Nebraska Track & Field 2024 Paris Olympics Results
Till Steinforth finished 15th in the decathlon as he was the first Husker competing at the 2024 Olympic Games. Steinforth ended with 8,170 points and was one of three Germans to place in the top 20. 

After the first day of competition, he sat in 12th with 3,425 points. Steinforth competed in the 100m, clocking a 10.52, the long jump, recording a 7.61m, the shot put, tallying a 13.96m, and the high jump, clearing 1.96m. On the second day, Steinforth ran a 47.96 in the 400m, a 14.37 in the 110m hurdles, went a season-best 42.59m in the discus, cleared 4.70m in the pole vault, threw 59.14m in the javelin and clocked a 4:45.43 in the 1500m. 

Updated Nebraska Track & Field 2024 Paris Olympics Schedule (all times central)
Aug. 2 (3:05 a.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon 100m
Aug. 2 (3:55 a.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon Long Jump
Aug. 2 (5:15 a.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon Shot Put
Aug. 2 (11 a.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon High Jump
Aug. 2 (1:50 a.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon 400m
Aug. 3 (3:05 a.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon 110m Hurdles
Aug. 3 (3:55 a.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon Discus
Aug. 3 (6:40 a.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon Pole Vault
Aug. 3 (12:10 p.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon Javelin
Aug. 3 (2:45 p.m.) - Till Steinforth (Germany), Decathlon 1500m
Aug. 5 (3:10 a.m. or 4:35 a.m.) - Nick Percy (Great Britain), Discus Qualification
Aug. 7 (3:25 a.m. or 4:50 a.m.) - Rhema Otabor (Bahamas) & Maggie Malone-Hardin (USA), Javelin Qualification
Aug. 7 (1:25 p.m.) - Nick Percy (Great Britain), Discus Final
Aug. 8 (3:25 a.m.) - Axelina Johansson (Sweden) & Mine De Klerk (South Africa), Shot Put Qualification
Aug. 9 (12:40 p.m.) - Axelina Johansson (Sweden) & Mine De Klerk (South Africa), Shot Put Final
Aug. 10 (12:40 p.m.) - Rhema Otabor (Bahamas) & Maggie Malone-Hardin (USA), Javelin Final

Aug. 30-Sept. 8 - Petra Luteran (Hungary), Paralympics 

Husker Athletes Competing 
Nick Percy (Ventnor, England) is making his Olympics debut, representing Great Britain in the discus. A five-time British Champion and the 2016 NCAA Discus Champion, Percy threw 67.73m in the discus, the second-furthest throw of all time by a British athlete on his first day of competition at the Oklahoma Throws Series in April 2024. After winning the discus silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Percy was named to the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. During his time at Nebraska, Percy was a four-time All-American, three-time Big Ten Champion and the 2017 Nebraska Male Athlete of the Year. He'll begin competing in the qualification round of the discus on Aug. 5.

On Aug. 7, Rhema Otabor and Maggie Malone-Hardin will take on the javelin qualification round. Representing the Bahamas, Otabor won her second-straight NCAA javelin title in June, breaking the collegiate record, NCAA meet record, school record and Bahamian record with a 210-7 (64.19m). Before defending her NCAA title, she went back-to-back at the Big Ten Championships, winning the javelin title with a 189-6 (57.75m). Malone-Hardin (Geneva, Neb.) is making her third trip to the Olympics after winning the Olympic Trials for the third time. Representing Team USA, Malone-Hardin competed at Nebraska for two years before transferring to Texas A&M for her final two years. She is currently a volunteer assistant coach at Nebraska. Malone-Hardin is a four-time All-American, the 2016 NCAA Javelin Champion and a two-time conference champion.

Axelina Johansson (Hok, Sweden) and Miné De Klerk (Welkom, South Africa) are set to compete in the shot put qualification round on Aug. 8. Johansson is a four-time First-Team All-American, the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Shot Put Champion and a two-time NCAA bronze medalist. She was recently named a First-Team Academic All-American, a year after being named to the second team. After Johansson's NCAA title last season, she was named the Big Ten Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year. De Klerk just completed her first year competing with the Huskers, marked by winning the Big Ten Indoor shot put title, claiming the bronze at Big Ten Outdoors and earning her first-career First-Team All-America honor at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Petra Luteran will represent Hungary in the Paralympics, taking place Aug. 30-Sept. 8. Luteran graduated from Nebraska in 2020 as an All-American high jumper. After losing her arm in a UTV accident in 2022, Luteran has taken on and excelled in para-athletics.

Four-time First-Team All-American, Nebraska school record holder and two-time Big Ten Champion Till Steinforth is a decathlon alternate for Germany.

The NBC broadcast schedule is available here, with live results linked here.

Australia Advances to Quarterfinals; Japan Sees Olympic Run End

One former Husker advanced to the quarterfinal, while another saw his Olympic run end, as Jack McVeigh and Keisei Tominaga were both in action Friday morning during the final round of group play in men’s basketball.

Australia nearly erased a 17-point halftime deficit but fell 77-71 to Greece. McVeigh played 10:44 off the bench and had three points on 1-of-3 shooting with one rebound.  McVeigh has played in all three games at the Olympics, averaging 8.3 points per game on 47 percent shooting, including 7-of-14 from 3-point range, and 3.3 rebounds per game.

Even with the loss, Australia advanced to the quarterfinals following Canada’s 88-85 win over Spain on Friday. Australia, which finished finished second in Group A, will play Serbia in Tuesday's quarterfinal at 7:30 a.m. (central). 

Japan saw its Olympic Games end with a 102-84 loss to Brazil this morning, finishing with an 0-3 mark. Tominaga saw his most extensive action of the Paris Olympics, finishing with two points and a steal in seven minutes off the bench. Tominaga played in all three games for Japan.

Huskers Set for Big Ten Media Days in Chicago

Nebraska volleyball head coach John Cook and seniors Lindsay Krause and Kennedi Orr will participate in the third annual Big Ten Volleyball Media Days on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at the Big Ten Network Headquarters in Chicago. 

The Huskers will be live in studio on Big Ten Network with Rick Pizzo, Holly McPeak and Elena Shklyar from 11:05-11:25 a.m. (CT). Immediately after that, Nebraska will hold its official press conference from 11:30-11:50 a.m., which will be streamed live on B1G+. 

Krause, a senior outside hitter from Papillion, Neb., was averaging 2.50 kills per set on .285 hitting in her junior season before it was cut short by an injury in mid-October. In six Big Ten matches, Krause was averaging 2.82 kills per set on .366 hitting, which was the top hitting percentage by a Big Ten outside hitter in conference play at the time of her injury. She was the Big Ten Player of the Week on Oct. 9 after posting a season-high 15 kills on .519 hitting at Michigan and nine kills on .381 hitting at Michigan State. Off the court, Krause has earned Academic All-District, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honors. She graduated in May in just 36 months with a degree in English. 

Orr, a senior setter from Eagan, Minn., played a pivotal role as a serving sub for the Huskers last season. She served an ace in seven different matches and provided 39 digs for the Big Red. Entering her fourth season at Nebraska, Orr has 325 career set assists, 12 service aces and 164 digs. Orr also earned her bachelor's degree in communication studies in 36 months in May. She is a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten and Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award honoree. 

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