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Day four of track and field at the Paris Olympics delivered! From Mondo Duplantis resetting his own world record (yet again) to the chaos of Faith Kipygeon being disqualified and later reinstated as the women’s 5000m silver medallist, today was a memorable one. In tonight’s edition of Torch Talk, we dive into all of the highlights from another action-packed day…

– Mondo Duplantis broke the pole vault world record for the ninth time in his career en route to winning his second straight Olympic gold in the event. Sam Kendricks took silver after clearing 5.95m, and Emmanouil Karalis finished in bronze with 5.90m.

– Beatrice Chebet took home Olympic gold in a chaotic women’s 5000m race in 14:28.56. After originally being DQed, Chebet’s countrywoman Faith Kipyegon took silver and Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan won bronze in the first of her three finals at these Games.

– Keely Hodgkinson won the women's 800m crown with her time of 1:56.72. She is the 3rd British woman to claim this title. 2023 World Champion Mary Moraa took bronze, and Tsige Duguma won Ethiopia's first ever Olympic 800m medal with her silver.

–Valarie Allman won her second straight Olympic gold in the women's discus with a best mark of 69.50m. Allman is one of only three women in history to successfully defend her Olympic title in this event. Bin Feng of China took silver and Sandra Elkasevic of Croatia took bronze. 

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Chris Chavez and Katelyn Hutchison hosted the first-ever Pre Pre Show, the official pregame show of the 2023 Prefontaine Classic in partnership with TrackTown USA. The meet also doubled as the Diamond League Final.

We chat briefly about our favorite moments from the 2023 regular season and world championships, preview the events we were looking forward to the most and then we're joined by some accomplished guests.

Guests include:

• Kara Winger, 2022 World Championship silver medalist and Diamond League champion in the javelin

• Sam Kendricks, 2x World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist in the pole vault

• KC Lightfoot, U.S. record holder and Olympian in the pole vault

• Nicola Olyslagers, Olympic silver medalist and 2023 World Championship bronze medalist in the high jump

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Chris Chavez, Kyle Merber, Katelyn Hutchison and Dana Giordano recap the third day of the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships LIVE from Eugene, Oregon.

Some of the highlights of the day include:

– – Nikki Hiltz and Yared Nuguse winning the 1500m

– Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran the second-fastest 400m in U.S. history in the 400m race with a time of 48.74 seconds.

– Sha'Carri Richardson ran an impressive 21.61 in the first round of the 200m – although the tailwind exceeded the allowable limit for record purposes, it matched the sixth-fastest time in history under all conditions.

– Nia Ali, a 34-year-old athlete and mother, won the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.37 seconds, her best time in four years.

– Field events saw surprises with Sam Kendricks and KC Lightoot tying for fourth place in the pole vault, and world champion Chase Ealey finishing fourth in the shot put.

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We combine episodes #102 and #107 into one long MEGAPOD to celebrate Jeff Hartwig's birthday.  Today you'll hear from Jeff from how he got started in the pole vault event, how he navigated his HS, Junior College, and DI career as well as the heartache and accolades that took him to two Olympic Games in four Olympic Trials! Part two we discuss what Jeff does now after his athletic career including being a track and field agent, teammate at Gill Athletics, coach, and more.

Surprise! We also get a guest appearance from non other than Sam Kendricks!

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The kids are alright! The evening session of day 5 did not disappoint with a jam-packed schedule that included four finals. This episode, Chris, Kyle and Dana unpack a near world record by Mondo Duplantis who finally wins gold, 19-year-olds racing to 800-meter perfection in Athing Mu and Keely Hodgkinson and the golden 100/200 double by Elaine Thompson-Herah. 

The evening session back in the United States featured a long-awaited clash between Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad as a rematch of the U.S. Olympic Trials.

More things discussed include:

- Never dount the championship mindset of Anita Wlodarczyk

- Why Joe Kovacs made Chris sweat a little bit in the first round of the men's shot put

- We need to figure out Ivy league school has the most Olympic track medals?

– How good did all three American men in the 200-meter semifinal look

– Major takeaways from the first round of the men's 5,000 meters 

– Why we need to watch Chris Nielsen vs. Sam Kendricks for years to come

– Athing Mu is already talking about world records and doubling at the 2024 Olympics in Paris 

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TUNE IN AND LISTEN TO TORCH TALK WITH CHRIS, KYLE AND DANA. Our daily podcast covering the Olympics is presented by Hayward Magic.

Hayward Magic is a really unique and fresh editorial channel on IG that captures the magic and intensity of track & field.  Their mantra is #makeittohayward because Hayward is not just a place. It’s a state of mind. It's where guts meet magic. All athletes, fans and feats of guts welcome! @HaywardMagic on Instagram.

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The first track and field medals of the Tokyo Olympics were decided with Selemon Barega winning gold in the men's 10,000 meters to put Ethiopia back on top of the event for the first time since Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie's reign. Uganda took silver and bronze with Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo deploying team tactics but not quite following the plan. Grant Fisher may be a 10K guy, as much as he may not like that, after taking fifth to earn the top American honors. Plus, what was the gutsiest performance of the day that came out of this race? Find out. 

Also discussed in this episode:

– The women's 400m hurdles is set for a major clash of the titans again with smooth showings by Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad and Femke Bol

– Why the women's 5,000 meter final may end up being historically fast with Kenya and Ethiopia fielding their stars vs. Sifan Hassan

– How hard will it be for the U.S. to come away with more than one medal in the 100m hurdles after a sweep in 2016?

– No more sleeping on Clayton Murphy as the U.S. puts three men in the final but what's this mean for Nijel Amos?

– Big Throws love to Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey

– Examining the Blessing Okagbare positive test for HGH and the subsequent suspension mid-Games

– Kudos for Matt Ludwig making it to Tokyo to replace Sam Kendricks

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TUNE IN AND LISTEN TO TORCH TALK WITH CHRIS, KYLE AND DANA. Our daily podcast covering the Olympics is presented by Hayward Magic.

Hayward Magic is a really unique and fresh editorial channel on IG that captures the magic and intensity of track & field.  Their mantra is #makeittohayward because Hayward is not just a place. It’s a state of mind. It's where guts meet magic. All athletes, fans and feats of guts welcome! @HaywardMagic on Instagram.

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If you haven't listened to part 1 (Episode 102 back on May 10th) do yourself a favor and listen to that first. Then join us for today's episode where we pick up and meet Jeff Hartwig the track agent/manager, Gill Athletics' Pacer Brand Ambassador, high school pole vault coach, and USATF volunteer.

Thankful for Jeff joining us to talk us through what the life of an agent looks like and we get a guest appearance by Team USA Olympian Sam Kendricks. You won't want to miss Sam on the podcast!