"It's such an exciting opportunity celebrating the enduring legacy, strength and global power of women's sprinting, exactly 100 years on from the first time women competed in Olympic track and field, she added."
"A majority of athletes said to me: Just let me know. Let me know early, and I'll start training to run three 100s in one day."
"We have landed on an athletics programme that will start with a bang as our women's sprinters take centre stage on day one, said the World Athletics president, Seb Coe. It is a schedule that is both innovative but als"
The women's 100m final will headline the first day of competition at Los Angeles 2028, with all three rounds of the 100m taking place on the same day. US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson welcomed the decision as evidence that track and field is having its moment. Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith described the decision as an exciting opportunity celebrating the legacy, strength and global power of women's sprinting exactly 100 years after women first competed in Olympic track and field. World Athletics consulted athletes, arranged the schedule to enable common doubles, will stage ten days at the LA Coliseum, debut a mixed 100m relay and finish with three days of road events.
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