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World 100m Champions Sha’Carri Richardson and Fred Kerley have started off a bit slower than expected in their first few races in 2024. Should the track & Field world be worried?

Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@atkoeme on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

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⏰Video Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:39 Sha’Carri Richardson

05:57 Fred Kerley

09:21 Still Early in the Season?

10:52 Chinese Tracks are slow?

11:42 Summary

Courtney Lindsey shocked the world this past weekend in Nairobi Kenya with his 19.71 performance in the 200m Dash, just edging out World Bronze medalist Letsile Tebogo of Botswana. This comes off the heels of Lindsey’s 19.88 at the Tom Jones Memorial a week prior. 

Though these performances may come as a shock at the top of 2024, Lindsey is no fluke having made team USA last year to the Budapest World Championships in the 200m. All throughout 2023 he also ran times of 19.85, 19.86, 1988 and 19.94, proving that he was a consistent world class sprinter. 

As we look forward to the 2024 Olympic year, Lindsey has his eyes set on making team USA once again, not only in the 200m, but possibly the 100m as well. And considering what we have seen him do around the curve in his races, could we see him run 3rd leg on Team USAs 4x100m in Paris as well?

Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@atkoeme on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

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⏰Video Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:17 Wind/Altitude Conversion

01:05 Courtney is no Fluke

01:50 Double Sprint Threat

03:35 Can he make team USA in the 100m or 200m?

06:19 Building Confidence after beating Tebogo

06:59 Coach Dennis Mitchell

07:35 Should Courtney run the 4x100m?

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela is the Olympic Champion, World Record Holder, 4-time World Champion and 3-time World Indoor Champion in the Triple Jump. She recently announced that she will not compete at the 2024 Olympics due to an Achilles injury, ending her consecutive gold medal streak.

The Triple Jump is often forgotten and far from the most popular events, especially compared to track events like the 100m, 1500m or even field events like the Shot Put and Long Jump. But in just the past 5 years, Rojas and a few other women have arguably produced the most dominance in the event that we have seen in over 15 years.

The women’s event is relatively young, only getting added to the Olympics in 1996, but in the 30 years since then, there have been a few different era’s where women have pushed the boundaries of what is possible in the event. Since winning her first Gold medal in 2017, Yulimar Rojas has arguably ushered in a new era of women’s jumping that will be on full display at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Despite Rojas’ absence this year, the Women’s Triple Jump is in very good hands and will likely be one of, if not the most competitive event to watch at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this summer. 

Today we’ll dive into a brief history of the Women’s Triple Jump, discuss the different era’s of the event over the past 30 years as well as highlight the top contenders for the podium in Paris later this summer.

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00:00 Why Yulimar Rojas is the GOAT

2:18 Why I love the Triple Jump

3:16 Introduction to Women’s Triple Jump

4:15 A Brief History

5:30 1st Era: 1990s

6:49 2nd Era: 2000s

8:43 3rd Era: 2010s

10:41 4th Era: Present

14:01 The Current Triple Jump Field

15:55 Closing

Andre De Grasse of Canada has been one of the most consistent sprinters of the past decade, having won a total of 7 individual medals since 2015, including Olympic 200m Gold in Tokyo 2020. Despite his accomplishments, he flies under the radar a bit and is sometimes overlooked throughout the season leading up to the Olympics or Worlds.

Today we discuss why Andre is in the conversation with some of the greatest sprinters of All-time, dive into each of his medal-winning seasons and what he did leading up to Worlds or Olympics, as well as breakdown his chances at getting onto the podium once again at his 3rd Olympics in Paris later this summer.

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00:00 Intro

00:36 Andre’s History

1:54 Career Accomplishments

6:25 How he shows up for Global Championships

13:31 2024 Olympic Potential

18:37 Closing

Since Usain Bolt Retired in 2017, the men’s 100m dash has become completely wide open with a different 100m Dash Champion at every Major Championship since then. As we now look towards the Paris 2024 Olympics, there are a bunch of contenders all vying for the Gold medal this summer. In Part 5, the final part, we discuss a few sprinters from various countries around the world. From Andre De Grasse and Trayvon Bromell, to Zharnel Hughes and Hakim Sani Brown. A bunch of these guys have either won medals at previous championships or are looking to get onto the podium for the first time in their careers.

Video Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:53 Andre De Grasse

03:17 Zharnel Hughes

05:44 Trayvon Bromell

09:27 Marvin Bracy-Williams

12:18 Hakim Sani Brown

13:33 Terrance Jones

14:35 Cravont Charleston

15:40 Reece Prescod

16:26 Aaron Brown

17:43 Ronnie Baker

18:44 Outro

Since Usain Bolt Retired in 2017, the men’s 100m dash has become completely wide open with a different 100m Dash Champion at every Major Championship since then. As we now look towards the Paris 2024 Olympics, there are a bunch of contenders all vying for the Gold medal this summer.

Today in Part 4, we discuss the current crop of sprinters across Africa. Letsile Tebogo in Botswana, Ferdinand Omanyala in Kenya and Akani Simbine in South Africa are just 3 of the guys leading the pack for the continent in the pursuit on an Olympic medal in the 100m Dash, which has not occurred since Namibia’s Frankie Fredericks won Silver almost 30 years ago in Atlanta 1996.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:15 Letsile Tebogo

07:49 Ferdinand Omanyala

13:36 Akani Simbine

17:51 Other Athletes

19:58 Outro

Since Usain Bolt Retired in 2017, the men’s 100m dash has become completely wide open with a different 100m Dash Champion at every Major Championships since then. As we now look towards the Paris 2024 Olympics, there are a bunch of contenders all vying for the Gold medal this summer. In Part 3, we discuss Oblique Seville, Ackeem Blake, Kishane Thompson and other Jamaican men who have the potential to win the first 100m medal for Jamaica since Usain Bolt retired.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:34 Oblique Seville

05:46 Ackeem Blake

09:57 Kishane Thompson

15:03 Watson, Forde & Yohan Blake

17:31 Outro

Since Usain Bolt Retired in 2017, the men’s 100m dash has become completely wide open with a different 100m Dash Champion at every Major Championships since then. As we now look towards the Paris 2024 Olympics, there are a bunch of contenders all vying for the Gold medal this summer. In Part 2, we discuss Fred Kerley and Lamont Marcell Jacobs, both former champions in the 100m dash and both looking to get back on top of the podium this year at the Olympics.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:31 Kerley & Jacobs Similarities

01:54 Lamont Marcell Jacobs

06:36 Fred Kerley

12:04 Outro

Since Usain Bolt Retired in 2017, the men’s 100m dash has become completely wide open with a different 100m Dash Champion at every Major Championships since then. As we now look towards the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, there are a bunch of contenders all vying for the Gold medal this summer.

In Part 1, we discuss Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman, both coming off very successful indoor seasons in the 60m dash, both World Champions over the 100m dash, and both looking to earn their first Olympic medal in the event this year.

Timestamps:

Grant Holloway has built up a resume in the 60m Hurdles that few in history have been able to match. But despite winning multiple gold medals, breaking multiple world records and dominating the all-time list, his name does not enter the GOAT conversation like some of his peers such as Mondo Duplantis, Ryan Crouser and others. Why exactly is that?

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:47 Gold Medals

02:20 World Records

03:31 All-Time Performances

04:36 Winning Streak

06:16 Why Grant is not discussed as a GOAT?

07:02 60mH Only Indoors

07:36 60mH Always Compared to 110mH

08:25 Not All Hurdlers Compete Indoors