Overview

• The USATF Outdoor Championships began July 31 at Hayward Field as athletes vie over four days for top-three finishes to qualify for the World Championships in Tokyo
• Six-time 400m hurdles world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone opened her campaign in the flat 400m after skipping her signature event to pursue World Championships qualification and challenge the American record
• Defending world champions Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson and Grant Holloway compete in the sprints and hurdles despite automatic byes, using the trials to sharpen race readiness
• Fans rely on USATF.TV for full early-round and field-event coverage while NBC and Peacock air limited windows during the final two days
• Seventeen-year-old Quincy Wilson targets a breakthrough in the men’s 400m and Olympic 800m champion Athing Mu-Nikolayev aims to reboot her comeback in the women’s 800m