Kara Winger
@karathrowsjav
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Javelin thrower. 4xOlympian, American Record Holder, outdoor enthusiast, MBA, shutterbug, dog lover, Pacific Northwest born and raised, happy wife.
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Overwhelmed. Incredibly grateful to my peers. Humbled beyond belief. All of the emotions.
An honor like no other. 🇺🇸
Four-time Olympian
@karathrowsjav
will lead
#TeamUSA
as the flag bearer at the
#TokyoOlympics
Closing Ceremony.
🔗:
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😱😱😱
🥳🥳🥳
😭😭😭
🤯🤯🤯
🥰🥰🥰
IN HER FINAL SEASON 😲
At 36 years old,
@karathrowsjav
throws a new AR 🇺🇸 (68.11m) in the women's javelin!
#BrusselsDL
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I am amazed by
@katieledecky
as I sit on this plane to
#Rio2016
!!!! A 5-second, WR, OR victory in a 400? 😳
#gogirl
👍🇺🇸
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It’s been a fabulous blur, track & field. 😌 Really, a life-defining, irreplaceable, horizon-expanding, treasured blur. I’ll miss you.
Watch
@WeltklasseZH
on Peacock, tonight at 8:20pm local time. 6 more throws! 🥰
📸:
@HowLao
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There are too 👏many👏things👏happening👏at a track AND field meet to show call rooms on TV, ever. Put another camera at the hammer ring rather than underneath the stadium, plz.
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Choosing this photo tho 🥹🥰🫶
Goodbye… or take the bye??
With a 64.98m throw,
@karathrowsjav
wins the javelin at the Diamond League final and secured a wild card entry into the 2023 World Championships.
If anything can talk her out of retiring… maybe a ticket to Budapest will do it?? 👀
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Thank you for this article,
@TeamUSA
🥺🥰🇺🇸
At age 36, in her native Pacific Northwest, after two ACL surgeries, in her last season, in her last throw, in her last championships,
@karathrowsjav
won her first global medal.
The 4x Olympian is leaving sport fulfilled, with a community and impact that go beyond the field.
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New role at
#USATFOutdoors
starts today!! Color commentator for field events + heptathlon on the main webcast feed on ! Watch/listen: And you can also stream individual, full events! Find those links there, too.
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I remember taking a photo with Michelle, Amanda, and Gia when we were all current AR holders and active athletes. This is an equal, wild moment. So proud to be a member of this group of amazing women.
The WORLD LEAD in all 4 WOMENS THROWING events are held by Americans. it’s a special time to be a throws fan in the USA!
@karathrowsjav
#JAVELIN
68.11m
@vallman123
#DISCUS
71.46m
@chaseypoosp
#SHOTPUT
20.51m
@brooke_andersen
#HAMMER
79.02m
#throwernation
@usatf
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Olympic Trials
#6
starts on Friday for me 🤭 It’s been so fun to tell others’ stories this year. But nice to write my own lil’ extra chapter recently too. Whatever happens, happens!
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I love this collage so much!! 🤗 Go unapologetically after your dreams, girls. 💪
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Big ol’
@MagsGotSwag12
(and her parents) fan over here after I just watched Athlete A. What a composed, fun rock star of a human. So happy for you to rediscover your love of sport!! Read this awesome article:
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The fact that there are multiple angles of
@RCrouserThrows
23.38m from
@SimplotGames
immediately, from the meet stream itself and MANY spectators is significant. Traditional, multi-angle, shareable coverage amplified by social users is where any sport gets real traction.
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Oh. My. Goodness. So honored!!!! 🇺🇸
#happyhalloween
@usatf
She knew exactly who she wanted to be for Halloween, and it is who she aspires to be like, Kara Winger, American record holder, 3x Olympian, USATF National Champion, PanAm Games Champion, etc. In other words, a totally kick-ass female!
@karathrowsjav
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😲🤯😌 So honored.
Introducing... our
#TokyoOlympics
captains!
Congratulations to
@WilliamClaye
and
@karathrowsjav
on being voted by their teammates as
#TeamUSATF
captains 👏.
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So proud to be your Olympian,
@PurdueSports
❤️🚂
Qualifying for the Olympics is a huge moment. Even more amazing to see alumna Kara Winger become an Olympian for the 𝟰𝘁𝗵 time. 👏👏
@KaraThrowsJav
will represent
@TeamUSA
&
@PurdueTrackXC
well at
#TokyoOlympics
.
