The Americans won nine medals on home turf on Sunday at the world championships, despite a blip in the 110m hurdles final
“Track and field is so difficult because you train the whole year for one competition that lasts 12, 13 seconds and that’s that,” said the 27-year-old, whose training camp with the Eagles starts on 26 July. “I’ll learn from it and I’ll make sure I just react not as fast next time.”
Around the same time, the US shot putters wrapped up a podium sweep with two-time Olympic champion Ryan Crouser taking gold, Joe Kovacs earning silver and Josh Awotunde finishing with bronze.. It got Crouser thinking of what was possible in his event. With their big-medal haul on Sunday, the Americans now have six golds and 14 total medals. The next most is three medals each by Ethiopia, Poland, China and Jamaica,“It says how amazing it is being on home soil and at Hayward Field,” Nageotte said of the show turned in by the Americans. “‘Hayward Magic’ is real ... Just seeing how many people were qualifying for semis, and then for finals, and then medaling, you watch it and it’s inspiring.
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