The Athlos Track Meet in New York City redefined track and field by combining elite performances with entertainment elements like a live DJ, VIP seating, and a Megan Thee Stallion concert. It was a track meet unlike anything fans have ever seen, but is this approach sustainable for pro track and field?

Michael Johnson’s upcoming Grand Slam Track League aims to revolutionize professional track and field by offering higher prize money, focusing on rivalries, and engaging casual fans. With key athletes like Noah Lyles undecided, the league faces challenges but has the potential to reshape the sport’s future beyond the Olympics.

Mondo Duplantis, the world’s greatest pole vaulter, dominates due to his unmatched sprinting speed. Although he chose to focus on pole vaulting, his sprinting ability suggests he could have been one of the world’s top sprinters if he had pursued it.

Femke Bol has dominated the 400-meter hurdles, winning four consecutive Diamond League titles and multiple relay golds. However, an individual Olympic gold still eludes her. But her legacy should be unquestioned, even if she never wins Olympic gold.

Track and field shines during the Olympics but lacks visibility outside the Games. To keep the sport thriving, it needs better promotion and year-round engagement.

The only way to find an opponent for Bolt that is worthy of consideration, is to look outside of track and field entirely. LeBron James is the closest thing that exists in the modern era, and should be good enough to give Bolt a run for his money.

In 2021 at the Olympic 100 meter final Ronnie Baker was on the track. That makes him not just one of the fastest men in America, but one of the fastest men in the world.

In 2023 Talitha Diggs made team USA again, but ironically shw was actually supposed to be this good. She is the daughter of a 4 time Olympian, and the niece to another.

in 2016 Jarrion Lawson scored enough points to finish sixth in the entire NCAA, all by himself.

Hannah Cunliffe was an NCAA champion who suddenly disappeared from the track. Her career was plagued by injuries, so she never truly got a chance to realize her full potential. But she is still on the track even in 2023.

Jenna Prandini is a forgotten superstar who has been running professionally for quite some time now. But she always figures out how to make her presence felt on the track, because she’s been winning sprint races for a very long time.

Who are really the world’s fastest men. The only way to find out is with 1 virtual race on one track, controlling for as many variables as we possibly can. All so we can get a legitimate answer on where everyone ranks among the best in history.

Taylor McLaughlin was a track and field phenom, who was already one of America’s best young talents, even without his sister stealing all of the headlines. But the shadow that Sydney’s success has cast over him, keeps us from realizing just how good he really is.

2023 was Abby Steiner’s first full year of competition as a pro, and she was expected to compete world title in her signature event. But normally your first full year as a pro in track and field almost always doesn’t go according to plan.

Team USA wins more Olympic medals than anyone else in the world, by a wide margin, every single year since 2000. Which means that its athletes should be able to support a league that entertains fans.

How much money do pro track athletes actually make? The answer is much less money than almost any other athlete in professional sports. That is even if you are the best in the entire world like Noah Lyles.

In 2023 Marybeth Sant-Price was there in the 100 meter heats at the USA championships. It was a full decade after she led the entire nation in high school for that same event. And proof that she is still one of America’s best women’s sprinters.

The only thing left For Grant Holloway to accomplish is to win the Olympics in the 110 hurdles, and break the World Record when he does it. He’s already arguably the greatest hurdler of all time, but if he pulls that off, we can take that word arguably out of the sentence.