Brussels: The Last Diamond League Meet Of The Year Is Friday *Schedule/Results *TV/Internet Starts 2pm ET
LRC LetsRun.com's Preview Of The 2012 Memorial Van Damme Track & Field Meet Unfortunately, all good things
have to come to an end and
the 2012 Samsung Diamond League season will end on Friday with a another sold out Van Damme. The top six from the Olympic 1,500 will be there as Makhoufi battles Kiprop. A whole lot of other studs, including Bolt & Blake, will be there as well. Plus Kipruto vs. Kipsiele Koech in the steeple and Savinova vs. Jelimo at 800. *IAAF Preview
More:
- Usain Bolt Brussels Press Conference Highlights: He's Mentally Drained And Ready For The Season To Be Over Talking about a future attack on the WR's, he says he still thinks he can bring the 200 record sub-19.
- Bolt Says It'd Be "Boring" If Him And Blake Raced Each Other Two Often So their solution is to never race each other. That's much better.
- Video: Yohan Blake: "The London Olympic Was Just A Stepping Stone"
- One Last 800 Showdown Between The 2008 And 2012 Olympic Champions Pamela Jelimo & Mariya Savinova For Savinova to win the DL title she needs to win and Jelimo needs to be 3rd place or worse. They've split their races this year so this could go either way, but the overall title is Jelimo's to lose. On another note, where is Caster Semenya? She hasn't raced at all since London.
- Anna Chicherova Speaks To The Press: She'd Like Another Chance To Try And Jump 2.10 (Her PR Is 2.07) On her injury before London: "It was so hard. I was crying a lot. I had no confidence like last year. (London) was the first time that I was scared and nervous before a qualification round."
- Bolt Says He's Open To Playing In Manchester United Charity Game Next Year "In 2013, I could take a few more risks. Charity football matches, why not?”
- Freaky Pentagon Robot Is Faster Than Usain Bolt
- Jamaican Columnist Criticizes IAAF's Wild Card Limit Of 1 Per Nation
- LJer Mitchell Watt Talks About Calling Season Quits Due To Achilles Issues Despite Being In The Lead Of The DL Standings
Paralympics: Oscar P Loses Again As A Brit Wins The 100 At Home
- Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock Is The Fastest Leg Amputee In The World As He Set A Paralympic Record Of 10.90 To Win The T44 100m Oscar P was back in 4th. US's Richard Browne was 2nd. *AW
article
- Oscar P Says Even Though He Could Compete In Blades Up To 9cm Taller, He Never Would Because He Wants To Know He's Won By "Hard Work And Talent" "I don't think every blade should be the same height, but I think it should be in relation to your body. For the sport to evolve and be taken seriously it has to happen."
- SA's Arnu Fourie Just Beat Oscar P Out For The Last 100m Medal With 11.08 To Pistorius' 11.18
- Pistorius Never Expected To Win The 100, But Was Disappointed To Finish Outside The Medals
- French Paralympic Sprint Queen Assia El Hannouni Is Retiring After Winning The T12 100/200 Titles For The Third Straight Olympics
Upcoming On The Roads: Tariku Bekele Will Debut In The Half Against Martin Lel; Great Women's Field At RnR Philly Half
- Sep. 9: Gabriele Anderson And Heather Kampf Running Grandma's Minnesota Mile
- Sep. 16: Star-Studded Field For RnR Philadelphia Half Marathon Includes Olympic 5,000 Champ Meseret Defar, NYC Champ Firehiwot Dado, & Boston Champ Sharon Cherop Ethiopian record-holder Mare Dibaba NYC runner-up Buzunesh Deba also in field.
- Sep. 30: Olympic Bronze Medallist Tariku Bekele Will Make His Half Marathon Debut In Lisbon He'll be up against former World Half Marathon champ and three time London Marathon winner Martin Lel.
- NYC: RW Brief Chat With Trials 11th Placer & 2:12 Runner Ryan Vail, Who Will Run His 2nd Marathon At NYC He says he thinks German Fernandez can break 13:00 in the 5k next year.
- NYRR Catches Up With Scotty Bauhs In His Buildup To His Marathon Debut At NYC He talks about the surprise of losing his shoe sponsor even after qualifying for the 2011 World Championships.
- This Weekend: IAAF Preview Of IAU 24-Hour World Championships How far do these athletes run in a day? The last men's winner ran 170 miles in 24 hours (8:28 pace). The top woman has ran 158.5 (9:05 pace). What's crazy is they run this on a 1,554m looped course.
The Oscar P Blade Length Debate Far From Over
- Interesting: Pistorius Was Actually Accused Of Having Blades That Were Too Long When He Won The 100 In His Paralympic Debut In Athens 2004 After losing to him in the 100 final, American single amputee Marlon Shirley asked questions about Pistorius' blades.
- South Africa Officials Reignite Blade Length Controversey And Are Requesting The IPC Launch An Investigation They think Pistorius' rivals are changing the height of their blades between the heads and finals (which is illegal). The IPC admitted that even though this is a rule, it's not something they actually check for.
- Oscar P Is Not The Only Paralympian Concerned Over The Blade Length Issue American Jerome Singleton and other single-leg amputees are concerned that double-amputees are allowed too much of a range with their blade height and also that they are gaining an unfair advantage by switching between longer blades for the 200m and shorter blades for the 100m.
- Pistorius Gets Revenge Over Alan Oliveira As He Holds Him Off On Anchor Leg Of 4 X 100 To Give SA The Paralympic Gold And New WR The two athletes Pistorius has complained about (Oliveira for Brazil and American Blake Leeper) were both on the anchor and took 2nd and 3rd. However, both of their teams ended up getting DQed anyway for handoff violations.
- NASA Scientist Jerome Singleton Wants To Beat Oscar P In The Paralympic 100m Final He's a smart guy and says that "amputee sprinting" can be "a multi-billion-dollar industry."
Other Paralympics: - Bethany Woodward Taks Silver Medal For GB In T37 200 Race For Athletes With Cerebral Palsy (CP) She explained that holding form with CP is a constant challenge: "It's like a brick wall you have to break through to get it done. The CP [cerebral palsy] side is lazy and, it's a constant battle to push through that and say actually, 'No you are going to do something great here.' I was going 'Come on! Push it' and my body listened."
- David Weir Wins 2nd Gold Medal For GB In T54 1,500
Rovereto *Results
- Rovereto Distance Results: Jenny Simpson Gets 2nd In 1,500 With 4:04.07 As Kenyans Mary Kuria (4:03.18) And Eunice Sum (4:05.85) Take 1-3 Hayle Ibrahimov Aze won the 5,000 in 13:11.34 as Andrew Bumbalough was 2nd (13:28.34), Elliott Heath was 10th (13:44.05) and Bobby Curtis was 13th (13:46.30). Kenyan junior Edwin Meli won the 800 in 1:45.01.
