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These Olympic athletes went beyond greatness—they went BEAST MODE. In this video, we’re counting down 10 jaw-dropping performances from the Paris 2024 Olympics where athletes rose to the occasion and delivered next-level greatness when it mattered most.  Featuring awe-inspiring moments from legends like: 🏅 Simone Biles ⚡ Noah Lyles 💪 Mijaín López … and more stars who stunned the world with their strength, speed, and mental toughness.  🔥 Whether breaking records or defying expectations, these athletes proved what it truly means to be elite.  Which Olympic moment left you speechless? Let us know in the comments—and don’t forget to follow for more incredible highlights from Paris 2024 and beyond!

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00:00Sifan Hassan had won two golds and a bronze in Tokyo.

00:03She has three more medals in 2024.

00:06And she'll never forget her performance on the streets of Paris.

00:10Welcome to WatchMojo.

00:11And today we're counting down our picks for the Paris 2024 moments

00:15when athletes showed us what humans are really capable of.

00:18The king of sprinting, the world champion at last!

00:23Number 10, Antoine Zupont.

00:25The Stade de France was packed to capacity as France played Fiji in the Rugby Sevens final.

00:31As you'll see with a number of entries on our list,

00:33there's nothing like a good underdog story to charge the soul.

00:37After a devastating loss to South Africa in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup,

00:42on French soil no less, Zupont led the French men's rugby team to Olympic gold,

00:47ending Fiji's winning streak after two gold medals.

00:50The scores were level at the break, and a memorable second half was to follow.

00:55Straight from the restart, there was a try.

00:58For France.

00:59Their starman, Antoine Dupont, left the Fijian defence trailing.

01:03This is especially meaningful considering the team didn't even qualify for the previous games in Tokyo,

01:08and that Fiji, as reported by the Associated Press,

01:11had never lost an Olympic Rugby Sevens game.

01:14Dupont later commented, quote,

01:16We really felt that we represent rugby, but we represent all the French sport as well.

01:21Their fans had seen history made by a team which did not even qualify for Tokyo 2020.

01:27Number 9.

01:28The Canadian men's 4x100m relay team.

01:31They're a well-oiled quartet, with André de Grasse running the anchor leg for the first time in history.

01:37A series of extenuating circumstances had seemingly dashed the team's gold medal hopes,

01:42with André de Grasse suffering from an ongoing hamstring injury,

01:45leading to his going out in the semifinals,

01:48and the team as a whole posting the slowest time to advance.

01:51The Canadians, so efficient, handing off to de Grasse.

01:55De Grasse has a chance here.

01:57De Grasse in the lead.

01:59Down the street they go.

02:00André de Grasse, can he hold them off?

02:02Yes!

02:03In the end, the Canadians won gold in an upset over the American team.

02:08Commenting on their unlikely victory after the fact,

02:11de Grasse noted that, quote,

02:13It's a complete set.

02:14We got the bronze in Rio.

02:15Tokyo, we got the silver.

02:17Now, it's like icing on the cake to get the gold medal with these guys.

02:21Canada wins the gold in a massive upset here in Paris.

02:2637-50, a seasonal best.

02:30That's what we're talking about.

02:31Number 8, Alex Yee.

02:33The streets of Paris packed with an expectant crowd for the men's triathlon.

02:3955 starters lined up in the sunshine on Pont Alexandre 3.

02:43British triathlete Yee is the most decorated triathlete in the history of the modern Olympic Games.

02:49His legacy was cemented at Paris 2024,

02:52when he surged and came out from behind to win gold in the last 400 meters of the men's triathlon.

02:58Moments earlier, it had looked like the end,

03:01with Yee's rival, the New Zealander Hayden Wilde, comfortably set to take first place.

03:06Yee and Berger together, 30 seconds behind the leaders,

03:09but with their strongest disciplines still to come.

03:12Speaking to the Guardian, Yee was quoted as saying,

03:15He turned silver at Tokyo 2020 into gold at Paris 2024.

03:29Well, we didn't see that one coming.

03:47In an underdog story for the ages,

03:49the American runner secured the country its first gold medal in the men's 1500 meter race

03:53since Matthew Centrowitz Jr. in 2016.

03:56The fact that Hawker set a new personal record,

03:59not to mention a new North American area record,

04:02isn't even the most impressive or shocking statistic on display.

04:05Look at that finish!

04:06It's Cole Hawker upstaging them!

04:10First for Olympic gold!

04:12Hawker managed to beat out not one, not two,

04:15but three commonly predicted frontrunners to win gold.

04:18Hawker's fellow runners Josh Kerr and Jakob Injabritsyn's widely publicized rivalry

04:22left sports fans eagerly anticipating their next chapter.

04:26Ultimately, the rivalry would be their undoing.

04:29Their focus on beating one another gave Hawker, the underdog,

04:32an unexpected opportunity to swoop in.

04:35And Cole Hawker took his time.

04:38He stayed on the inside lane.

04:39He waited for a little gap to open.

04:41And he shot through and won that gold medal.

04:46The heavyweights of Greco-Roman wrestling competed for medals at Shantamar Arena.

