Tag: Armand Duplantis

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEXMyh7Zmbg Perhaps no sport has excelled in pandemic times quite like athletics. Following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, as pole vaulters retreated to the confines of their back yards and distance runners raced separated by continents, track and field returned with gusto in 2021, managing against all odds to produce one of the sport's all-time great seasons. Elaine Thompson Herah...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFLZe-2IJWU Hard on the heels of an historic Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, the stars of track and field headed over to Europe as the Diamond League season races towards a climax. The newly renovated Hayward Field saw a slew of world leads and meeting records, with Elaine Thompson Herah, Athing Mu, and Norah Jeruto winning some of the fastest races...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2Tb9YBaVk It was a marriage portrait that would have graced even the Golden Age of Dutch painting: the fast track at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, previously host to a 10,000 metre world record by Haile Gebrselassie in 1998 and a 5000 metre world record by Kenenisa Bekele in 2004; and Sifan Hassan, who already vies with Blankers-Koen for...