Bahamas
The XXXII Olympic Games - 400 Metres
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The XXXI Olympic Games - 4x400 Metres Relay
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IAAF World Championships in Athletics - 400 Metres
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Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber break down all of the sprints races taking place at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest from Aug. 19-27.
Here’s the full broadcast schedule and how to watch. | A full schedule of events in Eastern Time can be found here.
Here are the biggest questions around each respective event:
Women’s 100m: The best event of the world championships?
Men’s 100m: How healthy is Fred Kerley? Could Marcell Jacobs steal it again? Wide open?
Women’s 200m: Shericka Jackson vs. Gabby Thomas will surely be epic
Men’s 200m: How fast will Noah Lyles go? World record?
Men’s 400m: Who has the better comeback story: Steven Gardiner or Wayde Van Niekerk? Or Michael Norman?
Women’s 400m: Now that Sydney is out, is this Marileidy Paulino’s to lose?
Women’s 400m Hurdles: Femke Bol’s golden moment awaits
Men’s 400m Hurdles: Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin Round II
Women’s 100m Hurdles: What will the AIU decide on Tobi Amusan and what’s that mean for everyone else?
Men’s 100m Hurdles: Grant Holloway goes for the threepeat
CITIUS MAG’s Coverage
CITIUS MAG LIVE AT WORLDS: Our hit show from last year is back! The way we described it was “think of the TODAY Show but for track and field die-hard fans” and it delivered, featuring interviews with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Rai Benjamin, Michael Johnson, Seb Coe, Hellen Obiri, Malcolm Gladwell and many more notable friends. And this time around should be no different – every day of the World Championships, we will be inviting athletes, coaches and fellow media personalities to sit back and chat with Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber.
CHAMPS CHATS ON THE CITIUS MAG PODCAST DAILY: The CITIUS MAG team of Chris, Kyle, David McCarthy, Jasmine Todd and Katelyn Hutchison will unpack all of the day’s biggest surprises and offer up their insights and analysis from being at the new National Athletics Centre and interviewing athletes each day. The podcast recording will be streamed on YouTube at the end of every day and will be also available on The CITIUS MAG Podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to shows.
MORNING RUNS: If you’re in Budapest, there will be two chances to catch some miles with the CITIUS MAG team in partnership with ASICS: one on Aug. 21 and another on Aug. 24. We’ll have giveaways, coffee and treats for people who are in town. The runs will start at 8 a.m. from ASICS House at Erzsébet tér, 1051 Budapest.
DAILY CITIUS MAG NEWSLETTER: David Melly will recap all of the biggest moments, highlighting his must-watch athletes and events for each day while also pulling together some of our best content, photos and social moments that the CITIUS MAG team captures. You can sign up for the newsletter here.
CITIUS MAG's coverage of the 2023 World Athletics Championships is powered by ASICS.
Happy Friday! This is the fifth edition of Track Snacks – a mini-series taking you into the weekend where Chris Chavez and a fellow CITIUS MAG staffer share the story of an athlete who they're excited about right now that you can expect to see compete at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 (July 15–24, 2022).
For this episode, Mac Fleet (CITIUS MAG's video specialist) joins me to chat about Bahamian sprinting and its current stars. Shaunae Miller-Uibo is the reigning Olympic champion in the 400m. Steven Gardiner is the reigning Olympic champion in the 400m and has not lost a race since earning silver at the 2017 World Championships. Both sprinters have been working on their one-lap craft for a decade and now they're the best in the world. In Tokyo, Miller-Uibo became the first woman since Marie-José Pérec in the 90s to win back-to-back Olympic 400m gold medals. Gardiner became the first man from the Bahamas to win Olympic gold in the 400m.
In total, the Bahamas has won 25 medals – 8 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze. That’s more than the 16 medals they have at the Olympics across all sports. At the Games, they’re always in the mix for a relay medal. They have six medals in the 4x100 and 4x400 combined. This country loves its sprints and we love a country that loves track and field.
Track Snacks is presented by Hayward Magic. Everyone knows how much all of us in the CITIUS MAG family love track & field, and how much we enjoy sharing that love with you all. Well, we’ve got a few big love-sharing ideas in the works and it all takes place in Eugene, Oregon this summer. Hayward Field will be the home to the Prefontaine Classic, the USATF Outdoor Championships and the World Athletics Championships. We'll be there and you should be too. Visit https://citiusmag.com/summerofhayward/ for all the information on dates and tickets.
Track Snacks is sponsored by @HaywardMagic, the Instagram home for the true track & field diehards, dreamers and fans. Sharing the magic of the sport and elevating the athletes that push it forward. Follow them on Instagram @HaywardMagic.
Intro music: "Believe In Yourself" by Norm Cotone
