Great North CityGames *Full Results

Recap of Great North CityGames: David Rudisha runs ridiculous 57.69 world record (best) for 500! There was a lot of interesting action. Laura Muir won the women’s mile as Bernard Lagat struggled in the men’s.
*MB: Rudisha runs 57.69 over 500m in Newcastle

• James Dasaolu & Chijindu Ujah in 100m photo finish Dasaolu got the win.
• Greg Rutherford & Laura Muir claim wins

Great North Run (13.1) Is Sunday

• RRW Women’s Race At Greath North Run Could Be A Classic: Vivian Cheruiyot Versus Tirunesh Dibaba in Olympic Rematch The two women’s distance legends, who both excelled in Rio, will clash tomorrow in the UK.
• RRW Mo Farah To Wrap Up 2016 Season At Great North Run On Sunday Victory seems a conclusion as the biggest threat appears to be Dathan Ritzenhein.
• Mo Farah says he’s unfazed by social media critics who blasted him this week on twitter Users were invited to submit questions on twitter and many asked doping-related questions.
  *MB: AskFarah on Twitter
• Woman who is paralyzed from the waist down started Great North Run early – hopes to finish in 5 days

NCAA Action and News *NCAA XC Schedule and Results

• USTFCCCA Weekend XC Preview
• MB: Syracuse’s 13:55 transfer Iliass Aouani dominates 1st meet of year – Will the Cuse repeat?
• NCAA Head Mark Emmert is concerned that Texas’ Joseph Schooling got a $750,000 bold medal payment from Singapore Few people realize that since 2001, the NCAA has allowed athletes to receive medal bonuses from their home countries. But the didn’t consider that other countries might pay way more than the US.

News Involving Rio’s Stars

• If you can’t beat ’em, have them join your team Galen Rupp might soon be the US’s #2 marathoner – Feyisa Lelisa is now living in the US
• Wayde van Niekerk says he was upset that some people speculated he was a doper after her broke the WR If that’s true, he shouldn’t have skipped the rest of the season.
• Controversies in S. Africa? Some in South Africa are wondering why Wayde Van Niekerk was given a new Audi and Caster Semenya wasn’t The fact that he was sponsored by Audi before the Olympics is the answer. Others are wondering if Van Niekerk’s victory is a victory for blacks or a victory for coloured people.
• Kenyans can’t agree who it was that stayed in a luxury cruise ship in Rio

Paralympics

• Tatyana McFadden’s quest for 7 golds ends in 1st event as she settles for silver We’re glad in the sense the same athlete shouldn’t be the best in the world at the 100m and marathon. It would be like the quarterback also being the best offensive linemen.
• Blade runner Peacock peerless as he powers to another Paralympic 100m title 

Week That Was

LRC Week That Was: How Fast is the 5th Avenue Mile Course?, Free PR Advice for Mo Farah, And a College Coach Helped an NCAA Legend Score Some Booze Plus in case you were gone we had the Diamond League finale in Zurich with the big win by Shannon Rowbury, a game effort by Evan Jager, and a great women’s 200m.

Wejo Speaks – His Rio Olympics

LRC “People are People”- The Olympics Remind Us Of All That is Great (and Bad) in the WorldTwo weeks after Rio, LRC’s Weldon Johnson tries to make sense of his Olympic experience.

The Paralympics Have Started

• Belarus Stages Pro-Russia Protest During Paralympics Opening Ceremony By Carrying Russian Flag To be fair, Belarus is a country with a lot of doping bans as well.
• Q&A With Utah High School 400m Champ Hunter Woodhall Ahead Of The Paralympic Games Back in May, Woodhall ran 47.63 to win the stat championships against able bodied runners.
• New Brazilian President Booed As He Opens 2016 Rio Paralympic GamesMichel Temer was the vice president of the impeached Dilma Rousseff, so he is accused of the same corruption allegations.
• Paralympics Opening Ceremony In Pictures There were some cool stuff like a wheelchair stuntman and some strange things like a paralympic snowboarder dancing with a robot.
• Opening Ceremony For Russia’s Alternative Paralympic Games Takes Place In Moscow The Russian paralympic committee president had some harsh words for the rest of the world as he said, “Let the God be the judge for all those, who used to say that everything is all right with us and then barred us from the Paralympic Games.”
• British Paralympic Chief Denies Accusations That Classification System Is Being Maniupated To Boost Medal Chances
• Five Irish Stars To Follow At The Paralympics
• Olympic Channel Will Show More Than 300 Hours Of Rio Paralympic Coverage

Mid-Week Action: Genzebe Dibaba Misses Mile WR *Results: *Rovereto *Zagreb

• Rovereto: Genzebe Dibaba Runs 4:14.30 To Break African Mile Record, But Comes Up 1.74-Seconds Short Of The WR Dibaba’s time was the second fastest outdoors ever, although it’s slower than her indoor WR of 4:13.31. Sifan Hassan was way back with 4:25 for 2nd and Alexa Efraimson was 3rd (4:27). World bronze medalist Amel Tuka won the men’s 800 in a SB of 1:44.80. *Discuss
  
• Zagreb: Long Jumper Ivana Spanovic (7.03m) And Discus Thrower Sandra Perkovic (67.86m) Were The Highlight Performances Distance victories included Robert Biwott in the 1500 in 3:37 (Robby Andrews was only 12th) and Margaret Kipkemboi in the 3K (8:45) over World XC champ Agnes Tirop. In the sprints, Asafa Powell missed his 98th sub-10, but won in 10.01.
  *Olympic Champ Ryan Crouser Wins Deep Shot Put Crouser beat out bronze and silver medalists Tom Walsh and Joe Kovacs.

Unrest In Kenya

• Kenyan Sports Minister Hassan Wario Defends Decision To Disband NOCK He said that sporting organisations should not exist in a “vacuum above the law.”
• NOCK Reportedly Lost $30,000 Paying For A Room On A Cruise Ship For The Kenyan President Even Though He Never Attended The Games
• Bickering And Finger Pointing Continues Between Hassan Wario, NOCK And Wesley Korir At Parliamentary Meeting

Get Excited For This Weekend: The Final Diamond League Meet Of The Year Is Friday

• Friday:IAAF Preview: Some Events Will Come Down To The Wire For The Overall Diamond League $40,000 Prize The 100 will be a duel between Dafne Schippers and Elaine Thompson, Asbel Kiprop has a small lead in the 1500, but faces Elijah Manangoi and the men’s HJ is wide open.
  *Provisional Entry Lists
  *MB:Shannon Rowbury entered in Brussels 5000m, will she break the AR?
• Saturday:500m And Mile Fields Highlight The Great North City GamesDavid Rudisha will take on GB’s top 400m runners in the 500 and in the mile, Bernard Lagat faces Silas Kiplagat while Laura Muir leads the women’s race.
• Sunday:Vivian Cheruiyot, Tirunesh Dibaba And Priscah Jeptoo Will Face Off At The Great North Run Half-Marathon There is a good men’s field as well with Mo Farah leading Dathan Ritzenhein, Emmanuel Bett, and Abdi Abdirahman.
  *MB:Farah, Ritz, Abdi And Vivian Cheruiyot vs Tirunesh Dibaba