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Let’s Prepare for LA28
As I write this the 2026 season is basically over. The Diamond League Final is done and the World Ultimate meet is within days of being held. We’re facing a few months of “off-season” training before the 2027 indoor season will begin. With the 2026 season ending, only the 2027 season remains before the Olympic year begins. That gives the sport roughly two seasons to build momentum before Los Angeles 2028. That’s not a lot of time to build an audience in this country, which is why I’m sounding the alarm, now. Currently the sport of track and field is focused on Europe. When you look at the countries that…
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800m Takes Center Stage
Stockholm Sweden, the fifth stop on this year’s Diamond League calendar. On a day when Mondo Duplantis was supposed to reign supreme before the home crowd, it was Audrey Werro, Cooper Lutkenhaus, and the 800m that took center stage! First Mondo did make history, losing for the first time since 2023, ending a 40 meet winning streak, after clearing only 5.80m. That was NOT the biggest news of the day however, as the 800m stole the spotlight from Mr Duplantis. First was seventeen year old Cooper Lutkenhaus, the youngest ever world indoor champion in the 800m. Fresh off finishing his junior year in high school, Cooper headed to Sweden for…
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World Championships Review
The 2025 World Championships have come and gone, but will not soon be forgotten. As great as the Paris Olympics were, it’s my opinion that Tokyo was equal in excitement, competitive intensity, and results. Simply put, it was one hell of a meet. If you’re a fan of the sport, you’ve already gotten the results, so here, I’m going to review some of what I considered to be some of the best moments from these championships. Starting with Ryan Crouser. Crouser has not been seen all year. Not indoors. Not early outdoors. Not at Nationals. Not at all. He’s been at home, nursing an elbow injury dating back to last…
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My Favorite Moments From Paris
There was a lot of anticipation leading up to the Paris Olympics. That happens when an Olympics follows a Games where something notable has occurred. Like when Munich followed Mexico City. After all the record breaking that had occurred in Mexico. It was impossible to live up to that. Then there was Los Angeles following the boycotted Moscow Games. Where western countries hadn’t competed for eight years. This year Paris got to follow Tokyo which had the misfortune of being an Olympics devoid of fans due to Covid. It had been eight long years since we’d had a “normal” Olympics, and you could see and feel it in the stadium.…