Follow this page for updates on how Wichita Falls native Taliyah Brooks is faring during the women’s heptathlon competition at the 2024 ParisOlympics.
The competition started Thursday morning and finishes on Friday.
A stream dedicated just to the heptathlon’s various events can be found on the Peaco*ck app, available on most streaming devices and in the Apple and Google Play stores.
Paris Olympics Women's Heptathlon Schedule
All times are local to Wichita Falls.
FRIDAY, AUG. 9
4:20 a.m. – Javelin throw (Group A)
5:30 a.m. – Javelin throw (Group B)
1:15 p.m. – 800 meters
Taliyah Brooks’ long jump results
Brooks’ saved her best jump for last Friday, coming through with a mark of 6.15 meters on her final attempt.
It was the ninth-best jump of the competition, netting 979 points. The result dropped Brooks one spot in the overall rankings to eighth with 4,706 points.
Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson remains in first place after five events with 5,030 points. Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam (4,985) and Noor Vidts (4,926) respectively sit second and third.
Taliyah Brooks starts strong in heptathlon 100-meter hurdles
Taliyah Brooks got out to a fast start in her Olympic debut Thursday.
Brooks had the second best time in the women’s heptathlon 100-meter hurdles race, clocking in at 13 seconds flat. That performance was worth 1,124 points.
Brooks, a 2014 Rider graduate, had the best start of any of the eight competitors in the third heat of the event but clipped the sixth hurdle, allowing Switzerland's Annik Kaelin to overtake her. Kaelin had the best hurdles time with a 12.87.
The 100-meter hurdles was the first event of the heptathlon competition.
Taliyah Brooks' high jump results
Brooks finished with a height of 1.77 meters in the high jump, adding 941 points to her total of 2,065 after two events in the women’s heptathlon. She was tied for the eighth best mark out of 23 competitors.
Several athletes were still competing in the event at the time of this writing.
Brooks currently sits sixth in the overall standings, which will be updated on this page once the high jump has been completed.
Taliyah Brooks’ shot put results
Brooks struggled in what has been one of her weakest events in the women’s heptathlon, finishing 18th in the shot put with a throw of 13.58 meters.
The performance netted Brooks 766 points for a three-event total of 2,831. She dropped a spot in the overall standings to seventh.
Brooks’ best attempt came from her first throw of the shot put. She didn’t top 13 meters with either of her final two attempts.
Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam had the best performance in the shot with a personal-best mark of 15.54 meters. Anouk Vetter of the Netherlands was second at 15.07 and Noor Vidts of Belgium third at 14.57.
That’s the second consecutive event Thiam has finished with the best mark and jumped Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson for the overall lead with 3,070 points. Johnson-Thompson is just 50 points behind her in second place. USA’s Anna Hall is third with 2,965 points after an eight-place finish in the shot put.
Taliyah Brooks’ results in the 200 meters
Brooks raced to the ninth-best time in the heptathlon’s 200-meter dash, clocking in at 24.02 seconds. The 979 points she garnered from that performance keeps Brooks in seventh place after the first day of competition.
The heptathlon resumes at 3:05 a.m. local time Friday with the long jump – one of Brooks’ specialties.
Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson had the best mark in the 200 meters with a 23.44, moving her back into first place of the overall standings with 4,055 points. Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam (4,007) is second and USA’s Anna Hall (3,956) is third.
2024 Paris Olympics Women's Heptathlon Results
Current standings (through 4 events) – 1. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Great Britain, 4,055; 2. Nafissatou Thiam, Belgium, 4,007; 3. Anna Hall, USA, 3,956; 4. Noor Vidts, Belgium, 3,951; 5. Sofie Dokter, Netherlands, 3,893; 6. Annik Kaelin, Switzerland, 3,834; 7. Taliyah Brooks, USA, 3,810; 8. Adrianna Sulek-Schubert, Poland, 3,770; 9. Anouk Vetter, Netherlands, 3,767; 10. Emma Oosterwegel, Netherlands, 3,743.
100 hurdles – 1. Annika Kaelin, Switzerland, 12.87; 2. Taliyah Brooks, USA, 13.0; 3. Noor Vidts, Belgium, 13.1; 4. Martha Araujo, Colombia, 13.15; 5. Chari Hawkins, USA, 13.16; 6. Adrianna Sulek-Schubert, Poland, 13.32; 7. Anna Hall, USA, 13.36; 8. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Great Britain, 13.4; 9. Sveva Gerevini, Italy, 13.4; 10. Emma Oosterwegel, Netherlands, 13.41.
High jump – 1. Nafissatou Thiam, Belgium, 1.92; 2. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Great Britain, 1.92; 3. Anna Hall, USA, 1.89; 4. Sofie Dokter, Netherlands, 1.86; 5. Noor Vidts, Belgium, 1.83; 6. Jade O’Dowda, Great Britain, 1.80; 7. Camryn Newton-Smith, Australia, 1.80; 8. Taliyah Brooks, USA, 1.77; 8. Adrianna Sulek-Schubert, Poland, 1.77; 10. Kate O’Connor, Ireland, 1.77.
Shot put – 1. Nafissatou Thiam, Belgium, 15.54; 2. Anouk Vetter, The Netherlands, 15.07; 3. Noor Vidts, Belgium, 14.57; 4. Emma Oosterwegel, The Netherlands, 14.54; 5. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Great Britain, 14.44; 6. Saga Vanninen, Finland, 14.19; 7. Martha Araujo, Colombia, 14.15; 8. Anna Hall, USA, 14.11; 9. Carolin Schaefer, Germany, 14.02; 10. Annik Kaelin, Switzerland, 14.02. Also: 18. Taliyah Brooks, USA, 13.58.
200 meters – 1. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Great Britain, 23.44; 2. Sveva Gerevini, Italy, 23.58; 3. Sofie Dokter, Netherlands, 23.73; 4. Carolin Schaefer, Germany, 23.85; 5. Noor Vidts, Belgium, 23.86; 6. Auriana Lazraq-Khlass, France, 232.87; 7. Annik Kaelin, Switzerland, 23.88; 8. Anna Hall, USA, 23.89; 9. Taliyah Brooks, USA, 24.02; 10. Adrianna Sulek-Schubert, Poland, 24.2.
Long jump – 1. Martha Araujo, Colombia, 6.61; 2. Annik Kaelin, Switzerland, 6.59; 3. Nafissatou Thiam, Belgium, 6.41; 4. Noor Vidts, Belgium, 6.4; 5. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Great Britain, 6.4; 6. Jade O’Dowda, Great Britain, 6.33; 7. Sofie Dokter, Netherlands, 6.26; 8. Adrianna Sulek-Schubert, Poland, 6.22; 9. Taliyah Brooks, USA, 6.15; 10. Anouk Vetter, Netherlands, 6.12.
