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– World indoor 800m champion Chanelle Price after going sub-2:00 for the first time to finish second behind world outdoor champion Eunice Sum at the incredible Doha Diamond League opener. The crowd was raucous and (at least on TV) it was one of the best meets we’ve seen in ages.
Saturday Road Results
- Christo Landry Ties American Record To Win At USA 25K Championships; Kellyn Johnson Gets Women’s TitleSamson Gebreyohannes Gezaha won the overall race in 1:14:08 as Landry ran 1:14:18 to tie Mo Trafeh’s AR and take 2nd overall. Chris Solinsky was 3rd American, 5th overall (1:16:44). Johnson won in 1:25:26.
*Men’s Video Highlights
*Women’s Video Highlights
*Full Results - Stephen Sambu Crushes Road 10K WR Holder Leonard Komon To Win UAE Healthy Kidney 10-KSambu ran 27:39 to Komon’s 28:17. Sambu also just missed the 8K WR along the way. Joyce Chepkirui won the women’s race in 31:17.
*Full Results
LRCAsbel Kiprop Runs 3:29.18 To Win "A Classic" 1,500m To Kick Off Diamond League
Asbel Kiprop, Silas Kiplagat, Makhloufi and Wote produced a "classic" and "astonishing" 1,500 to start the season. The Ethiopian national record was set and it only got 6th place.
What a Race #2:Mo Aman And Nijel Amos Wage A Thriller - Aman Wins By The Tiniest Of Margins
The 1.75-year wait for for young studs Mo Aman and Nijel Amos to race each other was worth it. Read all about and watch the race.
- HJ One Of The Deepest Ever As Never Before Had Four Men Cleared 2.37m In The Same Meet Russia’s Olympic champ Ivan Ukhov won in 2.41m; only 2 men have ever gone higher.
- Sprint/Field Recap: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Just Beats Blessing Okagbare To Win 100, LaShawn Merrit Gets The 400 W, Nickel Ashmeade Over Warren Weir In 200
- Valerie Adams’ Win In Doha Is Her 47th In A Row
- Re-Watch It On Demand for Free: Watch The Diamond League (And Tons Of Soccer, Bloomberg News, Much More) In The USA If You Don’t Get Universal Sports For $10 A Monthlink fixed Free 48-hour trial available without a credit card.
International: London 2016?!?!?!?
- Lonodn 2016? IOC Makes “Secret” Plan To Use London As A Backup Plan For 2016 Olympics If Rio Falls Through A source said: “At a comparable planning stage in 2004 Athens had done 40 per cent of preparations on infrastructure, stadiums and so on. London had done 60 per cent. Brazil has done 10 per cent …”
- RIP Spanish LJer Yago Lamela, Who Has Died At 36
*Lamela Had Suffered From Depression And Had Been Admitted To A Psychiatric Clinic In The Past
Week In Review
WTWBen True, Hassan Mead, Adam Goucher And The Payton Jordan 5,000, Molly Huddle's 30:47, Aisling Cuffe, Elise Cranny And Brannon Kidder
Our crack stats team gives you the lowdown on Stanford's fast times. How do Ben True and Hassan Mead compare to Adam Goucher and Galen Rupp? Will there be a slew of sub 13:00 Americans in 2014? Plus, some fast times from Aisling Cuffe and teen star Elise Cranny. The performance of the week was Molly Huddle's 30:47 10k. And some props for Brannon Kidder.
Medtronic TC 1 Mile Was Cancelled
- Thursday’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile Cancelled Due To Severe Weather
Good Interview With Nick Willis Willis plans to try and run a Commonwealth Games qualifier in the 5,000 at Oxy because he thinks he’d really enjoy to be in a tactical 5,000 at a championship meet where it just comes down to the last 400.- Welsh Indoor Mile Record Holder (3:57.29) Chris Gowell Was Supposed To Race TC 1 Mile – Says He’s Training A Lot Better This Year After He Stopped Obsessing About Mileage
More Doha
LRCChanelle Price Goes Sub-2:00 As Eunice Sum Wins Battle Of World Champions
Eunice Sum got the win in the battle of world champions as Chanelle Price went sub-2:00 and Molly Beckwith improved.
LRCInterview With Chanelle Price After She Joins Sub-2:00 Club
Email interview with the breakout 2014 800m star.
Greatest W 3k Ever?Hellen Obiri Runs 8:20.68 To Stun Dibaba As EIGHT Women Run 8:30.00 Or Better
Was this the greatest women’s 3.000m race ever run?
*Dibaba On Her 6th-Place 3K Finish: “I don’t know what went wrong.”
*Reuters Recap This was a tremendous track meet. Best one we’ve seen in ages. Raucous crowd and incredible performances.
Non-Doha Results
- Alumni Highlight Oregon Twilight Results: Ashton Eaton Wins 110H In 13.47Ben Blankenship won the 1,500 in 3:39.33 over Jordan McNamara (3:39.40) and Mac Fleet (3:40.00). Harun Abda won the 800 (1:47.33) over Cas Loxsom (1:47.47). *Full Results
- Inspirational: Blind High Schooler Charlotte Brown Almost Medals In Texas State Champs She cleared 11 feet to tie for 4th place. She used to have partial vision, but now has to vault completely blind and said, “… The bright side is, I’m already totally blind. I don’t have to figure out another way to vault. I can’t get any blinder.”
- A Deeper Look At The Weather Issues That Cancelled The Medtronic TC 1 Mile Some of the elites tried to move the race to an indoor or outdoor track, but weren’t able to.
