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World Records Close Out ’23 Pre Classic
The 2023 Prefontaine Classic (the final stop in the Diamond League series, which doubled as the Wanda Diamond League Final) ended on a high note, literally, Sunday (September 17) in the US city of Eugene, Oregon, with pole vault and 5000m world records as the two-day affair rose to a crescendo. Swedish pole vault sensation…
Read MoreA Vintage Thompson-Herah Emerges on the Horizon
Jamaica’s double-double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is on her way back to where she belongs: the top of the Olympic podium. After two years of injury woes, slow times by her standards, a new shoe sponsor, and a new coach who knows how to work around her injuries, Thompson-Herah has found new life and renewed…
Read MoreMoments of Highs and Lows in Budapest
USA’s Crouser Slides to Gold USA’s Ryan Crouser, the shot-put world record holder at 23.56m (77’-3¾”), managed to bring himself back from two blood clots in his lower leg as well as the stressing out over finding the safest treatment and wondering whether he would be able to defend his title in Budapest to heaving…
Read MoreLet Thompson-Herah Breathe and Do Her Job on The Track
Now that the track season is over, it is time to reflect on two unpleasant sentiments among Jamaican followers of the sport, one of which has caught the attention of many, even American sprinter Sha’Carrie Richardson. It is interesting that every time Jamaican senior women compete in a global 4x100m relay, a disturbing level of…
Read MoreJamaica Trials Will Reveal New Guards after Bolt, Powell, et al
Some years ago, Asafa Powell was Jamaica’s flag bearer in the flat 100m; that was after Raymond Stewart was the top male sprinter the country had. Fans lamented that Powell needed help so the country could have a competitive relay team, one that challenged the world again after Errol Stewart, Michael Fray, Clifton Forbes and…
Read MoreThe Ryan Crouser’s Shot Put World Record That Wasn’t
The January 29 Millrose Games in New York was in full run with warmth all around as a snowstorm blanketed the arena. Inside, athletes were running, jumping, and throwing indoor, but it was another Ryan Crouser moment in the putter’s circle. For about an hour-and-a-half, track and field fans inside the Armory at the top…
Read MoreNo More USA vs. The World on Penn Saturdays
The 126th running of the Penn Relays will be held at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field, April 28 to 30, and the Philadelphia, USA-based carnival will be different from how it was in 2019, after which the event was suspended because of Covid-19. There will be no more USA vs. The World, an Olympic-development-segment…
Read MoreAs The Track & Field World Turns to Kenya
Kip Keino Classic, Nairobi (May 7) • Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce posted the fastest 100m in the world this year, 10.67secs, to win her season opener at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold May 7 meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. The 35-year-old, who has won eight Olympic medals including silver in Tokyo last summer, was a comfortable…
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