This Week In Track & Field: U.S. Indoor Championships Recap, Ryan Crouser & Femke Bol Break World Records + Fred Kerley Leaves Nike For Asics
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s show, we touch on the weekend of racing at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships, World Cross Country Championships. We also saw a pair of world records fall with Ryan Crouser and Femke Bol. We also discuss 100m world champion Fred Kerley leaving Nike and signing with Asics.
U.S. Indoor Championships + World Cross Country Championships
Who were the biggest winners and performers at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships in Australia and USATF Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque? We break it all down for you.
Ryan Crouser World Record
Olympic champion Ryan Crouser launched the farthest shot put throw in history. He tossed it 23.38 meters (76 feet, 8 1/2 inches) at a high school meet in Idaho. Crouser threw farther than his indoor world record from 2021 (22.82) and his outdoor world record from 2021 (23.37).
Femke Bol Indoor 400m World Record
The longest-standing track world record fell. Femke Bol broke a 41-year-old world record when she went 49.26 at the Dutch Indoor Championships. The previous record was helf by Czech Jarmila Kratochvilova‘s world record of 49.59 from March 1982. What's this mean for Sydney McLaughlin vs. Femke Bol?
Fred Kerley Signs With Asics
World champion and Olympic medallist Fred Kerley announced that he has signed with Asics. What are our impressions of the deal and Asics' foray into the sprints?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the City's Mac podcast. I'm Chris Chavez and I'm David Mellie on this week's |
| 0:11.7 | show. We touch on the weekend of racing at the US indoor track and field championships, |
| 0:16.2 | the world crowd's country championships out in Australia. We also saw a pair of world |
| 0:20.3 | records fall at the hands of Ryan Krauser and Femke Bol. We also discuss 100 meter world |
| 0:25.5 | champion Fred Curly leaving Nike and signing with A6. But first, Oli Pop is the proud |
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