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🗣️ “In 2022, when she ran fast, everyone had an opinion…now that the times have filled in these last few years since Eugene, suddenly that world record is legit.” After Masai Russell’s blazing start to 2026, Kyle Merber⏱️ makes the case that it’s time to make amends with Tobi Amusan, whose 100m hurdles world record at the 2022 World Championships got buried under doubt and controversy instead of being celebrated. 🎧 Full discussion on the CITIUS MAG Podcast’s latest “This Week In Track and Field” episode. Available to stream, download and listen to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify >>
CITIUS MAG185,196 views • 11 days ago
🗣️ “Before 41K, I’m enjoying it, relaxed and my body is all great. Exactly at 41K, my body is stuck. I finished my power. I tried to push but my legs were stopped.” We all hit the wall in our first marathon. Yomif Kejelcha didn’t hit it until 41K and STILL managed to break two hours in his FIRST marathon. 1:59:41 at the London Marathon! 🎥 Full interview with Kejelcha on the CITIUS MAG YouTube channel:
CITIUS MAG615,260 views • 1 month ago
🚨HIGH SCHOOL RECORD 🚨 Pure disbelief and joy from Katy Zang after running 9:37.15 at New Balance Nationals to win the 2 Mile national title and breaks Mary Cain’s 9:38.68 record from 2013. U.S. Olympian Parker Valby was at the finish line to celebrate with her. #NBNationals
CITIUS MAG365,530 views • 2 months ago
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🐊 Florida’s Parker Valby was asked how many days a week she has been running this season and what her highest mileage was. 🗣️ “I’ve been running two or three days most weeks this fall." “Mileage differs. I do workout days and sometimes long run workouts. It depends which week and if you have a race or not…Maybe like 30ish.” #NCAATF
CITIUS MAG1,174,823 views • 2 years ago
🗣️ “I want my own shoe. I want my own trainer. I’m dead serious. I want a sneaker, ain’t no money in spikes. There’s money in sneakers. Even Michael Johnson didn’t have his own sneaker. I feel like for how many medals we bring back, for the notoriety we get, the fact that that hasn’t happened is crazy to me. I was like, ‘Yeah, that needs to happen.’” After winning the Olympic 100m gold medal, Noah Lyles, OLY is hoping that he can get his own signature shoe – not spike – shoe. 🎥 FULL PRESS CONFERENCE: #Paris2024 #Olympics #Athletics
CITIUS MAG624,373 views • 1 year ago
🗣️ “I have a pretty big engine. I used to run cross country. I put a lot of mileage in, a lot of stuff like that. So when I dropped down to an 800, 1500 runner before, and then I dropped down to the 400 and worked on foot speed and a lot of jumps, I always had the strength.” You know what they say: Strength = speed 🤷♂️ After winning the 400m Olympic title, Quincy Hall shares that he actually used to be a cross country runner before dropping down to the middle distance events, and ultimately, the sprints. 🎥 Full press conference:
CITIUS MAG573,673 views • 1 year ago
.Oklahoma State XC/T&F head coach Dave Smith and Iowa State Track & XC head coach Jeremy Sudbury respond to BYU head coach Ed Eyestone’s comments regarding international athletes in the NCAA in a Deseret News article from yesterday: 🗣️ “If someone doesn’t like a rule, or doesn’t like a situation in the NCAA, don’t b**** about it, go change it.”
CITIUS MAG188,821 views • 6 months ago
If you're wondering, who the heck is 🇺🇾 Julia Paternain?! Allow the World Championship bronze medalist to introduce herself. • Has three passports and a green card. Was born in Mexico. Her whole family is from Uruguay, where most of them live, except for her, her mom, and her dad. • Moved to England when she was 2 years old and ran for Great Britain at the European U23 Championships • She ran in the NCAA at Penn State for two years before transferring to Arkansas during the pandemic. She competed for the Razorbacks for three years. • Moved to California and took a little bit of a break while she was trying to figure out what to do with running • Visited her first Krissy Gear and loved Flagstaff, Arizona. Met Jack and Dani Polerecky and decided to join up with the McKirdy Trained group. • Took well to the roads with a 10-miler and half-marathon before making her marathon debut • Ran 2:27:09 in her marathon debut at the McKirdy Micro Marathon in March, qualified for the World Championships • One of the last qualifiers for the World Championship marathon • Earns a bronze medal and the first-ever medal for Uruguay at the World Championships in Tokyo What a story! 🎥 FULL INTERVIEW:
CITIUS MAG242,248 views • 8 months ago
🗣️ “I can do something like this again. I heard that Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone got kicked out of Brussels, so if she wants to race maybe a 400m we’ll do an extra event, maybe we’ll fix that.” With one 400mH world record holder already taken down, Mondo Duplantis is ready to take on the next one 👀 🎥 Full interview:
CITIUS MAG376,779 views • 1 year ago
🗣️ “She’s a human being, and a great person… She has a lot of things going on, a lot of emotions and forces going on inside of her that not only I can’t understand, but nobody can. She’s one of one. And I’m one of one too.” Christian Coleman shares about Sha’Carri Richardson’s arrest. FULL INTERVIEW:
CITIUS MAG184,899 views • 10 months ago
TEAM USA BREAKS THE WORLD RELAYS RECORD! Gold in the mixed 4x400m 3:07.47! #WorldRelays
CITIUS MAG26,860 views • 1 month ago
🗣️ “I came out here to run and send a message to those that was talking crazy to me. I’m a man of little words but a lot of action.” World Indoor champ Jordan Anthony put up a 100m PB of 9.91 in his outdoor opener at Tom Jones in a race that had a little more motivation behind it than usual 👀 🎥 FULL INTERVIEW:
CITIUS MAG34,418 views • 1 month ago