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Indoor track and field is being renamed “short track”. ?https://t.co/pKao5pSuuE

? Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) May 23, 2023

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Further elaborating, Coe said,

“This change is designed to remove an unintentional barrier to competition innovation, by offering organizers the chance to explore solutions and opportunities which the current rules may discourage.” The name will also help to differentiate indoor and outdoor tracks. Reacting to this update, fans gave intriguing reactions.Read More: After Opting Out of Recent Race, Sha?Carri Richardson Shares Exciting News for Fans

Fans strongly disapprove of the new name World Athletics proposed

A track fan gave an interesting perspective that very few track events are held indoors and implied how this new name was pointless.

Later, a fan also opined how the new name was unattractive and awful.

Afterwards, another fan bluntly criticized World Athletics and spoke about how short track was better associated with skating.

Post this, one fan named Kevin also recommended World Athletics take a strong decision instead of using the new term, ‘short track.’

One fan also expressed surprise that World Athletics was focusing on this issue, hinting there were other important issues World Athletics needed to look into.

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Not only this,? tracks athlete, Michael Johnson,

who once complimented Jamaican athletes, gave a hard-hitting response about how World Athletics is ignoring serious issues and instead focusing on such a minor issue.

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