
Day 4 Tokyo Track Podcast Recap and Video Show: Sifan Hassan Gets Gold #1, Kenyan Steeple Streak Ends, DSD Comes to 200
Video show and podcast recapping all the track action from Day 4 at the Tokyo Olympics. Sifan Hassan fell in the women's 1500 in the morning, yet still advanced, and got gold #1 in the evening with ease. The last time the Kenyans lost in the steeple at the Olympics man had not walked on the moon, and DSD women are making waves in the 200.August 2, 2021

Day 10 Recap: 17-Year-Old Erriyon Knighton Makes Olympic Team in 200, JuVaughn Harrison Completes HJ-LJ Double
HS junior Knighton broke the world U20 record again (19.84) as Noah Lyles won the 200 in 19.74. Harrison PR'd in the long jump (8.47 meters) after clearing 2.33m to win the high jump.June 28, 2021

DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE: Cole Hocker Takes Down Matthew Centrowitz to Win Men's 1500 as Yared Nuguse Grabs 3rd
20-year-old Cole Hocker is a full-blown superstar now after defeating the Olympic champ as Oregon Ducks went 1-2. 2019 NCAA champ Nuguse won the battle for third over Craig Engels.June 28, 2021

Athing of Beauty: Mu Runs #2 Time in U.S. History to Win Women’s 800 by Daylight
Mu's magical 2021 continued as she ran a Trials record and US #2 time of 1:56.07 thanks to an incredible 28.49 final 200. Behind her, Raevyn Rogers and Ajee Wilson came from way back to grab their tickets to Tokyo in a super competitive race where 5 of the top 6 ran lifetime bests.June 28, 2021

Sydney McLaughlin Runs 51.90 at 2020 US Olympic Trials to Break 400-Meter Hurdles World Record
McLaughlin took down the world record holder and Olympic champ Dalilah Muhammad to become the first woman ever under 52 seconds.June 27, 2021
Paul Chelimo Uses Tokyo Drift to Win Olympic Trials 5,000m Title
Paul Chelimo showed he is back as Grant Fisher and Woody Kincaid made their second Olympic team and all 3 finished in lane 4.June 27, 2021
Day 9 Recap: Gabby Thomas (21.61) Moves to #2 on All-Time List to Win 200, Erriyon Knighton Runs 19.88 World U20 Record, DeAnna Price 80.31m Hammer American Record
The track was hot in Eugene on Saturday (99 degrees), and so were the performances in the track and the field.June 26, 2021
Deena Kastor Talks Emily Sisson, Shelby Houlihan + Sprint Madnesss - Olympic Trials Track Talk Saturday
June 26, 2021
Rai Benjamin Rips 46.83 (#2 All-Time) to Win 400m Hurdles at 2020 US Olympic Trials
Barely half an hour after Grant Holloway ran 12.81 to become the second-fastest 110m hurdler in history, Rai Benjamin decided to match Holloway’s feat, clocking 46.83 in the 400m hurdles, the #2 time ever behind only Kevin Young’s 46.78 world recordJune 26, 2021
Grant Holloway Runs 12.81, 2nd Fastest Ever in 110m Hurdles
Grant Holloway ran 12.81 just missing the world record in the semis of the Olympic Track and Field Trials. Full video of race.June 26, 2021
Emily Sisson Secures First US Title & Olympic Berth with a 10K Masterpiece
Emily Sisson showed she was a level above everyone else as she won her first USA track title and made her first Olympic team, joined by Karissa Schweizer and Alicia Monson.June 26, 2021
Rest of Day 8: Gabby Thomas Runs (Another) World Leader, Sydney McLaughlin and Rai Benjamin Advance
Thomas ran 21.94, which improved on her 21.98 from Thursday. McLaughlin and Benjamin both cruised in their 400 hurdles heats.June 25, 2021
Men’s 1500 Semifinals: The Epic Final Everyone Wanted Is All Set (Minus Hobbs Kessler)
Nuguse, Hocker, Centro and Engels all looked fantastic. Who will go home devastated on Sunday?June 25, 2021
Men's Steeple: Hillary Bor & Benard Keter Deliver ADP 1-2; Mason Ferlic Rounds Out Team USA
This time it wasn't a Bowerman 1-2 but a 1-2 for Scott Simmons' American Distance Project as Bor won his second straight US title.June 25, 2021
Women’s 800: The Epic Final Everyone Wanted Is All Set
Athing Mu (2021 US leader at 400 and 800) vs Ajee Wilson (best US 800 m runner of the last decade) vs Raevyn Rogers (2019 Worlds Silver Medallist) vs Kate Grace (2016 Olympic finalist) and something has to give. It should be fantastic.June 25, 2021
Erriyon Knighton Runs 20.04 in First Round of US Olympic Trials to Break High School 200m Record
Knighton's 20.04 also set a world U18 record, which had belonged to Usain Bolt until Knighton broke it in May.June 25, 2021
2020 Olympic Trials W800 Preview: Will Ajee' Wilson Still Rule the 800? Or Is It Athing Mu's Time?
Wilson has been the best in the world for most of the past four years, but Mu has been on fire in 2021. And what about Raevyn Rogers or the resurgent Kate Grace and Chanelle Price?June 25, 2021
Womens 10,000: Who Will Make the US Olympic Team on Saturday?
Reminder, the race gets underway at 10 am Pacific (1 ET). Will it be a BTC sweep? Can Sara Hall shock the world and make an Olympic team at 38? Does new US citizen Weini Kelalti have a chance?June 25, 2021
Women's Steeple: Emma Coburn, Courtney Frerichs Go 1-2 as Val Constien & Leah Falland Show the Beauty & Agony of the Olympic Trials
Coburn won her 7th straight US title as she and Frerichs went 1-2 for the fifth straight year. Falland was in third with two laps to go and fell, and though she was third again at the bell, Constien -- who works a full-time job -- was too strong over the last lap.June 25, 2021

