– Ato Boldon talking about the adrenaline and anxiety he feels being at the 2016 World Junior (Under-20) Championships as a coach for top 100m contender Khalifa St. Fort.
We were so confident that Mike Rossi cheated at the 2014 Lehigh Valley Marathon that we offered him $200,000 to replicate his personal best. He failed to do so and also failed to claim $10,000 if he could come within even 30 seconds per mile of his alleged marathon best.
LRC Ronald Kwemoi Upsets Asbel Kiprop In Monaco As History Will Have To Wait For The 100th Sub-3:30 Clocking Coming into tonight, 99 times in history a human had broken 3:30 for 1,500. When Asbel Kiprop hit 800 in 1:50 low, it looked like we were well on our way to #100 but the final 700 wasn’t kind to Kiprop.
*MB: Kiprop and Farah get trashed in Monaco *Kiprop is DONE
LRC Caster Semenya (1:55.33 NR) Runs The World’s Fastest Time Since 2008 & Leads Field To Slew Of PRs; Francine Niyonsaba 1:56.24 NR, Molly Ludlow 1:57.68 #7 All-Time USA Semenya has yet to go sub-1:55 but it is only a matter of time.
LRCRest Of Monaco: Omar McLeod Loses For First Time In 2016, Van Niekerk Keeps Winning, National High Jump Record & Dramatic Injury For Tamberi
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LRC The Biggest Winners And Losers At The Olympic Trials We know who made the team and who didn’t, but who really won and lost? We tell you – but with a twist as some losers won and some winners won by losing.
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Get Your Tickets: Rio 2016 Will Release New Batch Of 100,000 Olympic Tickets Thursday
Interesting Read:Washington Post: “A Less Glamorous Side Of Olympic Life: Peeing In A Cup Under Watchful Eyes” A in-depth look at the post-race and out-of-competition athlete testing process.
LRC Abbey D’Agostino Is An Olympian – Emily Infield And Molly Huddle Will Only Race The 10,000 In Rio
M1,500Matthew Centrowitz Delivers Again As Ben Blankenship Gets Revenge By Edging Leo Manzano For Final Olympic Spot(article updated) Centrowitz (3:34.09) took down the U.S. championship record in a fast race as Robby Andrews took second (3:34.88). Just as in 2015, it was Blankenship and Manzano battling to the finish, with Blankenship turning the tables for third in 3:36.18 to Manzano’s 3:36.62.
LRCW1,500Women’s 1,500m: Jenny Simpson Wins Convincingly, Rowbury 2nd, And Brenda Martinez Makes It To Rio (article update) The real drama here was for third. Brenda Martinez got the storybook ending she wanted as former world #1 Morgan Uceny came up just short in her own bid for redemption.
LRC W5,000 Molly Huddle Completes 10k/5k Double; Shelby Houlihan, Kim Conley, Abbey D’Agostino Going To Rio (article updated) Huddle was dominant as Houlihan and Conley took 2-3. Huddle and 4th placer Emily Infeld are only doing the 10K, so 5th placer D’Agostino gets a ticket to Rio.
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LRCTake The Tour: What’s It Like To Make Team USA? The sad truth is not everyone can achieve their Olympic dreams, but at least now you can get a glimpse of what it would be like to make Team USA.
LRCUS Olympic Trials Women’s 1,500 Preview: Simpson & Rowbury Should (Probably) Make It? Who Will Emerge In The Battle For Third?Brenda Martinez is doubling back from the 800. Morgan Uceny is the defending Trials champ. Cory McGee made the World Indoors team. Which one will step up? And how will 4:07 HS junior Kate Murphy fare against the pros?
LRC US Olympic Trials Men’s 1,500 Preview: Can Anyone Stop Centro? And Will Anyone Else Get The Standard?Only five guys – Matthew Centrowitz, Kyle Merber, Ben Blankenship, Robby Andrews and Leo Manzano – have the Olympic standard. Unless someone runs faster than 3:36.20 this week, three of those five will be your team to Rio.
LRCUS Olympic Trials Men’s 5,000 Final Preview: Who Will Close Best In A Wide-Open Race?Ryan Hill is the defending champ but bombed in his only race outdoors. Galen Rupp looked shaky in the prelims. Ben True, Hassan Mead and Eric Jenkins all struggled in the 10k. Bernard Lagat is 41 years old. This race is full of question marks, which makes for a compelling final.
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Great Read On Usain Bolt In Sports Illustrated Tim Layden once again showing why he’s the best track writer in America. It’s two straight SI covers for Tim as he also had the Caitlyn Jenner cover article.
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MB:USATF Women’s Track And Field Chairman Sue Humphrey Suspended A USATF statement stated it was “for repeated violations of USATF policies and procedures regarding credentialing at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.”
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LRC The Rest Of The Meet: Felix Loses A Chance To Make History, Dalilah Muhammad Makes History, Sydney McLaughlin Arrives, And Kerron Clement Re-ArrivesAllyson Felix‘s quest for history is over before it really even began. Felix wasn’t the only one to have a bad day as Johnny Dutch also failed to make it to Rio. The news wasn’t all bad as in the women’s 400 hurdles, HSer Sydney McLalughlin made Team USA and Dalilah Muhammad set a new US championship record.
LRC 41-Year-Old Bernard Lagat Wins Crazy Men’s 5,000 At 2016 US Olympic Trials (Updated) Father Time took a blow from the majestic Bernard Lagat, who blitzed a 52.82 final 400 to go from 6th to 1st and book his ticket to a 5th Olympic Games.
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