“Our sport is about winning medals and winning championships, and measuring yourself [...] against the past and the history” said the 54-year-old 1984 Olympic 1500m silver medalist.
From BBC
30 years ago retired British track & field athlete Steve Cram broke the world Mile record in Oslo....
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Records set by Aragon (4:37.91, meet and Montana state) and Ryen Frazier (4:38.59, North Carolina state)
By Jim Gerweck, Mile wire
NEW YORK – Ten days ago, teenager Grant Fisher would have been ecstatic to run a 4:01 Mile.
Then came the Nike Festival of Miles in St. Louis, where the...
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"They came to run tonight. It's something they will talk about for the rest of their lives, too: the time they got to go and beat an Olympic medalist."
By Chris Dobrowolski, The Record Eagle
For Noah Robotham, Max Okros, Joey Johnston and Jeffrey Crouch, Monday was a day none of the four is...
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#1 800m, 1500m, 1600m, Mile, 3200m Set for adidas Grand Prix
From adidas Grand Prix
Hannah Long, Christina Aragon, Amanda Gehrich, Ryen Frazier and Destiny Collins—who together top the U.S. lists at five different distances—lead the lineup for the adidas Girls’ Dream Mile at Saturday’s adidas...
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