2024 Olympics records list: Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia breaks the Olympic men's marathon record

PARIS (AP) — Records are being broken daily at the 2024 Olympics, which run from July 27-Aug. 11, as athletes and teams win medals across 32 sports. See which countries lead the medal count, the medal winners and the highlights. Below is a selected list of world and Olympic records set at the Paris Games:

Saturday, Aug. 10

TRACK AND FIELD

Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia ran the men’s marathon in 2:06:26, breaking the Olympic record of 2:06:32 previously set by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya at the Beijing Games in 2008.

MODERN PENTATHLON

Kerenza Bryson of Britain completed her women's laser run with a score of a 1,402, breaking the overall points Olympic record of 1,385 previously set by Kate French, also from Britain, at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania did her women's laser run in 11:10.90/630, breaking her own Olympic record of 11:38.37/602 set at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

TRACK AND FIELD

Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic ran the women’s 400 meters in 48.17 seconds, breaking the Olympic record of 48.25 seconds previously set by France’s Marie-José Perec at the Atlanta Games in 1996.

CYCLING TRACK

Lea Friedrich of Germany completed qualifying for the women's 200-meter flying start in 10.029 seconds, breaking the world record of 10.108 seconds set earlier in the same competition by Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand. Kelsey Mitchell of Canada had the record of 10.154 seconds from the 2019 Pan American Track Cycling Championships.

MODERN PENTATHLON

Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt completed his men's laser run semifinal with a score of 1,516, breaking the overall points Olympic record of 1,482 previously set by Joseph Choong of Britain at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Martin Vlach of the Czech Republic did his men's laser run in 9:47.46/713, breaking his own Olympic record of 10:30.13/670 from the Tokyo Games in 2021.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Karlos Nasar of Bulgaria lifted 224 kilograms in the men's 89-kilogram clean and jerk to break his own world record of 223 set in Doha, Qatar, in December. His overall total of 404 kilograms broke the world record of 396 set by Li Dayin of China at the 2023 Asian Championships.

TRACK AND FIELD

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States lowered her own world record to win the women’s 400-meter hurdles Olympic gold medal in 50.37 seconds. Her previous record was 50.65 set on June 30.

Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan won the men's javelin throw gold medal in an Olympic record 92.97 meters, breaking the previous record of 90.57 meters set by Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway at the 2008 Beijing Games.

SPORTS CLIMBING

Tom Watson of the United States set a speed climb world record of 4.74 seconds in the bronze-medal match after losing in the semifinals.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Luo Shifang set Olympic records in the snatch (107 kilograms), clean-and-jerk (134 kilograms) and total (241 kilograms) on her way to gold in the women's 59-kilogram snatch division.

Rizki Juniansyah of Indonesia set an Olympic record in clean and jerk with a lift of 199 kilograms in the men's 73-kilogram division.

TRACK AND FIELD

Roje Stona of Jamaica won the men's discus throw gold medal in an Olympic record 70.00 meters.

TRACK CYCLING

Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands lowered the men's 200-meter flying start world record to 9.088 seconds.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Li Fabin set an Olympic record in 61-kilogram snatch with a lift of 143 kilograms.

TRACK AND FIELD

Winfred Yavi of Bahrain won the women's 3000-meter steeplechase in an Olympic record 8 minutes, 52.76 seconds.

TRACK CYCLING

The Dutch men's team sprint set a world record of 40.949 to win the gold medal.

The Australian men's team pursuit set a world record of 3 minutes, 40.730 seconds in the heats of the Paris Games and went on to win the gold medal in the final.

The British women's team sprint set a world record of 45.186 to win the gold medal at the Paris Games.

TRACK AND FIELD

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis improved his own pole vault world record to 6.25 meters to win the Olympic gold medal for Sweden.

CYCLING TRACK

Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze and Lea Friedrich of Germany completed their qualifying heat in women's team sprint in 45.377 seconds, breaking the world record of 45.472 set by Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane of Britain earlier in the day.

SPORT CLIMBING

Aleksandra Mirosław of Poland completed the women's speed climb in 6.06 seconds, breaking her own world record of 6.24 seconds set at the International Federation of Sport Climbing European qualifier in Rome in September 2023. Her second qualifying attempt of 6.21 was also under her old record.

SWIMMING

Bobby Finke of the United States swam the men's 1,500-meter freestyle in 14:30.67, breaking the world record of 14:31.02 set by Sun Yang of China at the London Games in 2012.

Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of the United States swam the women's 4x100 medley relay in 3:49.63, breaking the world record of 3:50.40 set by the U.S. team of Smith, King, Kelsi Dahlia and Simone Manuel at the World Aquatics Championships in July 2019 in South Korea.

SWIMMING

Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of the United States swam the mixed 4x100-meter relay in 3:37:43 to break the world record of 3:37.58 established by Britain when the event debuted at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Sarah Sjöström of Sweden swam her semifinal of the women's 50-meter freestyle in 23.66 seconds, breaking her own Olympic record of 23.85 previously set at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

TRACK AND FIELD

Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda ran the men's 10,000 meters in 26:43.14, breaking the Olympic record of 27:01.17 previously set by Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia at the Beijing Games in 2008.

Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown of the United States ran the mixed 4x400 meter relay in 3:07.41 in qualifying, breaking the world record of 3:08.80 set by fellow Americans Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling, Alexis Holmes and Justin Robinson at the 2023 world championships in Budapest, Hungary.

SWIMMING

Léon Marchand of France swam the 200-meter individual medley in 1:54.06 for his fourth gold in Paris, breaking Michael Phelps' Olympic record of 1:54.23 set at the Beijing Games in 2008.

Kaylee McKeown of Australia swam the women's 200-meter backstroke in 2:03.73, breaking the Olympic record of 2:04.06 set by Missy Franklin of the U.S. at the London Games in 2012.

SHOOTING

Chiara Leone of Switzerland scored a 464.4 in the women's 50-meter rifle three positions final, breaking the Olympic record of 463.9 set by fellow Swiss shooter Nina Christen at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

SWIMMING

Summer McIntosh of Canada swam the women's 200-meter butterfly in 2:03.03, breaking the Olympic record of 2:03.86 set by China's Zhang Yufei at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus of Australia swam the women's 4x200-meter relay in 7:38.08, breaking the Olympic record of 7:40.33 set by China in 2021 at the Tokyo Games.

ROWING

Oliver Zeidler of Germany completed his semifinal in men's singles sculls in 6:35.77, breaking the Olympic record of 6:40.45 set by Stefanos Ntouskos of Greece at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

SWIMMING

Pan Zhanle of China swam the men's 100-meter freestyle in 46.40 seconds to break his own world record of 46.80 from the world aquatics championship in February.

Léon Marchand of France broke two Olympic records set three years ago in Tokyo on the same night. He swam the men's 200-meter butterfly in 1:51.21 to best the 1:51.25 time by Kristof Milak of Hungary, then two hours later completed the 200 breaststroke in 2:05.85 to eclipse the previous mark of 2:06.38 by Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia.

Katie Ledecky of the United States swam the women's 1,500-meter freestyle in 15:30.02, breaking her own Olympic record of 15:35.35 from Tokyo in 2021.

SHOOTING

Adriana Ruano of Guatemala hit 45 of 50 targets in the women's trap competition to break the Olympic record of 43 set by Rehak Stefecekova of Slovakia at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

SWIMMING

Kaylee McKeown of Australia swam the women's 100-meter backstroke in 57.33 seconds, breaking her own Olympic record of 57.47 set at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Daniel Wiffen of Ireland swam the men's 800-meter freestyle in 7:38.19, breaking the Olympic record of 7:41.28 set by Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

RUGBY SEVENS

Maddison Levi of Australia scored 14 tries, breaking the single Olympics record of 10 by Portia Woodman-Wickliffe for New Zealand at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.

SHOOTING

Nathan Hales of Britain scored a 48 in men's trap, breaking the Olympic record of 43 set by Jiri Liptak and David Kosteleck at the Tokyo Games in 2021, when they decided gold in a shoot-off.

SWIMMING

Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia swam the women's 200-meter freestyle final in 1:53.27, breaking the Olympic record of 1:53:50 set by Ariarne Titmus, also from Australia, at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

SHOOTING

Sheng Lihao of China scored 252 in men's 10-meter air rifle, breaking the Olympic record of 251.6 set by William Shaner of the United States at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Ban Hyojin of South Korea and Huang Yuting of China each scored a 251.8 in women's team 10-meter air rifle to tie the Olympic record set by China's Yang Qian at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Yusef Dikec and Ilayda Tarhan of Turkey scored a 582 in mixed team 10-meter air pistol to tie the Olympic record set by India's Manu Bhaker and Chaudhary Saurabh at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

SWIMMING

Léon Marchand of France swam the men's 400-meter individual medley in 4:02.95, breaking the Olympic record of 4:03.84 set by Michael Phelps of the United States at the 2008 Beijing Games.

