One day to go: WRW Brasília 26 is almost here!

 

From the first race, it’s all to play for as teams battle for gold. Who will rise to the occasion? For the first time ever in South America, a new era begins with the introduction of the half marathon and marathon distances. The men’s fields feature home hero and world champion Caio Bonfim, world 35km champion Evan Dunfee and two-time world champion Toshikazu Yamanishi, alongside Olympic champion and world record-holder Massimo Stano and multiple global medallist Perseus Karlström. The women’s races star double 2022 world champion Kimberly García, double 2022 world silver medallist Katarzyna Zdzieblo, home hope Viviane Lyra, Spanish champion Antia Chamosa and world bronze medallist Paula Torres. Everything you need to know is right here ahead of the Caixa World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Brasília 26. ENTRY LIST EVENT-BY-EVENT PREVIEWS

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Hurdle Heroes Headline Men’s 110m Showdown at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic

 

EUGENE, Ore. – The Men’s 110m Hurdles at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic will feature the reigning World Champion and reigning Olympic Champion in the discipline. Add in a former national champion with multiple global medals, and the straightaway at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon will heat up with the best hurdlers in the world.

Grant Holloway (Chesapeake, Virginia) is a two-time Olympic medalist – earning gold in Paris and silver in Tokyo – and a six-time World Champion. Holloway’s three consecutive outdoor World Championships in the Men’s 110m hurdles came in Doha, Eugene, and Budapest. In the indoor 60m hurdles discipline, Grant has won World Championships in Belgrade, Glasgow, and Nanjing. His career-best time of 12.81, set in Eugene in 2021 during the semifinals of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field, still stands as the Hayward Field record. He also holds the world record in the indoor 60m hurdles with a time of 7.27, achieved at the 2024 U.S. Championships in Albuquerque. Over the course of his Diamond League career, he has recorded nine victories, including the 2022 Diamond League Final. At the University of Florida, Grant was an eight-time NCAA champion for the Gators. Grant won the 2024 Prefontaine Classic with a time of 13.03, which was a world lead at the time.

World-class action at the Maurie Plant Meet

 

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“Road to TrackTown” Video Series Returns For Fourth Season

 

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.

Italy third in medal table at Athletics Indoor Worlds

 Italy came third in the medals table at World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland at the weekend, behind only the United States and Britain, after winning three golds and two silvers.

    Zaynab Dosso triumphed in the women's 60m, Nadia Battocletti won the women's 3,000m and Andy Díaz took the title in the men's triple jump.
    The silvers came from Larissa Iapichino in the women's long jump and Mattia Furlani in the men's.

Sifan Hassan withdraws from the London Marathon: “My tendon said stop.”

 

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.

One day to go: the WIC are nearly here!

 

The countdown is on! Just one day until the world's best indoor athletes take centre stage. The wait is almost over. Tomorrow, the world’s best indoor athletes arrive in Kujawy Pomorze for a weekend of world-class competition. The arena is set, the athletes are ready… are you? Day one delivers from the very start, with four finals on the schedule as the first medals are decided - women’s high jump, women’s shot put, men’s triple jump and the explosive men’s 60m. Who will take gold? With a stacked entry list and medals on the line from the outset, this is a day you don’t want to miss. Check this email and find everything you need to get ready for the World Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26. DAY 1 PREVIEW

Track & Field’s Golden Couple Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall to Compete at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic

 

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.