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My story from Eugene on Simeon Birnbaum, who followed in the footsteps of Andrew Wheating, Matthew Centrowitz, and Cole Hocker with an emphatic -- and iconic -- victory in Friday's NCAA 1500 final at Hayward Field.
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- 37 hours after earning a bronze medal in the 10,000 meters (and six days after bronze in the 5,000), the Netherlands' Sifan Hassan wins the 2024 Olympic marathon over a field of legends in an Olympic record of 2:22:55. One of the all-time great Olympic distance running feats.
- "What do you mean I can't do a victory lap?" NO ONE CAN STOP LAURA MUIR
00:00 - Sifan Hassan is the first woman in Olympic history to win 5k, 10k, and marathon gold medals in a career. In the history of women’s distance running, we’ve never seen anything like her. Tokyo 2020 1500 🥉 5k 🥇 10k 🥇 Paris 2024 5k 🥉 10k 🥉 Marathon 🥇
- Karsten Warholm's punishment for losing: he will have to compete in tomorrow's Diamond League 400m hurdles in Zurich in a Swedish kit. Warholm's response when handed the singlet: "Fuck, fuck, fuck."
- One thing I have LOVED from the Olympic track program is the big bell all the gold medalists get to ring. Great idea. After the Games, the bell will be donated to the cathedral at Notre-Dame.
- Olympic 100m race analysis. Noah Lyles was last at 30 meters and did not lead at any point until the final steps. But he was leading when it counted.
- USA men have been kicking ass on the track in Paris 100: 🥇🥉 400: 🥇 1500: 🥇🥉 Steeple: 🥈 10K: 🥉 America is the only country to have medalled in all three distance events (and every other track event too).
- PUMA announces it has signed NCAA 100/200m champion Divine Oduduru. He will make his professional debut in the Diamond League 100 meters in Monaco tomorrow.
- Second night in a row a Brit runs a ridiculous time in an Olympic final only to get beaten by an American coming from behind to run an even more ridiculous time.
- Letsile Tebogo since the Olympics: Aug 22, Lausanne (200m): 19.64 Aug 25, Silesia (200m): 19.83 Aug 30, Rome (100m): 9.87 Sep 5, Zurich (200m): 19.55 Four races, four wins.
- Visual reminder that Quincy Wilson is a 16-year-old running (and thriving) against grown-ass men in the 400 meters at the Olympic Trials. Terrific photo by @007TrackFan
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s last six 400m hurdles championship finals: 2021 Olympic Trials 51.90 WR 2021 Olympics 51.46 WR 2022 USAs 51.41 WR 2022 Worlds 50.68 WR 2024 Olympic Trials 50.65 WR 2024 Olympics 50.37 WR
- Reminder that this guy has now run 3:27 for 1500, 3:43 for the mile, and has an Olympic bronze medal
