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CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK TO HOST ADIDAS ATLANTA CITY GAMES on May 6

CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK TO HOST ADIDAS ATLANTA CITY GAMES on May 6

The Atlanta Track Club continues to innovate. Joining with their footwear and apparel partner, adidas, the ATC and adidas announced the adidas Atlanta City Games, a street track meet to be held in iconic Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday, May 6, 2023. 

The adidas Atlanta City Games are in partnership with Global Athletics & Marketing, the innovative event organizer and athlete management company that launched the City Games format in North America in 2016. RunBlogRun had visited City Games formatted events in Newcastle, England, and Manchester, England by the Great Run Company and truly enjoyed them.

It is great to see Rich Kenah, CEO of the Atlanta Track Club continue to build the athletics culture in Atlanta! We look forward this exciting event! 

CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK TO HOST ADIDAS ATLANTA CITY GAMES

Olympic All-Star Event Moving from Boston to Atlanta

ATLANTA – JANUARY 26, 2023 — International track and field stars will return to Atlanta in 2023 in a way not seen since the 1996 Olympic Games. Atlanta Track Club in partnership with Global Athletics & Marketing, Inc., announced the inaugural adidas Atlanta City Games to be held in Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday, May 6.

Noah Lyles in Atlanta to help announce adidas Atlanta Games, photo by Paul Ward

Three-time World Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist Noah Lyles was on hand in Downtown Atlanta on Wednesday to announce his intention to compete there this spring. “We have a lot of track meets that are popular for track and field fans, but we need to go to where the people are. Atlanta is going to be a great place to do that,” said Lyles, the American record holder in the 200m and one of the sport’s most exciting stars. “If the weather is good and the track is hot, maybe we will go after a world record in the 150m.”

The adidas Atlanta City Games will feature 100m, 150m, 100m hurdles, and 110m hurdles races on a specially engineered 150-meter elevated track straightaway inside Atlanta’s Olympic Park. The meet will also feature a pole vault competition, a 600m road race, and the previously announced adidas Running City Mile. The inaugural adidas Running City Mile is open to the public and will be run in waves according to age groups, culminating in a wave for invited professional athletes. Registration is limited and open now.

“Atlanta is not just Running City USA. It is a city with a deep, historic connection to track and field,” said Atlanta Track…

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