FROM THE EDITOR — Worlds Expectations Exceeded
LAST MONTH in this space I aired my eager prediction of “a smashing Worlds” ahead in Budapest. The build up… Read More
September 2023
FOR THE RECORD — September
New records reported since the August issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); HS = High… Read More
LAST LAP — September
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 — September
AND THEN THERE WERE 6. In the unprecedented steak of annual global championships that runs from 2021 to 2025 (OG/WC/WC/OG/WC),… Read More
STATUS QUO — September
THE LATEST in the aches, pains & eligibility departments: Hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn withdrew from Zürich because of illness. Shuho Dairokuno… Read More
LANDMARKS — September
Died: Tom Courtney, 90 On August 22, in Naples, Florida; of amyloidosis. The ’56 Olympic 800 gold medalist also anchored… Read More
Xiamen DL — Coleman Shows His Speed Again
XIAMEN, CHINA, September 02—Finally, after years of pandemic-related postponements in this southeast Chinese city of 4 million, the Diamond League… Read More
Zürich DL Women — Budapest Winners Still Hot
ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND, August 31 — With the stadium packed and buzzing on post-WC energy, women’s Budapest champions found success more… Read More
Zürich DL Men — Upsets Beset World Champions
ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND, August 31 — Cool weather may have dampened some of the speed at the Weltklasse, but a stunning… Read More
Tausaga-Collins Learned To Believe
THERE WERE MOMENTS she wondered if she should be doing this at all. This, being to throw the discus. Laulauga… Read More
World Champs Women’s 4×4 — Super Bol Anchor Takes It
THE MORAL OF the women’s 4 x 400 was that success can turn to failure — and vice versa —… Read More
World Champs Men’s 4×4 — USA Runs Away
A RELAY WITH NO complications is always a relief for U.S. fans, and the men’s 4×4 delivered just that with… Read More
World Champs Men’s 5000 — Ingebrigtsen And Yogi Berra
A YEAR AGO Jakob Ingebrigtsen had redemption on his mind. He had been outsprinted down the homestraight in the WC… Read More
World Champs Men’s Javelin — Oly Champ Adds WC Crown
A ONE-AND-DONE season best opener of 291-3 (88.77) in qualifying — well past the auto-Q of 272-3 (83.00) — wasted… Read More
World Champs Men’s Marathon — Second Surge Golden For Kiplangat
’22 COMMONWEALTH GAMES gold medalist Victor Kiplangat of Uganda ran his championship marathon record to 2–0, surging hard at 32K… Read More
World Champs Women’s Steeple — Yavi Strikes From 500 Out
KENYA’S BEATRICE CHEPKOECH made sure that the pace for the final of the women’s steeplechase would be honest. She went… Read More
World Champs Women’s HJ — Stirring Stand For Ukraine
IN A PURELY SUBJECTIVE poll of the most popular winners in Budapest, the likes of Noah Lyles and Femke Bol… Read More
World Champs Men’s 4 x 100 — USA Back In The Saddle
IT MAY NOT have been pretty, but the United States men got the stick around to recapture the 4×1 gold… Read More