Archived Homepage For March 06, 2018
Archived Homepage For March 06, 2018

Ritz And Emily Sisson Speak

Ritz_Hansons_1_ Delachaise_JacksonLRC A Reinvigorated Dathan Ritzenhein Talks NYC Half, Hansons-Brooks, L-Carnitine, And His Upcoming Return To The Marathon When asked if the supplementation practices of the NOP is one of the reasons why he left, Ritz replied in part. “I guess we all do things over the course of time that you can look back on and say, ‘I wish I had done this or I wish I had done that differently,’ but I’ve always tried to compete with as much as honor and dignity as I can and I’ll continue to do that.” Plus Emily Sisson talks about when she’ll make her 26.2 debut.
*MB: Ritz Talks NYC Half, Hansons-Brooks, L-Carnitine, And His Upcoming Return To The Marathon in Boston.

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World Indoors Saturday

Adam Kszczot was in love with this resultsDQ Drama LRC Men’s 800: Poland’s Adam Kszczot Wins Much-Deserved Gold As Drew Windle Snags Silver Initially there was elation for the Brooks Beasts Drew Windle, then despair as he was DQed, and then elation again.
*MB: Officials change their mind. Drew Windle’s DQ is lifted. He’s won silver!!

Remember this night: Christian Coleman's first world title © Getty Images for IAAFWhat A Night For TeamUSA LRC Best Of The Mixed Zone: Christian Coleman’s Call From Maurice Greene, Will Claye May Skip Outdoors To Promote His Album, & Michael Cherry’s Unorthodox Medal-Winning Meal It was an incredible night for Team USA at World Indoors as it won 5 gold medals – m60, w60H, w400, mTJ and wPV – and set three new championship records in the process. We talked to all the gold medal winners and share the highlights. Find out which winner won after practicing only once all winter.

dibaba-wins-2018-15bLRC Women’s 1,500: Genzebe Dibaba Remains Unbeatable Indoors, Muir 2nd And Hassan 3rd Dibaba was sensational once again over the last 1k – nearly beating the indoor 1k world record en route to her fifth indoor gold.

Full Coverage: 2018 Worlds Special Section

Day 1 At Worlds

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LRC Final Genzebe Dibaba Wins Thrilling 3k, Hassan 2nd And Muir 3rd Genzebe Dibaba’s mastery of the indoor oval continues. Dibaba was able to just hold on and secure a much-deserved gold after she made a big mid-race move. The question we have now is, “Should Hassan be DQed for cutting off Muir near the line?”

LRC Should Sifan Hassan Have Been DQed For Veering Out And Obstructing Laura Muir? In our minds, the IAAF rule book needs to be reworded as a DQ is very harsh. We’d prefer to have seen Hassan moved back to third for fouling Muir.
*MB: Should Sifan Hassan be DQd?
*MB: Houlihan @ the worlds
*MB: Official 2018 IAAF World Indoor Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

lasitskene-cunningham-wi2018-2LRC Danil Lysenko & Maria Lasitskene Claim High Jump Titles On Opening Night at World Indoors Lysenko’s win streak is now at 38 while Mutaz Essa Barshim, who hadn’t lost at all in 2018, was upset.

Crowd Souce:Here Are The Picks  Of The LRC Nation From The Running Warehouse Prediction Contest You can check your scores in the $200,018 Running Warehouse Prediction Contest here.

Four of LetsRun’s Favorites Remember Roger Bannister

Want More on Bannister? Watch Bannister: Everest on the Track The film was produced by LRC friend and athlete agent Tom Ratcliffe.

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Day 2 Action

60m FinishLRC Day 2 PM Recap: There Was A Huge Upset In An Incredible Long Jump Competition, KJT Wins Pentathlon Gold On Home Soil, And Murielle Ahoure Leads Ivory Coast To 1-2 Finish In 60 The Brits got a much wanted gold, but the biggest story of the night was the incredible men’s long jump which was won by a 19-year-old from Cuba, Juan Miguel Echevarria, who snapped Luvo Manyonga‘s win streak thanks to the longest leap in 8 years.
*IAAF: Juan Miguel Echevarria Is The Youngest Field Event Gold Medalist In World Indoor History
*Women’s Shot: Anita Márton Wins Her And Hungary’s 1st World Indoor Gold
*“A Glorious Night For The Ivorians In Birmingham”

The fallLRC Women’s 1,500 Semis: Dibaba, Hassan, Muir Set For 3,000 Rematch As Americans Quigley, Houlihan Make Final If you enjoyed the 3k final, then you’re going to love the 1,500 final as all the major players are back plus the world’s #1 steepler in Beatrice Chepkoech.

quigley-dqLRC Colleen Quigley Criticizes World Indoor Meet Management, Cites  “Brutal” Officiating, Says “They’ve Forgotten That It’s All About the Athletes” Quigley says the athletes haven’t even been allowed to get used to steeper than normal turns or do strides before their races.

Screenshot 2018-03-02 at 16.46.15LRC Men’s 800 Semifinals: Donavan Brazier Goes Home, Drew Windle PRs And Advances Recap, analysis, post-race video.
*MB: Donavan Brazier goes home devastated – Brazier is out of the world championships Brazier bombed in the 2nd semi but said he had nothing to run for as he knew he’d be DQed for stepping on the line on the first turn. He was right – he got the DQ.

