Athletics ready to consecrate a new star: at the Eugene National Championships, he skipped the 800 counter, is the youngest American ever qualified for the World Cup. It has been running for three years, at his age nobody is so fast
The youngest American athlete in history to participate in an edition of the World Cup. Cooper Lutkenhaus, 16 years old on December 19th (is a 2008 class …), Sunday, with a 1’42 “27” pyrotechnic, he placed according to the Eugene national championships in the 800 meters, thus conquering the pass for the Japanese world championship of 13-21 September. Texan of Ford Worth, just outside Dallas, Sophomore (second of four years) to the Northwest High School, in the final, 200 meters from the end, was seventh. He hadn’t competed since 2022: he returned a couple of months ago, on June 3. In the middle of three operations to Achilles tendons.