Why is 2024 Brittany Brown's most successful season so far? All about Olympic medalist's journey from unsigned athlete to making $85000 at Athlos NYC

By Animesh Pandey

Modified Sep 29, 2024 03:38 GMT

Brittany Brown has had the most successful season of her career so far in 2024. Within a year, the athlete went from recording her personal best to winning an Olympic medal, then the coveted Diamond League final, and most recently, the 200m race in the Athlos NYC meet!

The American sprinter recently ended her season on a high note after winning $85,000 at the Athlos NYC. She won the 200m event, and stood second in the 100m event at the track meet held in New York City.

From someone who was struggling to get a sponsor during her first year as an athlete, winning an Olympic medal, the Diamond League trophy and the Athlos NYC in a row is quite the achievement set for Brittany Brown.

Brittany Brown participated at the Athlos NYC meet, where she toook part in the women's 100m and the women's 200m event. Brown lost by a close margin to Marie-Josee Ta-Lou Smith of the Ivory Coast, who won the 100m with a timing of 10.98 seconds.

However, in less than an hour, Brittany Brown landed one of the biggest upsets, when she edged out Olympic champion and teammate Gabrielle 'Gabby' Thomas in a closely contested 200m event.

As per the rules of the Athlos meet, the winner in each event takes home $60000, while the runner up gets $25000 and the second runner up gets $15000. By the virtue of her performances, Brown got a total of $85000 within a day!

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Brittany Brown's best performances in the 2024 season

Brittany celebrating after the women's 200m final [Image Source: Getty]

Before the Paris Olympics, the 29-year-old Brittany Brown had just one silver medal from the 2019 World Championships to her credit.

However, 2024 would soon turn out to be the best season of her entire career so far. Brittany Brown made her presence felt at the US Olympic Trials for 2024, when she clocked her personal best of 21.90 seconds, finishing behind Gabby Thomas to qualify for the Paris Olympics in style.

Brown made it to the final of the women's 200m event at the Paris Olympics. She finished behind teammate Gabby Thomas and Julian Alfred from Saint Lucia, to clinch the Olympic bronze medal with a timing of 22.20 seconds.

She then competed in the 200m event at the Diamond League Finals held in Brussels. With most of the stakeholders absent, including Gabby Thomas, Brown had a golden chance to clinch the Diamond League trophy, and she won it, with a timing of 22.20 seconds. Daryll Neita of Great Britain finished second overall, while Anavia Battle of the USA took home the bronze.

However, the best was remaining to be shown at the Athlos NYC meet, as she won the 200m race ahead of Olympic champion Gabby Thomas. She also came second in the 100m event.