Sha’Carri to Race Amateurs in Track Return

The Milano Cortina Paralympic Winter Games is set to begin, but several debates have already emerged even before the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, a major update from track and field is that Sha’Carri Richardson is preparing to kick off her track season for the year. More on that below.

AROUND THE RINGS

TODAY’S POLL

As you read above, in the upcoming race, several amateur runners will start a few meters ahead of Sha’Carri Richardson, which could put the Olympic star under immediate pressure. These handicap starts follow specific rules designed to balance differences in speed and give every participant a fair chance. Now, tell us,

CLIP OF THE DAY

Since moving her training base to Texas, Dina Asher-Smith has revealed that she is "spending a lot more time in the gym," focusing on physical weaknesses she hadn’t prioritized over the past three years. And here’s a glimpse of that renewed focus in action.

DID YOU KNOW?

Yesterday, most of our readers correctly said it’s a fact that an athlete once jumped so far that the measuring device couldn’t capture the distance, forcing officials to use a steel tape instead. 

Well, that moment came when Bob Beamon set his iconic world record at the 1968 Summer Olympics with a leap of 8.90 meters. The jump was so extraordinary that the optical measuring system wasn’t long enough to record it, and officials had to bring out an old-school steel tape measure to confirm the distance. Remarkably, Beamon’s record stood unbroken for 23 years.

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