Nuguse Wins, Stockholm Showdown Set, Cooper's DL Debut & Tyler Andrews on Mt. Everest Record
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Diamond League Rabat delivered fireworks: Kenny Bednarek ran 19.69 in the 200m, El Bakkali got the big win as Frederik Ruppert became the first non-African-born man to break 8:00 in the steeplechase, and Yared Nuguse won his fifth Diamond League race before his big showdown with Cam Myers in Stockholm.
The hosts debate whether Cam Myers can break the world record at Stockholm, break down Cooper Lutkenhaus's Diamond League debut, and ask if Keely Hodgkinson will greak the 800m world record this summer.
Then Tyler Andrews @68:50 joins to tell the incredible story of his record-breaking 9-hour-55-minute ascent of Mount Everest from base camp to summit β his seventh attempt β and what it took to get there.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Start
01:11 Intro and Episode Preview
07:38 Diamond League Rabat: Bednarek's 200m Dominance
11:49 First Non-African Sub-8 Steeplechase
18:16 Is El Bakkali the Steeplechase GOAT?
20:31 Yared Nuguse's Historic Diamond League Streak
22:46 Cam Myers Mania and the Stockholm 1500
26:00 Can Cam Myers Break the World Record?
33:47 Stockholm 1500 Race Tactics and Sam Blaskowski's 9.89
40:17 Cooper Lutkenhaus's Diamond League Debut
44:44 Keely Hodgkinson's 400 and the 800 World Record Chase
51:22 Will Hodgkinson Break 1:53 This Summer?
53:08 Mechanical Rabbiting and World Record Fantasies
56:08 Alan Webb vs Cooper Lutkenhaus vs Jane Hedengren
63:41 Jordan Anthony vs Noah Lyles in Rome
68:50 Tyler Andrews: Fastest Ascent of Mount Everest
73:31 Climbing Logistics, Crowds, and Gear
80:33 Training for Everest With Double Thresholds
87:49 Seven Attempts: What Went Wrong
91:05 Proof, Danger, and the Ethics of Speed Climbing
98:39 How Hard Is It to Climb Everest?
101:55 From Marathoner to Mountaineer
107:19 Risk, Ethics, and the 2028 Olympic Trials
110:48 Life as a Full-Time Mountaineer
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