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Payton Otterdahl After Qualifying For His Second Olympics In The Shot Put + Thoughts On A Medal Sweep With Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE

“We see upsets all the time in this sport. Anything can happen to anybody on any given day. Those two are just on a whole other level. It’s kind of motivating to me. They’re #1 and #2 of all-time. Th…

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Chari Hawkins On Qualifying For The U.S. Olympic Heptathlon Team After A LONG Journey Since 2016 | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!

“Especially seeing people who were young and doing track now, to kind of be like, ‘Listen. You CAN do it, even if it takes you 20 years,’ because I’ve actually been doing track officially for 20 year…

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Grant Holloway On Burying Ghosts Of Tokyo To Chase Gold In Paris + Why He Should Be A Bigger Star | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!

“If you can't bet on yourself at the end of the day, then what the hell are you doing? I know if my life depended on it, I know I can show up… I can only lose to myself and that's when I'm not execut…

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Brittany Brown Decided To Go All-In On The 200m And It Paid Off To Qualify For Her First Olympics | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!

“I feel like there’s moments where you’re like, ‘Should I go or should I not go?’ after such a big loss. Go. That’s the best time you can go and do something after a big loss. Let’s do it, let’s try …

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Weini Kelati Reflects On Winning An Epic 10,000m Final To Qualify For Her First Olympic Team | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!

“Every time I felt like I was going to fall off, I said, ‘No, I’m not going to let it happen. Mentally I am way stronger than this…’ I talked to myself in the last minute. I said, ‘No. I am mentally …

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Kenny Bednarek On Qualifying For The US Olympic Team In The 100m & 200m; Facing Noah Lyles In Paris | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!

“After the 100, you could see I was really ticked off because I knew I should have won that and I lost it. But with the 200, there was a lot of upside and I was happy to see the performance because I…

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Freddie Crittenden On A Historic 110m Hurdles Final To Make His First Olympic Team While Unsponsored | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!

“It was a very, very low point and I feel like track wasn't loving me like I was loving it. I was ready to be done. Every athlete has their own story. Every athlete gets to a point where it's like, ‘…

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Galen Rupp Says He's Got Unfinished Business In The Marathon, Reflecting On The Best Races Of His Career | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!

“After the (2012) Olympics, it just was such a big boost because for so long you're scrapping and fighting. I was 5th, 6th, 7th in a lot of these races and I kept saying, ‘This is going to be the yea…

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TRIALS TALK DAY 10 FT. NIKKI HILTZ: SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE BREAKS HER OWN WR; NIKKI HILTZ LEADS 8 SUB-4:00 IN EPIC 1500M FINAL; RAI BENJAMIN FIRES WARNING SHOT; BRYCE HOPPEL GOES 1:42

Last one, fast one?!

The final day of the Olympic Trials was one for the history books. In every. single. event. that took place on the tracks yesterday afternoon, the Olympic Trials meet record was …

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TRIALS TALK DAY 9: WEINI KELATI, PARKER VALBY AND KARISSA SCHWEIZER MAKE THE 10K TEAM (EXPLAINED!); NOAH LYLES GOES 19.53; GABBY THOMAS RETAINS HER 200M CROWN

A fitting theme for the penultimate day of competition at the 2024 Olympic Trials: it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.

Just ask Monae’ Nichols, who sat in fourth place in the final of the long jump competi…

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