He then attended Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey and earned his bachelor's degree.
[3] He won gold in the 200 metres running for the Ivory Coast at the 2023 Francophone Games in Kinshasa in August 2023.
[5] He set a new Penn State school record in the 200m outdoors with a time of 20.17 on 22 May 2024 in Lexington.
[6] The following day, Traore ran a 19.93 (2024 Paris Olympic standard time) for the 200 metres, setting a new Ivorian national record.
[7] On 7 June 2024, he won the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, running the 200 metres in 19.95 seconds.