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Olympic All-Star Event Moving from Boston to Atlanta - ATLANTA – JANUARY 26, 2023 -- International track and field stars will return to Atlanta in 2023 in a way not seen since the 1996 Olympic Games. Atlanta Track Club in partnership with Global Athletics & Marketing, Inc., announced the inaugural adidas Atlanta City Games to be held in Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday, May 6.
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Thousands of fans in the arena, top athletes from 19 countries aiming to outdo each other including many of Germany’s favourites, debuts and the hunt for records, that is the dish to be served up at the ISTAF INDOOR Düsseldorf this Sunday when the PSD BANK DOME stages its third edition of one big indoor track and field party.
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MECHANICSVILLE, Virginia — With Team USATF roster spots on the line for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia next month, the competition was fierce at the USATF Cross Country Championships, as U.S. Army standouts Ednah Kurgat and Emmanuel Bor won the open women’s and open men’s titles, Irene Riggs and Leo Young picked up U20 wins, and April Lund and Ben Bruce locked in Masters titles.
Read more: Kurgat, Bor Impress with Victories at the USATF Cross Country Championships
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In its 38th year of honoring the nation's most elite high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Irene Riggs of Morgantown High School in Morgantown, W. Va. is the 2022-23 Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Player of the Year. Riggs won the prestigious award for her accomplishments on and off the field, joining an impressive group of former Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Players of the Year who have combined for more than eight National Championships and five bronze medals.
Read more: IRENE RIGGS NAMED 2022-23 GATORADE NATIONAL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY PLAYER OF THE YEAR
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INDIANAPOLIS — Robert "Bob" Hersh, a National Track & Field Hall of Fame inductee who played an integral role in formation of The Athletics Congress, the changeover to USA Track & Field, and the professionalization of track and field, died today in Long Island, New York, at NorthShore University Hospital. He was 82.
Read more: USATF mourns the loss of Hall of Famer and lifelong contributor Bob Hersh