Cole Hocker got gold, just not the one you expected. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was Sydney, Rai was Rai (half the time) and so was Noah Lyles? Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Niels Laros came up short and Geordie Beamish shocked the world while Melissa Jefferson Wooden is your new superstar. We break it all down and have some

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• Thread of Week: Wanyonyi, Nader, Beamish, Hocker. 2025 World Championships; A Kicker’s Paradise?


• From 1987 to 2022, African born men won 64 straight world finals between 1500 and 10,000. They won 0/4 this year. Why


• Sage Hurta Klecker 1:55 .89


• Biggest disappointment of World Champs


• Biggest winner of Worlds


• Biggest shock of World Champs


• What do Griffith Joyner, Koch, Kratochvílová, Wang, Joyner-Kersee have in common?


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  What's up with Geordie Beamish? No races since June 17th. Is he hurt again?

  
  


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• 00:00 AGZ - The nighttime melatonin free drink for restorative sleep (Sponsored)


• 00:19 NBC audio of Cole Hocker


• 00:58 Start


• 03:35 Big Picture Reflections on World Championships


• 06:59 Biggest Winners and Losers


• 11:30 Championship races are very different


• 17:14 Western dominance in men's distance running?


• 23:35 American runners "on drugs"


• 28:08 Nikki Hiltz 5th


• 30:26 Sage Hurta-Klecker 5th


• 38:11 Men's 1500 Meters Discussion


• 38:43 Laros & Jakob 45:03 Voicemail on pacing


• 48:18 Amazing thread on Cole Hocker's, Isaac Nader's and Geordie Beamish's kicks


• 53:04 Josh Kerr's Injury and Praise for Jake Weightman


• 56:05 Fake Josh Kerr audio 58:45 Jake MF Weightman


• 01:00:04 2028 01:05:18 What if Donavan Brazier...


• 01:08:58 What if Beatrice Chebet...


• 01:10:50 MVP...


• 01:14:48 DQs need to settled quickly


• 01:15:38 Rai Benjamin's late night before 4x4 final


• 01:21:30 Hottest take.. Noah Lyles will...


• 01:24:51 Remembering Magic Monday


• 01:28:59 Supporters Club Josh Kerr audio

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