Track and field races to grow popularity. How sport plans to fix it.

EUGENE, Oregon – On the primary night time of the 2022 observe and area world championships right here at Hayward Subject, American shot-putting celebrity Ryan Crouser was requested by a reporter about waning curiosity within the sport, notably in the USA.

“I’m from the Netherlands,” the reporter defined, “and I’m actually stunned there aren’t 20 American journalists respiration down my neck.”