– The Telegraph‘s Oliver Brown writing about why he believes Thomas Bach and the IOC “must be brave and throw Russia out of Rio 2016.”
LRC Ostrava Full Results *Bolt Race Video
LRCOstrava Recap: Usain Bolt Wins in 9.98; Breakout Runs from Young 1500 Runners Filip Sasinek (3:36.32) & Konstanze Klosterhalfen (4:06.91) Bolt crushed the competition, beating a man Gatlin beat by .30 by .23, but wasn’t happy and shook his head when he saw the time. MB*Official Ostrava Thread
*Unknown 20-Year-Old Czech Runs Huge PR To Win 1,500 Over Chris O’Hare In 3:36.32 American Cristian Soratos was way back.
*19-Year-Old Konstanze Klosterhalfen Of Germany Gets Olympic Standard (4:06.91) And Win
Manchester: MB:Wow: 40-year old Kim Collins just beat 20-year old Trayvon Bromell in 100m Greg Rutherford won the LJ, Dafne Schippers the women’s 100. *Results
Friday NightLRC 2016 Hoka One One Middle Distance Classic Preview: U.S. Stars Evan Jager, Leo Manzano, Shannon Rowbury & Brenda Martinez Headline Deep Fields Six weeks from the Olympic Trials and a lot of things are still up in the air. Will Leo Manzano put it together in time in the 1,500? Can Andrew Wheating stay healthy? Will Laura Roesler or Brenda Martinez wind up missing out in the uber-competitive women’s 800? We’ll start to get some answers on Friday at Oxy, which also features Robby Andrews, Shannon Rowbury, Emma Coburn and Eric Jenkins in their outdoor openers, plus Evan Jager in the steeple.
*MB: Official 2016 Hoka One One Oxy Live Discussion Thread
Sunday Morning: LRCKenenisa Bekele And Tirunesh Dibaba Are Racing In Bupa Great Manchester Run
Zika Fears Cause US Swimming To Move Pre-Olympic Training Camp From Puerto Rico To Atlanta
RIP:Two-Time Olympian And Former Ohio State Coach Mamie Rallins Has Died In A Car Crash At 74 Years Old Rallins competed in the 80m hurdles and 100H at the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Games. *USATF Mourns Loss Of Mamie Rallins
LRC Rabat DL Preview: A Fast Men’s 800, The Return Of Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad And Can Francine Niyonsaba Challenge Caster Semenya? The Diamond League’s debut in Africa features some great distance match-ups. Everyone is hyping the women’s 5,000 at Pre next week but the gold (Almaz Ayana) and silver medalists (Senbere Teferi) are both in Rabat this weekend. Adam Kszczot, Amel Tuka and Nijel Amos headline the men’s 800, while MMB joins Jairus Birech and Conseslus Kipruto in the steeple. And then there is the women’s 800 where World Indoor champ Francine Niyonsaba will aim to take down Caster Semenya. Plus LaShawn Merritt in the 400 and Erik Kynard vs. Gianmarco Tamberi in the HJ.
*Semenya’s Coach Says She Won’t Do 400-800 Double At The Olympics
*Daily Relay’s: This Weekend’s Best Match-Ups
*In A Race We Weren’t Aware Of, Nick Willis Is Racing In Canada
Galen Rupp and Meb Kefelzighi, you just caught a major break as Ethiopia definitely didn't select its three best marathoners for its Olympic team. Kenenisa Bekele is staying home as is women's world leader Tirfi Tsegaye.
*MB: Ethiopian marathon team announced: Picks are as debatable as Kenya's.
LRC The Good, The Bad And The Ugly From The Conference Meets; Big $ On The Roads, Fast US High Schoolers And The Great Kenenisa BekeleWe praise the Arkansas Razorbacks, have some insight into the incredible Kenenisa Bekele, look at some nice road win$, including a dominant one by Ben Blankenship, plus some high school news and some insight on the Rio track.
*Bekele racing Sun morning (6 am ET)
Crazy Story:Runner Attacked By Bear And Saved By His Dog While Running In The Woods In CanadaReid Roberts was able to escape with only non-life-threatening wounds thanks to his dog, Pacer, attacking and distracting the bear.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh also was on hand to pump up excitement for the United States' first-ever street meet, which will be free for all on the Boston Common.
But does he think Dennis Mitchell should be fired?
LRC No Need To Panic, Bolt Fans – Usain Bolt Opens Season With 10.05 100m At Cayman Invitational With video. Bolt opened with a 10.09 in 2013 at this same meet. In other action at this meet, Kendra Harrison ran 12.42 in the hurdles, giving her the 3 fastest times in the world in 2016, and Jenna Prandini got the 100 /200 double (11.16 / 22.63). *IAAF Recap
LRC Complete Results: 2016 IAAF World Challenge Beijing Two American men picked up wins in seasonal bests – Justin Gatlin (9.94) and Aries Merritt (13.24) – while pole vaulter Sam Kendricks was even better as he got a new PR and world lead (19’5″). Other world leaders included Majd Eddin Ghazal in the HJ (7′ 8¾”), Bin Dong in the TJ (56′ 6¾”), and Wenxiu Zhang in the women’s hammer (75.58m). Plus Ezekiel Kemboi won the steeple, Erik Sowinskialmost won the 800 and Nick Symmonds struggled in the 800.
*IAAF Recap Of Beijing: Ghazal Surprises With HJ World Lead, Kendricks Soars 19’5″; Hellen Obiri Wins 1,500, Ezekiel Kemboi Wins Steeple As Erik Sowinski Almost Wins 800
*MB: IAAF Challenge Beijing Official Thread
*MB: Erik Sowinski 1:45:81
*Race Videos
Oxy & Ostrava Are Friday – Rabat Is Sunday – Previews Coming Soon
*MB: Trouble in NOPland? Rupp SCRATCHES the 5000m at Oxy.
*Usain Bolt Promises He’ll Run Fast On Friday In Ostrava If The Weather Is Good, Wants A 9.8 He says his tight hamstring is feeling great.
Meet The Bernard Lagat Of The Discus 44-Year-Old Virgilijus Alekna – The 2000 And 2004 Olympic Discus Champ – Still Competing For Lithuania
MB: Official 2016 Shanghai DL Live Discussion Thread *Full Results
LRC A Diamond League Debacle: David Rudisha Beaten By Four Men; Nick Symmonds Runs 1:48 In Farce Of Men’s 800 In Shanghai Rudisha had a good excuse for his loss. The same can’t be said for Nick Symmonds. Find out what we are talking about.
The Rest Of The Meet LRCFaith Kipyegon Crushes It In Women’s 1,500; A Fast Women’s Steeple; A Sub-13 Men’s 5k And Much More In the first DL women’s 1,500 of the year, Jenny Simpson fans have reason to worry as Faith Kipyegon smashed the Kenyan national record. Justin Gatlin was utterly dominant as well, Muktar Edris was great in the 5,000, Omar McLeod went sub-13, Americans Sam Kendricks and Kurt Roberts picked up their first DL victories, and more.
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