What Happened on August 4, 2024
Historical Events
- American swimmer Bobby Finke sets a new 1,500m WR 14:30.67 to successfully defend his Olympic title at the Paris Games
- At the Paris Olympics Noah Lyles becomes the first American sprinter to win the 100m gold medal in 20 years; his time 9.784s edges Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005s
- Double American world records at the Paris Olympics with Bobby Fink 14:30.67 in the men's 1,500m freestyle and the 4x100m medley relay team of Regan Smith, Lily King, Gretchen Walsh & Torri Huske 3:49.63
- Swedish swim star Sarah Sjöström wins the 50m freestyle in 23.71 to complete the 50/100m sprint double at the Paris Olympics
- The US 4 × 100 m medley relay team of Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske set a new WR in 3:49.63 to claim gold at the Paris Olympics
- The US mixed 4 × 100m medley relay team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske win gold in a new WR 3:37.43 at the Paris Olympic Games
- UK PM Keir Starmer in a televised address condemns the escalated right-wing violence around the country aimed at immigrants and ethnic groups with over 150 people arrested [1]
Famous Deaths
- Graham Thorpe, English cricket batsman (100 Tests, 16 x 100, HS 200no; 82 ODIs; Surrey CCC), dies from suicide at 55
- Steve Kragthorpe, American football coach (Uni of Tulsa 2003-06, Uni of Louisville 2007-09), dies from Parkinson's disease at 59
- Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist (Nobel Prize - 1957, for work on parity laws), dies at 97 [1]
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