–Paula Radcliffe talking to the Sunday Mail of Britain. The Sunday Mail has 3 stories on Paula, including one with more details on her blood values, another noting she’ll take an MRI lie detector to prove her innocence, and the one above about the personal toil of it all.
Sunday Mail Has More Details On Paula’s Blood Values + Reveals She’s Offered £1m To Take An MRI Lie Detector Test The Sunday Mail has 3 articles on Paula after meeting with her in Monaco. In the first, they have more details on her high off-scores and other blood tests around them. In the 2nd, they reveal she has offered to put up £1m for an MRI lie detector test to prove her innocence. In the 3rd, (QOD) Paula talks about the personal toil.
#1: Details On Paula Radcliffe’s Off Scores And Blood Data
#2Paula Won’t Be In Clear Until WADA Issues Its Report + Paula Says She’ll Put Up £1m For An MRI Lie Detector To Prove She’s Clean
#3: Paula Radcliffe: “I don’t want the taint of drugs to be the last thing people remember about me when I die.”
Discuss: MB: Paula in Sunday Mail
IAAF And UK Anti-Doping Both Clear Paula Radcliffe Of Blood Doping In an unprecedented move, the IAAF has released a 25-page document that among other things it says clears Paula Radcliffe of any doping accusations. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we at LRC have not read the full document but are offended that IAAF, with its former anti-doping director facing a potential prison sentence, has the gall to tell us what “any competent” scientist should believe. Fortunately, UK Anti-Doping had an independent expert look at the data as well and conclude Paula has nothing to answer. The IAAF and WADA should do the same.
*IAAF Press Release*Full 25-Page Document*Guardian*UK Independent
On The Boards: IAAF clears Paula! Nothing to see here!
A Look Back At The World-Record-Breaking Years Of Ashton Eaton And Genzebe Dibaba
LRC Our Final Look At NCAA Cross: Was Syracuse Winning NCAAs The Most Significant Development In A Generation?Chris Lear seems to think so. Plus praise for Edward Cheserek and the men of Oregon and the UNM women. Who are the early favorites for 2016?
LRC Forget About The Winners: The Biggest Surprises And Underperformers At NCAA Cross Edward Cheserek and Molly Seidel were the winners, but who exceeded/came up short of expectations?
Molly Seidel:“I’ve Been Hearing About That Stupid Curse for Years” Seidel talks about breaking the curse, why she struggled early in her college career, and “busting up” her knee in a bike crash the week before NCAAs.
Excellent Read:DailyRelay Examines In Great Detail Whether UNM Is The Greatest-Ever Women’s Team And If Cheserek Is The Greatest-Ever Men’s IndividualMartin Smith‘s 1982 UVA team was VERY good but UNM appears to be a little better.
BBC Gets Hands On Leaked Craig Masback Email Which Shows Nike-Paid Seb Coe Talked To Lamine Diack About Eugene 2021 Coe, who still is paid six figures per year as a brand ambassador for Nike, denies there is anything wrong with what he did. “I did not lobby anyone on behalf of the Eugene 2021 bid. After their narrow defeat for the 2019 Championships I encouraged them to re-enter another bidding cycle as they had a strong bid.” That may be true but we 100% think Coe can’t be paid for Nike while the head of the IAAF.
Dick Pound Says 2nd Report On IAAF/Russian Corruption Won’t Come Out Until January But It Will Be Worth The Wait As There Will Be A “WOW” Factor “When we release this information to the world, there will be a wow factor. I think people will say how on earth could this happen? It’s a complete betrayal of what the people in charge of the sport should be doing.”
In Case You Were Gone Over The Weekend Syracuse “Out-Coloradoes” Colorado For NCAA Cross Crown As Edward Cheserek Makes History Look Easy Colorado and Syracuse were tied at 8k but “Syracuse out-Coloradoed Colorado over the last 2k” to get the crown. King Cheserek crushed Patrick Tiernan the final 2k. Full recap with interviews of Chris Fox, Mark Wetmore, Justin Knight, Grant Fisher, Patrick Tiernan and more.
LRC Molly Seidel Breaks The Foot Locker Curse And New Mexico Makes History The Foot Locker curse is over and the New Mexico women proved themselves to be the greatest women’s team in history as they had the lowest point total in the modern era. Interviews with Seidel, Dominque Scott, Joe Franklin, Anna Rohrer and the Lobos.
21-Year-Old Birhanu Legese (59:20) Wins 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon And $27,000 As 5 Men Break 59:30 – Cynthia Limo (68:35) Wins Women’s Race It was only the third time in history 5 men have broken 59:30 in the same race. WR holder Zersenay Tadese lost out in the sprint finish had his best finish in 4 years (59:24). India’s Lalita Babar, the steeple WC finalist, set a new NR of 70:52. WR holder and 2015 Chicago champ Florence Kiplagat was a DNF.
*MB: Totally Loaded Airtel Half Marathon Is Sunday With WR Holders Zersenay Tadese and Florence Kiplagat – Who You Got?
Japanese National 10,000 Record Goes Down As Kota Murayama Runs 27:29.69 In An Electrifying Race For Glory On a track lined with screaming fans, Murayama just beat out Tetsuya Yoroizaka by .05 seconds as both were under the old 27:35 mark. Kenya’s William Malel won the race in 27:22. *IAAF
*MB: Two Japanese guys shatter Japanese 10,000 record and 27:30 barrier. Photo finish w pic
George Barber, Father Of Pole Vault World Champ Shawn Barber, Banned From Coaching For Sex Offense Athletics Canada discovered he served a prison sentence in 2007 for having sex with a 17-year-old student athlete.
*MB:PV Gold Medalist Barber’s dad/coach suspended for sex offence
Sweden’s Greatest-Ever Sprinter Linda Haglund – One Of The First Athletes Ever Banned For Doping – Dies Suddenly At Age 59 (Translated) Fourth in the 100m at the 1980 Olympics, her 7.13 60m best still is Sweden’s record some 37 years later. Her bust in 1981 was a game changer.
Stephanie Hightower Appointed Vice President Of NACAC Athletics Association
LRC: Ian LaMere Dominates, Wisconsin Eau Claire Hangs On & Abrah Masterson Surprises While Williams Cruises Photo galleries below.
Frank Litsky Of NY Times Remembers Mal Whitfield: One Of America’s Greatest 800m Runners – 2 Time Olympic Champ AND A Tuskegee Airman Whitfield’s life (2 Olympic golds 1948 and 1952 while serving in the military, being a Tuskegee Airman in a segregated military, and spreading track and field throughout the globe) was pretty amazing. Plus, after he retired from track, he advised a ton of athletes, including Kip Keino of Kenya and Mamo Wolde. He died this week at 91. *LA Times Obit
On The Boards: Mal Whitfield – USA 800m Legend – RIP
UVA and Mr. Maric still are refusing to provide proof that his initial ban was the result of an "unintentional" act as they claim.
*MB:UVA Coach Serving Doping Suspension
2-Time World XC Champ Emily Chebet Gets 4-Year Ban Chebet is a big name and she gets the new 4-year ban. She tested positive for lasix (a masking agent), and did not even have her “B” sample tested. She was among 7 Kenyans who received bans.
*Statement From Her Agency IAC It is the first positive for the agency of the late Zane Branson.
Discuss: 2 time world XC champ Emily Chebet – four year drug ban?
More News From Kenya: Geoffrey Kamworor Says He Wants More Than To Simply Repeat At World Half In March “If the conditions and the course is okay, I will attempt to break the world record (58:23).”
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