US News: Ritz Moving Back To Michigan
- Dathan Ritzenhein Is Leaving Oregon, Going Back To Michigan Ritz and his wife are both Michigan natives and want to go home before the kids get too old. He’ll still be coached by Alberto.
*MB:Ritz is leaving the Oregon Project - Athletics Illustrated Q&A With Andrew Bumbalough He says he’s been dealing with an injury which is why he underperformed at Payton Jordan.
- DQed OC Marathon Winner Mohamed Fadil Says He Didn’t Cheat And Will “Defend” His Title Next Year Fadil was DQed because his friend paced him on a bike, but says that his friend only started biking with him after the official lead biker got a flat tire and had to stop.
- Vin Lananna Says Oregon Is In Good Shape As They Prepare To Host This Summer’s World Junior Championship
Weekend Road Action – US 25k Champs Are Saturday At Fifth Third River Bank Run *Live Updates Will Be Here
- Christo Landry And Chris Solinsky Ready For Saturday’s US 25k, Defending Champion Dot McMahan Wants To Repeat
- Q&A With Chris Solinsky Before US 25k
*MB: He’s (gonna be back) – Solinsky’s not ruling out a return to the roads - Q&A With Defending US 25k Champ Dot McMahan The Hansons-Brooks runner skipped a spring marathon to try to defend.
- Also Saturday: 2014 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K: Kenyan Road 10K World Record Man Leonard Komon Faces Sam Chelanga And Collis Birmingham 1:06:19 half marathoner Joyce Chepkirui leads women’s field.
- Sunday:World Half Champ Geoffrey Kipsang Leads Field For Sunday’s TCS World 10K Bangalore As He Faces Moses Kipsiro, 27:34 Man Birhanu LegeseLucy Kabuu faces Linet Masai in the women’s race.
- Sunday: Tirunesh Dibaba Defends Her Title At Sunday’s Bupa Great Manchester Run 10K
Oscar P Trial
- Defense Banking Its Case On Reasonable Doubt, Says Reeva Was Close To Door When Shot And Clearly Not Afraid Of Oscar
- Probation Officer Testifies She Doesn’t Believe Oscar P Is Putting On An Act By Sobbing, Vomiting And Openly Displaying His Emotions During His Trial For The Murder Of His Girlfriend
- Oscar Pistorius Cried “80% Of The Time” Day After The Killing
USA News
- RW Looks At The Rise Of Skechers, Whose Stock Is Rising Partially Thanks To Meb Keflezighi’s Boston Win Before Boston, Skechers was selling at $35.29 on the NY Stock Exchange and now it’s up to to $40.42 a share.
- Hassan Mead Talks About Being Overlooked Before His 13:02 At Payton Jordan
- NBC Universal Pays $7.75 Billion For Olympic Broadcasting Rights Through 2032
More To Come This Weekend – NCAA: *This Week’s Meets*All Conference Results
- Saturday: RRW Mary Wacera , World Half Silver Medallist, Eager to Continue Successful Year at Healthy Kidney 10-K
- Sunday – Prague – Women:RRW 2011 NYC Marathon Champ Firehiwot Dado ready to face Kenya’s Flomena Chepchirchir at Sunday’s Prague Marathon Chepchirchir has been releaased from a clause she had with Boston not allowing her to start another race within 60 days of Boston.
- Prague Men: Moses Mosop Leads Field For Sunday’s Prague Marathon Mosop says he’s not at 100% and faces five sub-2:07 guys.
*Prague Live Stream @ 3AM ET
- Sunday’s Seiko Golden Grand Prix In Japan: IAAF Preview: Americans Jenny Simpson And Emma Coburn In 1,500 Vs. 2012 World Jr. Bronze Medalist Senbere TeferiKirani James in the 200, Brianna Rollins (100H), Bohdan Bondarenko Vs. Ivan Ukhov in the HJ, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers and Christophe Lemaitre in the 100.
- Japan Weekend Preview: Yuki Kawauchi Vs. Arata Fujiwara In Sendai Half Marathon
More Upcoming
- Elise Cranny And Alexa Efraimson To Clash In HS Girls Dream Mile At 2014 adidas GP In NYC
- 2012 Boston Winner Wesley Korir Leads Best-Ever Field At May 25th Ottawa Marathon 2:06:13 man Korir faces 2:04:38 2012 Rotterdam champ Yemane Tsegay, Bazu Worku (2:05:25). 2:23:39 woman Ehitu Kiros leads the women’s field. Korir says he has a “bodyguard” who is a 2:06 guy.
Down Goes Drummond?
David Epstein:Tyson Gay Got 50% Reduction In Ban Because He Told Everything Including Info on Jon Drummond’s Encouragment/Heavy Involvement of His Doping Drummond is the chair of USATF’s Athletes Advisory Committee and 2012 Olympic relay coach.
*MB:David Epstein Says Tyson Gay Has Implicated Jon Drummond in Helping Him Dope
Usain Bolt Sending New Pair Of Signed Spikes To The Person In London Who Had Theirs Stolen Bolt tweeted, “I know u love me..but please why u had to go stealing that signed Usain Bolt spikes ..I know u going to return it. Right?”
Doping News: Tyson Gay Offers To Pay Back All Appearance Fees/Prize Money
Tyson Gay Offers To Pay Back $500,000 In Prize Money And Appearance Fees Following His One-Year Doping Suspension- Gay Watches His High School Daughter At The Tyson Gay Invitational In His Hometown Gay spoke on the situation with his 1-year ban and said, “There’s a lot for me to tell, my side … USADA understands that it was a mistake. That’s why they’re allowing me to run this year.”
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