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Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How to watch 2025 Prefontaine Classic on TV, streaming
This weekend is the 50th Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. It is one of the premier track and field meets on the calendar each season, attracting top talent from all over the world. Prefontaine was, and arguably still is, the most famous American distance runner ever. Advertisement His brash attitude, aggressive racing style and willingness to push his body to the absolute edge made him a favorite among fans and runners themselves. 'Stop Pre' shirts became a common sight around Hayward Field in the 1970s. And it's why you still see 'Stop Pre' shirts to this day. At the University of Oregon, Prefontaine won seven NCAA titles in cross-country and track and field and used to hold every American record from the 2,000 to the 10,000 meters. Prefontaine died in a car crash at 24. At his memorial service, Prefontaine was remembered by longtime writer and fellow Oregon Ducks track athlete Kenny Moore, via (Prefontaine) conceived of his sport as a service, in the way an artist serves. Without that, he would never have given us all the records. They were out beyond winning or losing, which a runner does for himself. They came from those furious minutes near the end of a race when his relentlessness and our excitement blended into a joyous thunder. All of us who now say, 'I had no idea how much this man meant to me,' do so because we didn't realize how much we meant to him. He was our glory, and we his.' Advertisement What is the Pre Classic? Fifty years ago, May 30, 1975, tragedy struck the track and field world when Prefontaine was killed in a car crash in the hills of Eugene, Oregon, not far from where Prefontaine became a college star and only days before he was set to compete in a meet. In the days after his death, the scheduled track meet — originally called the Hayward Restoration Meet, to raise money for the deteriorating stadium at the time — was re-branded in his honor and called the 'Prefontaine Classic.' Since then, Hayward Field has morphed into one of the more iconic track and field stadiums in the world, while the meet has become one of the more competitive in the sport. Advertisement When is the Pre Classic? The Pre Classic is on Saturday, July 5, from 10 a.m. MST to 3 p.m. MST. The men's hammer throw is the first event of the meet. For a full schedule of events, click here. How do I watch the Pre Classic? The first half of the meet will be streaming on from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. MST. Then, the second half of the meet will be broadcast on NBC and streamed on Peacock from 1-3 p.m. MST. For international viewers, here is how to find out where to watch the Pre Classic. The meet will also be streamed live on the Wanda Diamond League YouTube channel for those not listed in the international broadcast. Advertisement Logan Stanley is a sports reporter with The Arizona Republic who primarily focuses on high school, college and Olympic sports. To suggest ideas for human-interest stories and other news, reach out to Stanley at or 707-293-7650. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter: @LSscribe. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: How to watch 2025 Prefontaine Classic
News.com.au
16-06-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Nicola Olyslagers and Linden Hall produce winning form ahead of World Athletics Championships
High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and distance runner Linden Hall are hitting top form ahead of September's World Athletics Championships following wins at the Stockholm Diamond League meet. Two-time Olympic silver medallist Olyslagers soared to a season-equalling 2.01m to beat Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh (1.99m) 'The competition was great,' Olyslagers said after beating Mahuchikh, who won gold in the event at last year's Paris Olympics. 'It was the first time I've skipped so many heights. I skipped 1.97 (metres) to go to 1.99, and it required me to be bold. 'I was a bit afraid in doing it but I had the faith to keep going. This victory has taught me a lot about myself and that the best is still to come. 'I got injured here last year and it took courage to come back and go 'no, this is a great competition', so to win was to win over my fears, so it was a really great day.' Olyslagers' fellow Australian Eleanor Patterson bowed out at 1.95m to finish equal fourth. Meanwhile, Victorian Hall ran an impressive final lap in the women's 3000m to beat Uganda's Sarah Chelangat in a personal best time of 8:30.01 and claim a Diamond League win for the first time. 'I ran a big 5km PB recently, so I was hoping that would translate into a good 3km,' Hall said. 'I didn't feel too good in the early stages of the race but luckily, I came good at the end. 'I did a lot of the work mostly by myself in the last kilometre, so it was really encouraging to get a five-second personal best. 'It's been a good season so far and a nice confidence booster.' Other strong performances from Australians included a silver-medal effort from pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall, who cleared 5.90m to claim second behind Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis, who sett a new world record of 6.28m. Bronze medals went to Ky Robinson, who produced a personal best of 12:58.38 in the 5000m, and his fellow Queenslander Matthew Denny, who placed third in the discus with a throw of 68.14m.
BBC News
01-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Scottish distance runner Stewart dies aged 81
Scottish distance runner Lachie Stewart has died aged won 10,000m gold for Scotland at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and represented Great Britain at the 1972 Munich Joseph Laughlin Stewart in Alexandria in 1943, he worked as a dental was inducted to Scottish Athletics' hall of fame in 2018 and the organisation said: "Everyone at scottishathletics and within our community sends our thoughts at this sad time to Lachie's family and his many friends across the sport."In 2020, at age 77, he had the lower half of his leg amputated after complications with diabetes."I had an ulcer between my second and third toe and it didn't seem to heal too well," he told BBC Scotland at the time."It quickly went from that to the doctor saying I can either live with the pain, which was unbelievable, or we can amputate below the knee. I said to him right away to just take the bottom of the leg off because I just couldn't stand the pain."Sport makes you more determined. I don't have any hang-ups about losing the leg."
Wall Street Journal
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘The Front Runner' Review: Steve Prefontaine, Racing Through Life
Track and field shimmers with names that transcend the sport—Jesse Owens, Florence Griffith Joyner, Usain Bolt. But perhaps no name carries the power and poignancy of Steve Prefontaine, the gritty, charismatic distance runner from Oregon whose life ended in a car crash in 1975. Only 24 at the time, he was already a celebrity—a brash media star whose career presaged the commercial-endorsement boom for sports figures, a rebel who decried the exploitation of amateur athletes, a leg-churning whippet whose desperate exertions thrilled the roaring crowds. By conventional standards, Prefontaine would not be considered among the greats; he holds no world records and won no Olympic medals. But scrutiny of his life, in books and film, highlights how unconventional he was—a point reinforced in Brendan O'Meara's well-crafted 'The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine.' Sidestepping the deification of his subject, Mr. O'Meara humanizes Prefontaine in his vexing contradictions, buoyant spirit and brutal competitiveness.
RNZ News
29-05-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
NZ Sporting History: Adrian Blincoe
history sport 2:25 pm today For today's sporting history, Perlina talked to Adrian Blincoe who was a distance runner who represented New Zealand at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also held the New Zealand record for the 5000m for 15 years.