#BoilerUp
#OlympiansMadeHere
🇺🇸🚂
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I appreciate people missing me being on this list, I truly do! But I set myself up purposefully to HAVE to throw the 64m standard if I wanted to go: I wanted to test my mettle, force myself to perform at Trials like I’d want to at Paris. And I didn’t, and that’s okay! ❤️❤️
The US 🇺🇸 women’s team for the Paris 2024 Olympics!
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Not waffling about how much I want to make the DL Final (need more points tonight in Brussels to go to Zurich next week)! Results:
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You said it. So bummed and so proud simultaneously. I guess my destiny has always been to support my teammates at Olympic Games, and I humbly (and heartbreakingly for a little while longer) accept.
That face probably tells it all.
@karathrowsjav
8th after her 3 qualifying throws. Best mark 59.71m.
#Olympics
#Athletics
#Javelin
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Loved
@TheRue
's lil' smile at the beginning of that dance!!
#cheeky
So awesome.
@DancingABC
#favorite
#classy
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🚂🆙
🇺🇸 Your
#Olympics
Closing Ceremony flag-bearer is a BOILERMAKER!
Congrats
@PurdueTrackXC
’s
@karathrowsjav
on the amazing honor!
#BoilerUp
|
#OlympiansMadeHere
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Still crying. All the humble thanks to my teammates, who have picked me up-whether they knew it or not-more times than I can count.
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Hey,
@lufthansa
, where are my javelins please? I haven’t seen them in 10 days 😅😱 I’m on hold with you now.
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Day 2️⃣!
#USATFOutdoors
Been a huge fan of
@DanOBrien
for so long and so lucky to have him around my entire career with words of wisdom. What an honor to sit here!
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Thank you
@TeamUSA
!! Love representing you!!
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The entertainment value of field events on regular szn broadcasts is not due to lack of interesting action or storylines. It’s production quality. Give me lots of angles, cameras on major players the whole time, athlete interaction, boom mics, etc. That takes 🤑, I get it.
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13th...so close but SO far. I'm proud of my intensity and focus but incredibly bummed. Your support means the 🌎.
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Just trying to contribute to others’ successes in small ways! If you don’t notice me, I’m doing a great job 🤓 Thanks,
@usatf
!
Athlete to Official: How Kara Winger Leaves Her Mark
“Each little moment like filling in the marks on the sheet is such a minute example of each athlete’s journey – and I get to be a part of that."
🔗Read more:
📸: Lisa Allman
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I am continually irked that every individual in every round of running gets introduced in-stadium and field event qualifying is just anonymously out there. This meet has been WONDERFULLY run (medal ceremonies outside the stadium is a positive game changer for fan engagement imo)
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I have felt (especially this season) welcomed by and close to Tatsiana even though we have a language barrier. Always so fun to be with her giant talent and humor on the runway, especially tonight in her country 🥰
Kara Winger (
@karathrowsjav
) snatches victory from Tatsiana Khaladovich in the sixth round of the javelin.
There are no hard feelings on Team Europe though,
@usatf
! 😊
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They told me to kiss the trophy and in my head I said, “That’s going to be an awkward photo.” 🫠
Javelin
Kara Winger 🇺🇸
@karathrowsjav
Neeraj Chopra 🇮🇳
@Neeraj_chopra1
17/17
#DiamondLeague
#DLFinal
💎
📷
@WeltklasseZH
/
@matthewquine
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On my way home to keep this super fun last season going 🤗. See you so soon,
@WCHoregon22
!!!!!
#retirementPARTY
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Thrower Party tonight! Find me at Hayward for a drink ticket if you’re a Throws Fan!
@KibweJohnson
@TrackTownUSA
🥳
#throwerparty
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This is…🥹🥰 Such a complete picture. Thank you.
"I can retire happy."
Following the best season of her career,
@karathrowsjav
🇺🇸 is blessed to leave the sport after having marked its history 👇
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So, this coachable, enthusiastic, energetic dreamer of an athlete with fantastic supportive parents has basically made my career. She dressed up as me for Halloween, and then yesterday I had the absolute privilege of being her Christmas present!! Is this real life?
@usatf
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Thank you guys so much!!! Super fun to feel like I belong here again. So hungry...for
#tokyo2020
and also actual food 🤪
Way to go,
@karathrowsjav
! Kara's
#WorldAthleticsChamps
fifth-place finish is the highest ever for the U.S. in women's javelin!
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When (Jamie and Russ and) I write a book about javelin training/strength & conditioning/technique, I promise not to compare javelin to throwing a baseball or softball. Except if we describe how different all of the angles are. 😅
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Kenneth Rooks is so precious after that Silver in the steeple!!!! He was like where do I look omg. Such guts in that run!!!!
