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RESULTS

U.S. superstar Grant Holloway entered Paris with one mission: win gold. The three-time world champion was devastated coming out of the Tokyo Games, where he claimed silver to Hansle Parchment's gold. Holloway coasted through his heat on Sunday in 13.01 seconds, the top time by an astounding 0.21. Parchment just squeaked by the move into the semis on time (13.43).

"You guys think about Tokyo a lot, but this is Paris," Holloway said. "The biggest thing is to execute this time and not really worry about the past and continue to show great form. 

All roads lead to the final.

Holloway's U.S. teammate Daniel Roberts is also through to the semis, but not Freddie Crittenden. Crittenden jogged through his heat in an ultra-slow 18.27 seconds and relayed the following to NBC Sports' Lewis Johnson minutes later:

"I'm doing well. I had a little bit of aggravation in my adductor yesterday from my pre meet. I went to the Team USA medical staff and doctors. They said it's not an injury. There's just a lack of activation in my muscle that's causing pain and discomfort.

"The plan was to come out here and get through the round as long as I didn't get disqualified or hit any hurdles. The idea was to get through and I'll have another opportunity to run in the repechage round. I wanted to get here and make sure it didn't feel any worse and make it through and give it everything I've got on Tuesday."

So, Crittenden will run to keep his Paris Olympics alive in the repechage round on Tuesday.