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Axel's Personal Best

Power Rankings

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Rai Benjamin set the world lead in the 400m hurdles at the LA Grand Prix in May and looks to capture gold in Paris. (Photo courtesy of USATF)

About this episode

This week, Christian comes back from the break to give us his power rankings for likely medalists in the Paris Olympics in the middle distances (1,500m and 800m) followed by the hurdles.

To round it out, a preview of this weekend’s big track events with the NCAA Championships and NYC Grand Prix on the schedule.

About Axel's Personal Best

I’m Axel-Ryan Nzi — a Division III runner at Bowdoin College. And this is my Personal Best. Every Tuesday, I explore the sport of running through interviewing the best pro runners insiders and personalities about a journey that begins with the feet and ends with landing in a solid headspace.

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