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My
@usatf
journey started when I picked up a
#javelin
in 2000 for
@SkyviewTF
! Start yours today ➡️
#usatf
#journeytogold
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So unsurprising that this guy just gets it. 6 more, D! So glad I got to be athletes with you.
Some say why would you retire if you setting PR’s & breaking records? Some (I) say I couldn’t think of a better way to go out 🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥 congrats
@karathrowsjav
#AmericanRecord
🐐
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I’m hosting an indoor
#javelin
training webinar in a week (12/20 at 7pmMt)! I spent at least 75% of my career training indoors for large portions of each year. No matter what space or equipment you have, you can make great strides inside. Register for $20:
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I battled today! With old habits vs. new technique. But ultimately figured out a 61.98m to start 2018. 😃🎉🤪
#javelin
#speerwerf
#halleschewerfertage
Thanks to Jamie Myers and Dana Lyon for sticking with me on this Javelin journey!
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I loved Grand Bahama this weekend 🥰
And World silver
@karathrowsjav
pulled a SB of 64.68 at her second, her best throw since 2019, to enjoy a comfortable win in the women's JT at the NACAC Championships
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🥳thank you,
@usatf
! Unless my memory is slipping after all these years, I think this is my first one 🧐
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So proud to be on this podium with
@arince
🇺🇸🇺🇸
👏👏👏,
@karathrowsjav
and
@arince
!
Winger earns 🥇 in women’s javelin with a throw of 64.92m/213-0 and Ince earns 🥉at
#Lima2019
!
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Have told airline representatives ~8 times now that those are javelins, not pole vaults. Last time traveling internationally with them, so fitting that there would be this many questions 😃. 🤞🤞always! See you soon, Europe 🥰
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Incredibly happy for one of the quiet legends of
@usatf
,
@DaLJBeast
👏🌎🥇Fourth outdoor world title among SO many other accolades!!! ❤️
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I keep talking to people about getting elected to carry the 🇺🇸 flag in Tokyo, the way current and former teammates showed up for me in the Twitterverse, and getting full-body shakes telling my fellow athletes thank you, but I still don’t have words for how cool that all was. 😭
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THIS WOMAN
So happy for Annette Echikunwoke🇺🇸🥈
Many people didn't have her making the team. Goes on to win the trials ands takes silver on the biggest stage becoming the first American woman win a hammer medal🫡
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This is maybe the most coherent I’ve been about all the reasons “why not?” Have a listen if you like. There are so many. But the biggest one is that it’s always worth it in life just to try. Just try your best 🤷♀️😌
@karathrowsjav
is back competing at the NY Grand Prix! Hear exclusively from Kara ….
#javelin
#teamusa
#trackandfield
#breakingnews
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Arshad Nadeem’s emotion 🥰😭🥹🥰 AND SERIES omg but if you didn’t see him coming you haven’t been paying attention to men’s javelin that’s amazing amazing amazing
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Wait are there two high school national meets? What’s happening.
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1976 Olympic Javelin Champ Miklos Nemeth🇭🇺 is many years retired but his javelin continues to dominate.
Nemeth founded Javel-Inn Ltd. in 1987 to create a better javelin that stands out by its multi-colored look.
Since then, top throwers have been winning medals with Nemeth's.
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Three generations of
@PurdueTrackXC
are now at
@usatf
training camp since these troopers arrived this morning! 🚂
#boilermakers
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Self checkout is so funny. "Place your..............................SQUASH. In the bag."
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Next to hometown hero Ryan, the loudest support for a shotputter tonight was for Roger Steen. I’ve met more Roger Steen fans in more places guys. It’s amazing and I know it will carry him. Night of a huge comp is so hard when you don’t make it, but to have those people is 💯
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You guys 😭 (I’m finally road-tripping Maddie back home from the PNW from this amazing whirlwind of a month. Thank you 😌)
Kara Winger appreciation post 🌟
@karathrowsjav
’s return to the
#TrackFieldTrials24
podium is nothing short of inspirational. Her dedication on top of being a Tracktown USA throws ambassador embody the spirit of perseverance.
📸
@HowLao
/
@coachE_Calhoun
#TrackTown24
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I'm Kara Winger, 3x javelin Olympian...I want to share ideas about how to keep girls active, maybe in a sport they never knew
#girlsinsports
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Holy discus. Amazing. SO happy for Joe Brown. Veteran stuff from Andrew and Sam. Excellent Paris team (Sam is ranked very well). 🥳
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Retweeting this again for
#NGWSD
(National Girls and Women in Sport Day) 🥳 Had such a fun day with this bright star!!
