global Sports Communication (GSC) can look back on an Olympics which saw their athletes continue to write their names in the history books.

Such was the success, that with athletes contributing to 20 medals (seven golds, seven silvers and six bronzes), if GSC were a country they would have finished 14th in the medal table.

Sifan Hassan

An image that will remain vivid in the memory of every Paris spectator is Sifan Hassan sprinting for Olympic marathon gold in a record time of 2:22:55. Beating a star-studded field and pulling away down the blue carpet, Hassan completed the most unlikely of triples and highlighted the power of human ambition.

All in a week's work! 🤯

Sifan Hassan – you are incredible 👏#BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/CA0c9ew6SL

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 11, 2024

Hassan embarked on a gruelling schedule, competing in the 5000m, 10,000m, and marathon over ten days — a total of 62.195 km of intense competition. By winning bronze in both the 5000m and 10,000m, events in which she closed hard on the leaders, and following up with marathon gold, Hassan became the first woman to get a medal in all three events at a single Games.

Faith Kipyegon

After earning silver in the 5000m, Faith Kipyegon further cemented her legacy in the 1500m. Against an all-star cast, Kipyegon pulled away from the field to secure an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic 1500m crown, clocking 3:51:29 and shaving two seconds off her own Olympic record from Tokyo.

Joshua Cheptegei and Peruth Chemutai

Joshua Cheptegei took the one prize his collection was missing, the Olympic 10,000m gold. The Ugandan is now the first since Kenenisa Bekele to hold both the world and Olympic titles and world records at the same time. It is only fitting that it was Bekele’s own Olympic record that Cheptegei broke, running 26:43.14 as 13 runners came under that previous mark. 

Close finishes were a theme throughout the two weeks. Peruth Chemutai did all she could in defense of her 3000m steeplechase title. The Ugandan ran the fifth-fastest mark of all-time (8:53.34) but claimed silver despite running five seconds under the previous Olympic record.

World Athletics 2023 Rising Star Faith Cherotich is now seventh on the all-time list, backing up her World Championship bronze with a medal of the same color in Paris. As a reminder, Cherotich only turned 20 just before the start of the Games.

My good people, Paris 2024 might have come to an end, but the memories that we’ve build lives forever, I thank you all for supporting me to that glorious finish line.

While in Paris, I enjoyed seeing some good things 🥰 and even the food 🥰🥰😂
Lastly, I thank God for His… pic.twitter.com/ucWGu7uELg

— Joshua Cheptegei 🇺🇬🇺🇬 🥇🥇 (@joshuacheptege1) August 12, 2024

2022 World Champion Bin Feng added her third global medal to take discus silver, with further success across the throws.

21-year-old Jie Zhao earned a breakthrough bronze, the Asian champion throwing 74.27 in the women’s hammer and Jiayuan Song moving two places higher from Tokyo to take shot put bronze, launching it 19.32m.

Other standout performances across the two weeks included Ronald Kwemoi. The world U20 1500m record holder, showed the power of patience both on the day and throughout his career to upset many of the fancied contenders and take an outstanding 5000m silver.

Djamel Sedjati ran 1:41:50 in one of the fastest 800m finals of all-time, closing fast to take bronze, one of three Algerian medals throughout the Paris Olympics.

To cap off outstanding individual performances from the GSC team, Collen Kepinatshipi, Lieke Klaver, Harrie Lavreysen, Morgan Pearson, Cathelijn Peeters, and Anthony Pesela contributed to their respective countries earning medals in team and relay events. Find the full summary below. 

Four years to wait until Los Angeles, but one thing is for sure, there will be plenty more to see from these record-breakers in the meantime.

Results

Individual medals 

Team and relay medals