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US Track Icon Confirms Last Career Race

Publication by EssentiallySports | September 12, 2026 | Edition #707 |
Hey Athletic Fans,
One of America's greatest track stars is about to run for the very last time. She's confirmed that this weekend's World Ultimate Championships in Budapest will be the final race of her legendary career, closing out one of the sport's most decorated chapters on the biggest stage available.
Elsewhere, a US Olympic champion comes face-to-face with the rival who once called him a "loser" and Usain Bolt gives his honest take on the inaugural Ultimate Championships.
All that and more in tonight's edition of Essentially Athletics.


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Will Dalilah Muhammad win the inaugural World Ultimate title before retiring? |

Mondo Duplantis closed out Day 1 in style, clearing 6.20m to claim the inaugural World Ultimate pole vault title before narrowly missing three attempts at 6.32m, which would have been his 16th world record. Watch below 👇


On this day in 1964, Ralph Boston sets his fourth long jump world record, soaring 8.34m at the US Olympic Trials. He reclaims the mark from Soviet rival Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, whom he'd tied just a month earlier.
It caps a string of records stretching back to 1960, when he became the first man ever to break the 27-foot barrier.
The record proves oddly bittersweet as weeks later at the Tokyo Olympics, Boston is upset for gold by Britain's Lynn Davies. He settles for silver despite entering as the longest jumper alive.
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