*IAAF Full Meet Recap *EA Recap *Full Results
Zagreb *Results
- LRC Taoufik Makhloufi Comes Up Short In Quest For World Lead - Wins 1,500 In 3:32.53 The Olympic champ was way better than everyone in the field but was unable to win the battle with the clock as the second rabbit only got him to 1,200 in 2:50.
Andrew Wheating was in the race and went for it as well but faltered at the end. Maggie Vessey and Brenda Martinez certainly didn't falter at all as they had great days + Duane Solomon in the 400m. *1,500m Race Video *IAAF *EA *LRC Zagreb Preview
*List Of US Performances Carmelita Jeter, Ginnie Crawford, Jason Richardson, Ryan Bailey, Maggie Vessey, Allyson Felix and Reese Hoffa all won their events.
*Britain's Martyn Rooney Wins 400m In 45.78
If You Missed This: U.S. Women's Mountain Running Team Won Gold At World Mountain Running Champions Morgan Arritola led with a 3rd-place finish. *IAAF
Today's Oscar P/Paralympic Updates
- IPC Won't Punish Oscar P Over His Post-200 Blade Length Comments Why would they? Way more controversial things were said by athletes after the women's 1,500 at the Olympics.
- IPC Spokesman On Pistorius Issue: "Serious sport has big controversies ... This debate shows how seriously we want to be taken."
- GB Paralympic Great Thinks Latest Oscar P Controversey Will Reignite The Debate On Whether Or Not He Should Be Allowed In Able-Bodied Competitions
- Paralympic Sprinter Thinks Blades Do Give Athletes An Advantage And Oscar P Shouldn't Have Run In The Olympics We agree.
- Did Pistorius's Outburst Destroy His Brand? He definitely didn't help it.
- Oscar P A Long Shot To Defend His 100m Gold From Beijing
- Dated Oscar P Interview: He's Ok With The Nickname "Blade Runner" But Not "Fastest Man On No Legs"
Non-Oscar P News: - Kenyans Rack Up More Paralympic Distance Medals, Led By Abraham Tarbei With A WR In The T46 1,500 In the T13 1,500, Kenya's team captain Henry Kirwa failed to defend his title, but was 5th with a 3:53.55 PR.
- James Boit Is A Guide To Paralympic 1,500 Champ Samwel Muchai And Says Training With Him Has Changed His Life This is the perfect job for second-tier Kenyans who can't compete internationally. Kenyan Paralympians are still very fast and need to find guides who are faster. Boit has 3:44 PR (13 seconds faster than Muchai's WR) and since he led Muchai (literally) to a gold medal, he gets a $23,600 bonus.
- Armless Archer Matt Stutzman Wins Silver
- QUIET!!! The Entire Olympic Stadium Must Be Silent For The Paralympic Blind LJ Competition Since The Athletes Rely On Coaches Instructions So They Know When To Jump
- Jamaican Paralympic Jav Thrower Was On Her Way To Becoming A Professional Cricket Player When She Was Caught In A Gunman Attack And Paralyzed
- France's Assia El Hannouni Defends Her Paralympic 400 Title For 3rd Time
The Olympics Lasted 17 Days But Will Give Us Stuff To Write About For Months
- No, We're Not Joking: Mo Farah's Post-Race Ice Bath Water For Sale On eBay Item Description: Buy at own risk.This is only water that I hope to have been scooped out of Mo Farah's ice bath and placed into this water bottle after his 2012 olympic win. Impossible to authenticate buy at own risk. Their was ice in the bottle but it has melted. My apologizes :(
- Mo Farah Shows Off His Twin Baby Girls Apparently he and his wife were worried she'd go into labor during the Games, but they had agreed to keep the news from Mo if she did.
- Q&A With Morgan Uceny, Who's Moving On After Olympic Disappointment
- Did The Olympics Inspire You To Start Running Or Run More? Watch Out For Tendonitis Just remember RICE: rest, ice, compression & elevation.
- Deadline Has Passed For Disgraced Shot Putter Nazeya Ostapchuk To Appeal Her Positive Drug Test At this point, it doesn't look like she went through with an appeal, but Valerie Adams hasn't heard official word.
- Jamaican Blogger Argues For Why Asafa Powell Should Undergo Groin Surgery Using Tyson Gay As A Success Story Powell has previously stated that he refuses to go under the knife when it's possible it might not even help.
- In Addition To Stadium Named For Him, Kirani James Gets $222,222 And A Commemorative Stamp Published In His Honor
- Stephen Kiprotich Talks About His Path To London And His Future
Patrick Makau Loses A 10 Miler, And Other Weekend Results
- Tilburg 10 Mile And Women's 10k: Patrick Makau Takes 3rd (45:41) In A Close Race As Pius Kiprop Wins In 45:38 Over John Mwangangi (45:40) Gladys Cherono won the 10k in 30:57 over Emily Chebet (30:58) and Joyce Chepkirui (31:10). Linet Masai was 4th.
- Sweden's Carolina Kluft Has Her Last Competition And Retires "It's sad, wonderful, somber, fantastically fun, and also nice."
- Tyler McCandless Repeats As Kaui Marathon Champion
- Nicholas Kurgat Wins Virginia Beach Half Marathon In 1:04:45 Rei Ohara won the women’s race in 1:13:38. *Full Results
Morgan Uceny Gets A Hero's Welcome In Her Home Town "I just felt amazing and I was like, this is it, this is going to happen for me. And the next thing I know I was on the ground. When I knew it wasn't going to happen, I just reacted. I didn't think I should get up, there was no thinking at all. I was just devastated and I couldn't have moved if I wanted to. I knew it was over and I just didn't do anything about it."
Lille Half Marathon: Ezekiel Chebii Wins Lille Half In 59:05 Over Bernard Koech (59:10) Eliud Kipchoge made his half debut in 59:25 for 3rd. Filomena Chepchirchir won the women's race in 68:06. *IAAF Recap
*MB: lille half marathon won in 59:03
Thursday: The Track Season Is Winding Down, But We Hope You Saved Something For Zürich *Results *Yahoo Photos
LRC
2012 Weltklasse Recap: Rudisha Loses, Bolt And Blake Win, Drama In Women's Steeple, And Americans Fizzle In 5,000m It's the best one-day track meet in the world for a reason - it gets the stars. This year was no different and there were a few shockers. In the men's 5,000, Bernard Lagat broke 13:00 for the first time this year but his AR survived as Galen Rupp finished ninth in 13:09.
