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Alysa Liu Takes Another Break

Publication by EssentiallySports | August 27, 2026 | Edition #683 |
Hey Athletic Fans,
Alysa Liu is stepping back off the ice again; this time on her own terms, and not for long. Elsewhere: another Olympic champion is defying a scary injury with a bold promise, while Michael Johnson has found himself in an awkward spot over money.
All that and more in today's edition of Essentially Athletics.


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Did Alysa Liu make the right decision by taking another break? |

Rayniah Jones ran to a meet record to win gold at the International Wiesław Maniak Memorial in Poland. Watch below 👇


On this day in 2004, Tim Mack out-duels training partner Toby Stevenson in a dramatic pole vault final. Both men missed their first two attempts at 5.95m before Mack alone cleared it on his third and final try to win Olympic gold.
It's an Olympic record height, capping a stunning turnaround for the 31-year-old, who'd barely made the US team by squeaking into the last qualifying spot at trials. Stevenson settles for silver, marking the second straight Olympics an American duo has swept the event's top two spots.
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