AN AMERICAN DREAM COMES TRUE. 🇺🇸🥇
@itskerrii
delivers on the talent and the hype at long last, executing a flawless race out of lane 9 to win the
#WABudapest23
women’s 100m final in 10.65.
@sherickajacko
🥈 in 10.72,
@realshellyannfp
🥉 in 10.77.
Richardson is now tied for…
RIP to the man who changed the high jump forever – Dick Fosbury.
He became a legend at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games when he unveiled his revolutionary “Fosbury Flop” to win high jump gold and clear an Olympic record height.
News ⤵️
A bit of an uncomfortable moment in the mixed zone as 200m world champion
@sherickajacko
is asked whether she questions Florence Griffith-Joyner’s world record in the event. She doesn’t want to go there.
Three of the seven fastest women in history in the same race.
🥇
@itskerrii
10.65 🇺🇸
🥈
@sherickajacko
10.72 🇯🇲
🥉
@realshellyannfp
10.77 🇯🇲
This is Richardson’s first career global medal, Jackson’s 14th, and SAFP’s 24th ‼️
TEAM USA GETS IT DONE 🇺🇸
The U.S. women make it a sprint sweep over Jamaica with a 41.03 4x100m championship record. Tamari Davis to TeeTee Terry to Gabby Thomas to Sha’Carri Richardson is the magic combo.
What a week for
@itskerrii
as she gets her 2nd gold & 3rd medal.…
Sad and shocking news out of Kenya.
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum has died at 24 years old after a car accident along the Eldoret-Kaptagat road, according to a report from The Standard newspaper. Multiple journalists in Kenya have also reported the news.
“This was…
ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL 🤯
The women’s world record in the marathon skips the 2:13s and 2:12s as Ethiopian Tigist Assefa runs an incredible 2:11:53 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon to knock 131 seconds off the prior record.
The 2016 Olympian over 800m has clearly found her event,…
“I’m not worried about the world anymore.
I’ve seen the world be my friend; I’ve seen the world turn on me. But at the end of the day, I’ve always been with me and God’s always been with me.
It’s my time to do it for myself and the people who feel like me, the people who…
IT’S A HUGE UPSET IN THE WOMEN’S 4x100!!!
Team USA edges a star-studded Jamaican squad 41.14 to 41.18, anchored by everyone’s fave
@TeeTeeTerry_
. Crowd goes absolutely wild.
Best championships yet for
@ItsGabrielleT
🥈
After missing last year’s Worlds with an injury, Thomas picks up her second global medal in the 200m, this time silver.
On Saturday, 98-year-old Betty Lindberg ran the
@ATLtrackclub
's Publix Atlanta 5K in 59 minutes and 6 seconds!
She won her age group at the USATF Masters 5K Championships 👏
🗣 "I dedicate this world record to all the mothers...This is what I've shown them. Everything is possible."
Faith Kipyegon after breaking the women's 1500m world record in 3:49.11
Race recap + interview ⤵️
Devastating and heartbreaking news for the track and field community.
3x Olympic medalist, 2x World championship gold medalist and 2011 NCAA champion Tori Bowie has died at 32 years old.
American hero 🪿🇺🇸
Yared Nuguse claims the American Record in the mile outdoors to match his indoor record with an astounding 3:43.97 at the
@nikepreclassic
Bowerman mile.
Nuguse’s time takes nearly 3 full seconds off Alan Webb’s previous record of 3.46.91 set in 2007.
🤯🤯🤯🤯
A truly mind-blowing performance by Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa to DESTROY the women’s marathon world record by more than two minutes with her 2:11:53 victory at the Berlin Marathon.
KEY STATS
• Assefa has now made major jumps in all three of her career marathons:…
ZACH PANNING APPRECIATION POST 👏
The
@HansonsDistProj
warrior kept his foot on the gas for the meat of the race clicking off sub-4:50 miles. It wasn’t enough to make the team but Panning finished in 6th running 2:10:50 and earned the respect of American distance running fans…
LEGEND IN THE MAKING.