SHOOTING

Oh Ye Jin of South Korea scored a 243.2 in women's 10-meter air pistol, breaking the Olympic record of 240.3 set by Vitalina Batsarashkina representing the Russian Olympic Committee at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Roommate Kim Yeji also surpassed the previous mark with her score of 241.3 and won the silver medal.

SWIMMING

Gretchen Walsh of the United States swam the women's 100-meter butterfly in 55.37 seconds, breaking the Olympic record of 55.48 seconds set by Sarah Sjöström of Sweden at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris of Australia swam the 4x100 freestyle relay in 3:28.92, breaking their own Olympic record of 3:29.69 from the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Pan Zhanle of China swam the men's 100-meter freestyle in 46.92 seconds, breaking the Olympic record set by Caeleb Dressel at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

ARCHERY

Lim Si-hyeon of South Korea scored 694 in the women's 72 arrows 70-meter round, breaking the world record held by Kang Chae-young, also from South Korea, who had a 692 in 2019.

Jeon Hun-young, Lim Si-hyeon and Nam Su-hyeon of South Korea scored 2,046 in women's 216 arrows 70-meter round, breaking the Olympic record of 2,032 set by South Korea's An San, Jang Min-hee, Kang Chae-young at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Lim Si-hyeon and Kim Woo-jin of South Korea scored 1,380 in mixed 144 arrows 70-meter round, breaking the Olympic record of 1,368 set by South Korea's An San and Kim Je-deok at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

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Britain's Kate French and Kerenza Bryson compete in the women's individual Laser Run portion of Modern Pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the gold medal at the end of the men's marathon competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Switzerland's Chiara Leone reacts after winning the gold medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions women’s final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Shamier Little hands off to Bryce Deadmon, of the United States, during a heat in the 4 x 400-meter relay mixed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Oliver Zeidler, of Germany, competes in the men's single sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Summer McIntosh, of Canada, competes in the women's 200-meter butterfly final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Summer McIntosh, of Canada, waves after winning the women's 200-meter butterfly final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Summer McIntosh, of Canada, competes in the women's 200-meter butterfly final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Summer McIntosh, of Canada, celebrates winning the the women's 200-meter butterfly final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech Friday focused squarely on abortion rights to voters in Georgia, where news reports have documented women’s deaths in the face of the state’s six-week ban.

Meanwhile, lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence. The efforts follow a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally and after a second apparent attempt last weekend at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

With early voting beginning Friday in three states, voters are split on whether Harris or Trump would better handle the economy, a new AP-NORC poll finds.

Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024.

Here’s the latest:

MADISON, Wis. — Vice President Kamala Harris’ rally on Friday in the Democratic stronghold of Madison continues a long tradition of Democratic candidates for president drawing huge crowds in the capital city of the battleground state.

Harris attracted a capacity crowd of about 10,000 people at a stadium where Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drew a similar size in July 2015, which was the largest Sanders rally up to that point.

The largest political rally in Madison the past 20 years occurred In October 2004 when Democratic nominee John Kerry and rocker Bruce Springsteen attracted about 80,000 people on the streets surrounding the Capitol. Four years later in 2008, candidate Barack Obama filled a stadium on the University of Wisconsin campus with about 19,000 people in attendance.

Obama was back with Springsteen in 2012 for a rally outside the Capitol that drew an estimated 18,000 people.

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee in 2016, famously did not campaign in Wisconsin after her primary win. She narrowly lost the state to Republican Donald Trump that year and many Democrats blamed that on her not campaigning in the state.

There were no large rallies during the 2020 campaign because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Harris stop on Friday was her fourth to Wisconsin as the nominee and first to Madison. Trump has been to Wisconsin for five rallies this year and during the Republican National Convention, which was held in Milwaukee.

Harris will speak at an evening rally in the heavily Democratic state capital of Madison, where some voters said they’re eager to hear more about where she stands on issues.

“I’d like to hear more details,” said Rabindra Upreti, 51, of Madison. He said he especially wanted to hear her talk more about her plans for the economy, especially how she will bring down housing costs.

“I don’t know how she’s going to cover that,” Upreti said. “I want her to break down more details.”

Brittany Thompson, 34, of Madison, also wants more information about her plans for affordable housing.

“Her story is compelling, but I would like to hear more,” Thompson said.

While Madison, home to the University of Wisconsin, is a Democratic stronghold, the race statewide in Wisconsin is expected to be tight.

