{"id":79156,"date":"2023-01-03T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season"},"modified":"2023-01-03T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T15:26:33","slug":"10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season","title":{"rendered":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>10 reasons to be excited for 2023<\/p>\n

There are many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in the upcoming year.<\/p>\n

There\u2019ll be three global championships in 2023, with ever-expanding one-day meeting circuits spread throughout the year. Rivalries will be renewed, and record-breakers will continue to push boundaries in their respective disciplines.<\/p>\n

Here are just 10 of the many reasons to be excited by what\u2019s to come over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

1. World Athletics Championships Budapest 23<\/b><\/p>\n

More than 2000 athletes from about 200 countries will head to the Hungarian capital to compete in the world\u2019s biggest track and field event of 2023. Taking place just 13 months after the last edition, it will be the shortest ever gap between two World Championships, so fans won\u2019t have long to wait before seeing the best athletes on the planet re-engage in battle for global honours.<\/p>\n

2. Pushing boundaries<\/b><\/p>\n

World Athletes of the Year Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone have elevated their respective events to new heights in recent years.<\/p>\n

Both aged just 23, their progression and record-breaking exploits will most likely continue in 2023. The same applies to other dominant forces within the sport, such as world and Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas and marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge.<\/p>\n

3. New eras<\/b><\/p>\n

The sport, as with everything in life, continues to evolve. Kenya, for example, dominated the steeplechase for years, but now the leading forces in that discipline are from Morocco, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s throws, meanwhile, are now the domain of North America. And Japan is a leading force in men\u2019s race walking.<\/p>\n

New faces and countries will likely emerge in 2023, changing the landscape of the sport.<\/p>\n

4. Sprint showdowns<\/b><\/p>\n

Gone are the days where the world\u2019s leading sprinters avoid each other on the circuit. Multiple world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, for example, will often line up against fellow Jamaican stars Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shericka Jackson. And 200m specialists Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton have clashed frequently in recent years. No doubt there will be many more high-octane sprint duels in store in 2023.<\/p>\n

5. World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23<\/b><\/p>\n

The newest global event within the sport, the World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23 will unite elite and recreational runners in the Latvian capital on September 30 and October 1. The range of distances \u2014 mile, 5km and half marathon \u2014 means there\u2019s something for all of the world\u2019s best endurance athletes to sink their teeth into. The same applies to the thousands of runners who\u2019ll take to the streets of Riga for the mass races as they race in the footsteps of legends.<\/p>\n

6. Crouser vs Kovacs<\/b><\/p>\n

They provided one of the greatest duels the sport has ever witnessed at the 2019 World Championships, and there\u2019s no sign of the rivalry ending between Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs. The shot put giants have won numerous global titles between them. Crouser has been a dominant force in recent years, but Kovacs also hit an all-time career peak in 2022 with a lifetime best of 23.23m, taking him to No.2 on the world all-time list behind Crouser. No one would be surprised if either man broke the world record in 2023.<\/p>\n

7. At the double<\/b><\/p>\n

When the timetable for the 2023 World Championships was release a few months ago, it became clear that many popular doubles \u2014 such as the 100m and 200m, 800m and 1500m, 1500m and 5000m, 5000m and 10,000m, 20km and 35km race walk, women\u2019s long jump & triple jump, and women\u2019s 200m and 400m \u2013 would be doable in Budapest. The likes of Yulimar Rojas, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Fred Kerley and Sydney McLaughlin have all hinted at attempting major championship doubles in recent years, so it will be fascinating to see who enters more than one discipline in the Hungarian capital.<\/p>\n

8. Continental Tour Gold expands<\/b><\/p>\n

The global one-day meeting circuit will have 14 Gold level meetings in 2023, taking in new stops in Botswana, Grenada and Melbourne.<\/p>\n

It means there are now Gold meetings in five different continental areas. The wider series has also expanded with 165 Continental Tour meetings currently on the calendar for 2023, 13 more than in 2022.<\/p>\n

9. Distance duels<\/b><\/p>\n

Endurance athletes are extra fortunate in 2023 because they will be able to compete at all three global championships, covering a range of surfaces. Letesenbet Gidey and Hellen Obiri provided one of the most thrilling clashes at the World Championships in Oregon, and there\u2019s a good chance they\u2019ll race one another again, either in Bathurst, Budapest or Riga.<\/p>\n

World 5000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, meanwhile, could potentially line up against two-time world 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei in Budapest \u2014 or even on the circuit throughout the season.<\/p>\n

There are four women active in the marathon \u2014 Brigid Kosgei, Ruth Chepngetich, Amane Beriso and Tigist Assefa \u2014 with sub-2:16 PBs, all of whom could push one another to a world record. And in the race walks, the likes of Toshikazu Yamanishi and Massimo Stano could clash at either 20km or 35km \u2014 or both.<\/p>\n

10. World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23<\/b><\/p>\n

One of the first big highlights of the year will take place Down Under when Bathurst hosts the World Cross Country Championships.<\/p>\n

Recent editions have been highly competitive and engaging, and that will no doubt be the case once more as hundreds of the world\u2019s best distance athletes take to Mount Panorama. And, as is the case with Riga and Budapest, there are opportunities for recreational runners to be a part of the event too.<\/p>\n

Source: The Star<\/b><\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. 10 reasons to be excited for 2023 There are many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in the upcoming year. There\u2019ll be three global championships in 2023, with ever-expanding one-day meeting circuits spread throughout the year. Rivalries will be renewed, and record-breakers will continue to push boundaries in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":79154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-79156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-files","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\n10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 There are many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in the upcoming ye ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 There are many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in the upcoming ye ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-03T15:10:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-03T15:26:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-03T15:10:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-03T15:26:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season\"},\"wordCount\":920,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"files\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season\",\"name\":\"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-03T15:10:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-03T15:26:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 There are many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in the upcoming ye ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":666,\"caption\":\"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season - kenya","description":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 There are many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in the upcoming ye ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season","og_description":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 There are many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in the upcoming ye ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-01-03T15:10:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-03T15:26:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":666,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season","datePublished":"2023-01-03T15:10:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-03T15:26:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season"},"wordCount":920,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","files"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season","name":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-03T15:10:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-03T15:26:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 There are many things to look forward to in the sport of athletics in the upcoming ye ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672746024.34.jpg","width":1000,"height":666,"caption":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/10-reasons-to-be-excited-for-2023-athletics-season#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"10 reasons to be excited for 2023 Athletics season"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}