Track & field starts Friday at the Olympics!

RIO DE JANEIRO—The track and field portion of the Olympics gets started Friday morning at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange at 5:30 am Seattle time (9:30 am in Rio) with the men’s discus qualifying, while the women’s heptathlon 100 hurdles will be the first running event contested on the blue oval.



There is a Washington connection in the heptathlon, as Walla Walla HS graduate Josh