Kelvin Kiptum takes 34 seconds off the world record in the 2023
@ChiMarathon
, winning the race in 2:00:35 with a 59:47 second half and a 3:27 margin of victory.
A truly epic performance from the greatest talent in the history of the marathon.
DANG…this photo by Johnny Zhang (jzsnapz on Instagram)
@Flaamingoo_
is in another league
This is his 7.29 in the 60m hurdles semifinal to tie his own world record. Look at everyone else!
#WorldIndoorChamps
Molly’s back‼️‼️
@ByGollyMolly12
finishes her first marathon in two years with a PB, running 2:23:07 for 8th place in the 2023
@ChiMarathon
.
The Olympic medalist gets a huge confidence booster headed into the 2024 Trials.
Once again, it is American history in Boston 🇺🇸🏆🏃♂️💨
Bowerman Track Club’s Grant Fisher runs 12:53.73 to break the US Indoor 5000m record!
The previous record was 13:01.26 by Galen Rupp from 2014.
Katelyn Tuohy can now add “NCAA 1 mile record holder” to a resume that includes an NCAA XC title, an NCAA 5000m title, and 6x All-American.
She’s still only 20 years old.
👏 Santa Clara Men’s Cross Country team headshot roundup.
An annual CITIUS MAG tradition like no other.
If facial hair is the key to running fast, the men of
@SCUXCTF
just became the heavy favorites for NCAAs. 👨🏻
🗣️ “No sponsor, I’m just out here. I work at Walmart at the deli down in North Carolina.”
Dylan Beard after running a personal best of 7.44s to win the
@MillroseGames
60m hurdles. Beard shares about balancing training and his job, why he continued to pursue his dreams after…
HISTORY MADE‼️
@parker_valby
of
@GatorsTF
becomes the first woman EVER to break 15 minutes in the 5000m while an NCAA athlete. Her 14:56.11 at BU betters both the indoor and outdoor bests to set a new collegiate record.
HISTORY!! Juliette Whittaker becomes the second high schooler ever to run sub-2, winning the
@trialsmiles
Track Night 800m in 1:59.80 with a big kick. Incredible 🤯🤯🤯
CAN’T STOP GREATNESS 👑
@athiiing
makes the most of her
@nikepreclassic
weekend with a HUGE 1:54.97 American record and a hard-fought win over rival
@keelyhodgkinson
.
This women’s 800m is gonna be the best event of Paris 2024!!
ON TOP OF THE WORLD 🥇
Two days before her son’s first birthday, Elle St. Pierre has the race of her career, outkicking 2x World champion Gudaf Tsegay to win the
@wicglasgow24
3000m in a new American record of 8:20.87.
Tara gets her medal moment ✨
U.S. champ
@tar___ruh
picks up her first global medal in the
#WABudapest23
women���s long jump with a 6.91m leap in the first round of the final, good for 2nd place at the competition’s conclusion.
It’s an AMERICAN RECORD!! 💥🇺🇸
The 2023
@usatf
indoor championship is off with a bang as
@annaahalll
wins her 2nd U.S. title in historic form, putting up 5004 pts in the pentathlon- only 9pts off the WR. Not only did she win the competition, she finished first in all 5 events!
JUST ANNOUNCED:
“Although I didn’t earn a top 3 placing, I was granted a spot to represent Team USA at World Champs in Budapest off of a scratch (thanks to
@athiiing
for giving up her spot). It’s not everyday you line up next to an Olympic champ and I look forward to more…
Big day for Luis Grijalva, the U.S.-based Guatemalan who nearly didn’t make it to Tokyo last year with DACA issues.
On home turf, he finishes fourth in the world in the 5000m in 13:10.44
TEAM BOSS IN THE HOUSE
@emmajbates
delivers a stellar performance at the 2023
@bostonmarathon
, setting a PB of 2:22:10 en route to a 5th place finish.
