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EUGENE, Ore. – TrackTown USA’s original video series “Road to TrackTown” returns for a fourth season, delivering an all-access look at athletes’ journeys to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.
Previous seasons of “Road to TrackTown” earned industry recognition by receiving a Northwest Emmy Award nomination in the category of “Sports Story - Short and Long Form Content” and making the Hashtag Sports Award shortlist in the category of “Best Original Film or Series: Long Form.”
Athletes to be featured in the 2026 season of “Road to TrackTown” include:
Tate Taylor (San Antonio, Texas) - Tate is one of only four high school boys to ever run the 100m in under ten seconds, and he is the only one to do so as an underclassman. His 9.92 from last spring’s Texas State Championships placed him second on the all-time U20 100m list of performances. In March, Taylor ran 20.46 to break Noah Lyles’s American high school record for the indoor 200m. When Tate isn’t on the track, the 2025 National Track & Field Athlete of the Year loves to bowl. Taylor has committed to Texas Tech University.
The Dutch star, the undisputed protagonist of the Paris 2024 Games with a record-breaking gold medal, has announced her withdrawal from the April London Marathon due to a troublesome Achilles tendon injury.
The issue began six weeks ago during a treadmill training session. Hassan tried to recover in time, gritting her teeth and hoping for a miracle, but reality forced her to slow down.
"To compete at that level, you have to be perfect," said the champion, who also won the 2023 edition of the London race. "At first I thought the pain would go away, but the more I increased the workload, the more I realized I couldn’t prepare the way I demand of myself. I have to listen to my body."
At 33, Hassan remains one of the most decorated middle‑distance runners ever: gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m in Tokyo 2021, and then the historic triple crown completed in 2024, becoming the first woman to win Olympic gold in the 5,000m, 10,000m, and the marathon.
The appointment with London is only postponed: the next edition will take place on Sunday, April 26, 2026.
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EUGENE, Ore. – The Woodhalls will celebrate the 4th of July in Eugene! After both winning national championships at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon last summer, Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall will return to headline fields in their respective events at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic.
Tara Davis-Woodhall (Frisco, Texas) is the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion in the Women’s Long Jump. She’ll headline a field at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic, jumping into a pit where she has enjoyed great success. Davis-Woodhall is the defending Prefontaine Classic champion and has won three consecutive outdoor U.S. national titles, all at Hayward Field. At the 2025 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, she recorded her best-ever mark at the venue with a jump of 7.12m (23’ 4.5”).
Tara also captured the 2021 NCAA title at Hayward Field while competing for the University of Texas, winning with a jump of 6.70m (21’ 11.75”). Her career-best mark is 7.18m (23’ 6.5”), set at the 2024 USA Track & Field Indoor Championships. She followed that performance by winning the world indoor title later that year in Glasgow.
Ancona si trasforma nel cuore pulsante dell’atletica master italiana. La terza giornata dei Campionati indoor e invernali di lanci regala una raffica di emozioni e un bottino che non si vedeva da anni: un record del mondo, due europei e dieci migliori prestazioni italiane. Una vera tempesta di risultati.
L’impresa porta la firma di Marco Mastrolorenzi (Atl. La Sbarra): 1,69, primato mondiale M65 indoor. Salita perfetta, nessun errore, e soprattutto un centimetro in più del 1,68 che resisteva dal 2015. Un ex windsurfista internazionale che, da master, ha trasformato la preparazione atletica in arte pura: salti, asta, multiple… e ora un mondiale.
VERBANIA – Si accendono i riflettori sulla XVIII Lago Maggiore Half Marathon, evento Bronze Label Fidal organizzato da Sport PRO-MOTION A.S.D. che taglia il traguardo dei primi 18 anni, domenica 8 marzo, in occasione della Giornata Internazionale dei Diritti delle Donne.
21 km di emozioni lungo la litoranea del Lago Maggiore, con lo sfondo mozzafiato del Golfo Borromeo. Dal fascino di Stresa alla magia di Pallanza, ogni passo è un tuffo nella natura, nella storia e nella velocità.
La Lago Maggiore Half
Da ricordare anche il primato femminile, appartenente alla ex primatista mondiale di maratona Brigid Kosgei (2h14’04”, Chicago 2019) e vincitrice dell’ultima Tokyo Marathon, domenica scorsa, che nel 2017 ha chiuso in 1h07’35”. L’evento ha attratto grandi nomi, nell’albo d’oro spiccano i nomi del primatista europeo ed ex-primatista europeo di mezza maratona, lo svizzero Julien Wanders e il norvegese Sondre Moen, entrambi allenati da Renato Canova che nel 2021 hanno occupato i gradini più alti del podio.