100m Backstroke 2024 Olympics. Track and field took centre stage on day eight of the paris olympics 2024 where julien alfred wins the women’s 100m final to claim an historic first medal for saint lucia in the sprint race. Thomas ceccon (ita) claimed gold with a time of 52.00, xu jiayu (chn) took silver and ryan murphy.

World record holder thomas ceccon made a thrilling late surge to claim the men’s 100 metres backstroke gold and give italy a second swimming title at the paris olympics on monday. Follow the full results of the paris 2024 olympics with « le monde ».