Atlanta Track Club will host the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon on Feb. 29. Nearly 24 years after the Centennial Olympic Games, the iconic cauldron that was lit by the late Muhammad Ali to kick off the 1996 Games will be relit for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic U.S. Marathon Trials that will run under the cauldron and past Georgia State Stadium this Saturday.
Highlighting Atlanta’s Olympic history and legacy, the course for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon will take athletes on a tour of some of Atlanta’s most important attractions and neighborhoods this weekend, according to a press release.
The Olympic Cauldron will be lit at noon and remain lit until approximately the end of the marathon trials at 3:30 p.m.
Competitors will begin their race in front of Centennial Olympic Park – the crown jewel of the 1996 Atlanta Games – and head down Marietta Street toward Peachtree. They will proceed three miles north on Peachtree until they pass the intersection of Peachtree and West Peachtree, then turn around and head back down Peachtree in the opposite direction, loop through Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood and return to downtown. The runners will complete this loop three times before heading on a 2.2 mile final loop that runs under the Rings and Torch structure from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, goes by the Georgia Capitol building and passes by the sports stadiums that house the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta United FC.
They will then reach the welcome sight of the finish line inside Centennial Olympic Park.
Information: atlanta2020trials.com.
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