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🚨🚨 World Record Alert! 🚨 🚨
100-year-old Orville Rogers (lane 2) set a new age group record in the men's 60m in 19.13 at USATF Masters Indoor Championships!
#USATFmasterstrack
At the 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, Gabe Grunewald toed the line in what would be the final race of her career. In 100-degree heat, in between chemotherapy treatments, and having had a fever in the days prior Gabe showed what being
#bravelikegabe
was all about.
Watch 👇
For everyone asking if we have a spot open on our relay team for
@dkm14
,
@NFL
players are welcome to come test their speed against real speed next year at the Olympic Trials.
USATF is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist and two-time world champion.
Her impact on the sport is immeasurable, and she will be greatly missed.
🚨 AMERICAN RECORD 🚨
With a huge personal best,
@vallman123
set a new discus American 🇺🇸 record (pending ratification) of 70.15m/230-2 to break Gia Lewis-Smallwood’s 2014 record of 69.17m. Allman’s personal best before tonight was 67.15m.
🎥
@CoachSion
#Throwsbysion
🚨 AMERICAN RECORD 🚨 Can't stop Mu!
@athiiing
breaks her own American record to set a new pending AR of 1:55.04 in the EPSON women's 800 at
@nikepreclassic
!!
📸: Shawn Price
We’ll be talking about this race for a very, very long time.
Congratulations to
@_Kingben_
on his INCREDIBLE Men’s 400m Hurdles🥈 and pending American record (46.17).
#TeamUSATF
Smile if you made the U.S. Olympic Team running on your first marathon, and then medaled at the Olympic Games running your third.
🥉:
@ByGollyMolly12
#TeamUSATF
#Olympics
Fred Kerley is officially an Olympic medalist in the Men's 100m!!!
@fkerley99
, who shocked many by announcing earlier this year that he would focus on the 100m and 200m sprints and away from the 400m, just won 🥈 at
#Tokyo2020
in a personal best 9.84.
#TeamUSATF
#OnThisDay
in 1935, Jesse Owens set four world records in 45 minutes at the
@bigten
Championships.
Here’s how it went ⬇️
3:15 - Tied 100y dash world record in 9.4
3:25 - Long jump of 8.13m/26-8.25
3:45 - 200m/220y in 20.3
4:00 - 200m/220y hurdles in 22.6
.
@gg_runs
embodied true determination, dedication and commitment in every facet of her life. She will be remembered as one of the bravest athletes we knew.
Her legacy lives on as she inspired a world of people.
#BraveLikeGabe
Records set at
#TrackFieldTrials21
2️⃣ world records
2️⃣ world U20 records
3️⃣ world U18 bests
5️⃣ American records
4️⃣ American U20 records
3️⃣ American U18 bests
2️⃣2️⃣ Olympic Trials meet records
Winning her 10th medal in Olympic competition,
@allysonfelix
showed the determination that has made her the most decorated 🇺🇸 woman in track and field history.
Felix ran to 400m 🥉 in 49.46, the second fastest time of her storied career.
#TeamUSATF
📸:
@Reuters
/ Lucy Nicholson
The only person to run a women’s 200m faster than
@ItsGabrielleT
? FLO-JO.
Thomas runs a meet record, lifetime best and world leading time of 21.61 to win at
#TrackFieldTrials21
!
Orville Rogers, 101-year-old running sensation, passed away Thursday morning.
Thank you Orville for your inspirational sprints and reminding the world to live life to its fullest.
🚨🚨 World Record Alert! 🚨 🚨
100-year-old Orville Rogers (lane 2) set a new age group record in the men's 60m in 19.13 at USATF Masters Indoor Championships!
#USATFmasterstrack
“I’m going to show the world who I am and what I can do — which is whatever I believe I can do..." said
@athiiing
to
@TeamUSA
.
"I’m not really going to take anyone’s spot, I’m just going to be my own person and put my own name out there, my own capabilities, my own goals.”
Golden girls 🥇🥇🥇🥇
Tamari Davis, TeeTee Terry, Gabby Thomas and Sha’Carri Richardson capped day eight with a CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD 41.03 to win the 4x100 🤩
#Budapest23
#JourneyToGold
Oh, how sweet it is! 🤩🇺🇸🥇
Team USATF's women's 4x100m relay flew around the oval in 41.14 to WIN GOLD ON HOME SOIL AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS! 🎉
And did we mention, that's the fifth-fastest time in history? 😏
#JourneyToGold
#WorldAthleticsChamps
In 2016, Sydney McLaughlin was the youngest U.S. Olympic track and field competitor since 1972 (age 17). She was fifth in her heat (and eliminated in semis). What she told
@LewisJohnsonMG
that rainy night in Rio: "If I want to earn mine, I have to work a little bit harder."
🚨🚨🚨NEW WORLD RECORD!!!!!!!🚨🚨🚨
Olympic champion
@DalilahMuhammad
just ran a new 🌎 record in the women's 400m hurdles during the
#ToyotaUSATFoutdoors
in 5️⃣2️⃣.2️⃣0️⃣!!!
GOLD AND BRONZE!!!!
@athiiing
wins 🥇 and sets a pending new American record in the women's 800m in 1:55.21, and
@TheROYALlife21
ran a brilliantly strategic (and personal best) 1:56.81 to clinch 🥉!
#TeamUSATF
#Tokyo2020