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Publication by EssentiallySports | September 19, 2026 | Edition #721 |
Hey Athletic Fans,
Simone Biles just finished building her dream home in Texas. Now she's planning to leave it behind for football season. The Olympic champion is preparing to relocate to Indianapolis to be closer to her husband, a decision that carries extra weight after a scary health scare earlier this year.
Also today, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden is walking back comments that didn't sit well with Jamaican track fans, issuing a public apology after appearing to shade some of the sport's biggest legends.
All that and more in today’s edition of Essentially Athletics.
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Marileidy Paulino had to fight for every inch of it, hauling in Norway's Henriette Jæger in the closing metres to win the 400m at Athlos London in a meeting-record 48.73 — extending her unbeaten 2026 season, while Jæger's 48.78 made her the fastest European over the distance in three decades. Watch below 👇
On this day in 1988, Duncan Armstrong pulled off one of swimming's great upsets at the Seoul Olympics.
Drafting off Matt Biondi's wake, he surges past both Biondi and Sweden's Anders Holmertz in the final five metres to win 200m freestyle gold in a world record 1:47.25. It's a stunning result for a swimmer ranked 46th in the world coming into the Games, up against a field stacked with the event's past and reigning world record holders.
Holmertz settles for silver and Biondi fades to bronze, as Armstrong hands Australia its first gold of the Seoul Olympics
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