Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, right, beats Norwegian 400-metre hurdler and sprinter Karsten Warholm in a head-to-head exhibition 100m race in Zurich, Switzerland, on Sept. 4.
Keeping viewers interested during non-Olympic years has been one of track and field's most stubborn problems. This off-season the problem is even more complicated than normal, writes CBC Sports senior contributor Morgan Campbell. It's not clear whether the journalist solicited Marie Josée Ta Lou's opinion on the track-centric Netflix series "Sprint" or if the veteran standout from the Ivory Coast volunteered it, but she made plain that the show underwhelmed her.
If you think of "Sprint" as a pure documentary, aimed at telling the best story possible about a season in the life of the Diamond League, Ta Lou has a point. But if she prefers no-nonsense docs that dive deep, and elevate compelling characters regardless of their fame,"Sprint" is an infomercial dressed up as a documentary. It doesn't want to tell a story. It wants to sell the sport. Big distinction.
Either way, the Diamond League faces competition for talent and attention. Sydney McLaughlin, the best 400-metre hurdler in history, has committed to Grand Slam, as have Fred Kerley, the 2022 100-metre world champ, and Melissa Jefferson, who won bronze in Paris over 100 metres.Purists might grumble about Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track league, but fans will still watch
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