Adidas Games

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Adidas Games
Atlanta cityscape.jpg
Atlanta, where the street meet portion of the meeting is held since 2023
DateMay
Location Atlanta, Georgia (formerly Boston, Massachusetts) Flag of the United States.svg
Event type Track and field
Established2016 [1]
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The Adidas Games, formerly the adidas BOOST Boston Games and today officially known as the adidas Atlanta City Games, is an annual track and field meeting and street meet in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was originally held in Boston, Massachusetts from 2016 to 2021, and it was relocated to Atlanta City in 2023. The event was announced on the same day the Adidas Grand Prix meet in New York was removed from the Diamond League schedule in 2016. [1] [2]

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When the meet was held in Boston, the traditional track events were held in the Henry G. Steinbrenner Stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while the street meet portion was held on an elevated straight track constructed between Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden. [3]

The event has hosted several Olympic track and field athletes, including 400 m world record holder and Rio gold medalist Wayde van Niekerk in 2017. [4]

Event records

Men

Track portion

EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef
400 m 44.28 Wayde van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2017 [4]
800 m 1:45.18 Brandon McBride Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada20 May 2018 [5]
1500 m 3:35.82 Collins Cheboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2017 [4]
Mile 3:56.72 Drew Hunter Flag of the United States.svg United States20 May 2018 [6]
3000 m 7:45.64 Cyrus Rutto Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya20 May 2018 [7]
5000 m 12:59.89 Dejen Gebremeskel Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2017 [4]
400 m hurdles 48.69 Michael Stigler Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2016 [8]

Street portion

EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef
100 m 9.92 (+1.1 m/s) Akani Simbine Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa16 June 2019 [9]
150 m (straight)14.69 (-0.2 m/s) Noah Lyles Flag of the United States.svg United States16 June 2019 [9]
200 m (straight)19.84 Wayde van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa2016 [8]
600 m 1:15 Marco Arop Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada23 May 2021 [10]
Mile 4:01 Clayton Murphy Flag of the United States.svg United States23 May 2021 [10]
110 m hurdles 13.20 (0.0 m/s) Grant Holloway Flag of the United States.svg United States23 May 2021 [10]
200 m hurdles (straight)22.12 (-0.6 m/s) [lower-alpha 1] Alison dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil23 May 2021 [10]
Long jump 8.06 m Jarrion Lawson Flag of the United States.svg United States2016 [8]

Women

Nikki Hiltz (left) and Dominique Scott (right) running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019. Nikki Hiltz and Dominique Scott in Boston.jpg
Nikki Hiltz (left) and Dominique Scott (right) running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.

Track portion

EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef
800 m 1:59.27 Ajeé Wilson Flag of the United States.svg United States20 May 2018 [11]
1500 m 4:04.65 Dawit Seyaum Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia20 May 2018 [12]
5000 m 15:55.24 Caroline Kipkirui Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya20 May 2018 [6]

Street portion

EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef
100 m 11.05 (+0.1 m/s) Tori Bowie Flag of the United States.svg United States20 May 2018 [13]
11.05 (+0.5 m/s) Aleia Hobbs Flag of the United States.svg United States23 May 2021 [10]
150 m (straight)16.23 (-0.7 m/s) Shaunae Miller-Uibo Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas20 May 2018 [14]
200 m (straight)21.76 (+0.5 m/s) Shaunae Miller-Uibo Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas4 June 2017 [15]
600 m 1:24 Natoya Goule Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica23 May 2021 [10]
Mile 4:31 Nikki Hiltz Flag of the United States.svg United States23 May 2021 [10]
100 m hurdles 12.49 (-0.9 m/s) Kendra Harrison Flag of the United States.svg United States23 May 2021 [10]
200 m hurdles (straight)24.86 (+0.1 m/s) Shiann Salmon Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica23 May 2021 [10]
Long jump 6.78 m (+1.1 m/s) Kate Hall Flag of the United States.svg United States16 June 2019 [9]

Notes

  1. by official result source, 22.11 by World Athletics source

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References

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  2. "IAAF Diamond League Expands Into a Fourth Continent: Africa".
  3. "Meet Info".
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