LRC David Rudisha Gets Beaten Mohammed Aman ruined David Rudisha's perfect season for the second straight year.
*Full Results
*Other Recaps: *IAAF *Athletics Weekly *Reuters Recap
*Rudisha Is Lucky The Weather Was Great For The Olympics: "I never feel good when the track is wet and it is raining." www.independent.co.uk
800 Video (US Visitors)
*US Men With Gay & Bailey Beat Jamaican "B" Team In 4 X 100
*Grabarz Wins The Diamond League HJ Title & Now Wants To Buy A Porsche A Year After Losing Lottery Funding
Birmingham DL Sunday *Full Results *Event-By-Event Results
- LRC: Mo Farah Wins Final Track Race Of 2012, Centro, Leo Disappoint, Merritt Keeps Rolling Post-Olympic fatigue seemed to be fully in play as the meet was full of lackluster results, as Mo Farah won the 2 mile in 8:27, the men's 200 was won in over 20.00, the men's steeple was won in 8:20, the women's 800 was won in over 2:00, and Anna Pierce won the women's 1,500 in 4:11. Aries Merritt did win a quick hurdles and Carmelita Jeter beat Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce again.
- Full Results *US Results *IAAF Recap *Athletics Weekly *Reuters Recap
- Farah On Not Going For Steve Ovett's 8:13 UK Record: "Wasn't thinking about the record at all, mate. It's been a hard week." *Race Video
Lance Armstrong Pleads Guilty Gives Up
USADA To Ban Lance Armstrong For Life And Strip Him Of All 7 Tour de France Titles USADA chief exec Travis Tygart: "It is a sad day for all of us who love sport and athletes. It's a heartbreaking example of win at all costs overtaking the fair and safe option. There's no success in cheating to win." *ESPN
*MB: BREAKING Report: Lance Abandoning Fight vs Doping Charges, TDF Titles Gone
*Lance Armstrong's Full Statement On USADA Refers to USADA's investigation as an "unconstitutional witch hunt."
Stockholm Diamond League Meet *Full Results *LRC Post-Race Video Interviews *Yahoo Photos
LRC Stockholm Diamond League Full Recap Updated A slew of Olympic champions competed and some did really well and some did awful. Duane Solomon ran a great 800m, Evan Jager ran a PR and revealed he wants to run a 5k, and Shannon Rowbury and Jenny Simpson ran seasonal bests. Now with quotes and interviews.
More: LRC Evan Jager Wants To Run A 5k, But Coach Jerry Schumacher Is Against It
LRC Shannon Rowbury Speaks Out Against Drug Cheats
LRC Taoufik Makhloufi Explains How He Got So Much Better This Year
LRC Andrew Wheating Runs 1:46.4 In B Race And Says It's A Positive Step
LRC Full Results *Video Highlights
*IAAF Recap *Athletics Weekly *Reuters
*Bolt Didn't Run Because He's Too Expensive, Say Meet Organizers
*Valerie Adams Dominates In Stockholm
Goodbye, London
Getting High Praise In The Email Inbox:
LRC Mediocre Great Britain: You Lived Up To Your Name "For a country where pessimism is now part of the national consciousness, the Olympics were a resounding success. Not okay, not pretty good, but truly Great ..."
*IAAF's 12 Highlights Of London 2012
*London Athletes Face Post-Olympic Blues It now even has an official name: Post-Olympic
Stress Disorder, or POSD.
Need A Running App For Your iPhone? Runtastic Gets Praise In NY Times
LRC The Incredible Meb Keflezighi Reacts On Just Missing A Medal, Ryan Hall & Abdi Talk About Dropping Out Post-race reaction from the Americans and the medallists. Meb used the fact he was slighted and not introduced to the worldwide audience at the start, even though he was the only Olympic medallist in the field, to fuel him. Ryan Hall reacts to his first
non-top-10 result and Wilson Kipsang says he has no regrets about the 14:11 3rd 5k.
Olympic Marathon: LRC The Unheralded Stephen Kiprotich Of Uganda Stuns The Field And Wins The 2012 Olympic Men's Marathon Uganda's only Olympic medal of the 2012 Games has a great color to it and it came in a historic event, as after getting dropped at
the 35km mark (21.7 m), Kiprotich stormed back to the lead at the 23-mile mark and stunned the world and Kenyans Wilson
Kipsang and Abel Kirui as the US's Meb Keflezighi was a surprise 4th. Kipsang tried to do his best Sammy Wanjiru impersonation with a crazy 14:11 5k early in the race, but that 5km segment at 1:59 marathon pace may have done him in later.
*USA Today: Kiprotich: "Now, I am known and I am happy that I am known."
*RRW Recap *AP Recap
Saturday:
LRC Mo Farah Completes The Double As The British Fans Go Wild The British fans got what they wanted on the final day of Olympic track competition (marathon tomorrow is on the roads and doesn't end in the stadium) as Farah won a tactical 5,000. Bernard Lagat came up just short in his quest for his first Olympic medal for the US as he was 4th, Rupp 7th and Lomong
10th.
*Picture: Mo Farah And Usain Bolt Swap Victory Poses
*Mo Farah Says He Wants To Move To The Marathon Eventually, But Not Yet
*MB: Official
men's 5000m thread *That was the
worst 5000m final in an Olympics ever
Friday
W 1,500: LRC Disaster Strikes Twice As Morgan Uceny Gets Tripped Again And A Former Doper Wins Gold Disaster struck twice in the 1,500 final. First at the bell when, unbelievably, Morgan Uceny was sent sprawling for the second straight year. It struck again a lap later when a former doper won gold and her compatriot, who has gone from 4:18 to 4:01 this year, nabbed silver.
*Pat Forde: "Saddest sight of the Games"
*Woods: "Half a lifetime of preparation, of dreaming, shattered in an instant."
*Battaglia: Uceny's medal hopes fall - again
*MB: *I am crying
for Morgan Uceny *Uceny goes
down! *US should
protest - Let's re-run the 1,500
*UK 1,500 Runner Lisa Dobriskey Voices Concerns Over Turkey's Asli Çakir Alptekin Being Clean Dobriskey said: "I'll probably get into trouble for saying this, but I don't believe I'm competing on a level playing field.
Usain
Bolt Wins 200 To Become A "Legend" Bolt became the first man to win the 100 and 200 at back-to-back Olympics and become a legend in his own words. We thought he was already a legend. After leading the Jamaica 1-2-3 sweep, Bolt trashed Carl Lewis, saying he has "no respect for him" as a result of Carl's thinly-veiled drug allegations at Bolt.
