Prefontaine Classic 2025: The top storylines to watch at historic track and field meet

It is a large weekend of races in the sports calendar. There is a beginning Tour de Francethe Formula 1 British Grand Prix race In Silverstone, the fifty version of Premontaine Classic in Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. It was chosen on the legendary hostility of America, Steve Boufuntein, and Prefontaine Classic became one of the first annual world -class global meetings, the annual field and marriage as the only American station in the Diamond League circle.

If you like the path and the field in the Olympics last year, you are in treatment. There are more than 60 Olympics Olympics and the handicapped from Paris games, with five re -formation of a full platform on the tap. This meeting is soaked 100 meters barriers for women Not in the TV window for two hours. Let’s take a look at some of the best stories and athletes to see on Saturday.

Sydney McLeulin-Lavon tests herself in 400 meters

Mclaughlin-Levrone is There is no doubt that the goat of 400 meters obstacles.But her ingenuity is great. It is one of the fastest 12th contestants at all 400 meters, and even eventually won Olympic champion Gabi Thomas in the 200 meter race last year. The 25 -year -old was scheduled to be doubled by 200 meters/400 meters in ((bad?Grand Slam Track in Los Angeles before canceling the meeting.

We will not see the Dominican Olympic Champion, Marcele Bolino, or Salwa Nasser, in Bahrain, which is the best of the 400 meters of contestants at the present time. However, it is a very good field that includes Americans Alexis Holmes and NCAA 2025 Champion Alia Petler, as well as 2023 NCAA Rhaasidat AdEELEKE champion from Ireland. McLaughlin-Levrone enjoys the fastest character and only needs a 0.05 second shave from that to Eclipse Sanya Richards-Ross’ Bene America American American 48.70.

Paris platform match in the 100 -meter women’s race

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This is the first confrontation of this trio since Paris. The historical gold of Lucia Julian Alfred She made her the first Olympic medal in the Caribbean Sea region. Sha’carri Richardson took silver before winning Gold is like US anchor leg in sequence 4x100M. Her citizen Melissa Jefferson Wooden was great, including the fastest time in 2025 in 10.73 seconds, Make it one of the 10 best women ever.

Sha’carri may be the biggest star but her only race this year Fourth place appears in Tokyo. On the current model, the favorite is Alfred and Jefferson Wooden, but if Richardson brings her best, we will have an exciting movie. Dina Ashir Smith from Great Britain and Jamaican hero Tina Clayton are among the athletes who can get a surprise.

Kishhan Thompson, behind Jamaica Potter Bolt?

Thompson booked his construction strongly in the world championship in September in Tokyo by running 9.75 seconds in the Jamaican Championship, which was achieved by only five others.

Tomson avenger His narrow Olympic defeat to Noah Lailes He will have to wait, but on the category of this race, which will have former world champion Christian Coleman, his American teammate Tripon Prommel, as well as Ackeem Blake from Jamaica.

Medium Distance Magic: Fayh Kipyegon in the 1500-meter race, Aththing Mu-Nikolayev at 800 meters, and Mile stacked

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Icon Kenny Viet Kibaigon tried to no avail to become The first woman to work 4 minutes from the mile In the time experience that was checking last week. I think it will have to settle only Having global women’s numbers and 1500 meters, in addition to three Olympic and international golds. She was renovated in the final meeting, KIPYEGON aims to reduce 3: 49.04 1500 meters against a staple field that includes American Nikki Hiltz, Derby Weltigi from Ethiopia, as well as Paris Medals Jess Hull from Australia and Orgia Georgia Bell.

In the newly named Mutola (800 meters) (in honor of Mozambekan 800 meters Maria Motola), Athing MU-Nikolaye returns to its place A heartbreaking decrease in American experiences last yearAnd that cost her a place in Paris. The long Tokyo Olympic champion did not race 800 this year, and instead he competes in 1500 and 5,000 meters. I told SB Nation on Thursday She planned to run in the grand prize race in New York City last month before canceling it, so this is an important test for her. Among the main competitors here are Mary Mora from Kenya, the silver medal in Paris Tsuj Dougoma of Ethiopia, and the sharp global world champion in South Africa.

Prefontaine Classic is Bowerman Mile, which was named after the famous path coach and co -founder of Nike Bill Bowerman. Cole Hker was shocked by the world in 2024 through the best Norwegian phenomenon Jacob Enbirgton and Josh Kerr in Britain (none of them in this race) For unexpected American gold in 1500 meters. The strong American unit with the Olympic Bronze medal (and the previous world’s interior records, and 5K/10K, the Olympic bronze medal, and the star of the young Hobbes Kissler. The French National Register holder holds the AZDDINE HABZ, which was late in 31 years, is the fastest 1500 meters in 2025. Hogker, Nuguse and Habbz are among the best competitors, but this exciting age of the medium -softening race is indifferent.

Another global record (and $ 100,000) by Meno Dublitsus?

The pole goats for men always reach new altitudes. The American Swedish -born Renault Lavelini scored in 2020 in 6.17m (20 feet, 2 ³⁄₄ In) Since then, a new higher sign 11 was placed again on its way to 6.28 million (20 feet, 7 inches) in Stockholm.

Every new global record earns the formerLsu Star is a $ 100,000 bonus of World Athletics, so this Duplantis approach has recorded more than a million dollars. Expect a 6.29m attempt on Saturday from … Carmy berzatto?

WWE and UFC Superstar Goes Pro

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Mia Lesnar – Yes, NCAA Wresting, WWE and UFC Brock Lesnar’s hero – then turns Close her decorated career in Colorado with NCAA snapshot title. The best in the recent personality is 19.60 meters (64 feet, 3 ³⁄₄ In) throwing the bronze will win in Paris. Do not expect a victory for the elite competition such as the German Olympic champion Yamisi Ugonley or the world champion Chis Jackson (who only improved its American record to 20.95 meters last week), but Lesnar is a serious talent looking to make the World United States Championship list later this month.

4 other prominent events to watch

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• Men 200 meters: BOSWANA’s Letsile Tebogo and Usa’s Kenny Bednarek 1-2 went in ParisNoah Lilis. “Kung Fu” Kenny 100 and 200 in the three Grand Slam meetings, while the Tebogo season was somewhat disrupted by the injury.
• Men 400 metersQueensi Hall in Kansas City must see his unbearable return, the most prominent of it against it Great Britain died Hudson Smith in the Olympic Final. This is their first meeting since the end of the epic, with Zambia Mozala Samoka, making it a full match. ((to update: Hall scratched from the race with an injury)
• Men’s obstacles 400 metersThe Olympic champion and American registration holder Ray Benjamin formed a competition sweeping with Alison Doss Santos and the owner of the Norwegian World Records Carsten and Warholm. Ray won both in StockholmBut Warfleh will not be in this.
• Women 5000 metersThe competition between Kenya against Ethiopia was renewed between the Olympic champion Beatrice Beatrice Chit and the world champion twice, Judaf Tsijai. Chebet recorded 10K World Records In Prefontaine Classic for the past yearWhile Tsegay has a 5k record, but Kenyan is hot In the Diamond Roma League.

What is the time 2025 prefontaine classic?

Airs Classic AIRS live on NBC and Peacock on Saturday 5 July at 4 pm Et/1 pm, with PT, with Usatf.tv Initial events broadcast at 1 pm East time/10 am. SB Nation will provide coverage on the site from Eugene. Here it is The timetable for all competitions.