Big names like Michelle Jenneke and Peter Bol have been ambushed by the revelation about the track which, for the first time in a Summer Games, will not be a part of the opening ceremony.

THERE are several changes at the Paris 2024 Olympics – and the colour of the track is one of them. Athletics icon Carl Lewis unveiled the new look purple track, which was designed by Italian … ...

Running is "such a mental, psychological game: there's definitely something there with the visuals, the colours," she adds. "The only easy colour for rubber is black, that's the colour for tyres ...

The colour grey, meanwhile, features on the turns to resemble a track in place in 1924 when Paris last staged the games. The new nine-lane track is light purple in the middle and darker at the edges.

PARIS : In a departure from the traditional brick-red colour, the track on which Olympic athletics champions are crowned in Paris is a vibrant purple - and athletes so far seem pretty pleased with ...

This article was published 12/06/2023 (774 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. A new outdoor running track at River East Collegiate was officially opened on June 7.