More Bolt-Lewis: *Bolt Rips Lewis
*Editorial Saying This Will Hurt Bolt In US With Endorsements We Disagree. The article nails it in describing how entertaining Bolt was in the rest of the press conference.
*Article From Last Month Explaining What Lewis Said
*Yohan Blake's Watch Has Caught The Eye Of IOC Brand Police
*Four Years Ago, Warren Weir Was Watching The Olympics From The Couch, But Now He's Part Of A Jamaican 200 Medal Sweep When asked what Bolt whispered to him before the start, he said, "1-2-3." All 3 are coached by Glen Mills.
Ashton Eaton, Trey Hardee Go 1-2 In Decathlon Hardee: "It's safe to say my reign is over. I still think my best decathlon is ahead of me, but Ashton's are too."
*Ashton Eaton: "20 years on you will have people saying 'I was sitting on my couch, watching Hardee and Eaton win.'"
*USATF Release On 1-2 Finishes In Decathlon And TJ Includes athlete quotes.
Wednesday
Allyson Felix Wins 200 Gold As USA Crushes It With 7 Medals & 3 Golds Brittney Reese also won gold as did Aries Merritt.
The meet was "was
slipping away" from the US when everything got turned around with a ton of medals. Lashinda Demus had to settle for silver despite running 52.77. *USATF
Release On Historic Day
*Layden: Allyson Felix finally strikes gold on banner night for US track and field
*After Coming Up Short 4 Years Ago, Allyson Felix And Brittney Reese Come Through For Gold In 200 And LJ In 2012
110H: Aries Merritt Is
On Fire - PRs At 12.92 As US Goes 1-2 Jason Richardson was a little disappointed he got silver.
Epstein: Merritt quest perfectionism pays off with gold medal in 110m hurdles
Reuters: After showing great promises as jr. world champ, Merritt arrives on center stage
LJ: After Four Straight World Titles, Brittney Reese Gets Long-Sough- After Olympic
Gold
*Reese Celebrates With Mom Who Told Her To Turn Down Basketball Scholarship For College & Focus On Track
Tuesday:
A Great Read: LRC Men's
1,500m Reaction, Leo Manzano Talks About His Medal, Matt Centrowitz
His Near Miss, Makhloufi, Kiprop, Willis, More LRC gives you all the athlete reaction from the crazy men's 1,500m, which saw Leo Manzano take home the first US Olympic 1,500m medal since 1968. Leo says he felt awful but his prayer was answered; Centrowitz says he was running for gold and wouldn't change a thing; Asbel Kiprop praises Leo; Nick Willlis is amazed by Makhloufi's recovery but embarrassed by his own showing. What happened
to the Kenyans?
What about Nick Willis? What about Makhloufi's injury? *LRC Leo Photo Gallery
Race Recap: LRC 1,500 Final: Taoufik Makhloufi Dominates As Leo Manzano Surprises With Silver (updated) Makhloufi's last 300 was just way better than everyone else's, as anyone that tried to go with him paid a big price. Leo Manzano had the next-best last lap as he went from 10th to 2nd as Matt Centrowitz just missed a medal by .04. *IAAF Recap
*Deadspin: Algerian Runner Booted From Olympics For Quitting A Race Reinstated After Getting A Doctor's Note
*Taoufik Makhloufi: The Man Who Won Olympic Gold After Being Thrown Out For Not Trying An honest assesment of the DQ situation and questioning the rules around it.
Monday
400 Final: 19-Year-Old Kirani James Wins Grenada's First Olympic Gold In The 400 Luguelin Santos took silver and Lalonde Gordon bronze. Kirani James is Mr. Clutch at age 19. Incredible.
*Grenada Prime Minister Declares National Holiday To Celebrate Kirani James' 400 Win
SI: US 400m Dynasty Comes To An End
*MB: Kirani James 43.94!!!!
Brussels: The Last Diamond League Meet Of The Year Is Friday *Schedule/Results *TV/Internet Starts 2pm ET
LRC LetsRun.com's Preview Of The 2012 Memorial Van Damme Men's 10,000 Kenya's teen sensation Isiah Koech makes a much-anticipicated 10k debut, but he's not the only teen worth watching, as Ethiopia's 2012 World Junior champ is here as well. Plus the return to action for 10k and 15k WR holder Leonard Patrick Komon, Imane Merga and Menjo! Galen Rupp's not returning to the site of his AR but many will be racing him against Koech on paper.
The NYC Marathon Field Gets A Little Bit Deeper
- US Olympians Amy Hastings, Julie Culley, & Janet Bawcom Added To NYC Field They join the previously announced Kim Smith. Also previously announced for the men were Meb, Abdi, Hall, Hartmann, Gotcher, Arciniaga, Carlson, Bauhs and Vail.
- After So Many Complaints NYC Marathon Modifies Their "No Baggage Policy" wRunners now offered two options; No-Baggage “Early Exit” or checked bag
- RW Brief Chat With Julie Culley
- Amy Hastings Moving To Rhode Island Temporarily To Train With NZ's Kim Smith In The Build-up For The NYC Marathon
Other Race Previews/Results: Farah, Geb, Makau News + A New PV World Lead
- No Mo-Geb Duel: Mo Farah Drops From Great North Run Half-Marathon And Will Run An Invitational 2-Mile Which Has Been Added Instead Farah says with the stress of taking care of the two newborns he hasn't got in enough training for a half marathon. Haile Gebrselassie has also dropped from the field with a knee injury.
- Patrick Makau Racing Prague Metro 10k Tomorrow (startlist)
- Olympic Silver Medalist Björn Otto Sets World Leading Pole Vault And German NR At 6.01m
- Kenyan Charles Munyeki Will Chase The $25,000 Bonus For Breaking the CR At Toronto Waterfront Marathon On Oct. 14th The record is 2:07:58 and his best is 2:07:06 from Chicago 2009.
- This Is What Happens Without Democracy: Beijing Marathon Told To Find A New Date As Communist Party Meeting Takes Over That Weekend
Video Interview w/ Bernard Lagat: As Long As He's Still Running Fast He's Going To Keep Going Past 2013 He says he enjoys running much more than earlier in his career because all he did is train. "Plus I was under the shadow of the great El G. So it doesn't matter what I do, I was going to come in second. That's why I feel bad for the 800 runners now."
Post-Olympic Q&A With LaShawn Merritt: "I have to get my titles back...Ending the season without being able to compete at the Olympic Games is tough." He says he could have easily ran 43's this season, but held back in early meets and "chose not to."
Craig Mottram Will Run A Marathon, Usain Bolt Might Play Soccer
- Craig Mottram Says He's Done With The Track And Moving Up To The Marathon He'd like to debut at London or Boston in the spring.
