In track and field, did you know you can win when you lose and lose when you win? We explain. Plus Nico Young and Colin Sahlman remain on fire. And why are the men's 100 guys so slow?
In this week's podcast which Rojo secretly recorded without Jonathan or Wejo's knowledge, Robert shares his biggest surprises and disappointments from 2023, wonders if Evan Jager can have a Joe Flacco-type moment in 2024 and gets super excited Paris Olympic marathon where a sub-4 mile in the midst of it is much more likely than a sub-2 clocking. Plus what percent of top 3 finishers at USAs and Worlds repeat a top 3 finish the next year? Along the way, Yared Nuguse Krissy Gear, Lamecha Girma, Narve Nordas and Addy Wiley get some love while Cooper Teare gets a little heat.
The track and field season ended with a bang in Eugene at the Diamond League finale. Gudaf Tsegay and Mondo Duplantis set world records as Jakob Ingebrigtsen put on a show and Athing Mu, Granta Fisher, and Yared Nuguse all got American records. No rest for the weary as the BMW Berlin Marathon is th
Gudaf Tsegay surprised with a 5000 WR as Athing Mu surprised with an American record and win. Grant Fisher got an AR but was beat while Mondo was Mondo and a whole lot more.
The Wanda Diamond League returned China for the first time in four years today as a beautiful new $1.2 billion Egret Stadium in Xiamen hosted its first athletics meeting. On the track, the sprint times were super fast as Hansle Parchment (12.96) came from behind to upset Grant Holloway in the hurdles and Christian Coleman (9.83 WL) spoiled the grudge match between Fred Kerley and Marcell Jacobs, who raced each other for the first time since the 2021 Olympics. In a thrilling men's 800, Emmanuel Wanyoni (1:43.20 WL) took down world champ Marco Arop. Distance wise, Freweyni Hailu (3:56.56) won the women's 1500 as Dani Jones PRd, El Bakkali (8:10.31) cruised in the steeple and Beatrice Chebet (8:24.05) cruised in the 3000 as Laura Galvan ran a big Mexican NR. Other track winners were Kirani James (44.38), Marilediy Paulino (49.36) and Rushell Clayton (53.56).