Track and field finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics will take place during the evening, World Athletics said Monday as it published its schedule for next year's Summer Olympics.
The global governing body for athletics added events would be spread out over 11 days, starting with the men's and women's 20-kilometre race walks on Aug.
1 at 1:30 a.m. ET and 3:20 a.m., respectively, and ending Aug. 11 with the women's marathon at 2 a.m. ET. Malindi Elmore of Kelowna, B.C., placed ninth in the Olympic women's marathon on Aug.
6, 2021 in Sapporo, Japan, 17 years after her most recent Summer Games appearance. Two-time Olympian Natasha Wodak of Surrey, B.C., kept pace with Elmore for much of the race to finish 13th. "Track and field competition will take place during 17 sessions at the Stade de France.