Athletic History
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: The race to make Paris Olympics in one piece
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: The race to make Paris Olympics in one piece When sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce used her wealth of...
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THE GREAT DAYS OF TRACK AND FIELD, AND HERE IS ELLIOTT DENMAN’S SECOND SEGMENT
This is Elliott's second column, inspired by the 2023 Nike Pre Classic on the great Moments he has seen in...
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The Great Days of Track & Field: Here is Elliott Denman’s Very First Segment of his favorite moments in our sport!
Elliott Denman is 89 years old and still full of spice and vinegar. The Nike Pre Classic inspired Elliott and...
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The Formation of the World Athletics Championships, a special Heritage feature from World Athletics Heritage Department
The Heritage Department is headed up by Chris Turner at World Athletics. Chris was the second person that I met...
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USATF Statement on the death of Dick Fosbury, the man who developed the ‘Fosbury Flop’, 1968 Olympic gold medalist
This is the official statement from USA Track & Field on one of the most iconic athletes from the 1968...
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What is the future of Crystal Palace?
The Crystal Palace is an iconic stadium for our sport. It is also in terrible condition. Stuart Weir wrote this...
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Steve Jones, Former World record holder, winner of Chicago, New York and London, Seventeen fun facts about our favorite Welsh runner!
This feature, by RunBlogRuns' Larry Eder, is about Steve Jones, the Welsh marathoner superstar who set a WR in 1984...
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Rob De Castella, the first World Marathon Champion: 15 fun facts about Deek!
This is my story on one of my favorites, Rob De Castella, one of the world's finest marathoners, a gutty...
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Casey Carrigan (1968): High School athletes who made the U.S. Olympic Team, from the Athletes Only Archives (2004), by Mark Winitz and James Dunaway
Remember how amazed everyone was when Sydney McLaughlin made the Olympic team as a high schooler in 2016 at...
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Robert Wheeler, Flo Ridlon & Jeff Benjamin Helped Put Jim Thorpe “Over The Top!”, a RunBlogRun Editorial
Updated 23 October 2022 This piece is an important piece. We posted it on Labor Day Weekend and wanted to...
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