Chris Chavez
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@CitiusMag Founder | Writing & podcasting about track & field + all things running | Writing THE MARATHON BOOK for @penguinrandom – [email protected]
New York City
Joined August 2009
A comeback many have been waiting for… The Tokyo Olympic 100m and 200m champion has not raced since June 9th, 2024 due to injuries. Thompson-Herah was with coach Reynaldo Walcott from Nov. 2023 until a 2024 Achilles injury forced her to miss the Jamaican national
Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has returned to training at Elite Performance Track Club under the guidance of coach Reynaldo Walcott. https://t.co/BvXiW9fVkC
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Caught up with Fiona O'Keeffe to reflect on finishing 4th at the NYC Marathon against one of the deepest fields ever assembled + clocking a 2:22:49 for the fastest-ever by an American woman on that course. She opens up about the devastating injury at the Paris Olympics that
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🗣️ “I've heard over and over that you have to respect the distance…but the true understanding of that hit later. That was humbling a little bit. It’s not an easy race. You can't fake a marathon.” Get to know Kylie Mantz after running 2:43 in her first-ever marathon. She only
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📸 Here are the three finalists for World Athletics' Photograph of the Year award Top image – 🇩🇪 Fabrizio Bensch captures Noah Lyles and Tara Davis-Woodhall after medaling in the 100m and long jump at the World Championships in Tokyo. Middle image – 🇺🇸 Emilee Chinn caught the
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World Athletics has announced that ALL THREE ROUNDS of the women's 100 meters – including the final will be held on the same day at the Los Angeles Olympics. 🔁 The morning session on July 15th, 2028 will feature the women's 100m prelims (the round that features universality
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A look at the track and field schedule for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles and some of the tweaks made. https://t.co/mqsTQ9cMWJ
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Track & field at the 2028 LA Olympics will span all 13 days — with the women's 100m opening the Games and the men’s marathon closing them.
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I haven’t seen a comments section on Instagram so unified against something in track since the Diamond League moved behind a paywall to Flotrack.
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From USADA's release: "This investigation has already resulted in several impactful outcomes which will be announced at a later date, as the overall investigation continues.” – USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart
The United States Anti-Doping Agency announced that 2022 World Championship 100m silver medalist 🇺🇸 Marvin Bracy-Williams has accepted a 45-month sanction for anti-doping rule violations, following an investigation triggered by a whistleblower tip. In early 2024, USADA received
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🇺🇸 Elise Cranny spotted in the background of a quick workout video with the M11 Track Club that was posted by Keely Hodgkinson. Yesterday, Cranny announced that she was moving onto “the next adventure” after 18 months of being coached by NAU head coach Jarred Cornfield. Under
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The financials behind the group that runs the NYC Marathon are wild: • $117 million in revenue • $50 million in entry fees • $1 billion economic impact The NYC Marathon now has a lower acceptance rate (2-3%) than Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. READ: https://t.co/Umk70aWK0P
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J A M A I C A, You all gave me the chance to represent you on the world stage — to wear our colours with pride, show the world the strength, resilience, and the heart of our people. Everything I’ve achieved started right here at home. 🙏🏾 Now, as so many of our children,
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Congrats @nxthompson! Got my copy of The Running Ground and read it cover-to-cover in almost one sitting. Could not put it down. Absolutely beautiful writing and so moving.
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Some news: US distance stars Grant Fisher & Cole Hocker are not planning on running January's World Cross Country Championships. Both will run indoor seasons. Hocker is hoping to do World Indoors, while Fisher may make his half marathon debut in '26. https://t.co/gAmsHji6fG
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The US's hopes of assembling a Dream Team to challenge for gold on home soil in Tallahassee will take a hit without the Olympic medalists Fisher and Hocker. Fisher's coach Mike Scannell did say there...
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I was stunned.
After a 2025 season in which Melissa Jefferson-Wooden swept the sprints at the World Championships by winning the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay AND went undefeated in the 100m all year by posting the five fastest times worldwide (topped by her 10.61 world lead), she was NOT named
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So proud to have run the @nycmarathon again with my best friend, Jen - this time in 3:44:22! Thank you to our parents for cheering us over the finish line! If you’re able, I hope you will join us in supporting @CityHarvest, which provides vital healthy food to New Yorkers who
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🌟 Celebrities who ran the 2025 New York City Marathon (via NYRR) 🎬 Casey Neistat — 2:57:41 | Digital creator & filmmaker 🌹 Zac Clark — 3:27:33 | The Bachelorette alum; CEO, Release Recovery 🌹 Matt James — 3:31:10 | The Bachelor star; Team Mastercard ⚾ Samantha Judge —
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More stats via @NYRR 📊 The 2025 NYC Marathon By The Numbers • Starters: 59,662 • Finishers: 59,226 • Men: 31,927 | Women: 27,156 | Nonbinary: 143 (record highs across all!) • 🌍 International finishers: 18,660 • 🌎 Countries: 132 • 🇺🇸 All 50 states + D.C., PR, USVI &
WORLD RECORD FOR THE NYC MARATHON 🗽 The 2025 New York City Marathon has surpassed the 2025 London Marathon for the largest number of finishers in a marathon with 59,226 finishers. Back in April, London had 56,640 finishers. 🏁 Last year's New York City Marathon had 55,643
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6 takeaways from the 2025 New York City Marathon ➡️ https://t.co/OvIr9tJwVh Thoughts via @davidmellyruns include: • A near-jinx of the men’s marathon winner • The Hellen Obiri-Sharon Lokedi rivalry is GREAT for the sport • Fiona O’Keeffe and Emily Sisson are BACK • Even the
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Breaking down the top highlights from the 2025 NYC Marathon: Obiri holds off Lokedi for victory, Kipruto wins in tight battle over Mutiso and lots more.
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BACK ON TOP 🏆 Hellen Obiri OBLITERATES the field and the record books to win the 2025 NYC Marathon in 2:19:51, her second NYC title and fourth WMM victory. Obiri used a 4:58 final mile to drop Boston champ Sharon Lokedi, taking 2+ minutes off the 22-year-old course record in
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