For the first time in its 46-year history, the World Championships in Athletics are being held in the United States and enthusiasts at the legendary Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, will feast.
Decorated American sprinter Allyson Felix was revered at the opening evening on Friday, winning a bronze medal in the U. S. four-× four-meter mixed relay team. Uu. UU in the last race of his career. The 36-year-old has been at the foreign level since the age of 17, when she momentarily finished at the U. S. National Championships. UU. de 2003 before winning silver at the 2004 Olympics at the age of 18.
In all, Felix amassed 19 World Championship medals (13 gold) and 11 Olympic medals (seven gold), making her the most decorated in Olympic athletics history and the most decorated American athlete.
Off the track, she has been instrumental in increasing wage protections for female athletes through pregnancy.
In addition to Felix, enthusiasts will also need to keep an eye out for the litany of legends that adorn the tracks, adding Norwegian 1500-meter star GOAT Faith Kipyegon, Norwegian megastar Jakob Ingebrigsten and world marathon hitter Geoffrey Kamworor, who will make his long-awaited return to the game after a twist of fate on a motorcycle in 2020.
As the announcement suggests, the World Championships in Athletics are a foreign spectacle for the world’s track and field athletes. Aside from the Olympics, no other occasion is more geared towards a runner’s, thrower’s or jumper’s schedule than this one.
The World Championships are held every two years, provided that pandemics cooperate. Due to COVID-19, the 2021 festival has been postponed to this year, which will do five consecutive years with the Olympic Games or World Championships (2021 Summer Games, 22 Worlds in Eugene, 23 Worlds in Budapest, 24 Olympic Games in Paris, 25 Worlds in Tokyo).
However, unlike the Olympic Games, the World Championships in Athletics are evidently only about athletics. This overwhelming lack of foreign attention can lead to athletes’ performances, as 32 world records were set at the biennial event. Perhaps the most famous, Usain Bolt set his world records in the hundred meters and two hundred meters with only 4 days difference in the event two hundred9.
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– World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 20, 2021
The maximum productive movement of the U. S. teamto dominate an occasion may be only the women’s 800 meters, where the U. S. record holder. USA Athing Mu is the fastest time favorite of 2022. Meanwhile, Ajee Wilson, who has the fastest time this year, nearly beat Mu last month at the U. S. outdoor championships. UU. Es possible that they will only pass 1-2.
Similar stories may spread in the men’s 200-meter dash, where Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton set some of the fastest times in the world, and in the women’s 400-meter hurdles, where stars Dalilah Muhammad and Sydney Mclaughlin have traded records and world championships. for years now.
Knighton, who competed at the Olympics last summer at the age of 17, set the fourth fastest time in world history at the LSU Invitational in April. But it was Lyles who beat the band at the U. S. Championship. Last month’s U. S. Meanwhile, in the hundred meters, Fred Kerley is the guy to beat after achieving the two fastest times of the year in the world on the same occasion less than a month ago.
Many other American athletes may also be on the medal list, adding dazzling 400-meter hurdles athlete Rai Benjamin, young 10,000-meter stallion Grant Fisher, women’s pole vault champion Sandi Morris and men’s pole vault challenger Sam Perkins.
At throwing events, American men have dominated the global weight throw festival in recent years and favorites Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs will look to continue this tradition.
Outside of the United States, a host of gold medalists and world record holders will pay tribute to Hayward on the occasion. In the pole vault, Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis has broken the world record on the occasion several times in recent years, placing himself as the undisputed all-time of the occasion. elderly
Less than a week after breaking the world record in pole vault, he reappeared!pic. twitter. com/JG1llYFArL
– NBC Sports (@NBCSports) February 15, 2020
The women’s 10,000 meters will feature world record holder Letesenet Gidey and legend Sifan Hassan, who won the triple all-time medal at last summer’s Olympics (gold in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters, bronze in the 1,500 meters).
The women’s 1500 m will be presented through the unstoppable Kipyegon, through many to be the largest milière in history. She enters the World Cup with the fastest start time. From a distance. A global record is the only major milestone left on your to-do list.
In the men’s 5,000m, the trio of Ingebrigsten, Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega and Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei can combine it all for the most exciting race. Ingebrigsten is considered the most talented young man in the world and has the court at 1,500 meters. Cheptegei can make a similar claim to 10,000 meters. The meeting in the middle at 5,000, where Barega thrived, creates fireworks. And that doesn’t even take into account reigning champion Muktar Edris, Canadian Olympic silver medalist Moh Ahmed or the Kenyan pair of Nicholas Kimeli and Jacob Krop, who entered the race with the fastest start times.
Off-track and on the roads, the men’s marathon will bet on the return of Kenyan legend Kamworor. After completing the top 34 times in five years at the New York City Marathon (with wins in 2017 and 2019), the former partial marathon world record holder crossed a motorcycle in June 2020, fractured his shin and nearly finished his career. He returned to the game last year with successful performances on cross country and track, but the Eugene Marathon course will be his first time in the 26. 2-mile distance.
When the World Cups begin Friday night, the event will air on Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform. Some of the biggest events will also air on NBC Sports with more details on USA Network and CNBC.
The festival will take place over 10 days, from July 15 to 24.
The tests for the 4×400 m combined relay will take place on Friday morning, with the final on Friday evening at 22:50.
Prepare on Saturday at 15 h. ET for the women’s 10,000 m and be sure to return at 10:50 p. m. m. for the men’s 100 metre final.
The men’s marathon will begin Sunday at 9:15 a. m. m. ET, while the women’s marathon will start at the same time on Monday.
The highly anticipated women’s 1500 meters will take a position on Monday night at 22:50 ET and the men’s 5000 meters will take position on Thursday night at 6:10 p. m.
Finally, the events will end on July 24 with the thrilling four-× four-meter relays at 22:35 ET and 10:50 p. m.
A full program can be here.
Why NOT Eugenio? Hayward Field is the field that track enthusiasts think about when it comes to American athletics. Home to the Oregon Ducks, the venue has hosted seven Olympic trials, 15 U. S. national championships, and 15 U. S. national championships. In the U. S. , 12 NCAA championships and the annual Nike Prefontaine Classic, which has a foreign draw.
In addition to Franklin Field in Philadelphia, there may also be no other historical tracks. Hayward Field has hosted many of America’s most outstanding track moments, adding Mu’s American 800-meter record, McLaughlin’s 400-meter hurdles world record, and Ashton Eaton’s decathlon world championship. registration.
The site underwent several major renovations, adding a complete demolition and reconstruction from 2018 to 2020 that updated amenities and built a new stadium around the track that seats 25,000 fans.
(Top photo: Kirby Lee / USA Today)