{"id":416514,"date":"2024-08-09T23:29:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T23:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=416514"},"modified":"2024-08-10T00:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T00:06:03","slug":"quincy-wilson-rough-leg-in-olympic-sprint-is-going-to-be-motivation-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=416514","title":{"rendered":"Quincy Wilson: Rough leg in Olympic sprint is 'going to be motivation for me'"},"content":{"rendered":"

The USA men’s 4×400-meter relay team managed to qualify in the opening round on Friday by finishing third, but the first leg run by 16-year-old Quincy Wilson put them at a disadvantage over the final three laps.<\/span><\/p>\n

The youngest American male to <\/span>ever<\/span> compete in a track event at the Olympics, Wilson said his seventh-place finish on the first leg will be something he <\/span>keeps in mind<\/span> moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s going to <\/span>be motivation for<\/span> me,” Wilson <\/span>said to<\/span> ESPN<\/span><\/a> about his race.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilson ran a 47.27-second 400m lap, well below the sub-45 times of 44.66 and 44.59 seconds in the qualifiers that broke U18 records and placed him in the relay pool.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vernon Norwood took the baton and ran a blazing 43.54 time, moving the <\/span>U.S.<\/span> a spot and putting them back into the running for qualification. Bryce Deadmon ran his heat in 44.20 <\/span>and<\/span> Christopher Bailey anchored at 44.14 to get third place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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16-year-old Quincy Wilson officially makes American history as the youngest male track & field athlete to compete at the Olympics for Team USA. \"\ud83d\udc4f\" #ParisOlympics<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aiOH18oRzr<\/a><\/p>\n

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Despite Wilson’s slow start, Norwood said he was impressed by Wilson making history in competing.<\/p>\n

“Honestly, I was kind of in the moment, because I’m watching a 16-year-old run an Olympics, making history,” Norwood told ESPN. “So I was very proud of him, and I’m just looking at him like, ‘Oh, snap back in and let me get this thing going.’”<\/p>\n

Wilson credited his teammates.<\/p>\n

“They got me around the track,” Wilson said. “My grit and determination got me around the track. I knew I had a great three legs behind me. I knew it wasn’t just myself [Friday], because if it was myself, we would be in last place.”<\/p>\n

In placing third in the heat, Team USA automatically qualified for the next round. See the results here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n