The 50th edition of the Prefontaine Classic was billed as one of the most stacked single-day track and field meets ever assembled, and despite some high-profile late withdrawals from Olympic champions Kenny Bednarek and Quincy Hall, it lived up to the hype.
With ideal weather conditions and a sellout crowd on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Hayward Field was treated to a Summer Olympics worth of elite competition crammed into a five-hour window.
Faith Kipyegon lowers the 1500-meter world record again
That’s how you close the show.
There wasn’t a sub-4-minute mile run by Faith Kipyegon in Paris, but fans didn’t have to wait long
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