Citius, Altius, Fortius: The Athletics tradition and the word of the idols
Champions talk about the Olympic experience and Rio 2016 on the second sport special
Maurren Maggi in Beijing 2008: a champion's detail (Photo: Getty Images/Mark Dadswell)
After Swimming, Athletics is the new sport to gain special content on the Rio 2016 website. Check out the complete presentation of one of the most traditional showpiece of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, besides interviews and articles with athletes that had already stood in the highest place of the podium.
The Brazilian star Maurren Higa Maggi, Beijing 2008 gold medalist in the long jump, and the current Olympic champion of the 400m hurdles, the Jamaican Melaine Walker, tested the competition conditions at João Havelange Olympic Stadium, stage of Athletics in 2016, and tell us about the expectation for the first edition of the South America Games.
Moreover, some of the greatest names in Brazilian Athletics history analyse the sport of present and past days, in Brazil and in the world.
Check out our articles:
Maurren Maggi and a world-sized detail
The Jamaican School: Melaine Walker and the backpacked champions
Athletics in past and present days according to Brazilian athletes
