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USATF ANNOUNCES UPDATED 2020 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS - TRACK & FIELD COMPETITION SCHEDULE

USA Track & Field (USATF), the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), and the TrackTown USA Local Organizing Committee announced the release of the updated competition schedule for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track and Field, that will take place June 18-27, 2021, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.   TRACK MEET SCHEDULE PROVIDED BY USA TRACK & FIELD Follow @USATF on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. All Times Pacific (local) and subject to change. Day 1 - Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 p.m. Shot Put Men Qualifying 4:00 p.m. Discus Throw Women Qualifying 4:03 p.m. 1500m Women 1st Round 4:30 p.m. 400m Women 1st Round 4:45 p.m. High Jump Women Qualifying 4:58 p.m. 400m Men 1st Round...

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2021 USATF Indoor Championships Canceled

The 2021 USATF Indoor Championships, originally scheduled for Feb. 20-21 in Albuquerque, N.M., have been canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, USATF announced today (Friday). The 2021 USATF Indoor Combined Events, which were to be held as part of the Championships, are also canceled.USATF's COVID-19 Working Group of medical and scientific experts worked diligently to develop a rigorous set of COVID-19 protocols for conducting the Championships. However, it has become apparent that statewide restrictions in New Mexico and other logistical challenges for the event are too severe to overcome.World Athletics announced December 20, 2020 that it moved its 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships scheduled for March 19-21, 2021 to March 2023.For up-to-date information, USATF has created the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)...

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2020 Recap - Men Top Track and Field Athletes Performances of 2020

MEN Men 100 Meters1. Michael Norman (USA) — 9.862. Trayvon Bromell (USA) — 9.903. Akani Simbine (RSA) — 9.91 200 Meters1. Noah Lyles (USA) — 19.762. Kenny Bednarek (USA) — 19.803. Steven Gardiner (BAH) — 19.96 400 Meters1. Justin Robinson (USA) — 44.912. Michael Cherry (USA) — 44.983. Karsten Warholm (NOR) — 45.05 800 Meters1. Donavan Brazier (USA) — 1:43.152. Bryce Hoppel (USA) — 1:43.233. Daniel Rowden (GBR) — 1:44.09 1500 Meters1. Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) — 3:28.452. Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) — 3:28.683. Jake Wightman (GBR) — 3:29.47 5000 Meters1. Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) — 12:35.36 WR2. Moh Ahmed (CAN) — 12:47.203. Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) — 12:48.63 10,000 meters1. Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) — 26:11.00 WR2. Nicholas Kimeli (KEN) — 26:58.973. Richard Yator...

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2020 Recap - Women Top Track and Field Athletes Performances of 2020

WOMEN   100 Meters1. Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) — 10.852. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) — 10.863. Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) — 10.95 200 Meters1. Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) — 21.982. Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) — 22.003. Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) — 22.19 400 Meters1. Lynna Irby (USA) — 50.502. Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) — 50.523. Lieke Klaver (NED) — 50.98 800 Meters 1. Faith Kipyegon (KEN) — 1:57.682. Hedda Hynne (NOR) — 1:58.103. Selina Buchel (SUI) — 1:58.37 1500 Meters1. Laura Muir (GBR) — 3:57.402. Faith Kipyegon (KEN) — 3:59.053. Sofia Ennaoui (POL) — 3:59.70 5000 Meters1. Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) — 14:06.62 WR2. Hellen Obiri (KEN) — 14:22.123. Shelby Houlihan (USA) — 14:23.92 Marathon1. Lonah Salpeter (ISR) — 2:17:452. Birhane Dibaba (ETH) — 2:18:353. Brigid Kosgei (KEN)...

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Top Ten Fastest Women 100 Meter Sprinters in History

Women’s 100 Metres (World Record: 10.49 by Griffith-Joyner at the ’88 Olympic Trials) 1. Florence Griffith-Joyner (United States) – Fastest Time: 10.49 secondsThe 100m Olympic record (10.62) was set by Flo Jo at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul. 2. Carmelita Jeter (United States) – Fastest Time: 10.64 secondsJeter ran a 10.67 at the 2009 World Athletics Final and a 10.64 at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. 3. Marion Jones (United States) – Fastest Time: 10.65 secondsJones won the 100 metre at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in South Africa with a time of 10.65. 4. Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jamaica) – Fastest Time: 10.73 secondsFraser, along with her Jamaican teammates, dominated the women’s 100m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing....

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