PARIS (KCTV) – A global track star who hails from Kansas City is now an Olympic gold medalist.
Quincy Hall, a 2016 graduate of Raytown South High School, won the men’s 400-meter dash on Wednesday with a time of 43.40 seconds.
Hall was not the favorite to win, with Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith expected to take home the gold.
As the athletes rounded the track for the final 100-meter straightaway, Hall was securely in fourth place. Hudson-Smith appeared to be neck-and-neck for first place with Jereem Richards, competing for Trinidad and Tobago.
With the finish line approaching, however, Hall surged forward and passed Hudson-Smith just in time to take the gold, with Hudson-Smith trailing by only 0.04 seconds.
Zambia’s Mazula Samukonga took third place and Richards took fourth.
Team USA’s other 400-meter competitors, Christopher Bailey and Michael Norman, finished in sixth and eighth place, respectively.