LRC Q&A With The World’s Fastest Man Christian Coleman

Friday’s Morning Session

Flotrack screenshot of IAAF tv feed via @flotrackLRC Editorial After Ridiculous DQs At The 2018 IAAF World Champs: The IAAF Rule Book Needs To Be Modernized & The Visa Issue Is A Disgrace If you were hoping to see the stars compete in the finals at the World Indoor Champs, you are out of luck. Six big stars, including Paul Chelimo, won’t be in there either because of ridiculous DQs or the inability to get a visa and that’s a disgrace. Can’t some bureaucrat flex some muscle and get the Olympic champion Omar McLeod into Britain within 24 hours?

kejelcha-2018wiLRC Morning Session Recap: Paul Chelimo Is DQed In 3,000, As Is World Leader Bralon Taplin (& His Entire Heat!) In The 400 History was made at the 2018 World Indoors as we saw something we’ve never seen before – an entire heat DQed!
*MB: PAUL CHELIMO GOES HOME DEVASTATED – DQed IN 3K AT WORLDS –

LRC Kenyan 800 Star Emmanuel Korir OUT Of World Indoors Due To Visa Issues According to his agent Karen Locke, the IT system has shut down in the U.K. consulate in New York.
*Update: 1,500 favorite Ayanleh Souleiman is out as well with a visa issue.
*MB: Men’s 800: Anyone think with Korir out that Brazier’s chances for gold just went way up but so did his odds for no medal? While his #1 rival is out, Brazier now has no one to help him set the pace and he’s a heavy favorite.

Non LRC Worlds Articles We Enjoyed

Our Weekly Recap – Did You Know There Was A $266,650 1st Prize Handed Out Last Week?

shitaraWTW Some Dude You’ve Never Heard Of Won $266,650 In A Half Marathon In Saudi Arabia, Incredible Japanese Men’s Marathoning, Another WR For Kyle Merber, Freshmen Sydney McLaughlin And Lynna Irby Put On A Show At SECs Our weekly recap spans the spectrum, from the Japanese showing the American men how to run the marathon, to another WR for Kyle Merber, to freshman Sydney McLaughlin running a world-leading 50.52 400m and possibly not having as good a weekend as another freshman – Lynna Irby of Georgia.
Discuss: What collegiate athletes had their dreams become reality this past weekend?

2018 World Indoors*Schedule / Entries / Results*TV/Streaming Information*LRCVideo Interviews*Event-By-Event Recaps*Prediction Contest*Previews: *M800*W800*M1,500*M3k*W3k*Ken Nakamura’s Stats*All LRC Coverage

LRCCheck Your Running Warehouse Prediction Scores Hopefully you weren’t bragging too much about winning your group last night as there was an error in the women’s 1,500 scores which has been corrected.

MB:Official 2018 IAAF World Indoor Day 4 Live Discussion Thread

pasted-image-0.pngLRC FinalAjee Wilson Puts Up A Strong Fight, But Francine Niyonsaba Remains Perfect Indoors At 800Wilson ran a great race tactically but Niyonsaba is at another level still.

Kejelcha is golden in 2018LRC Final Yomif Kejelcha Defends His 3,000m World Title With EaseHe crushed the field the final lap as season #1 as NOP ends on a high.

Tefera wins worldsLRC FinalYoung Ethiopian Samuel Tefera Wins 1,500m Gold 36 Days After His First Indoor Race, Blankenship 5th, Engels 7th Could Tefera be the first Ethiopian 1,500 star?

Sunday Worlds Non-Distance

Screenshot 2018-03-04 at 14.39.01LRCHow Four Polish Guys Beat The US To Break The 4 X 400 World Record (3:01.77)This isn’t some April Fools prank.

Sunday Road Action

Lake Biwa: Macharia Ndirangu Wins In 2:07:53 In Debut As Jake Robertson Breaks Rod Dixon’s 34-Year-Old Kiwi Record With 2:08:26(link updated) After 34 years, 4 months, and 9 days, Dixon’s time from his 1983 NYC win has been broken. *Discuss

London: Mo Farah Runs 61:40 To Win Inaugural Big Half In London Farah won in a sprint finish over London Marathon champ Daniel Wanjiru (61:43) with Callum Hawkins (61:45) a close third. GB’s Charlotte Purdue (70:29) won the women’s race. *Results

Japan: Ryuya Kajitani Wins Japan National University Men’s Half Marathon In 63:20 Elsewhere in Japan, Kenyan Patrick Muendo Mwaka won the Tamana Half in 62:52 (Yuki Kawauchi was 12th in 64:49).

Saturday’s AM Session

Niyonsaba was all smiles after her 1st race of the yearLRC Women’s 800 Semis: The World’s Fastest Woman And Margaret Wambui Go Home As Ajee Wilson Cruises Ajee Wilson was masterclass but Francine Niyonsaba looked fantastic as well in her first race of the year. Raevyn Rogers snuck into the final after Wambui was DQed.

engels-finishLRC Men’s 1,500 Semis: Americans Craig Engels And Ben Blankenship Both Advance As Tefera And Iguider Stamp Themselves As Favorites For Gold Two Brits, two Americans and two Ethiopians are in the final but Ryan Gregson was eliminated after getting an unlucky heat draw.

Tom Walsh Defends Shot Crown With Massive 22.31m Heave – The Longest Indoor Throw In 10 Years Walsh moves to #4 all-time in indoor history and erased the longest World Indoor CR – one that had stood since 1987.