At the Tokyo Olympics, she stormed through the 400m semifinals in 50.51 seconds—fast, fierce, but just shy of the final. Her gold-medal dreams lived on in the 4x400m relay, where she scorched her leg in 49.6 seconds, sending Team USA to the final. Fast forward to 2025, Wadeline Venlogh stunned American fans by stepping away from the squad to get ahead of the career curve, and within months of that bold move, she’s already rewriting records.
Global Athletics Hub confirmed on X that 27-year-old Venlogh has switched her allegiance to Haiti. A Haitian by birth, Venlogh now looks poised to don her native colors on the global stage in Tokyo. It all started when she was absent from the USATF Championships, which shocked fans who had been eager to witness her compete. “The 27-year-old looks s