The adidas Atlanta City Games is a phenomenal event. adidas has invested in street track meets for nearly a decade. First, they launched in Boston in 2016, and then, after the pandemic, they moved the meet to Atlanta and worked with their partner, Atlanta Track Club. Managed by Global Athletics, this event celebrates the finest track athletes in the adidas ambassador program.
Noah Lyles will compete at the end of the program over 150 meters; it should be fun!
Noah Lyles, adidas Atlanta City Games Presser, May 17, 2024, photo by Deji Ogeyingbo
Antonio Watson, 2023 World Champion Budapest 400 meters, and Anna Hall, 2023 World Championship bronze, Budapest, in the heptathlon, shown at the adidas Presser on May 17, 2024.
The meet will go live today, Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 3:45 PM Eastern.
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
