It’s been a fabulous blur, track & field. 😌 Really, a life-defining, irreplaceable, horizon-expanding, treasured blur. I’ll miss you.
Watch @WeltklasseZH on Peacock, tonight at 8:20pm local time. 6 more throws! 🥰
📸: @HowLao
There are too 👏many👏things👏happening👏at a track AND field meet to show call rooms on TV, ever. Put another camera at the hammer ring rather than underneath the stadium, plz.
Goodbye… or take the bye??
With a 64.98m throw, @karathrowsjav wins the javelin at the Diamond League final and secured a wild card entry into the 2023 World Championships.
If anything can talk her out of retiring… maybe a ticket to Budapest will do it?? 👀
At age 36, in her native Pacific Northwest, after two ACL surgeries, in her last season, in her last throw, in her last championships, @karathrowsjav won her first global medal.
The 4x Olympian is leaving sport fulfilled, with a community and impact that go beyond the field.
New role at #USATFOutdoors starts today!! Color commentator for field events + heptathlon on the main webcast feed on USATF.tv! Watch/listen: usatf.tv/gprofile.php?m… And you can also stream individual, full events! Find those links there, too.
I remember taking a photo with Michelle, Amanda, and Gia when we were all current AR holders and active athletes. This is an equal, wild moment. So proud to be a member of this group of amazing women.