#PoleVault clutch 5m86 make for Austin Miller at Long Beach💥

To those that have an opinion on the USA track and field uniforms, I ask you to please read this 🤗

FloTrack will air the Diamond League in the United States starting in 2025. American fans & athletes are not happy about it.

Taking a look at how we got here -- and why NBC let the rights go:

letsrun.com/news/2024/04/h…

Understanding the #polevault : what does it means?

Herbert Czingon, #PadovaPoleVaultConvention 2022

#athletics #highjump #olympics #Paris2024 #trackandfield

The problem isn’t false accusations. It’s that men refuse to acknowledge rape. “They [rapists] had absolutely no sense of themselves as rapists and were only too happy to talk about their sexual behaviors.”

Based on a study of rapists, as described in Missoula by Jon Krakauer.🧵

How US track fans felt seeing the news that Wanda Diamond League would be streaming on FloTrack next year 🤣

Good

When I signed my 1st contract with IOC (1997), I dealt with the head of their legal dept, Howard Stupp - former Olympic wrestlier, great guy, & I think their only in-house lawyer at the time.

In 2020 on our renewal I was informed that the IOC now has 50+ lawyers on their staff.…

As a track and field community, we *rarely* ever all agree on anything. But our common dislike of Flotrack having the Diamond League next year has unified us 😭

Here we go, because of this test coverup from way back in 2012, Alysia Montaño stands to receive her rightful bronze medal from the 2012 Olympic Games 800m final. While Alysia should get the medal she earned, I can’t help but think of how different her life would

It's a bad look for USATF (and the sport as a whole) when they are hosting the 2026 World U20 champs but won't send a team to the 2021 or 2024 editions.

One of USATF's primary purposes is to send teams to global champs. They're letting down athletes by withdrawing.

Ok that looks a million times better than on the mannequin, hopefully the real life uniforms are cut like these ⬇️

Also I don’t think these even comply with the World Athletics rule that athletes must wear clothing that is “worn as not to be objectionable” 😬

After the Olympics, these are the uniforms that are used over the quad for all USATF teams including U20.

I’d hate to see the search history of whoever at Nike felt this uniform would be appropriate for minors to wear.

USATF really should push back on this.

As a woman athlete you CANNOT do the following in this one piece:

- long jump
- high jump
- hurdle
- breathe
- walk

Interesting ⬇️

I didn’t know there were still people who felt elite athletes should be amateurs 🤣

Early Olympians were built different💪

Eric Lemming🇸🇪 threw a broomstick 60m in slippers and a tweed hat.

Uniform? I'll just compete in the thermals I slept in.

1908 & 1912 Olympic Gold 🥇 in the Javelin