WE'RE OFF TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS: ATHLETICS

18/07/2024

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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