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Again, yesterday, a fellow running woman (a stranger to me) told me, “Good job!” Women are great. Good job to you, women. Women cheering on women. 💃
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Every time an airline check-in person asks me if I’ve traveled with my javelins before.
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I am THRILLED with this result for me and for my friends tonight! 3 days shy of 9 months post-op. Cannot say thank you enough to Kelcie Wittman, Jamie Myers, and Dana Lyon.
Maggie Malone goes from strength to strength as she reached a substantial PB of 63.81 in round four to clinch the win ahead of
@arince
at 61.64 (SB) for runner-up and Liz Gleadle at 61.41 (opener), with
@karathrowsjav
fourth at 60.97 (opener), in the women's JT in Tucson.
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This current group of Boilermaker T&F athletes was fabulous today! So good to be back. 😌
𝐁𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 💛🖤
Great to have 4x Olympian & Purdue Hall of Famer Kara (Patterson) Winger back on campus!
Thanks to Kara for speaking with the team about her amazing career, and sharing her World Championships 🥈 medal with us!
#BoilerUp
🚂
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Trained here yesterday 🥲🥰 Gonna throw here tomorrow (for the first and last time ever, off the runway that didn’t exist when I went to school there) 🤩🥳 Last season nostalgia things 🙃😌
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Video of 60.38m (4th round) last night, 1cm further than my opening throw and not quite enough to make the “final” of my 3rd IAAF Continental Cup, but good for 3rd place and a healthy disappointment level moving toward 2019/2020/2021 after moments of greatness this year!
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😃
We love to see an injury-free
@karathrowsjav
! Winger throws 58.78m/192-10 to sit in second place after her first throw.
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🚨
#javelin
clinic🚨I have, for years, wanted to coach coaches in an effort to further javelin understanding in the U.S. Athletes, bring your coaches! Coaches, get here!
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I admit to these emotions.
#feelyourfeelings
.
@PurdueTrackXC
grad
@karathrowsjav
shows emotions during medal ceremony at
#Lima2019
. Her gold-winning distance of 213-0 ranks her No. 7 in world this year.
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📣I’ve decided to throw
#javelin
again (FOR JUST ONE DAY) at my CSU Clinic in two weeks!! Come see how much I’ve retained (did some drills yesterday and I’m SORE 😌), and learn from classroom and practical sessions, from Russ and I!
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They let me take a .5 selfie with them 😃
American record-holder in the javelin 🤝 America’s top high schoolers in the javelin
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🥹🥹🥹
Ending her career how all throwers dream, final attempt, world championship, first medal ever!!!!!! Couldn’t happen to a greater person
@karathrowsjav
🥹🥹🔥🔥🔥
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I am once again asking you to send my
#javelin
clinic registration info to a coach who has expressed the desire to learn the event better. You may also send it to a coach who YOU think needs to learn it better. You don’t have to tell them which 🤓
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Thank YOU.
.
@karathrowsjav
is going out as the first American woman to win a world championship medal in the javelin. 🇺🇸
The four-time Olympian and Team USA flag bearer had a storybook finish to her career at the
#WorldAthleticsChamps
.
Thank you, Kara 🙌
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Happy to contribute to team points tonight after a difficult week for me! Cheering Team USATF on tomorrow!! 💪🇺🇸
Congratulations to
@karathrowsjav
on earning 🥈 for Team USATF in the women's javelin at
@AthWorldCup
!
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.
@TrackTownUSA
W Hammer 🧠💥 I am SICK for Janee’ and Brooke. DEVASTATED for Rachel (because it appears Erin has the Rankings 💯). But it just doesn’t get old seeing people rise. Annette said I WILL NOT MISS ANOTHER OLYMPICS. And D? Possible 🥇
#trackfieldtrials24
That. Is. Why. You. Have. The. Competition. Oh. My. Goodness.
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Sports that get the most coverage are mostly team sports with long game play. The “fast action” parts of those sports are individual plays, not the hours spent showing the games. Exactly like our sport. What needs to happen in track AND FIELD coverage is (thread) ⬇️
I'm often asked how I would improve track & field. Here it is.
Allow me to first explain the problem:
If you were to design a sport for success in TODAY���s sports market, it would look nothing like today's track. Track must be reimagined for TODAY’s sport & entertainment market.
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