Once again, I find myself writing about Athletics Podium

This is not the first time I have highlighted this excellent site. I first introduced it in 2022, and returned to it in 2023 following their article on the African Games. Earlier this year, I discussed their “best of the best of 2025” list—an original and refreshing approach that did not follow the usual World Athletics classification of track, field, and out-of-stadium events, nor my own method of listing the ten best athletes of each sex.

I had been planning yet another article simply encouraging regular visits to this remarkable site—one that, among my recommendations, is second only to the unique Décapassion, which speaks not only to my intellect but also to my heart, and which is curated by the Goussets, who over the years have become close friends.

In my article on the Balkan Games, I mentioned the excellent statistical booklet Athletics Podium prepared for the 2024 Balkaniad. This time, I intended to present their newly published first volume of African Athletics, authored by S. Erbay, the editor-in-chief of Athletics Podium. It is an impressive compilation of the top ten performances in every discipline over more than half a century, from 1970 to 2025. This first volume covers men’s events; it is reasonable to expect that a second volume devoted to women’s results will follow.

However, I kept postponing writing this piece—until a recent publication finally prompted me into action. The article announced the Pan American Athletics Championships, held at the end of June in Medellín, Colombia. As an athletics enthusiast, I naturally follow the websites of World Athletics and European Athletics on a daily basis. The situation is more complex when it comes to the Americas. There is no single continental federation comparable to European Athletics. Instead, countries are divided between NACAC (North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association) and Atletismo Sudamericano (the South American confederation). Their websites do not offer the same level of regular updates, and as a result I tend not to follow American regional competitions closely, knowing mainly those athletes who appear frequently on the global circuit. (On the other hand, Panamerican Sports is a well organised multisports organisation, with an active web site, where Athletics hold a place of honour).

I was particularly impressed that Athletics Podium provided timely and detailed coverage of these championships, offering a valuable and focused perspective. After the competition, they published a thorough review of what appears to have been the inaugural edition of these championships. I will not go into details about the event here. If you are interested—and you should be—I encourage you to visit Athletics Podium and read their coverage. While there, take the time to explore their other articles; I am confident you will quickly become a regular reader.

PS. If you wish to keep up with results such as those from Medellín, there is an excellent solution: subscribe to C. Baronet’s newsletter. It is free, and each week you receive a compilation of athletics results from around the world. The Panamerican championships, for example, were included in the fourth issue of the June newsletter. A glance through the results reveals occasional appearances by U.S. athletes—unsurprising, as the United States is a member of NACAC and eligible to compete. They typically send a B- or even C-level team. In Medellín managed to secure a few medals, albeit none of them gold.