2022 World Track and Field Championships Preview Podcast

by LetsRun.com
July 13, 2022

Before arriving in Eugene, the LetsRun.com crew previewed the 2022 World Athletics Championships which start Friday in Eugene, Oregon on the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast.

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You can listen here in your favorite podcast player or in the embedded player below. The Worlds talk starts at 33:04.  (Before Worlds we talked about Nijel Amos’ suspension, Jerry Schumacher getting the Oregon job and Mo Farah being trafficked as a kid). Full show notes below.

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  • Show notes
  • 5:45 Live Reaction to Nijel Amos testing positive
  • 12:32 Bowerman Track Coach Jerry Schumacher to take over at the University of Oregon
  • 30:03 Mo Farah trafficked as a servant to the UK as a child
  • 33:04 2022 World Champs Preview (we’ll have a more detailed timeline of the Worlds Preview Wednesday)
  • 35:56 Men’s 10,000- Cheptegei vs Barega Whose the greatest long-distance runner on planet? + 5000/10000 double / Grant Fisher gold medal chances!?
  • 46:02 Men’s 1500 – Start of Jakob Inrebrigtsen show? What about Kipsang and Cheruiyot and Hoare?
  • 62:11 Cooper Teare’s chances
  • 65:56 What events will be on NBC?
  • 73:03 LetsRun Meetup July 19th at 3pm
  • 74:14 Women’s 10,000m and Return of Sifan Hassan vs Letesenbet Gidey + Karissa Schweizer’s chances
  • 82:29 Men’s 100m – Who is the fastest man on the planet? Fred Kerley HEAVY favorite in LetsRun.com Coros Poll
  • 92:21 Women’s 100m – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce vs Elaine Thompson Herah and Shericka Jackson
  • 100:00 Allyson Felix and mixed relay 4×400
  • 104:01 Men’s Marathon and Galen Rupp’s chances and fall of Alberto Salazar
  • 111:25 Women’s Marathon – Ruth Chepng’etich the favorite
  • 116:03 Significance of USA Worlds + the Run up to LA 2028

 

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