During her speech Friday in battleground Georgia, Harris shared the story of Amber Thurman, a mother who decided to have an abortion after she became pregnant again. She developed sepsis and died while waiting more than 20 hours at the hospital for a routine medical procedure after taking abortion pills.

The vice president said Thurman “should be alive today.”

Harris blasted Donald Trump as a threat to women's freedoms and their very lives, warning Georgia voters that he would choke off access to abortion if he returns to the White House.

The Democratic vice president’s visit came days after ProPublica reported that two women in the state died after they did not get proper medical treatment for complications from taking abortion pills to end their pregnancies.

Such deaths, Harris said, were not only preventable but predictable because of laws that have been implemented since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Although Georgia’s six-week ban allows abortions in early pregnancy to save a mother’s life, critics say the law has created dangerous confusion for doctors about when they’re allowed to provide care.

A Beverly Hills fundraiser featuring Barack Obama is expected to bring in over $4 million for Kamala Harris' election effort.

The Friday event is intended to be smaller than other blowout fundraisers for the Democratic ticket over the past year in the beating heart of America’s entertainment industry, which have featured entertainers such as Lenny Kravitz. The minimum donation for a ticket is $50,000, according to a Los Angeles-based consultant.

It will be held at the home of James Costos, the former president’s ambassador to Spain, and his partner Michael Smith. It’s not the only fundraiser for Harris to be held in the Los Angeles area on Friday. Hillary Clinton was slated to appear at an event hosted by Sybil and Matthew Orr, said the consultant, who insisted on anonymity to provide private details for the events.

Nearly eight years removed from office, the $4 million figure raised by Obama suggests he has still has lasting star power in Hollywood.

Harris’ campaign is airing a new ad in battleground North Carolina, aiming to highlight Trump’s ties to the embattled GOP gubernatorial nominee and top Trump surrogate.

The ad alternates between Trump’s praise for Robinson and the lieutenant governor’s comments in support of a statewide abortion ban without exceptions. It comes as Harris is set to give a speech Friday focused squarely on abortion rights in Georgia, where news reports have documented women’s deaths in the face of the state’s six-week ban.

Her campaign says Harris’ ad is its first to link Trump to a down-ballot candidate. The rollout follows a CNN report Thursday about Robinson’s alleged posts on a pornography website’s message board. Robinson has denied writing the posts, which include racial and sexual comments. He said wouldn’t be forced out of the race by “salacious tabloid lies.”

Trump campaigns in Wilmington on Saturday, but a person on the Trump campaign, and a second person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning, told AP that Robinson will not be with him.

The Harris campaign says the ad is part of its $370 million in digital and television advertising reservations between Labor Day and Election Day.

In addition, the Democratic National Committee is running billboards in nine places across North Carolina, including Robinson’s hometown of Greensboro, showing a photo of him standing alongside Trump. There’s also text of positive things the Republican presidential nominee and former president has said about Robinson.

President Joe Biden invited a special guest to his meeting with his Cabinet on Friday: his wife, Jill Biden. It was her first time attending.

Biden called on her to update the group on a new White House effort to change the approach to and boost funding for research into women’s health issues.

The first lady said “incredible progress” had been made since she and the president launched the initiative in November after she learned about “huge gaps in our understanding of women’s health.”

She called out several departments and agencies, including Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and the National Institutes of Health, for committing hundreds of millions of dollars to spur research and innovation.

The first lady said she’ll be making a new announcement on Monday in New York.

She said the steps taken so far are “building momentum for this research” but added, “We have to keep moving forward.”

In-person voting for this year’s presidential election has officially begun, kicking off the six-week sprint to Election Day.

Voters lined up Friday to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities. About a dozen more states will follow by mid-October.

Some of the voters who cast ballots Friday suggested that they didn’t want to wait, hoping to avoid the potential for trouble or chaos at the polls after a summer of political turmoil.

Other early voters might opt for early in-person balloting instead of mail-in absentee ballots to ensure their votes get counted, given the ongoing struggles of the U.S. Postal Service.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has often sought to sow doubt about mail voting and encouraged voters to cast ballots in person on Election Day. But this year, Trump and the Republican National Committee, which he now controls, have begun to embrace early and mail voting as a way to lock in GOP votes before Election Day, just as Democrats have done for years.

At a polling site in Minneapolis, Jason Miller arrived well before the polls opened at 8 a.m. and was first in line. He was among roughly 75 people who cast ballots in the first hour at the city’s early voting center.

“Why not try to be first? That’s kind of fun, right?” said the 37-year-old house painter.

The Teamsters Rail Conference, which represents 70,000 members, endorsed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on Friday.