Eugene, OR
June 18, 2021 to June 27, 2021
The road to Tokyo travels through Eugene. *Qualifying Standards *Meet Website *Schedule *Tickets
Outside Letsrun
Post-Race Video Interviews from Olympic Trials
June 29, 2021
Preview - Men's Field Events - U.S. Olympic Team Trials
June 17, 2021
Race Results
Analysis
- Athing of Beauty: Mu Runs #2 Time in U.S. History to Win Women’s 800 by Daylight
- Paul Chelimo Uses Tokyo Drift to Win Olympic Trials 5,000m Title
- Day 9 Recap: Gabby Thomas (21.61) Moves to #2 on All-Time List to Win 200, Erriyon Knighton Runs 19.88 World U20 Record, DeAnna Price 80.31m Hammer American Record
- Rai Benjamin Rips 46.83 (#2 All-Time) to Win 400m Hurdles at 2020 US Olympic Trials
- Grant Holloway Runs 12.81, 2nd Fastest Ever in 110m Hurdles
- Emily Sisson Secures First US Title & Olympic Berth with a 10K Masterpiece
- Women’s 800: The Epic Final Everyone Wanted Is All Set
- Day 4 Rest of Meet: Sean McGorty Survives Steeple Scare, Chris Nilsen Upsets Sam Kendricks, & Will Claye Is Clutch
- Elle Purrier Is The New Queen of the US 1500 Scene as Jenny Simpson Fails To Make US Team For 1st Time Since 2005
- Donavan Brazier Bombs As Clayton Murphy Wins Men's 800 In World-Leading 1:43.17
Event Recaps
- Day 10 Recap: 17-Year-Old Erriyon Knighton Makes Olympic Team in 200, JuVaughn Harrison Completes HJ-LJ Double
- DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE: Cole Hocker Takes Down Matthew Centrowitz to Win Men's 1500 as Yared Nuguse Grabs 3rd
- Athing of Beauty: Mu Runs #2 Time in U.S. History to Win Women’s 800 by Daylight
- Sydney McLaughlin Runs 51.90 at 2020 US Olympic Trials to Break 400-Meter Hurdles World Record
- Day 9 Recap: Gabby Thomas (21.61) Moves to #2 on All-Time List to Win 200, Erriyon Knighton Runs 19.88 World U20 Record, DeAnna Price 80.31m Hammer American Record
- Rai Benjamin Rips 46.83 (#2 All-Time) to Win 400m Hurdles at 2020 US Olympic Trials
- Grant Holloway Runs 12.81, 2nd Fastest Ever in 110m Hurdles
- Emily Sisson Secures First US Title & Olympic Berth with a 10K Masterpiece
- Rest of Day 8: Gabby Thomas Runs (Another) World Leader, Sydney McLaughlin and Rai Benjamin Advance
- Men’s 1500 Semifinals: The Epic Final Everyone Wanted Is All Set (Minus Hobbs Kessler)
Event Previews
- 2020 Olympic Trials W800 Preview: Will Ajee' Wilson Still Rule the 800? Or Is It Athing Mu's Time?
- Womens 10,000: Who Will Make the US Olympic Team on Saturday?
- 2020 Olympic Trials M5000 Preview: Battle of Training Partners: Can Chelimo and Bor Upset the Bowerman Party?
- 2020 Olympic Trials M1500 Preview: Centro, Engels, Hocker, Nuguse...Kessler? This Is Gonna Be Good
- 2020 Olympic Trials M3000SC Preview: In the Absence of Jager and Kebenei, We Will Have New Blood on the Team
- 2020 Olympic Trials W3000SC Preview: Another Year of Coburn-Frerichs-Quigley?
- 2020 Olympic Trials M800 Preview: Will Brazier and Hoppel Get the Job Done? Who Will Take the Third Spot?
- W5000 Preview: Who Is the Favorite? Can Upstart Josette Norris Pull Off a Shocker?
- 2020 Olympic Trials W1500 Preview: Elle Purrier Is Your Winner, But Who Else Makes the Team?
- 2020 Olympic Trials M10K Preview: Can Grant Fisher Lead a Bowerman Sweep?