It was a race of two at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic Bowerman Mile, as Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Stewart McSweyn clashed. Ingebrigtsen was victorious, posting a big PB. The Norwegian stopped the clock at 3:47.24 to set a new meet record. Australian Stewart McSweyn was still with the Olympic champion with just 200m to go, as the pair put a substantial gap on the rest of the field. Stew finished 2nd in 3:48.40, just 0.03 off his PB and Australian record. Stew's time is the second fastest in Australian history, a great run.
The annual Prefontaine Classic in Eugene Oregon this weekend will see a number of Olympic medallists do battle with the rest of the world at what is a Mecca for American athletes and fans. The event has also grown in stature with the international athletics community over the last 40 years to become one of the best Diamond League meetings on the calendar.
Italy's Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs didn't hide his delight and said that he smiled when he learned that British sprinter CJ Ujah had been provisionally suspended for violating the anti-doping rule.
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Olympic 4th place finisher, Peter Bol, has kept his momentum flowing following his successful Olympic campaign. At a meet in Poland, Bol ran from the front and showed his class, clocking 1:45.49, celebrating as he crossed the line.
New Zealand great Nick Willis has titled the Tokyo Olympic 1500m men's final as the 'Greatest of all-time'. Nick is punching out some awesome vids - links provided below.
“I think most Australians would be absolutely shocked to learn just how little funding there is for athletes,” Peter Bol’s manager James Templeton
Women's 400m hurdling has seen a fantastic turnaround in the last few months, and American Sydney McLaughlin has been at the forefront.
The 21-year-old became the first woman ever to run the 400-metre hurdles in under 52 seconds with a time of 51.90, inevitably landing her the National title at Hayward Field.
Already a two-time world champion at the age of 25, Norwegian athlete Karsten Warholm is currently the crowd's favorite to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
How good is American 800m runner Athing Mu! Still a teenager, at just nineteen-years-of-age, the Olympic 800m Gold medal is Mu's for the taking if she brings her A-Game to Tokyo.
