World Athletics Championships Day 1 Recap

The CITIUS MAG Podcast

August 19, 2023

Chris Chavez, Kyle Merber, David McCarthy Jasmine Todd and Katelyn Hutchison unpack all of the action from the first day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

A few of the most notable moments + biggest highlights include:

– Sifan Hassan collapses just before crossing the finish line of the women’s 10,000m.

– Femke Bol hits the track moments before finishing the mixed 4x400m relay + USA takes home gold in a new championship record.

– Ryan Crouser dominates the men’s shot put in a new Championship record with two blood clots.

– Fast 1500m prelims on both the men’s and women’s sides.

– Men’s 100m + “buy or sell” takes.

+ More

As an official partner of World Athletics, ASICS is proud to support all of CITIUS MAG’s content throughout this year’s World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023. CITIUS MAG is the premier destination for real-time competition updates, in-depth analysis and interviews with your favorite track and field athletes.

CITIUS MAG LIVE AT WORLDS: The show will air on the CITIUS MAG YouTube Channel between the morning and evening sessions of competition (Every day at 8 a.m. EST in the U.S.).

CHAMPS CHATS ON THE CITIUS MAG PODCAST DAILY: The CITIUS MAG team of Chris, Kyle, David McCarthy, Jasmine Todd and Katelyn Hutchison will unpack all of the day’s biggest surprises and offer up their insights and analysis from being at the new National Athletics Centre and interviewing athletes each day. The podcast recording will be streamed on YouTube at the end of every day and will be also available on The CITIUS MAG Podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to shows.

DAILY CITIUS MAG NEWSLETTER: David Melly will recap all of the biggest moments, highlighting his must-watch athletes and events for each day while also pulling together some of our best content, photos and social moments that the CITIUS MAG team captures.

Chris Chavez

Chris Chavez launched CITIUS MAG in 2016 as a passion project while working full-time for Sports Illustrated. He covered the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and grew his humble blog into a multi-pronged media company. He completed all six World Marathon Majors and is an aspiring sub-five-minute miler.

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