USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES ROSTER OF 139 ATHLETES FOR BUDAPEST 23
INDIANAPOLIS — With 12 days to go before the world’s top track and field athletes take center stage, USATF has named a full roster of 138 athletes for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23. The nine-day competition will take place from August 19-27 at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary. Team USATF is coming off of a dominant showing at Oregon22, having won the first-ever World Athletics Team Trophy with 328 points and a historic total of 33 medals. Tallying 13 gold, nine silvers and 11 bronze across 22 events, American athletes certainly made their mark. 82 athletes from the Oregon22 team will return to the world stage, including 23 individual medalists – 10 of whom won gold. 63 members of the Budapest roster are Tokyo Olympians, and 22 were medalists. Of the 138 athletes named, 10 are entered as wild cards, having won their event at Oregon22 or the Diamond League Final in Zurich, and 45 are making their Team USATF debut. The entire men’s shot put podium from Oregon22 will return in Budapest, including world record holder and reigning world champion Ryan Crouser. With his world champion status earning him the bye, Team USATF will take four throwers in the event including Oregon22 silver medalist Joe Kovacs, bronze medalist Josh Awotunde, and Tokyo Olympian Payton Otterdahl. Noah Lyles will attempt to be the first man to pull off a successful 1-2 double since Usain Bolt in 2015. With the youngest man on the team, 19-year-old bronze medalist Erriyon Knighton, and reigning silver medalist Kenny Bednarek by his side, another Oregon22 podium repeat could be in the works. First-time team member Courtney Lindsey could easily find himself in the mix, rounding out the men’s 200 quartet. Katie Moon is the reigning Olympic and world champion in…
