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Axel's Personal Best

World Athletics Relays

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Matthew Boling, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Willington Wright and Kendall Ellis won the mixed 4x400m relay gold in a record 3:10.73.

About this episode

This week Christian covers the results of the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas with spotlights on the emerging tension between Noah Lyles and Letsile Tebogo, Gabby Thomas’ adeptness on and off the track and Rhasidat Adeleke’s impressive 4x400m split.

Stateside at the Oxy Invitational, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone returns to the 100m hurdles, Michael Norman makes his season debut and a stacked men’s 1,500m gives us a showdown between Nico Young, Colin Stahlman and Matthew Centrowitz.

Finally, at the Texas High School State Meet, individual athletes India Mayberry and Jelani Watkins stand out along with top-performing schools Humble Atascocita and Duncanville

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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