Michael Johnson, the Olympic legend joins us on the anniversary of his 19.32 200m world record Olympic gold medal run from the 1996 Olympics to talk all things track and field at the 66:49 mark. What event is he most excited about (hint: Sha’Carri Richardson is in it), what does he think of Syndey McLaughlin-Levrone and Noah Lyles and why isn’t track more popular in the US?
Prior to Michael joining us, we break down Sean Brosnan being ousted at UCLA, the Olympic Marathon Trials being held at noon in Orlando, Pete Bol being cleared, 18-year-old Issam Asinga running 9.89 and discuss which athlete we most want to know is clean or dirty?
Show notes below.
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Show notes:
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01:31 Start
04:19 Sean Brosnan OUT at UCLA after one year *Thread)
15:14 Post of Week)
15:47 Fair or foul? Olympic Trials Marathon to be at noon in Orlando *link)
29:01 Thread of Week: You’re granted a one-time use magical power to know with 100% certainty if a T&F athlete used any PEDs. Who would you choose?)
40:18 Peter Bol cleared of testing positive for EPO
50:09 Issam Asinga 9.89 100m World U20 and US high school record
56:15 Great 1500 at Spanish Champs)
01:00:48 Good news for Nuguse?
01:06:49 Michael Johnson Guest
01:08:28 27th anniversary of 19.32 200m WR Olympic gold run
01:20:35 The gold shoes
01:24:29 Michael on 2023 sprinters
01:29:49 Michael on Sydney
01:35:03 Michael on Men’s 400 and Wayde van Niekerk and Steven Gardiner
01:41:46 Michael on men’s 200
01:46:13 Will Noah Lyles ever win an Olympic gold medal? Is Rojo crazy?
01:51:40 Michael defends Noah
01:55:18 Why is track more popular in the UK than US?
02:00:26 What’s Michael Johnson the person doing day to day?
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