Track Snacks: Yulimar Rojas (Triple Jump Olympic Champion, World Champion + World Record Holder) – 14 Weeks 'Til World Championships!
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
CITIUS MAG
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🗓️ 1 April 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Happy Friday! This is the first edition of Track Snacks – a short show taking you into the weekend where Chris Chavez and a fellow CITIUS MAG staffer share the story of an athlete who they're excited about right now that you can expect to see compete at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 (July 15–24, 2022).
In this episode, David Melly joins the show to geek out about the brilliance of Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas. She is the reigning Olympic champion, world champion and indoor and outdoor world record holder in the women's triple jump. She most recently recorded the farthest jump in any setting ever by leaping 15.74 meters to win the World Indoor Championship triple jump gold medal in Belgrade, Serbia. She's been undefeated at every global championship since taking silver at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. We unpack other mind-blowing stats and share a little bit about her upbringing and coaching set-up.
Track Snacks is presented by Hayward Magic. Everyone knows how much all of us in the CITIUS MAG family love track & field, and how much we enjoy sharing that love with you all. Well, we’ve got a few big love-sharing ideas in the works and it all takes place in Eugene, Oregon this summer. Hayward Field will be the home to the Prefontaine Classic, the USATF Outdoor Championships and the World Athletics Championships. We'll be there and you should be too. Visit https://citiusmag.com/summerofhayward/ for all the information on dates and tickets.
Intro music: "Believe In Yourself" by Norm Cotone
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| 0:00.0 | We are 14 weeks away from the world championships taking place in Eugene, Oregon, which is kind |
| 0:23.0 | of crazy to realize when I put it that way that we're, that's going to come up quick. |
| 0:27.6 | That's a marathon training cycle. So for this episode, I'm joined by David Mellie because |
| 0:34.5 | we're going to geek out on one of our favorite athletes right now. The goal of the show is |
| 0:39.0 | that every week we're going to be picking an athlete that's competing at the World Outdoor |
| 0:42.0 | Championships and helping tell their story without exactly having them on as a guest |
| 0:47.0 | on the podcast. It's just sort of who we're excited about right now. And I'm going to |
| 0:52.0 | be doing the show weekly on Fridays with a different member of the Sidious Meg staff. |
| 0:57.2 | And so it's just another opportunity for us to geek out and tell some awesome stories. |
| 1:01.0 | So as I said, the show is presented by Hayward Magic because everyone knows how much all |
| 1:06.0 | of us in the Sidious Meg family love track and field. And just how much we enjoy sharing |
| 1:11.4 | that love with all of you. Well, we've got a few big love sharing ideas and the works |
| 1:16.2 | for the upcoming season and none bigger than what we've got planned for Eugene. Our summer |
| 1:20.8 | of Hayward begins with the Nike pre fontane classic on Memorial Day weekend where team |
| 1:24.7 | USA's men and women will be chosen for the 10,000 meters. And then at the USATF outdoor championships |
| 1:31.6 | in late June, it'll determine the rest of team USA. And then we've got World Athletics |
| 1:36.3 | Championships, Oregon 22 in mid July, where team USA will be the home team. So we'll be |
| 1:41.0 | there for every competitive moment at Hayward Field. And we hope to create some moments |
| 1:44.5 | of our own pre and post meet with interviews, analysis and behind-the-scenes stories with |
| 1:48.3 | some track and field's most interesting athletes. So personally, I'm excited about |
| 1:53.2 | Yulumar Rojas. And that's why I brought on David Melon because he's the number one fan |
| 1:57.5 | in her clubhouse. But before we get to that last reminder, the summer of Hayward will be |
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