The announcement comes as a flurry of Teamsters locals back the Democratic ticket even though the national union declined to make an endorsement in the presidential race.

“The lives and livelihoods of railroaders are more dependent than most workers on decisions made by the federal government,” said the Teamsters Rail Conference, which cited Democrats’ support for worker-friendly regulations like paid sick leave.

The rail workers’ endorsement differs from a previous statement from the Teamsters’ national leadership, which cited Harris’ stance on rail strikes as a reason not to endorse her.

Vice President Kamala Harris said she’s “very proud” to have earned Taylor Swift’s endorsement but poked at the pop superstar over the Super Bowl in a new video interview released Friday.

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 to win February’s game.

Harris and Swift supported opposing teams. Harris, a former San Francisco district attorney, is a 49ers fan, while Swift backs the Chiefs. Her boyfriend is Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

In WIRED’s Autocomplete Interview, which Harris sat for earlier this week, she noted the split with Swift over the Super Bowl but said, “Who’s mad at anyone for being loyal to their team?”

On Swift’s endorsement, Harris said, “I am very proud to have the support of Taylor Swift” and described the singer-songwriter as “an incredible artist.”

“I really respect the courage that she has had in her career to stand up for what she believes is right,” the vice president said.

Swift announced her endorsement shortly after the conclusion of Harris’ debate on Sept. 10 with Republican Donald Trump.

Swift has a dedicated following among young women, a key demographic in the November election, and her latest tour has generated more than $1 billion in ticket sales

Washington, D.C., has a new tourist stop that surely will be made over once the next president settles into office.

“The Peoples’s House: A Washington Experience” is set to open on Monday, covering three floors in an office building a block from the White House.

The education center boasts a full-scale replica of the Oval Office decorated just as President Joe Biden’s currently is — right down to his desk, the armchairs in front of the fireplace and the weathered family Bible resting on a side table.

But it won’t look that way for long.

The plan is to update the replica Oval next year after either Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump is elected in November and assumes office, and the décor is set.

The replica will always mirror the Oval Office of the sitting president, so it will be updated regularly, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association.

The nonprofit organization raised money to open the education center.

Admission is free; timed tickets are required.

Vice President Kamala Harris has grown more open about her gun ownership in recent weeks, but on Thursday she for the first time said what she’d do with the handgun she owns.

Speaking during a campaign event hosted by the talk show host Oprah Winfrey, Harris was addressing her efforts to cut down on violence and pass a new ban on assault-style weapons, when she referenced owning a handgun — surprising Winfrey.

“If somebody’s breaking into my house they’re gettin shot,” Harris added. She continued: “I probably shouldn’t have said that. My staff will deal with that later.”

A live stream with Vice President Kamala Harris and talk show host Oprah Winfrey billed as a “Unite for America” rally kicked off Thursday night with more than 230,000 viewers on YouTube alone even before Harris joined, as the Democrat looks to digital-first events to reach voters.

The event was hosted by Winfrey from suburban Michigan, one of this election’s key battlegrounds, and leaned on celebrities like Brian Cranston, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock, and Meryl Streep, but also the stories of ordinary voters to promote Harris’s message.

“I want to bring my daughters to the White House to meet this Black woman president,” said comedian Chris Rock.

Donald Trump appeared before Jewish leaders in Washington D.C. on Thursday to talk about antisemitism.

But as the former president is wont to do, he took a large detour at the top of his speech, name-checking his Republican allies in the crowd, discussing the Green New Deal “scam” and pontificating about his polling numbers at length.

Trump was roughly an hour late to his speech, which was slated to begin around 6 p.m.

“Kamala Harris has done absolutely nothing. She has not lifted a single finger to protect you, or protect your children, or even protect you with words... I’m here to tell you today that this ugly kind of antisemitic hate for all of us — bigotry and hate — will be turned back ... starting at noon on Jan. 23rd," he said.

"With your vote, I will be your protector and defender and I will be the best friend Jewish Americans have ever had in the White House.”

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Minneapolis residents cast their votes at the City of Minneapolis early voting center, Friday, September 20, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)

Minneapolis voter Jason Miller casts his ballot at the City of Minneapolis early voting center, Friday, September 20, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minn. Miller was the first resident in line to cast his vote. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks to supporters at a Democratic campaign office in Macon, Ga., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris joins Oprah Winfrey at Oprah's Unite for America Live Streaming event Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in Farmington Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris listens as she joins Oprah Winfrey at Oprah's Unite for America Live Streaming event Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in Farmington Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd after speaking at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)