Ser-Od Bat-Ochir World Championship and Olympic Marathon #1 Hits

On 30 August, 2003 Mongolia's Ser-Od Bat-Ochir ran his first global championships marathon at the Paris World Championships. Tonight he'll be the Mongolian flag bearer in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, and in two weeks he'll be in the marathon. In between he's been in every World Championships marathon, eleven of them, and every Olympic marathon, five. In Paris he'll become the first person to run in six Olympic marathons. The Billboard #1 hit songs at all sixteen of his global championship marathons so far:

30 Aug. 2003 - Paris World Championships - Beyoncé "Crazy in Love"

29 Aug. 2004 - Athens Olympics - Terror Squad "Lean Back"

13 Aug. 2005 - Helsinki World Championships - Mariah Carey "We Belong Together"

25 Aug. 2007 - Osaka World Championships - Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls"

24 Aug. 2008 - Beijing Olympics - Rihanna "Disturbia"

22 Aug. 2009 - Berlin World Championships - Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling"

4 Sept. 2011 - Daegu World Championships - Katy Perry "Last Friday Night"

12 Aug. 2012 - London Olympics - Carly Rae Jensen "Call Me Maybe"

17 Aug. 2013 - Moscow World Championships - Robin Thicke "Blurred Lines"

22 Aug. 2015 - Beijing World Championships - The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"

21 Aug. 2016 - Rio de Janeiro Olympics - Sia "Cheap Thrills"

6 Aug. 2017 - London World Championships - Luis Fonsi "Despacito"

5 Oct. 2019 - Doha World Championships - Lizzo "Truth Hurts"

8 Aug. 2021 - Tokyo Olympics - BTS "Butter"

17 July 2022 - Oregon World Championships - Harry Styles "As It Was"

27 Aug. 2023 - Budapest World Championships - Oliver Anthony "Rich Men North of Richmond"

10 Aug. 2024 - Paris Olympics - ????

Five New Championship Records at Japanese Olympic Trials Day Two

Great conditions on the second day of Japan's National Track and Field Championships , U20 National Championships and Paris Olympics trials helped athletes set new National Championship meet records in the women's pole vault, men's 400 mH, men's and women's 1500 m, and men's 5000 m, with three of the five record setters and guaranteeing themselves places on the Paris Olympics team. Complete results here . Women's Pole Vault Final National record holder Misaki Morota cleared her minimum goal, the win in 4.31 m to score enough points to move from 33rd to 32nd in the 32-deep Paris Olympic quota. Morota took two attempts to get over 4.30 m, but on her first try at a Japanese National Championships meet record 4.41 m she got it done. That gave her enough points to move to 30th, but it would take clearing 4.50, 2 cm higher than Morota's NR, to move to 29th. That proved to be out of range, leaving Morota in good position but still waiting to see the outcome of...

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