So Who’s On Team USA?
USATF HAS ANNOUNCED a 139-athlete roster for the World Championships in Budapest, August 19–27. Each athlete is listed with USATF… Read More
August 2023
FROM THE EDITOR — A Smashing Worlds On Tap?
LIKE HE SAID — he being Seb Coe. Early in this early-August week in which I put pen to paper… Read More
LAST LAP — August
HERE’S THIS MONTH’S collection of short takes on generally off-track activities that have gone/will go a long way towards shaping… Read More
ON YOUR MARKS — August
DESPITE HIS IMPROVEMENT to 3:27.14, Jakob Ingebrigtsen is still finding Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1500 WR of 3:26.00 a long way… Read More
STATUS QUO — August
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Medical advisors had sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke skip the Irish Championships for… Read More
FOR THE RECORD — August
New records reported since the July issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); Y = Youth… Read More
LANDMARKS — August
Died: Joseph Chebet, 52 On July 7, in Eldoret, Kenya. He won the Boston and New York Marathons in ’99… Read More
High School Record — Asinga Dashes 9.89
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, July 28-30 — Finally. After a season of impressive wind-aided times and near-misses with legal wind, Issam… Read More
Rooks Game-Planning Pays Off
NOT MANY PEOPLE can watch old videos of Lasse Viren falling in the ’72 Olympic 10,000 and bouncing up to… Read More
London DL Women — Bol Lays Down A Marker
LONDON, ENGLAND, July 23 — Femke Bol showed that Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wouldn’t have had things entirely her own way at… Read More
London DL Men — Lyles & Crouser Light It Up
LONDON, ENGLAND, July 23 — At almost opposite ends of the program, Noah Lyles and Ryan Crouser produced performances which… Read More
Monaco DL Men — Warholm Demos Formidable Fitness
FONTVIEILLE, MONACO, July 21 — If this is how Karsten Warholm is setting himself up for a championship meet, one… Read More
Monaco DL Women — Kipyegon Obliterates Mile WR
FONTVIEILLE, MONACO, July 21 — That Faith Kipyegon needed anything else to be remembered as one of this sport’s greatest… Read More
Richardson Sprints Strong & Tall Toward Worlds
IT’S A SHA’CARRI SUMMER. Richardson, that is. Has been for the last two weeks for sure, and very likely will… Read More
Gyulai Memorial CT — Alfred Romps In Pro Debut
SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR, HUNGARY, July 18 — In her pro debut over 100m, Texas alum Julien Alfred knocked one out of the… Read More
Charleston’s Rush To A Century Crown
BASED ON ANY bird’s-eye survey, the sight of Cravont Charleston closing like a freight train late in the race to… Read More
Chorzów DL Women — Richardson/Jackson Showdown
CHORZÓW, POLAND, July 16 — In a matchup between the two hot women’s 100 hands of the moment at the… Read More
Chorzów DL Men — Ingebrigtsen Inches Toward El G’s WR
CHORZÓW, POLAND, July 16 — With Hicham El Guerrouj’s global 1500 standard having celebrated its 25th birthday just two days… Read More