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Olympic and World Championships Medalists to Take Center Stage at New Balance 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, September 11

Talented field includes British stars Laura Muir and Josh Kerr alongside American contenders Cole Hocker, Emma Coburn, and Sinclaire Johnson

New York, September 6, 2022 – Olympic, World Championships, European Championships, and Commonwealth Games medalists will all close out their seasons by racing the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, September 11. The New Balance 5th Avenue Mile – the world’s most iconic road mile race since 1981 – stretches 20 blocks down Manhattan’s most famous thoroughfare and will feature one of the strongest professional athlete fields in recent history.

All eyes will be on Great Britain’s Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir, who will conclude her historic season in New York after winning a World Championships bronze, European Championships gold, and a Commonwealth Games gold and bronze this summer. All her medals came in the 1,500 meters, aside from her Commonwealth Games bronze, which was in the 800 meters.

“This has been the most challenging yet most rewarding summer of my entire career thus far – from World Championships to Commonwealth Games to European Championships – and there’s no better place to conclude my season than on Fifth Avenue in New York,” said Muir.

Challenging Muir will be her compatriot and defending New Balance 5th Avenue Mile champion Jemma Reekie, Ireland’s three-time European Championships medalist and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Ciara Mageean, U.S. Olympic and two-time medalist Emma Coburn, and 2022 U.S. 1,500-meter champion Sinclaire Johnson.

Joining previously announced Olympian and 1,500-meter world champion Jake Wightman in the men’s professional athlete field will be Great Britain’s Olympic 1,500-meter bronze medalist Josh Kerr, U.S. Olympian and three-time national champion Cole Hocker, and Great Britain’s European Championships 1,500-meter silver medalist Jake Heyward.

“I feel like I have something to prove at the 5th Avenue Mile,” said Hocker. “I’m looking forward to racing on that stage, against that level of talent, and finishing my season as strong as I started it.”

In addition to age-group heats, this year’s New Balance 5th Avenue Mile will feature a 9/11 Memorial Mile, a Back to School Mile for youth ages 12-18, a George Sheehan Memorial Mile for seniors, and NYRR Road Mile…