Archived Homepage For February 26, 2014
Archived Homepage For February 26, 2014

LRCThe Inside Story Of The Andrew Bumbalough DQ: A Case Of Mistaken Identity Or A Near Catastrophe Bigger Than The Grunewald DQ Averted? Salazar, possibly fixated on Bumbalough since he out-leaned Rupp at the 2012 Trails, got Bumby DQed from a race where he made no contact with Rupp as the officials and Salazar got him confused with Ryan Hill. But we get you to ponder for a minute, how big would have the outrage been if Hill had beaten Rupp on the track and then been DQed for making this (see above) amount of contact 1k from the finish?
*MB: Challenge: Post Examples of DQs for Actions Similar to Grunewald and Ryan Hill
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Imagine for a moment that Hill had beaten Rupp and then been DQd for bumping him 1k from the finish

Other Countries Start Picking Their Teams For World Indoors

NCAA Weekend Results *All NCAA Coverage

Tokyo – A World Major – Is In The Books *Full Tokyo Coverage

Dickson Chumba (2:05:42) And Tirfi Tsegaye (2:22:23) Set Tokyo Marathon CRs As Five Japanese Men Break 2:10 The race was fantastic as both the men’s and women’s races were decided after 40k.
*MB:2014 Tokyo Thread

Asian XC Champs:Non-Asian Born Runners Dominate Asian Cross-Country Champs They took the top 5 spots in the men’s race and four in the women’s.

Lauryn Williams Makes Olympic History In Sochi *LRC Sochi 2014 News Section

 Millrose Photo Gallery 

 2014 USA Cross-Country Photo Gallery 

USATF Controversy

How About A Little More Drama? LRCLopez Lomong Says He Was Verbally Berated By Alberto Salazar After Men’s 3k: “To see the outrage in his eyes, he was very, very mad. … It was very hard to see how unprofessional, the (lack of) sportsmanship.”

Wall Street Journal Picks Up W 3k Story: USA Track Reinstates Disqualified Champ 744-word article by Sara Germano and Kevin Helliker.

The Most Popular Single Day Story In LRC History
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The Inside Story Of Gabriele Grunewald’s DQ – Insider Access, False Promises And A Violation Of USATF’s Own Rules?By now, you’ve heard bits and pieces about what happened on Saturday but we tell you the inside story of what really went down, plus reveal that the Fat Lady hasn’t sung yet as an arbitration hearing will take place later this week.

LRCGabriele Grunewald Reinstated As USATF Champ As Jordan Hasay Withdraws DQ USATF CEO Max Siegel said that “they followed the process laid out in our competition rules.” Scary thought if true, with no transparency on the part of USATF. *Discuss

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Oscar P Trial Will Be Broadcast Live

Sherone Simpson Fill Find Out Verdict Of Doping Court Case On April 8th It’s looking like she might get a 2-year ban. An interesting fact was that the sample of the supplement she sent to be tested was packaged differently than the actual substance bought offline and it was only her sample that contained the banned stimulant.

VCB Wins CAS Case To Overturn 2-Year Ban No One Knew About

2014 USA Indoor Photos *Day 1*Day 2 (Link Fixed)

More Good Reads From The US

LRCAlan Webb Retires From Track And Field

Webb, the American mile record holder, talks about his career after running one last mile in the place where he first broke 4:00.

The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For: The Results For Our “Dirty” Or “Clean” Doping Polls

LRCWorld Record Holders “Dirty” Or “Clean” Doping Poll Results Without further ado, we present to you the results of our world record doping poll. LRCThe “Dirty” Or “Clean” Doping Polls: Why Did We Do Them? Many of you get it. You voted and gave us some very interesting demographic data. We think you’ll find the data very interesting. Some of you don’t get it and have said so. Here we address some of your concerns.
*Blogger Reflects On LetsRun’s “Clean Or Dirty Polls” And Says It Has Helped Promote Belief In A Clean Sport He writes, “The most surprising aspect of the data to me was the percentage of voters who thought that athletes were clean. … This data is surprising because I thought that as a community we were more cynical than the numbers show.”
*MB:LetsRun “Clean or Dirty” Poll Discussion Thread
*MB:Wait a minute! Over 40% of letsrun visitors DON’T think El G was doped up?

Mo Farah To Headline 2014 NYC Half Marathon March 16th

It's official. Mo will be running the NYC Half as he tunes up for the 2014 Virgin London Marathon. *Discuss Here

Big Jumps In Prague

More From The Weekend

Non-USATF Results From The Weekend

USA Indoor Champs *Results*Full 2014 USA Indoor Coverage*NewUSATF Indoor Photos 200+

 

3 Great Reads With Past And Present Stars

Explosive Interview With Former Mile Indoor Record Holder Eamonn Coghlan

Best Rabbit Of All Time? Haile G Will Pace London Marathon