The Adidas Boost Boston Games (stylized as adidas BOOST Boston Games) is an annual
track and field
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meeting and
street meet in
Boston, Massachusetts. The event was announced on the same day the
Adidas Grand Prix meet in
New York
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was removed from the
Diamond League
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schedule in 2016.
The traditional track events are held in the
Henry G. Steinbrenner Stadium on the campus of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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, while the street meet portion is held on an elevated straight track constructed between
Boston Common
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and the
Boston Public Garden
The Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden, is a large park in the Downtown Boston, heart of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to Boston Common. It is a part of the Emerald Necklace system of parks, and is bounded by Charles Street (Bosto ...
.
The event has hosted several
Olympic
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Competitions
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** Summer Olympic Games
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track and field athletes, including
400 m
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world record
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holder and Rio gold medalist
Wayde van Niekerk
Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: , ; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. In the 400 metres, he is the current world and Olympic record holder, having set the reco ...
in 2017.
Event records
Men
Track portion
Street portion
Women
![Nikki Hiltz and Dominique Scott in Boston](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Nikki_Hiltz_and_Dominique_Scott_in_Boston.jpg)
Track portion
Street portion
Notes
References
External links
Official website
{{US track and field competitions
2016 establishments in Massachusetts
Annual track and field meetings
Recurring sporting events established in 2016
Sports competitions in Boston
Sports in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Track and field in Massachusetts