Olympic Horse Meets Tragic End

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October 12, 2026 | Edition #766

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A 17-year-old British rider’s dream of representing her country was shattered after a collision on a country lane. The horse she’d poured everything into didn’t survive, and she’s now speaking out about what she wants to change.

In other news, Olympic hero Alysa Liu has finally explained why she decided to skip the 2027 season.

All that and more in today’s edition of Essentially Athletics.






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Gaspard Cothias-Faure gave up a win he knew he hadn’t earned at the Voies Royales de Saint-Denis 10K, easing off when Abubakr Abdallah took a wrong turn on the final bend and letting him reclaim the lead to win by a single second. Watch below 👇


On this day in 1925, Albert “Whitey” Michelsen runs 2:29:01 at the inaugural Port Chester Marathon in New York, becoming the first man ever to break 2:30 for the distance.

The race runs from Manhattan to Westchester County, and the course has since been questioned, with some statisticians estimating it was closer to 40km than a full marathon.

Even so, the mark stood for ten years until Japan’s Fusashige Suzuki broke it in 1935. Michelsen goes on to run two Olympic marathons, finishing ninth in 1928 and seventh in 1932.


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