- Usain Bolt Might Play Manchester United Charity Game Next Summer Unlikely this happens as it's on June 3rd, which is right before some key DL meets and the August World Championships.
- Liu Xiang Recovering From Surgery And Expecting To Be Able To Walk Again In Early October
- Top NZ Athletes Nick Willis And Valerie Adams Have Promised To Support And/Or Comete At Feburary's Christchurch Meet
US Collegiate And Pro News
- With Sheila Reid Gone, What Are Jordan Hasay's Chances At Finally Winning The Women's NCAA XC Individual Title? She's the favorite as she barely lost to Reid last year, but she could face challenges from others such as Abbey D'Agostino, Katie Flood and Natosha Rogers.
- University Of Tennessee LJer Charged For Beating Ex-Girlfriend With His Hand Cast
- Evan Jager Gets Warm Welcome Home From 1,000 People Packed Into The High School Gymnasium
- Teg On New Haven 20k: "I was out there being a hunter and it was fun to be in the fight in a championship race."
- Olympic TJ Champ Christian Taylor Talks About His London Experience And Almost Not Even Advancing Past The First Round He fouled the first two so there was a lot of pressure on his 3rd jump. Taylor: "Of course I was nervous, If I fouled the next one my Olympic Games were over. If I didn't jump far enough, the journey was over. But I wasn't going to let that happen."
Mark Your Calendar For October 28th: Frankfurt Marathon Is Shaping Up To Be A Great Race
Frankfurt Marathon Adds Four 2:06 And Under Runners To Field To Challenge Patrick Makau In His WR Attempt Yemane Tsegay (who ran 2:04:48 in Rotterdam), Albert Matebor (2:05:25), Bazu Worku (2:05:25) and Gilbert Kirwa (2:06:14) have all been added to the field.
US News: Adam Goucher Returns To Racing, Lukas V Leaves The Hospital, Jeff Demps Is On The Injured List
- He's Back: Adam Goucher To Compete In ElliptiGo World Championships While coming back from knee injury, Goucher is enjoying the elliptigo, saying, "I fly, dude. I ride fast, I ride hard, and have fun. I ride all over Portland, pretty much."
- And Hopefully Soon Too Will Be Lukas V: Five Weeks After Bike Crash, Lukas Verzbicas Walks Out Of Colorado Hospital With Hopes Of Still Pursuing A Career As An Elite Triathlete Verzbicas: "I could have been a paraplegic or even worse. They told me I could have passed away, so I feel very lucky that I'm still here and that I'm recovering so fast."
- At Least He Still Has An Olympic Medal: Jeff Demps On Injured Reserve, Out For The Season He came up limping in the fourth quarter of the Patriots preseason finale.
- Dathan Ritzenhein Interview With The Trailer Talking About Chicago And Possibly Doing World Cross
- Gary Cohen Extensive Interview With Joe Newton, The Coach At York High School, Who Has Led The Team To 27 Illinois State XC Titles Newton gives insight into the influences and training philosophies he uses with his runners.
- US Names Team For World 24-Hour Run Championships In Poland September 8-9
- Interview With Leo Manzano
- Lisa Uhl Reflects On Her Olympic Experience And Says She's Taking A Vacation From Running Until Fall She wants to "just forget about being a runner for a while and be a normal person for a little bit."
- Allyson Felix Named As Finalist For The Women's Sports Foundation's Sportswoman Of The Year Award
Labor Day Action - New Haven 20km - *Race Website/Videos/Interviews
LRC Matt Tegenkamp Does The 20k - Wins 2012 USA 20km Title In American Course Record Time Of 58:30 For years, it was said Teg doesn't run the 10k, but he does do that and now even the 20k!! Former Oregon
Duck Luke Puskedra ran a gutsy race, but Teg blew him away at the end to get the win in a new American course record time of 58:30 - the second-fastest
20 km road race ever run by
an American - in a race where the top 5 ran 60:00 or faster. In the women' race, Renee Metivier Baillie (67:08) won as four broke 69:00. *RRW Article
*Tegenkamp On Puskedra: "He made me work for it. I ran that race in the hardest way possible. I didn't know what I was doing out there."
September 16th: Olympic Champ Tiki Gelana Against World Champ Edna Kiplagat In Newcastle Half Marathon Britain's Jo Pavey 2010 Commonwealth winner Irene Jerotich also in field.
More On The Oscar P Blade Length Debate *Video: Oscar P Loses 200
- Oscar P Apologises For The Timing Of His Outburst Against Oliveira, But Could Still Be Hit With A Punishment From The IPC However, the IPC has agreed to sit down with him and talk about the blade length issue.
- IPC Reveals That Pistorius First Expressed Concerns About Blade Length 6 Or 7 Weeks Ago
- Alan Oliveira Confirms That He's Improved By About A Second Since Switching To The Longer Blades He increased his height from 1.76m to 1.81m just three weeks ago. Under IPC rules, he could go up to 1.85m. So as an disabled athlete you can essentially change your height to find the optimum stride length.
- IPC Rules Would Let Oscar P Increase His Blades By Another 9cm, But He Doesn't Because Then He Wouldn't Be Legal To Compete In Able-Bodied Races Pistorius races at a height of 184cm, but he could go up to 193cm under the IPC rules.
- College Professor Uses "Conservation Of Angular Momentum" To Explain Why He Thinks Oscar P Wasn't At A Disadvantage Prof. Steve Haake: "[Pistorius] has opened a can of worms. If he is saying, 'If you lengthen your legs you are at an advantage,' then he blows his argument out of the water that he gains no advantage over able-bodied athletes by using prosthetics. He is in a difficult place and can't have it both ways."
- Alan Oliveira "Disappointed" By Oscar Pistorius's Claims
"I was let down by how much he wanted to take away from me the merit for winning gold ... He was hotheaded."
Other Paralympic: - American Armless Archer First Learned To Shoot So He Could Help Hunt For His Family And "put food in the freezer."
- Samwel Mushai Set A Paralympics Record And Won Kenya's First Gold Medal Of This Paralympics In The 1,500m-T11 Henry Kirwa took a bronze in the 5,000m T12 (visually impaired) category.
- Inspiring Athlete: Kenyan Paralympic Captain Henry Kirwa Will Try To Defend His Title In The 1,500-T13 He won 3 golds in Beijing (10,000m T13, 5,000m T13, and 1,500 T13), but can only defend the 1,500, since the IPC no longer offers the 5k/10k T13.
- IOC President Jacques Rogge Will Miss Paralympic Closing Ceremony And Event Marking 40th Anniversary Of Munich Olympic Massacre
- Paralympic Discus Thrower Who Was Given Gold Medal Due To Scoring Mistake Told She Must Now Give It Back
World Mountain Running Champs *More Results
US Women Win World Title (Results Only) Melody Fairchild, the former Foot Locker champ, was on the US team.
