It will be an exciting weekend for running fans. On Sunday, in Spain, the town of Zegama will see the return of Kilian Jornet in his emblematic mountain marathon and a day before, on Saturday, May 25, the best track athletes will compete at the Hayward Field stadium in Eugene (United States ). in a new edition of Prefontaine Classic.
The annual meeting in athletics features a program with twenty-four events, of which fourteen award Diamond League points. The most anticipated of all is the mile race, in which the Norwegian is the main favorite Jakob Ingebrigtsenwho returned to compete after eight months.
His last performance was certainly in this event, which in September 2023 hosted the final of the Diamond League, where the Norwegian won the one mile and 3,000m races twice, both with European records.
But their opposition will be fierce, because this Saturday at the Bowerman Mile their last two executioners at the World Championships will be there: the British Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman. Kerr beat Ingebrigtsen in the 1,500m in Budapest to become world champion, and Wightman did the same last year in Oregon, denying the Norwegian the world title in the 1,500m.
The American will also come Jared Nuguse, world runner-up in the 3,000m short track and has a personal best in the mile of 3:43.97 (US record). The Spanish Mario Garciathe owner of the national mile record with 3:47.69, will also be part of the race.
Other notable Prefontaine Classic tests
The 100m dash They will offer a first-class show for both men and women. The men’s race will have an American three-time world champion Christian Colemanto the Kenyan record holder Ferdinand Omanya and the Jamaican 60m indoor world champion Akeem Blakewhile among women there will be a world champion Sha’Carri Richardson against the multiple Ivorian champions Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith.
Naa Men’s 200m There will be a high-voltage duel between the American world runner-up Errion Knighton and the great figure of Botswana speed Letsile Tebogo.
The women’s 1,500m They will feature some of the best distance athletes in the world, including Ethiopian Diribe Weltejisecond in the world ranking, who will face the British Laura Muir, Olympic runner-up and owner of many national records. The Americans will come too Elle St. Pierre -world champion of 3,000m indoor- and Nikki Hiltz -1,500m world runner-up- with the Australian Jessica Hull Four-time national champion and holder of six national records at distances ranging from 1,500m indoor to 5,000m.
The breed of 110m hurdles It is also electrifying in the presence of the peerless Grant Hollowaywho has not lost a race since September 2023, when he was second behind the Jamaican Hansle Parchmentanother on the starting line.
Men’s and women’s events 10,000m They won’t score for the Diamond League, but they will serve to define the The Kenyan team for the Paris Olympics and they will have the best African country representatives by far.
Prefontaine Classic schedule
Saturday, May 25 (Spain time)
- 19:40 – 400m Wheelchairs mixed
- 19:50 – 10,000m Women
- 20:30 – 100m – Mixed wheelchair
- 20:35 – Hammer Women
- 20:37 – 1500m Boys
- 20:47 – 1500m Women
- 21:05 – 10,000m Men
- 21:45 – 100m Adaptive Athletics Men
- 21:50 – Women’s Disco
- 21:52 – 100m Adaptive Athletics Women
- 21:55 – Women’s Pole
- 22:04 – 400m hurdles Men
- 22:12 – 100m Men
- 22:15 – Triple jump Women
- 22:18 – 5000m Women
- 22:41 – 100m hurdles Women
- 22:50 – 110m hurdles Men
- 22:57 – 1500m Women
- 23:09 – 3000m hurdles Women
- 23:12 – Men’s Weight
- 23:27 – 200m Men
- 23:34 – 800m Women
- 23:42 – 100m Women
- 23:52 – Milla Bowerman Men
Source: La Verdad
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