04:51As reported by ESPN's Conor O'Halloran,

04:55Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Lopez is in an exclusive club all by himself.

05:00However, you shouldn't feel too bad for his self-imposed isolation.

05:04Lopez scored his fifth consecutive gold medal

05:06in the men's Greco-Roman wrestling 130-kilogram category.

05:10The four-time champ showed his prowess early,

05:12getting a pair of points for a roll.

05:16While O'Halloran pointed out that other athletes have reached the same heights in team events,

05:20it was emphasized that Lopez's achievement is unprecedented on an individual basis.

05:25Even wilder, Lopez hadn't competed internationally in any capacity

05:30since the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

05:32How do you top that?

05:34You don't.

05:34The 41-year-old athlete left his shoes on the mat before exiting,

05:38signaling his retirement from the sport.

05:40We'd say he's earned it.

05:42Lopez Nunez became the first Olympian to ever win five gold medals in the same event.

05:49Number 5.

05:50Sifan Hassan

05:51Don't we all love a feel-good story?

05:54Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands and world record holder Tigist Acefer.

05:58A slight collision, but both recovered and sprinted for the line.

06:02Dutch runner Hassan embodied a unique kind of pride and joy

06:05after securing the gold medal at the Paris 2024 Women's Marathon.

06:08Hassan, the gold medal winner in an Olympic Games record time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, and 55 seconds.

06:15A safer second.

06:16Born in Ethiopia, Hassan emigrated to the Netherlands in 2008 as a refugee,

06:21obtaining Dutch citizenship five years later in 2013.

06:25Her gold medal-winning performance in Paris took on additional significance

06:28when she beat the Ethiopian Tigist Acefa.

06:31She earned the title of the only woman ever to have won gold in not only the marathon,

06:36but the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter as well.

06:40Hassan also became the first athlete, regardless of gender,

06:43to win gold at all of these events since 1952.

06:47Sifan Hassan had won two golds and a bronze in Tokyo.

06:50She has three more medals in 2024.

06:53And she'll never forget her performance on the streets of Paris.

06:57Number 4.

06:57Armand Duplantis

06:59It probably goes without saying that this American-born Swedish pole vaulter

07:08is, like, really good at his chosen sport.

07:11So good, in fact, that Duplantis holds the top nine records

07:14for highest heights ever reached in pole vaulting.

07:17Duplantis' performance at Paris 2024 only served to confirm his legendary status,

07:22breaking yet another world record by clearing 6.25 meters in height.

07:26To put this in context, Duplantis had already won gold before having set this record

07:41and becoming the only competitor to clear 6 meters.

07:44The closest anyone else came was the American Sam Kendricks at 5.95 meters.

07:49How much higher can Duplantis go?

07:51Well, that's up to him.

07:56Number 3.

07:57Noah Lyles

07:57This track-and-field sprinter had an emotional rollercoaster of a time at Paris 2024.

08:08Commentators were hyper-fixated on Lyles' dramatic collapse on the track after the 200-meter race,

08:13which saw him place third behind Le Cile Tebojo and Kenny Bednarik.

08:17However, just prior to that, Lyles had set a new personal best in a nail-biting display

08:22that saw a temporary outbreak of confusion as to who had won.

08:26Lyles!

08:27By thousands of a second!

08:29Thousands of a second!

08:32Everybody thought Thompson had just hung on!

08:35Lyles came through on the near side!

08:37Although the race had, for a moment, been called for Jamaica's Keyshane Thompson,

08:41Lyles emerged victorious, giving the U.S. its first gold in the category since 2004.

08:48Number 2.

08:48Simone Biles

08:49Who doesn't love a good comeback story?

08:58The most decorated gymnast of all time made a triumphant return to the Olympics

09:02after shockingly withdrawing from the 2020 Games in Tokyo

09:05after being plagued with a series of health struggles, both physical and mental.

09:10Paris 2024 was a completely different story.

09:13Biles won two all-around and vault titles

09:16and also became the first woman since Vyra Chaslavska,

09:20that is, the second woman ever, to have accomplished such a feat.

09:23The captain of the American artistic gymnastics team nicknamed the Golden Girls,

09:27Biles led them to victory, further deepening her status as a modern-day legend.

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10:03Number 1.

10:04Yusuf Dikeç

10:05Never mind the fact that this Turkish sports shooter is the country's oldest ever Olympic medalist,

10:10which is insanely impressive by itself.

10:12Dikeç, as you've probably seen by now, is a certified badass.

10:17One hand on his pistol, the other in his pocket,

10:20the Olympian's casual vibe caused him to go massively viral at Paris 2024,

10:24with even his fellow Olympians taking to social media to pay homage.

10:28Although Dikeç and his partner, Seval Ilaida Tarhan, didn't win the gold,

10:32they easily won our hearts.

10:34Has going beast mode ever looked so cool and nonchalant before?

10:38What was your favorite Paris 2024 moment?

10:41Let us know in the comments below.

10:43And now the sun comes out

10:44as the Canadians join their friends and family and fellow athletes

10:51as the celebration is on in Paris.

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10 Insane Olympic Performances That Went Beast Mode | Paris 2024

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