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Canadians to watch tonight at the track and field world championships

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Athing Mu aims to keep unbeaten streak alive in World Track and Field Championships debut

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Athing Mu looks to keep her unbeaten streak alive when she makes her World Track & Field Championships debut this week in Eugene, Oregon. The New Jersey native not only arrives as the reigning Olympic champ in the 800m but also as the U.S. record-holder, and the 20-year-old Mu says she’s just getting started.

Talitha Diggs happy chasing family legacy at 2022 World Track and Field Championships

At just 19 years old, 400-meter specialist Talitha Diggs is already making a name for herself.

Twenty-four minutes at Hayward: Track and field worlds take frenetic turn

EUGENE, Oregon – It is often argued that track and field is too ponderous and sprawling, too slow and too inaccessible for a modern audience whose synapses have been fried and shrunk to a length so short that an entire NBA game can be reduced to a TikTok post featuring one dunk and one dime, and possibly a mascot eating popcorn or a celebrity drinking wine at courtside. That meets are too long and too confusing, with throwing here, and jumping there and running all around and how can anyone be expected to follow it all? Maybe there’s a sliver of truth in all of this. Tastes evolve.