Crew USA’s Grant Holloway has crowned off his best possible season with a long-awaited Olympic gold medal. The 26-year-old sprinter established unquestionable dominance over the dash match with a sub-13 2d efficiency on Thursday, clocking 12.99 to win by way of one 10th of a 2d.
His teammate, Daniel Roberts, joined him at the podium in 2d position, beating out the bronze medal finisher, Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell, by way of simply 3 thousandths of a 2d.
Holloway have been the transparent favorite heading into the Olympic ultimate in Tokyo in 2021, however used to be disenchanted by way of Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment. The race devastated Holloway, whose private perfect stood at 12.81, over 3 tenths of a 2d quicker than Parchment’s (on the time). With the American hungrier than ever for redemption in Paris, the reigning Olympic champion settled for 8th, whilst Holloway upgraded his silver medal to gold.
Holloway is only one hundredth of a 2d off the sector file held by way of fellow American Aries Merritt since 2012; with 3 global championship titles and a contemporary Olympic identify to his title, breaking the sector file is all that’s left on Holloway’s to-do checklist.