WE'RE OFF TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS: ATHLETICS
In the run up to the Olympic Games, each week we'll be presenting the athletes who will have the privilege of competing for Belgium in Paris between 26 July and 11 August 2024. We will present them discipline by discipline... Today, we're putting the spotlight on the 43 Belgian athletes who will be hoping it's their time to shine in the Stade the France!
In the heptathlon, will Nafissatou Thiam win a third consecutive gold medal after her successes in Rio in 2016 and Tokyo in 2021? Will the Belgian Tornados, fresh from their European Championship title in the 4x400m relay, make it onto the Olympic podium, or will it be Alexander Doom, also crowned European Champion in the 400m last June?
A total of 43 Belgian athletes will be hoping to shine at the Paris Olympics:
Alexander Doom: 400m, mixed 4x400m, men's 4x400m
Bashir Abdi: Marathon
Ben Broeders: Pole vault
Camille Laus: Mixed 4x400m, women's 4x400m
Chloé Herbiet: Marathon
Christian Iguacel y Garcia: Mixed 4x400m, men's 4x400m
Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo: 400m, mixed 4x400m, women's 4x400m
Delphine Nkansa: 100m, women's 4x100m
Dylan Borlée: 400m, mixed 4x400m, men's 4x400m
Elie Bacari: 110m hurdles
Eliott Crestan: 800m
Elise Mehuys: Women's 4x100m
Elise Vanderelst: 1500m
Florent Mabille: Mixed 4x400m, men's 4x400m
Hanne Claes: 400m hurdles, mixed 4x400m, women's 4x400m
Hanne Verbruggen: Marathon
Helena Ponette: 400m, mixed 4x400m, women's 4x400m
Imke Vervaet: 200m, mixed 4x400m, women's 4x400m
Isaac Kimeli: 5000m and 10,000m
Jochem Vermeulen: 1500m
John Heymans: 5000m
Jonathan Sacoor: 400m, mixed 4x400m, men's 4x400m
Kevin Borlée: mixed 4x400m, men's 4x400m
Koen Naert: Marathon
Liefde Schoemaker: Mixed 4x400m, women's 4x400m
Lisa Rooms: 5000m
Marine Jehaes: Women's 4x100m
Michael Obasuyi: 110m hurdles
Michael Somers: Marathon
Nafissatou Thiam: Heptathlon
Naomi Van den Broeck: 400m hurdles, mixed 4x400m, women's 4x400m
Noor Vidts: Heptathlon
Paulien Couckuyt: 400m hurdles, mixed 4x400m, women's 4x400m
Philip Milanov: Discus throw
Pieter Sisk: 800m
Rani Rosius: 100m, women's 4x100m
Rani Vincke: Women's 4x100m
Robin Vanderbemden: Mixed 4x400m, men's 4x400m
Ruben Verheyden: 1500m
Thomas Carmoy: High jump
Tibo De Smet: 800m
Timothy Herman: Javelin throw
Vanessa Sterckendries: Hammer throw
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