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Going up #athletics #trackandfield

“Sweden's Mondo #Duplantis broke his own #polevault #worldrecord with a clearance of 6.29 metres at the Hungarian Grand Prix meeting in Budapest on Tuesday, the 13th time he has set a new world mark as he continues to defy gravity.
The double-Olympic champion maintained his tradition of improving on his previous record by one centimetre” reuters.com/sports/duplantis-d

#athletics #running
There’s a big difference between mostly dead & all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive

“You basically needed a PhD in Internet (plus 2 separate subscriptions) to watch the damn thing. And once you were there, the broadcast stubbornly refused to show us key moments of any race longer than 2 minutes … the #athletes, like newborns desperate to escape the womb, practically bawled their way to life”

#TrackandField is Not Dead! What We Learned from USAs run.outsideonline.com/news/202

RUN | Powered by Outside · Track and Field is Not Dead! What We Learned from USAs.By Abby Levene

#running #marathon #athletics #trackandfield
#sports
“Will there be a crackdown on #doping, perhaps with heightened out-of-competition testing funded by the world’s top marathons, or stiffer penalties for the agents, coaches, and sponsors who work with #athletes who test positive? Or will Chepngetich’s downfall confirm that #doping is ubiquitous”
“prominent #doping positives means testing is working, but it also means that a lot of #athletes are still cheating” outsideonline.com/health/train

Outside Online · After the Biggest Doping Bust in Years, What’s Next?By Alex Hutchinson

#fail #athletics #running
😳#GrandSlamTrack said it had ‘secured more than $30 million in financial commitments from investors and strategic partners’ and was largely backed by sports firm Winners Alliance.
However … a portion of that $30 million in commitments vanished after just the first meet of #GrandSlamTrack’s debut season”
“it turned out to be anything but upfront with its #athletes, fans, and the overall #trackandfield community” runnersworld.com/news/a6551316

Runner's World · Grand Slam Track Took Pride In Being Transparent. But Was It?By Ashley Tysiac