Chiles Undecided on LA Olympics

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August 13, 2026 | Edition #668

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Jordan Chiles is still on the fence about LA 2028, and the wait is getting harder to ignore now that three of her Paris teammates have already made their move. Elsewhere, Michael Phelps watched from the stands as a 20-year-old record he's held since before some of today's swimmers were born finally fell to the next generation. One decision still pending, one record officially retired and more inside today’s edition of Essentially Athletics.






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Kate Douglass delivers when it matters most, anchoring Team USA to a World Record finish at the Pan Pacific Championships. Watch below 👇


On August 13, 1987, Jackie Joyner-Kersee tied the women's long jump world record at 7.45m in Dresden, matching the mark held by East Germany's Heike Drechsler. It came in the same golden stretch that saw her win her first World Championship heptathlon title weeks later in Rome, cementing her rise as one of the greatest all-around athletes in track and field history.


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