It seemed like the Olympics might never arrive, but all of a sudden the tryouts for the world's best team are here. That's right, the US Olympic Trials start this week and we've got an in depth preview of all the throwing events together with guest Kibwé Johnson. In addition to sharing our predictions, we also discuss format changes in the field events, what makes a championship environment different, the resurgence of American hammer throwing, and much more.

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More notes:

This episode is brought to you by HMMR Plus. The June site theme on HMMR Media is Olympic lifting. Stay tuned for more on the topic and become a member for full access to our videos, articles, and podcast archives. Kibwé Johnson was previously a guest on Episode 14 and Episode 70 and has contributed several articles to HMMR Media. Johnson was also part of a roundtable on Bondarchuk training group on the recent Episode 245. We talked on this episode about the influence of Bondarchuk on the progress in North American throwing. To learn more about Bondarchuk’s training methods, we have a simple introduction, as well video lesson detailing his approach. We also interviewed him in 2015. You can look back at our 2016 Olympic Trials men's throws guide and women's throws guide. In 2012 we also previewed the hammer as well as the other throws events.