Credits: Article and images by Katherine Arteche @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/olympics-paris-2024-performance-watches/
The Paris Olympics is currently the place to be to show up and show out, not just for the athletes, who, undeniably are the stars of the show, but it’s also been a great scene for watches. Yes, folks like Lewis Hamilton was all dressed up with a Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref 5740 Perpetual Calendar while watching a medal fencing match, and a Cartier Crash was spotted on the wrist of NBA player Tyrese Haliburton, all of which make for extremely fun watch spotting. But what we’ve loved seeing so far are high-performance timepieces, of which were designed to endure the rigorous demands of elite sports. Beyond function, they were also stylish, some of which complemented the athletes’ uniforms and added a touch of elegance to their performances leading them to glory.
In a thrilling conclusion to the 100m sprint at the Paris 2024 Olympics, USA sprinter Noah Lyles, AKA The Fastest Man in America, clinched victory by a literal photo finish over Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson. This victory marked the closest Olympic 100m finish in modern history, with a mere five thousandths of a second separating the two athletes. Both Lyles and Thompson were officially timed at 9.79 seconds, but the decisive factor was in the fractional differences: Lyles clocked in at 9.784 seconds, while Thompson followed closely at 9.789 seconds.
Credits: Article and images by Katherine Arteche @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/olympics-paris-2024-performance-watches/
