The two athletes who won most medals in Tokyo – Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah and Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan will be present in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. Thompson-Herah won gold in the 100m, the 200m and the 4x100m and she will compete in the 200m in Brussels. Hassan was crowned Olympic 5000m and 10000m Champion and won bronze in the 1500m. The Dutchwoman plans to attack the 10000m World Record in Brussels.
Nafissatou Thiam is the local star on the infield. The Olympic Heptathlon Champion from Rio and Tokyo will try to shine in the High Jump, with the support of her home crowd. The full Olympic podium will join Thiam in this event : golden Mariya Lasitskene (ANA), silver medalist Nicoal McDermott (AUS) and bronze winner Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR).
And there are more emblematic Olympic Champions to cheer : Mondo Duplantis (Pole Vault), Karsten Warholm (400m Hurdles), Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1500m) and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (100m Hurdles) will all be there !
The Discus Throw is also one of the events to look forward to. The full Olympic podiums from both Men and Women are lining up. Golden Daniel Stahl and Valarie Allman, silver Simon Pettersson and Kristin Pudenz and bronze Lukas Weisshaidinger and Yaime Perez will contribute to the spectacle on Wednesday, Sep. 1st at the Parc La Cambre, that hosts this “urban” Discus showcase outside the boundaries of the stadium.
32 TOKYO OLYMPIC MEDALISTS IN BRUSSELS :
• Elaine Thompson (gold 100 meter, gold 200 meter, gold 4x100 meter)
• Sifan Hassan (gold 5000 meter, gold 10.000 meter, bronze 1500 meter)
• Nafi Thiam (gold Heptathlon; competes in the High Jump in Brussels)
• Mariya Lasitskene (gold High Jump)
• Nicola McDermott (silver High Jump)
• Yaroslava Mahuchikh (bronze High Jump)
• Mondo Duplantis (gold Pole Vault)
• Chris Nilsen (silver Pole Vault)
• Karsten Warholm (gold 400 meter Hurdles)
• Alison dos Santos (bronze 400 meter Hurdles)
• Jakob Ingebrigtsen (gold 1500 meter)
• Daniel Stahl (gold Discus Throw)
• Simon Petterson (silver Discus Throw)
• Lukas Weisshaidinger (bronze Discus Throw)
• Valarie Allman (gold in Discus Throw)
• Kristin Pudenz (silver in Discus Throw)
• Yaime Perez (bronze in Discus Throw)
• Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (gold 100 meter Hurdles)
• Megan Tapper (bronze 100 meter Hurdles)
• Shericka Jackson (gold 4x100 meter, bronze 100 meter, bronze 4x400 meter; competes in 200 meter in Brussels)
• Dina Asher-Smith (bronze in 4x100 meter; competes in 200 meter in Brussels)
• Keely Hodgkinson (silver 800 meter)
• Laura Muir (silver 1500 meter; competes in 800 meter in Brussels)
• Hellen Obiri (silver 5000 meter)
• Letensebet Gidey (bronze 10.000 meter; competes in 5000 meter in Brussels)
• Kirani James (bronze 400 meter)
