Paris Olympics : 16 Year-Old Wilson Becomes Youngest American Male In The Olympic Track Team
Running sensation Quincy Wilson, is going to the Paris Olympics, becoming the youngest American male to be part of the Olympic track team.
The 16-year-old who will be on the 4×400 relay pool, posted on his social media about the selection, with the caption: “WE GOING TO THE OLYMPICS.” On Monday, he posted a photo with the official uniform with the “USA” emblazoned on it on his Instagram Story.
A rising high school junior at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, Wilson made it all the way to the final of the 400-meter final at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, on June 24. He finished sixth in the race, which kept his Olympics hopes alive. Despite his final position, he said he was “so thankful” to be part of it.
Wilson will join the likes of Quincy Hall, Michael Norman and Chris Bailey on track, who all finished ahead of him in the 400-meter final at U.S. trials, in Paris.
En route to the race, he beat the world’s under-18 400-meter record twice – surpassing his own record in the semifinal on June 23 and breaking the record two days earlier.
An Olympics historian, Bill Mallon, said that Wilson is the youngest male track Olympian to make the U.S. team. The youngest ever track and field American athlete is Esther Stroy, who competed at the age of 15 in the 1968 Olympics, Mallon also added.
Wilson’s Olympic bid comes as big names in Team USA such as Simone Biles and Suni Lee also added in their tickets for the big game.
