– UTEP coach and 1988 Olympic champ Paul Ereng talking about his athlete Michael Saruni getting cut from the Kenyan World 800m squad for Ferguson Rotich despite beating Rotich at the Kenyan Trials. Kenya had two potential wild cards who weren’t top 3 at the Trials in David Rudisha (defending world champ) and Rotich (2016 Diamond League winner), but could only choose four athletes overall.
LRC Evan Jager Crushes 8:01.29 World Leader In Monaco To Become First Non-African Man To Win A Diamond League Steeplechase & Establish Himself As The Favorite At WorldsJager looked in total control as he demolished the field over the final lap to win by over 6 seconds.
LRC Ajee Wilson Smashes The American 800 Meter Record, Runs 1:55.61 In Monaco(updated) Wilson’s incredible run wasn’t good enough to get her a victory or a runner-up finish but she did put a scare into the Olympic gold and silver medalists Caster Semenya and Francine Niyonsaba.
LRC2017 Herculis Recap: Usain Bolt (9.95) Is Back, Emmanuel Korir (1:43.10 800) & Elijah Manangoi (3:28.80 1,500) Rip World Leaders Bolt beat Isiah Young by .03 but looked to have more in the tank while fellow Olympic champs Matthew Centrowitz and Asbel Kiprop struggled in the 1,500. Hellen Obiri rocked the 3,000 (8:23.14) as Wayde van Niekerk was pushed hard in the 400 by Botswana’s Isaac Makwala.
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Chicago: Galen Rupp And Jordan Hasay Headline Strong American Field At The 2017 Bank Of America Chicago Marathon Other top Americans include Chris Derrick making his debut, Luke Puskedra, Diego Estrada, Andrew Bumbalough, Sam Chelanga, Becky Wade and Joan Benoit Samuelson going for the first sub-3 hour marathon by a 60-year-old.
*MB: Galen Rupp & Jordan Hasay to Headline 2017 Chicago Marathon
Berlin: Former World Record Holder Wilson Kipsang Returns To The Berlin Marathon To Face Eliud Kipchoage Kipsang joins the previously-announced Kipchoge while the women’s race has six sub-2:24 women, led by 2015 winner Gladys Cherono (2:19:25).
LRC 80,000 People Tried To Go To A Youth Track Meet And There Were Only 60,000 Seats; Drew Hunter, Nick Willis Updates The US missed one of the best track meets of the year.
LRC Recap: Nijel Amos, Andre De Grasse, Elaine Thompson & Ryan Crouser Keep Rolling, Conseslus Kipruto Goes Out Injured, And The Moroccans ImpressOnly one more DL meet remains before Worlds.
*IAAF: Elaine Thompson And Shaunae Miller-Uibo Impress In Rabat Thompson won her 14th straight 100m race with 10.87 while Miller-Uibo ran 49.80.
*IAAF:Ryan Crouser Dominates In Rabat With 22.21m (Third Best Of His Career)
*AW:Brit CJ Ujah Wins 100m In 9.98
*European-Athletics:Czech Republic’s Zuzana Hejnova Rounding Into Form With London Approaching She ran a SB of 54.22 to get her first 400H win of the year.
LRC “Frequent And Passionate” Kissing, Moxylong, And An Indian Chemist: Gil Roberts’ Doping Case Is the Strangest One Of 2017 Over the years, there have been some entertaining stories that have been used to get people off (or at least try) from positive doping tests – from a gay man making out with a female Craigslist encounter to five bottles of beer and sex at least four times with the wife. We’ve got a new doozy for you.
*MB: “Frequent and Passionate” Kissing Results in US 400 Man Gil Roberts Avoiding Doping Suspension
RRWThree-Time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein Has Joined The Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project Since 180 days had passed since Ritz’s Nike contract expired, he was free to sign and he chose to go with Brooks.
*MB:Breaking: Dathan Ritzenhein has joined the Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project
2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Standards Announced The marathon standards stay at 2:19 and 2:45, but the half marks are quicker at 64:00 and 73:00 (dropped from 65:00 and 75:00 in 2016).
*MB:USATF Announces 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon qualifying standards
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The good news is track and field got discussed on the radio as one of the hosts saw The Freeze race at the TrackTown Summer Series meet on TV. The bad news is they ridiculed the idea track could be popular anywhere and the concept of a track league in the US.
LRC Who Won Our 2017 Running Warehouse USAs Prediction Contest? A Pro, An Olympic Trials Qualifier, A 3:40 1,500m Runner And An All-State High School Runner See who the kings and queens of LetsRun.com are. Our contest winners this time are by far the most impressive group running-wise in the history of contest winners on LRC.
LRC Q&A: Evan Jager Talks About Being Listed As “Likely Doping” In Fancy Bears Hack, The Steeplechase In Monaco … And Admits To Reading LetsRun.com To Try To Figure Out What Was Going On Jager was on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast for nearly an hour in his first public comments since being listed in the Fancy Bears hack. Read the highlights or listen to the whole thing. Jager revealed what he’s learned from the IAAF about why his name was on the document, he talked about his training, how he got his mind right to win Olympic silver, married life and being a homeowner. Plus, he says he had to stop reading forum posts about the hack because 50% of you were like “I know he’s been doping the whole time!”
Help Gabe Grunewald Fight Cancer By Donating Towards Her Medical Expenses Leo Manzano, Kara Goucher, Neely Gracey, Dennis Barker, Jason Vigilante, Scott Bauhs and Suzy Hamilton are among those in the elite running community who have already contributed.
*MB: Gabe Grunewald needs your help! Donate to her medical fund HERE
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