The Adidas Games, formerly the adidas BOOST Boston Games and today officially known as the adidas Atlanta City Games, is an annual track and field meeting and street meet in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was originally held in Boston, Massachusetts from 2016 to 2021, and it was relocated to the City of Atlanta in 2023. The event was announced on the same day the Adidas Grand Prix meet in New York was removed from the Diamond League schedule in 2016.
When the meet was held in Boston, the traditional track events were held in the Henry G. Steinbrenner Stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while the street meet portion was held on an elevated straight track constructed between Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden. Currently, it is held in Piedmont Park (the finish line of the Peachtree Road Race, with junior events at Eddie S Henderson Stadium across the street.
The event has hosted several Olympic track and field athletes, including 400 m world record holder and Rio gold medalist Wayde van Niekerk in 2017.
Event records Men Track portion EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef400 m44.28Wayde van Niekerk 2017800 m1:45.18Brandon McBride 20 May 20181500 m3:35.82Collins Cheboi 2017Mile3:56.72Drew Hunter20 May 20183000 m7:45.64Cyrus Rutto20 May 20185000 m12:59.89Dejen Gebremeskel 2017400 m hurdles48.69Michael Stigler2016
Street portion EventRecordAthleteNationDatePlaceRef100 m9.90 (-0.4 m/s)Akani Simbine 19 May 2024Atlanta150 m (straight)14.41 (+0.3 m/s)Noah Lyles18 May 2024Atlanta200 m (straight)19.84Wayde van Niekerk2016Boston600 m 1:15Marco Arop23 May 2021BostonMile 4:01Clayton Murphy23 May 2021Boston110 m hurdles13.07 (-0.7 m/s)Grant Holloway19 May 2024Atlanta200 m hurdles (straight)21.85 Alison dos Santos17 May 2025AtlantaPole vault5.83 mMatt Ludwig 17 May 2025AtlantaLong jump8.33 m Carey McLeod 17 May 2025Atlanta
Women
Track portion EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef800 m1:59.27Ajeé Wilson 20 May 20181500 m4:04.65Dawit Seyaum 20 May 20185000 m15:55.24Caroline Kipkirui20 May 2018
Street portion EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef100 m10.88 (+0.5 m/s)Aleia Hobbs19 May 2024150 m (straight)15.85 Favour Ofili17 May 2025200 m (straight)21.76 (+0.5 m/s)Shaunae Miller-Uibo4 June 2017600 m 1:24Natoya Goule23 May 2021Mile 4:31Nikki Hiltz23 May 2021100 m hurdles12.49 (-0.9 m/s)Kendra Harrison23 May 2021200 m hurdles (straight)24.86 (+0.1 m/s)Shiann Salmon23 May 2021Long jump7.17 m (+0.1 m/s)Tara Davis-Woodhall19 May 2024
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References
External links Official website