More Results: *Women's Team *Men's Team *Men's Individual
*Interview With USA's Morgan Aritola, Bronze Medallist
Paralympics: Oscar P Loses And Says It's Unfair
- Talk About Irony: Oscar P In Shock 200 Defeat To Brazil's Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira And Reacts Angrily, Saying, "We aren't racing a fair race." Pistorius claims that Oliveira is getting an advantage by making his blades longer, therefore giving him a longer stride. *2nd Article
- IPC Reaction: "All blades are measured and Oliveira's passed the test. There's been no infringement of the rules."
- Pistorius' Accusation Doesn't Have A Leg To Stand On: The Science Of Sport Assesses Pistorius' Argument And Says It's "Pretty Baseless" He explains that in truth, Pistorius has the longer stride anyway and there are a lot more factors involved than pure stride length.
- MB: Even Pistorius admits it's not fair .....
- The International Paralympic Committee Has Accused London 2012 Of Scaling Back On Drug Testing At The Games To Save Money The number tested at the Paralympics is a much smaller percentage than that tested at the Olympics.
- Some Paralympians Complain About Media Referring To Them As "Inspirational" They say don't want to be patronized, but how is it patronizing to praise them for what they've had to overcome?
- UK Cyclist Becomes Only Second Person In History To Win Both An Olympic And A Paralympic Medal He was a "pilot" on a tandem bike for a visually-impaired athlete, which are the only able-bodied athletes that can win medals.
US News: Teg Starting To See The End?, Estrada Almost Did, Magness And KD Land Coaching Jobs
- Matt Tegenkamp Running US 20km On Monday In Stratton Faxon New Haven 20k- Race Will Be Free On Net At 8:40am ET USATF lists the contenders as Sean Quigley, Christo Landry, Joseph Chirlee, Andrew Carlson and James Carney on the men's side and Stephanie Rothstein, Katie McGregor, Maegan Krifchin, Renee Metivier-Baillee and Alisha Williams for the women. *Full Elite Entries *MB: Chad Hall Making 20km Debut - Anyone think that the Foot Locker Champ talent will come out?
- Matt Tegenkamp: "I think at the point I am at in my career I am not naïve enough to think that my track career is going to go on forever and ever." "It is amazing that it is a two year build-up and it is absolutely over in the blink of an eye. The adjustment back from London was probably the most difficult I've ever had in my career." *MB: Tegenkamp to retire???
- Diego Estrada Says That He Lets All The "Haters" And Critics Get To Him And He Went Into London Emotionally Drained He said immediately after the Olympics, he considered quitting the sport completely, but is back training now.
- Khadevis Robinson Hired At Ohio State
- Former Oregon Project Coach Steve Magness Named University Of Houston Assistant Cross-Country Coach He's also still coaching some pros, such as Jackie Areson, Tommy Schmitz and Sara Hall.
- Olympic Teams Invited To White House Reception
- XC: Wisconsin Men And Oregon Women Open 2012 Cross-Country Ranked As #1 *DII National Rankings
- US Trail 10k Champ David Roche's Post-Race Report In an email, David recently partially credited Wejo's "Why I Sucked in College" article as helping him in with his running career.
- Music Video: "Run Louisiana Day" Puts Out Clever Music Video To Promote Event And Encourage Everyone In The State To Go For A Run Louisiana 2nd in the nation for obesity. *Event Website
Paul Ryan Didn't Break 3:00 Or Even 4:00 - He Ran 4:01 Well, he probably did break 4:00 with the chip time - so he ran high 3:50s - not 2:50s - at age 20 in 1990.
US Marathon News
- Olympic Trifecta: Meb + Abdi Will Join Ryan Hall At The 2012 ING New York City Marathon All three US Olympic men's marathoners plus Hartmann, Gotcher, Arciniaga, Carlson, Bauhs and Vail will run New York this year. New York also announced they are going to offer $50,000 in prize money per gender for Americans only.
- Good Interview: Runner's World Q&A With Meb The cobblestones in London really beat up his feet and he hasn't run since the Olympics, but he thinks he'll be ready by NYC. Also talks about a London mishap with Ryan Hall's drink. Some quotes "that weren't QOD" in there.
Olympians: Vivian Cheruiyot Might Not Race Next Year And Might Run The Marathon In 2016
- Good Read: We Could See Vivian Cheruiyot In The Marathon In 2016, But We Might Not See Her At All Next Year If She Takes A Year Off To Start A Family You might not have known Cheruiyot's first Games were back in 2000 when she was only 16. She skipped 2004 so she could focus on her education, so London was her third.
- NY Times: Sanya Richards-Ross And Nick Symmonds Continue The Fight Against Rule 40 Symmonds: "To have someone like Sanya come in and publicly speak out is really what this cause needs. I'm not afraid to put my opinions out there, but I'm not as decorated as Sanya. When she steps forward, people listen."
- Sally Pearson Says She And Other Olympians In Australia Have To Train On A Track That Is "Falling Apart" Because No One Will Pay To Have It Fixed
Mo Farah/Usain Bolt News
Olympic 5,000m Final Was So Loud That Finish Line Camera Shook And The Official Finish Photo Was Blurry For The First Time Ever It
didn't happen in any other
race in London. Farah mania > Bolt mania in London.
Mo Farah's Wife Gives Birth To Twin Girls
Usain Bolt Gets Honored At Manchester United Halftime
More Lance Armstrong News *Get Your Own "Cheat To Win" Bracelet
- Alan Abrahamson Breaks Down Lance Armstrong Case
- Is The Olympic HGH Test Ready For The NFL?
- Philip Hersh Pieces Together The Lance Armstrong Puzzle: What Does His Decision Mean? By dropping the fight, Armstrong has spared himself the bad publicity of having all those witnesses testify against him. Apparently his lawyers have written to USADA threatening further legal action too.
- InsideTheGames: Armstrong Decision Not To Fight Drug Charges Set To Spark Jurisdiction Row Between WADA And UCI
- So Who Gets Lance's Titles? Apparently No One, Since Almost All The Runners-Up For 7 Years Were Cheats Too All but one runner-up since Lance's first win in 1999 has been banned at some point for drug use as well.
- SI Column: "Armstrong ended his fight over doping, but who really cares?" "This was a case between a likely drug cheat and obsessive, unlikeable prosecutors, fueled by other drug cheats as witnesses. If this were divorce court and I were a judge, I'd give all the money to the dog."
