Although it may be obvious or not , to everyone who knows me, I am a huge fan of women in sports, and especially track running (and of course orienteering running and more recently, rowing).
Here is a race which I just discovered, which not only features women athletes, but USA women winning in an event which they have not contended for in a long long time.
Here is the historical perspective.
"Before this race, no American woman had ever won a medal in the steeple at the World Championships.
Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs changed that with an historic 1-2 finish, decimating a field that included the current World Record holder and Olympic Champion.
This was also the first time any Americans had taken home both gold and silver at the World Champions or the Olympics in a race longer than 400m since the 1912 Olympics.
Both Emma and Courtney also ran faster than the existing American Record."
It is obvious that the US is getting better at the track world championships, I suspect they have invested a lot of time in coaching and training, and in the belief that you don't have to be from certain continents of the world to excel at running, you just have to train hard and smart.
Here is the race video.
http://www.nbcsports.com/video/2017-iaaf-worlds-em...
Especially interesting is the 2nd place woman, who is fairly new to running.