.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida Condition for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that switched minds at united state track as well as industry tests in June, will definitely possess the chance to carry out the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland local will definitely become part of the guys's 4x400-meter relay team that morning when it takes part in the opening warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will become the youngest American male to have actually ever participated in an Olympic monitor and also area occasion. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely come to be the youngest American man to have ever before joined an Olympic track as well as field event.In July, Wilson stated he was jubilated when he got phrase that would certainly be actually added to the Team USA relay swimming pool after he didn't qualify for the private 400-meter dashboard at trials." When I acquired decision, I resembled, I was happy," Wilson stated. "I began rollicking our home. It was merely a second for me considering that everybody dreams concerning going to the Olympics as a youthful child." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he initially began fantasizing regarding taking part in the Video games during the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years old. That exact same year, he started operating his premier celebration, the 400, and has actually ended up being a force in it.After twice cracking the event's under-18 planet record while at U.S. tests, managing it in as little opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also lesser three weeks earlier at a tuneup competition in Fla. There, he operated a 44.20-second time that had the track planet humming in anticipation of what he could carry out on United States relay groups once the Olympics arrived.Now, his opportunity is listed below.