Lausanne DL *Full Results
LRC: Matt Centrowitz Runs 3:31.96 For Third The twenty-two-year-old American continued to roll as in his first race post-London, he skipped the 3:32s and 3:33s to run 3:31.96 and come close to the win in Lausanne.
*Video Of Centro's Race
*MB: CENTRO 3:31!! *What the hell happened? Centro 3:31, Rupp DNF, Manzano/Willis 3:34
Results: Yohan Blake 9.69, Usain Bolt 19.58, Pamela Jelimo Over Mariya Savinova, Matt Centrowitz 3:31, Leo Manzano 3:34, Galen Rupp DNF The two Jamaican sprint stars came to play in Lausanne. But the mid-d and distance action left you wondering how the Olympic results
were as they were. In the 1,500, the American silver medallists didn't really show up as Leo Manzano was 10th and Galen
Rupp didn't finish, as Silas Kiplagat got the win and Matt Centrowitz showed why he's the best American miler when healthy. In the women's 800, Pamela Jelimo got the win over the 2012 Olympic champion, and in the 3,000, Jenny Simpson was dead last - proving in our minds that her problems in 2012 aren't a matter of confidence or tactics, but rather of fitness.
*IAAF Recap *AP *BBC
*MB: The Good: CENTRO 3:31!! *9.69 - My head just exploded
The Bad: What the hell happened? Centro 3:31, Rupp DNF, Manzano/Willis 3:34
The Ugly: JennyB needs a new coach fast
Monday/More Weekend Track Action
- Monday In Linz, Austria: Kirani James, Felix Sanchez Impress Overall recap.
- *Men's 1,000m: Seurei Wins, Nate Brannen 2:16.52, Over Nick Willis (Missed NZ Record By .01), Wheating, Torrence Willis for some reason was getting top billing earlier. Brannen deserves it. He is in fabulous shape and fell in London. Kirani James won the 400 (44.46) as Oscar P was 6th (46.91). In the 800, Hannah England ran 1:59.66 to beat Anna Pierce and Molly Beckwith. Felix Sanchez won the 400H; Michael Tinsley was 3rd. Other action included a poor steeple showing by Bridget Franek (9:52.90) and bronze medallist Kellie Wells losing to US runners Ginnie Crawford and Queen Harrison in the 100H. *Full Results *Cory Martin Wins City Shot *MB: Brannen 2:16:52 1000m
Olympic Track & Field *Daily Schedule/Results *Complete T&F Schedule *LRC Check Prediction Contest Scores/Change Picks
Saturday: W800: LRC The World Champion Is Now The Olympic Champion As Mariya Savinova Wins Comfortably Over Caster Semenya (updated) Russia's Mariya Savinova came from way back to win the gold comfortably in 1:56.19 and retain her global superiority. Caster Semenya had a blazing last
100 to grab the silver, but waited
way too long to kick to challenge for gold. Defending champ Pamela Jelimo led with 200 to go, but faded badly and was the first outside the medals.
*David Epstein: "Silver Medal in 800 meters Offers Little Clarity in Semenya Speculation" Talks about speculation as to how Semenya came out of nowhere again to get silver and points out how those who objected to her in the past (such as Savinova) seem to be fine with her now that she's losing.
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Saturday Relay Action:
- Bolt Is 6-For-6: Usain Bolt And Jamaica Make History With A New 4 X 1 World Reocrd (36.84) Bolt gets his back-to-back triple crowns. The US was second, actually equalling the old WR, but still well beaten by Jamaica. *IAAF Event Report
- Tim Layden: "In a Games filled with memorable moments, few resonate like Bolt"
- It Was A Disappointing Games For "White Lightning" Christophe Lemaitre This article was from before the 4 x 1 final, but we doubt he's any happier, as France just missed a medal.
- US Women Win 4 X 4 Relay With Fastest Time In 19 Years Allyson Felix gets her 3rd gold medal of the games, Sanya Richards-Ross her 2nd. Richards-Ross said, "By the time I got the stick, it was basically a victory lap." *MB: ALLYSON FELIX JUST SPLIT 48.8
Friday
W 5,000: LRC Meseret Defar Stunningly Stops The Coronation Of Tiruneh Dibaba The script was all set. Tirunesh Dibaba was to complete the "Double Double" and become the first women track athlete with four individual golds. Only thing was, the person making history ended up being Meseret Defar.
*Reuters Defar's golden focus pays dividends Defar said she's had great health and says she changed training to prepare for a tactical race. The religious Defar says she feels "born again."
*Defar Says She Will Now Move Up To The Marathon She's ran one half before in 67:45. Dibaba has said she's making the same move, so their rivalry isn't over yet.
*AP Recap
Thursday
800 Could Be Was Epic:
LRC David Rudisha Becomes A Legend By Winning Gold With A World Record In The Greatest 800 Race In History updated David Rudisha went after in London and delivered, as he became the first person to break 1:41 in the 800. The rest of the field went
after
Rudisha and delivered as well as 7 of
8 runners PRed in a truly epic race where places 1-8 set new all-time best time-for-place marks. Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds became the 2nd
and 3rd Americans to break 1:43 and amazingly neither medalled.
*MB: Rudisha
1:40.91 WORLD RECORD!!
*Epstein: How low can Rudisha go in 800?
*Science Of The Sport Analyzes The Olympic 800 Final And Rudisha's Race Strategy
LRC Duane Solomon And Nick Symmonds React To Their Historic Olympic 800s That Leave Them Short Of The Medals The sub-1:43 club has two more Americans. Unbelievably both of them will leave London without medals. Nick Symmonds ran faster in the final than he thought was humanly possible for him.
*IAAF Article On Rudisha's WR 17-year-old Kenyan Timothy Kitum, who got bronze, said, "[Rudisha] told me he was going to go fast for the line. He advised me not to follow him and to go for silver. That's why (Mohammed) Aman failed. That was our plan."
*Usain Bolt & David Rudisha: Olympic Stars United In Greatness The 800 was crazy; British runner Andrew Osagie's 1:43.77 was enough to get him 4th all-time UK and would have won any of the past three Olympic finals ... but here it got him last.
*Ultimate Track Showdown: Bolt Vs. Rudisha Over 400 Both have hinted they'd be up for it. Props to whatever meet organizer makes this happen. *MB: More
Dominant: Bolt or Rudisha ?
LRC Column/Editorial: Sarah Attar Makes Olympic Track And Field History For Saudi Arabia In 800m, But Is It Enough?
Imagine the outrage if the South African delegation made its black
athletes walk behind the whites and told them to not give interviews or
mingle with whites."It's time for the IOC to stop supporting sexism. Gender discrimination
should be treated no differently than racial discrimination. ... How about for a start, the Saudi women come out first at the closing
ceremonies? Come out before anyone else enters the stadium, that would
be a step in the right direction."
