2020 US Olympic Track & Field Trials

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.

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.

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.

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.

McLaughlin took down the world record holder and Olympic champ Dalilah Muhammad to become the first woman ever under 52 seconds.

Everyone knew the weather in Eugene, Oregon was going to be extremely hot today. In fact, the weather ended up pretty much being EXACTLY as forecast. However, USATF has decided at the last minute to postpone the action by 5 hours after a heptathlete passed out.
*MB: Day 10 of Olympic Trials POSTPONED 5 hours after a heptathlete passed out.

Paul Chelimo showed he is back as Grant Fisher and Woody Kincaid made their second Olympic team and all 3 finished in lane 4.

The track was hot in Eugene on Saturday (99 degrees), and so were the performances in the track and the field.

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 record

Grant Holloway ran 12.81 just missing the world record in the semis of the Olympic Track and Field Trials. Full video of race.

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.

Thomas ran 21.94, which improved on her 21.98 from Thursday. McLaughlin and Benjamin both cruised in their 400 hurdles heats.

Nuguse, Hocker, Centro and Engels all looked fantastic. Who will go home devastated on Sunday?

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.

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.

Knighton's 20.04 also set a world U18 record, which had belonged to Usain Bolt until Knighton broke it in May.

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?