Tag: Track
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Records Fell at the Track Worlds. A Trend? Not So Fast.
The highlight of the track and field world championships, which wrapped up in Eugene, Ore., on Sunday, was undoubtedly Sydney McLaughlin’s shattering her own world record, and the rest of the field, in the 400-meter hurdles. It was a record set in dominant fashion, the type of performance fans watch sports for but rarely actually…
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American Track Athletes Showed Up. Did American Fans?
Kara Winger arrived at the track and field world championships as one of the most decorated javelin throwers in American history. A nine-time national champion, she had persevered through injuries, including two knee surgeries, to compete at four Olympic Games. On Friday, though, Winger was in fifth place before her final throw at Hayward Field…
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Caster Semenya is Back on Track. She Will Race the 5,000 Meters.
Caster Semenya of South Africa, the two-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion at 800 meters, is not permitted to compete in her favorite event this week at the world track and field championships because of rules governing intersex athletes and permissible testosterone levels in events from the quarter mile to the mile, which combine…
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Sydney McLaughlin’s youth track coach knew what was coming.
What events did you steer her toward? I was the coach of the youth national team that went to worlds in Cali, Colombia, in 2015. I had many stars. She was one of them. She won the 400 hurdles, but I knew back then she could have been in any event and done well. I…
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World Track and Field Championships: Updates and Results
Galen Rupp is the greatest American distance runner of the 21st century. Galen Rupp is a mystery: media-shy, and once the signature runner of a team whose leader, the marathon champion turned disgraced coach Alberto Salazar, transgressed the sport in so many ways. Galen Rupp is a hero, especially in his home state of Oregon,…
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World Track and Field Championships: Updates and Results
Galen Rupp is the greatest American distance runner of the 21st century. Galen Rupp is a mystery: media-shy, and once the signature runner of a team whose leader, the marathon champion turned disgraced coach Alberto Salazar, transgressed the sport in so many ways. Galen Rupp is a hero, especially in his home state of Oregon,…