1. Will this be the championship meet in which Brianne Theisen-Eaton breaks through to earn her first world gold? In what is for all intents and purposes a home meet for her, Theisen-Eaton will be seeking to overcome the sting of three straight silvers at world meets since the London Olympics in 2012. Her personal best … Read moreFIVE SUBPLOTS TO WATCH: FRIDAY EVENING SESSION
An invitation to compete at a world championship meet is a special thing, even for the top athletes in the world. Imagine then how a high school 4 x 400 relay team feels after receiving such an invite for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016. Thirty-six prep relay teams from Oregon, Washington and Idaho … Read moreA MAGICAL EXPERIENCE FOR LOCAL YOUTH ATHLETES
Through Twitter, 100-meter world champion Kim Collins (@kimcollins100m) introduces himself this way, “11-time world championship entrant indoor and outdoor with 7 medals. 5 Olympic games and I.A.A.F level 2 Coach.” Official statistics is just bare language of facts but sometimes it could be merciless. In case of Kim Collins, it says that experienced sprinter from … Read moreEXPERIENCE AND YOUTH: KIM COLLINS AND SHINEBAYAR DAMDINCHIMEG
1. Can anyone challenge Dafne Schippers in the 60 meters? Since shifting her focus from the heptathlon to the sprints, Dafne Schippers has established herself as a force to be reckoned with. The 23-year-old Dutch sensation was second in the 100 meters and won the 200 meters in last summer’s World Outdoor Championship in Beijing. … Read moreFIVE SUBPLOTS TO WATCH: DAY THREE
Organizers of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 gave masters runners a chance to shine on the big stage during the Saturday morning session. They took full advantage of the opportunity, bringing the large crowd to its collective feet with two outstanding 800 meter races. The women aged 55-and-up were up first and current … Read moreMASTERS RACES OFFER STIRRING COMPETITION AT WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Q: What are the key differences between working with Chinese athletes and American athletes? A: Well, language obviously. I don’t speak Mandarin. I’m not good with languages. So the nuances, the little things you can teach an American athlete, the cues, you can’t do it. You have to find other ways of doing it …. … Read moreLEGENDARY U.S. COACH TALKS ABOUT TRAINING CHINESE HORIZONTAL JUMPERS
1. Will the hometown crowd help Matthew Centrowitz win his first gold medal? Centro won bronze and silver in the 2011 and 2013 World Outdoor Championships, and there could be no better setting to win his first world gold than Portland, where he has lived and trained for the past four years. A capacity crowd … Read moreFIVE SUBPLOTS TO WATCH: DAY FOUR
FINAL RESULTS EUGENE, Ore. – Within the first few bars of “O Canada,” the national anthem of our neighbors to the north, Brianne Theisen-Eaton could no longer contain her emotions, and tears of joy came flowing down her cheeks. It was her golden moment. Just two hours earlier, Theisen-Eaton had won her first gold medal on … Read moreWORLD INDOORS DELIVERS GREAT SHOW, OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
If you remember last indoor season, female high jumpers weren’t able to overcome the two-meter mark before a major. The same happened in the year of 2001. That winter, Sydney Olympic Games bronze medallist and European Indoor Champion Kajsa Bergqvist of Sweden came to WIC in Lisbon cleared 1.99m for the World Lead in Stockholm … Read moreSWEDEN’S KAJSA BERGQVIST SPEAKS TO TODAY’S WOMEN’S HIGH JUMP