The U.S. track and field Olympic trials are heading back to Eugene, Oregon, for the fifth straight time.
USA Track and Field announced Thursday that next summer’s trials, which will be held to pick the team that goes to the Paris Olympics, will be held at University of Oregon’s Hayward Field from June 21-30.
Eugene is America’s undisputed capital of track, having held last year’s world championships, multiple national championships, this year’s Diamond League finale and next, its fifth straight and eighth overall Olympic trials dating to 1972. In preparing for world championships, Hayward Field was expanded and remodeled at the cost of $270 million.
USATF CEO Max Siegel lauded the city’s organizing committee for successfully pulling off the trials in 2021, when restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic made the event difficult.https://apnews.com/sports The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.