Bates moves up to U.S. No. 10 all-time, all-conditions in the marathon.
Bronze in 2022. Silver in 2023. And still only 19 years old.
@ErriyonK
is performing far beyond his years, with a 19.75 for 2nd place in the
#WABudapest23
men’s 200m final.
WHAT DID WE JUST WATCH!!! Rao Benjamin OBLITERATES the world record but Karsten Warholm OBLITERATES IT MORE AND RUNS UNDER 46 SECONDS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. Truly one of the all time great track races in history.
BREAKING NEWS: 🐺
@Wolfpack_TFXC
star Katelyn Tuohy has decided to forego the remainder of her NCAA eligibility to turn professional, and has signed a contract with
@adidasrunning
, she tells CITIUS MAG in an exclusive interview.
📰 SCOOP:
🎧 PODCAST:…
🗣️ “I do really love the fanbase in Jamaica. They’re so amazing and supportive. I make sure that everyone knows that I am Jamaican because I do believe that’s where I get my fast roots from. I’m not going to sugarcoat it, that’s what it is!” 🇯🇲
🇺🇸
@ItsGabrielleT
represents the…
JUST ANNOUNCED: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will miss the World Championships in Budapest due to a "minor knee issue"
She wrote on Instagram: “After consulting with my doctors and coaches, I need to take care of a minor knee issue so that I can be fully healthy for next years’…
What a feeling 🌈
@Nikki_Hiltz
of
@lululemon
becomes the first openly non-binary athlete to win a
@usatf
national title with their 4:17.10 victory in the women’s 1500m in Albuquerque.
Fending off a strong challenge from
@Sagehurta
, they closed their final 400m in 58.86 😮💨
39-year-old
@des_linden
wins a tight battle for top American honors at the
#UnitedNYCHalf
, finishing 5th overall in 72:21.
Dakota Lindwurm (72:25) and Molly Huddle (72:27) were hot on her heels in 6th and 7th.
BRITAIN HAS A NEW KING 🇬🇧
@joshk97
keeps the World 1500m gold in Scottish hands as, for the second year in a row, Jakob Ingebrigtsen is denied the title he wants so badly.
Kerr bid his time and delivered a lethal blow over the final 150 meters to take the win in 3:29.38.…
There’s record-breaking and then there’s record SHATTERING.
@gosydgo
breaks the 400m hurdles world record for the FOURTH time in two years by an astonishing 0.73 seconds, becoming the first woman ever under 51 seconds with her 50.68 victory.
Truly unbelievable.
📸:
@jzsnapz
“That’s what motherhood as taught me. We can evolve. We can be mothers; we can be athletes; we can be in our 30s, and we can still kick ass.”
@realshellyannfp
shares her emotional journey from pregnancy to coming back to the top of the sport.
Live now:
A picture is truly worth a thousand words.
@ItsGabrielleT
is ECSTATIC after winning the
#USATFOutdoors
women’s 200m final in a meet record and new personal best of 21.60.
Thomas now has the 6th and 7th fastest times ever run in the event.
NCAA RECORD ✅
OLYMPIC STANDARD ✅
SUB-13 ✅
@NAUTrackFieldXC
’s
@Nico__Young__
becomes the first collegian EVER under 13 minutes indoors or out with his huge 12:57.14 run for 2nd place in the men’s 5000m at the BU Terrier Classic.
🇺🇸 Taking another huge chunk of a big time! 💥
@leashamonson
knocks four seconds off the American record in the women’s 5000m and becomes the first U.S. woman under 14:20
Toni Amusan of Nigeria OBLITERATES the world record in the 100m hurdles SEMIFINAL, taking her personal best from 12.40 to 12.12 and breaking the old record by 0.08 seconds.
Final is at 10pm EST. Don’t. Miss. It.