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#NikkiHiltz shows up extremely prepared to compete. They train very hard and work hard to adhere to the purpose of each day’s assignment, but they also study the sport and study tactics of great racers”
“It’s a weird time to exist in the world,” #Hiltz says
“But they remain anchored by the same thing that has carried them this far: a genuine love of #running and an enduring curiosity about what might still be possible” https://run.outsideonline.com/people/from-the-track-to-the-time-100-all-nikki-hiltz-does-is-win/

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Hodgkinson returns from injury scare for Werro and Broeders-Bol showdown
Olympic champion is back for a $150,000 800m battle in #Budapest, while Josh Kerr's much-anticipated first meeting with Jakob Ingebrigtsen since Paris now hangs in the balance https://athleticsweekly.com/news/hodgkinson-returns-from-injury-scare-for-werro-and-broeders-bol-showdown-1040012962/

The Clemson Insider

BATON ROUGE, La. — Clemson head coach was not too happy with LSU officials prior to Saturday’s game…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #clemsoninsiderpodcast #Gymnastics #Headlines #hero #noonan #TopStories #Trackandfield #wednesday
https://www.newsbeep.com/720390/

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#SabastianSawe broke the two-hour #marathon barrier. #JoshKerr shattered a 27-year-old #mile record. Scientists explain what actually separates a #worldrecord that's ripe to fall from one that may never be broken

“sticky” #worldrecords sometimes come from #running “geniuses” who, for whatever reasons, have the ideal set of mental and training skills to take giant whacks at what was previously believed impossible https://run.outsideonline.com/history/why-some-running-records-have-lasted-decades-and-others-might-last-forever/

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#JoshKerr can break a 27-year-old mile world record and still catch heat from #JakobIngebrigtsen.
The latest chapter in their long-running rivalry came after Ingebrigtsen made his own return to racing this week at the #EuropeanChampionships in Birmingham” https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a73437701/jakob-ingebrigtsen-says-josh-kerr-is-ruining-the-sport/

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#AudreyWerro might have been knocked down, but she got up again to win the first major senior title of her career in hugely impressive style as the women's 800m final at the #EuropeanChampionships in Birmingham lived up to the hype on Friday night”
“a show of real strength to break the championships record and take gold in 1:54.81” https://athleticsweekly.com/news/audrey-werro-picks-herself-up-to-seize-european-gold-1040012573/

First gold medal in 110m hurdles, while also setting a world record. #twitch #kick #trovo #tiktok #livestream #multistream #streamer #nes #nesgames #sports #sportsgames #olympics #olympicsgames #summerolympics #summerolympicsgames #videogames #goldmedalchallenge #capcomsgoldmedalchallenge #trackandfield #110mhurdles #goldmedal #worldrecord

#NicoYoung #qualifies for #Paris, first #out #gay #male #US #trackandfield #Olympian in #history

Young #cameout as #gay in 2022. On Friday, he earned a spot in the #men's #10000meters for #TeamUSA at the #Olympic #trials.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Track #Representation #Culture

https://www.outsports.com/2024/6/21/24096653/nico-young-paris-olympics-track-field-gay-runner/

#NicoYoung #qualifies for #Paris, first #out #gay #male #US #trackandfield #Olympian in #history

Young #cameout as #gay in 2022. On Friday, he earned a spot in the #men's #10000meters for #TeamUSA at the #Olympic #trials.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Track #Representation #Culture

https://www.outsports.com/2024/6/21/24096653/nico-young-paris-olympics-track-field-gay-runner/

The world's oldest #TrackAndField record is no more. Big congrats to Mykolas Alekna of #Lihuania who took Jurgen Schult's 38 year old record in #Oklahoma on Sunday with a throw of 74.35m which exceed the old mark by 27cms

See video of the new mark in the article linked below ⬇️

#Athletics #WorldRecord #Discus #Throwing

https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/jurgen-schults-long-standing-world-discus-record-falls-to-mykolas-alekna-1039977424/

#CasterSemenya #wins #humanrights #court #appeal; more #challenges ahead.

In a decision released Tuesday morning, the #court said that #WorldAthletics possibly had #discriminated against Semenya, when #trackandfield’s #governing #body implemented #rules on #testosterone #limits for #female #runners.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2023/07/11/caster-semenya-world-athletics-rule/