This Week In Track and Field: Keely Hodgkinson Goes 1:54.61 For No. 6 All-Time; Is Noah Lyles The 100m Favorite After A 9.81 PB; USA 4x400m Relay Controversy + Thoughts On ESPN's Top 100 Athletes List
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
CITIUS MAG
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
This year’s edition of the world’s biggest one-day athletics event did not disappoint in the slightest. The London Athletics Meet featured a loaded program for the last major professional event before all the action gets underway in Paris 10 days from now, and practically every event exceeded expectations.
Plus: Paul Hof-Mahoney gives us a rundown of the biggest performances he witnessed at the Mike Holloway Pro Classic, including Christian Taylor's final jump. Lastly, we get some thoughts off our chest from ESPN's Top 100 Athletes list.
Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Host: Anderson Emerole | @atkoeme on Instagram
Host: Paul Hof-Mahoney | @pauliethrows on Instagram
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| 1:06.0 | field we've basically got like our last bit of track and field action before the |
| 1:12.4 | Paris Olympics. |
| 1:13.7 | The London Diamond League did not disappoint |
| 1:16.0 | just great performance after great performance |
| 1:18.8 | at that meet where final statements I think were being made as to who is like the Olympic favorite in certain events. So we'll talk about that. Then Paul got some pro track and field action taking place in Gainesville was on site at the Mike Holloway Pro Classic or you got to see Quincy Wilson run yet another high school record and U18 world record. |
| 1:45.0 | Kid is continuing to get faster. |
| 1:48.0 | In addition to that, a farewell to Christian Taylor. |
| 1:50.0 | And then lastly, I think one of the things I wanted to talk about is this ESPN list that just kind of lit up the internet and at the same time our group chat on the top 100 athletes since 2000 and we'll go through our own feelings toward that list, |
| 2:10.2 | which is really funny. |
| 2:11.6 | All right, but let's start with the London Diamond League, |
| 2:16.0 | which we saw 60,000 people in attendance |
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