Will Rollerblading Be An Olympic Sport In 2020?
LRC Guest Columnist: Lactic Acid - Is It All that Bad?
LR From Time Magazine To NBC Commentators: Why is everyone still so confused about lactate (and exercise physiology)? LRC guest scientific contributor, PhD Matthew Goodwin, takes a look at some common exercise physiology misconceptions. His #1 target: The idea that lactic acid causes muscle soreness.
Man Fails Miserably In Marathon-In-A-Suit WR Attempt He had a 3:36 PR and wanted to break the 3:24:46WR ... but he finished in 5:06:09, throwing up six times and drinking five beers (in that order).
LetsRun.com T-Shirts Are Here Labor Day Special, 4 Different Shirts $50
LRC The Wait Is Over: Buy Your LetsRun.com Shirts Today The Empire State Building was built in 2 years, the US put a man on the moon in 8 years, and 12 years later the LetsRun.com T-Shirts are here. 4 designs coming from you. We've got a Labor Day Special: All 4 shirts, $50 with free shipping.
Political/Historical Stuff
- Video: Paul Ryan WINS In Photo-Finish At The 1990 Chicago Marathon
- Interactive Political Marathon Battle: Bush V. Gore V. Ryan V. Palin And More ... Who Wins?
- Ceremony Marks The 40th Anniversary Of The Terrorist Attack And Murder Of 11 Israeli Athletes And German Policeman At Munich 1972 Olympics
- Japan Hammer Thrower Barred From Joining IOC Commission Because Of His Election Campaign Methods Has Taken His Appeal To CAS
- Paul Ryan Time Calculator: How Fast Could You Run If You Were Paul Ryan?
*MB: Paul Ryan's "Sub-3" Marathon
What Does Breaking The 10 Second Barrier 80 Times Get You? Asafa Powell Has An Estimated Net Worth of 6.5 Million Dollars
In Case You Were Gone All Weekend: Berlin *Results
LRC German Fernandez Runs 3:34.60 And We Break It Down updated Aries Merritt went 12.97, Robert Harting won for the 33rd straight time, and Mohammed Aman and Pamela Jelimo
won the 800s, but the big news for US distance fans was German Fernandez running 3:34.60. We break down his breakthrough. *Results
*IAAF Recap *Athletics Weekly
*Video Of German's Run
*Sabrina Yohannes Interviews Mohammed Aman Who Won His Second 800 In 3 Days With A 1:43.62 He said he wanted another 1:42, but the pacemaker was too slow for the first lap.
*EA Recap: Harting Celebrates Win By Clearing Three Hurdles
*Kemar Bailey-Cole Wins 100 And Anchors Jamaica 4 X 100 Hurdle Team To Victory
On The Boards: GERMAN with the PB! 3:34.60 in Berlin!
Lance Armstrong News
- USADA Says They Are In Possession Of Positive Lance Armstrong Samples
- ICU Says They Won't Be Afraid To Ban Armstrong If USADA Shows Them Convincing Evidence
- Ireland's Independent On Armstrong: "A hero to many, but a cheat is still a cheat."
Paralympics Results *Photos
- Impressive: GB's Richard Whitehead Wins Paralympic T42 200 Gold Medal He's a pretty impressive athlete, as he's a double above-the-knee amputee and has the marathon WR of 2:42:54. He only converted to the sprints because the Paralympics doesn't have a marathon for his disability category.
- Oscar P Sets 200m WR In Semi Interestingly, given his history, he accuses some athletes of getting an unfair advantage by making themselves taller with extra long blades.
- Pistorious Says It's Going To Be "Awkward" Sharing A Room With A Fellow 200m Sprinter The Night Before They Compete Against Each Other In The Final
- Djibouti's Only Paralympic Athlete Gets A Standing Ovation From The 80,000 Person Crowd As The One-Armed And Injured Runner Struggled To Finish He finished the 1,500 in 11:23; over 7 minutes behind the winner.
- Ireland's Jason Smyth Sets 100m T13 WR With 10.54 This is Tyson Gay's training partner.
- Kenyan Paralympic Distance Runners Dominating As Well; All 3 Advance To 1,500 Final
- Result Mix-Up In Discus Leads To Athletes Receiving Wrong Medals
- Paralympics Starts With Controversey As Cyclist Is DQed For False Start
Lausanne Diamond League Photo Gallery
Nick Symmonds' Beer Mile AR
Lausanne 1,500: Centro 3:31.96
Men's Olympic Marathon Photo Gallery
Saturday Photo Gallery: Usain And Mo
Goodbye London 2012 - Closing Ceremony Photos Gallery
LRC Asks Carmelita Jeter & Jason Richardson About Mark Block
Latest: Britain's Sunday Herald Picks Up Block Story & USADA Says "There is an investigation going on."
*Pat Forde Of Yahoo Sports Picks Up On Controversy
LRC Carmelita Jeter And Jason Richardson Answer Questions About Banned Agent Mark Block LRC's Weldon Johnson asked Jeter and Richardson
about
their association with banned agent Mark Block. Jeter and Richardson, to their credit, didn't dodge the questions. To say there was tension in the air is an understatement. *Discuss
*Associated Press Picks Up Story: US sprinter Carmelita Jeter defends friendship with suspended agent Mark Block
*The Guardian Picks Up Story: "A wonderful night for the USA's athletics team turned sour when Carmelita Jeter was questioned about her links with the controversial former coach, Mark Block."
*NY Daily News *Daily Mail *San Diego Tribune
Day 8 Olympic Photo Gallery: Women's 4 X 100 WR, Uceny Falls, Women's 5,000m Final
Day 7 Olympic Photo Gallery: Rudisha And Bolt
Day 6 Photo Gallery: Allsyon Felix, Aries Merritt, Brittney Reese, Women's 1,500m Semis
Day 5 Photo Gallery: Leo 1,500m Silver, Men's High Jump, Men's 800m Semis, Men's Discus Final
Day 4 Photo Gallery: King James, Felix Sanchez, Jenn Suhr, Women's Steeple
Day 3 Photo Gallery: Men's 100, Men's Steeple, Women's 400, More
Women's Olympic Marathon Photo Gallery
Day 2 Photo Gallery: Olympic 10,000m Final Photo Gallery
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A Legend Passes Too Young
LRC Eight-Time US Cross-Country Champion Pat Porter Dies In Plane Crash Updated: We've added a great photo of Porter with 3-time World XC Champ Lynn Jennings.
*Authorities: "There are no indications as to what may have caused this accident." Porter and his 15-year-old son and a neighbohood friend have perished.