This Week In Track & Field: Rabat Diamond League Takeaways + Rome & Stockholm Preview As Keely Hodgkinson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden And Noah Lyles Are In Action

About this episode

Preet Majithia provides a recap of the Rabat Diamond League and previews upcoming events in Rome and Stockholm.

Solo episode from Rome as Preet Majithia steps in while Chris Chavez finishes his book on deadline. Preet covers Götzis, a full Rabat Diamond League recap, a Rome preview from press conference day, and a Stockholm preview for the following Sunday. Discussed in this episode: Rabat Diamond League recap: - Tina Clayton wins the women’s 100m in 10.85 - Cambria Sturgis surprises with a win in 22.21 - Audrey Werro wins in 1:56.56 by running ran away from 2024 world indoor champion and Olympic silver medalist Tsigie Duguma and Tokyo world champion Lilian Odira - Kenny Bednarek's 19.69 shows consistent, impressive early-season form; Jacory Patterson wins the 400m in 44.11 - Max Burgin wins the men’s 800m impressively off the front as Emmanuel Wanyonyi inexplicably falls asleep around 350m to go - Yared Nuguse wins in 3:30.35 for the best race of the meet + More, including Soufiane El Bakkali winning at home in 7:57.25 as Frederick Ruppert of Germany runs 7:57.8 for second place. - Rome Diamond League preview: Dalilah Muhammad races the 400m hurdles (not retired); Keely Hodgkinson runs an open 400m; Julien Alfred vs. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden in the women’s 200m — the matchup we didn’t get…

People in this episode

Host: Preet Majithia

Topics covered

• Diamond League recap
• Track and field previews
• Athlete performances
• Upcoming races
• Running events

Keywords

• Rabat Diamond League
• Rome Diamond League
• Stockholm Diamond League
• Keely Hodgkinson
• Noah Lyles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rabat Diamond League, Rome Diamond League, Stockholm Diamond League

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