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The Olympics Are Open At Last
Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron as the IOC unveiled a new motto.
*MB: I'm loving this opening ceremony
*MB: Japanese letsrunners, what did you think of having someone who lives in America lighting up the Tokyo Olympic flame?
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The three-time world half and two-time world xc champ who ran 27:01 at altitude is out with a stress fracture.
This Week's Pod: Josh Kerr trash talks Centro, Ajee Wilson and Raevy Rogers get ready for Tokyo, Gwen J leaves the BTC
Non-Opening Ceremony Olympic News
- Sifan Hassan doesn't think the pressure of potentially trying the triple in Tokyo will be too hard to handle as it will pale in comparison to having her coach banned in Doha where she still won double gold
- Is Dina Asher-Smith scared about Tokyo after hamstring scare? No. “What’s scary?” she says. “What is there to be nervous about? I will line up for a race (in Tokyo) and I’ve done that since I was eight years old and I’m very, very good at it.....I love a show. I love a stage. I love putting together a great performance when it matters, when the lights are really on."
- Raevyn Rogers says she and Pete Julian are "the perfect duo", is pumped for Olympic final as it's on her mom's birthday
- Canadians wonder who will be as dominant as Usain Bolt in the sprints and then determine the correct answer is "no-one." "If you look back in sprints, generally speaking, excluding Marion Jones who was on seven different types of performance enhancing drugs, excluding Ben Johnson, who in recent memory dominated running like Usain Bolt? Nobody. Having a long, dominating sprint career is extremely rare,” said two-time Olympian Nicolas Macrozonaris.
- Tokyo 2020 stepping up surveillance and demanding Olympic visitors stay within site of security guard if they go outside of their hotel The term gaijin is very powerful in Japan.
- Sydney McLaughlin: "I acknowledge the world record but the job is not done.”
- A look at the 5 fastest NFL players that ever ran in the Olympics and the 5 fastest NFL players that never ran in the Olympics
Non Olympic News
- A look back at what the Hunters accomplished at Loudoun Valley (a lot), and a look ahead at what new coach Kevin Shirk envisions A good read. The Hunters had 10:50 boys 2 milers moving from Georgia to run for them.
- Two guys run in every brand's super shoe and then write about them It sounds like they still loved the Nike's.
- The Disordered Eating Continuum
- Kipchoge and Zatopek items highlight new room in World Athletics virtual museum
Meet the savant who has finished top 3 in 3 separate contests, doctor to be, and grad student who finished in our top 3.
Previous Non-Olympic News
- Chris Derrick blog #2 on how to get track to be more popular: He wants Olympic qualifying to be 100% based on world-ranking
- Gary Hill: USATF should fill all 9 lanes for finals at new Hayward Field
- Pac 12 400m champ Johnnie Blockburger (44.71) transfers to USC with his twin sister Alyssa Their dad used to coach at USC but was coaching at Arizona last year.
It Certainly Doesn't Look Like The Olympics Will Be A Super Spreader Event
It sounds like he and several other Brits were in close contact with someone on the plane who tested positive.
*MB: Doubled vaxxed British steepler is still stuck in Tokyo self-isolation
There literally are HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of senior citizens across the globe that aren't vaccinated by the twitter mob has decided to go after the super fit and healthy Hocker for not being vaccinated.
*MB: If we were actually following the data and science and weren't selfish, we wouldn't allow Cole Hocker to get vaccinated now
More Hocker News
- Cole Hocker: "Once I’m in the final, I think I just have just as good a shot as anyone." "We have really good recovery built into our training, which I’m really confident in. And that allows for these long seasons that me and Coach Thomas prepared for."
- Cole Hocker: "I feel content with [not being vaccinated]. Yeah, I’m not really too worried about it going in.”
- Hocker credits his success at Oregon to having world-class training partners and says he'll be ready to go in Tokyo
The Latest Olympic News
- Onion (satire): IOC asks athletes not to have sex during competition to prevent spread of Covid-19 There shall be no "mounting a sprinter on the starting blocks, going down on a beach volleyball teammate, penetrating a horny runner with a relay baton, or participating in a masked orgy after suiting up in a fencing uniform."
- Tokyo 2020 social media posts won't show people kneeling in protest before Olympic contests
- Germany's Johannes Vetter likes Indian jav star Neeraj Chopra but says he's not going to let him win the gold medal India hasn't won a track medal since 1900 but Chopra has a good shot.
- Tokyo Olympics: Is Northern Ireland's marathon success by accident or design?
- Kansas track coach Stanley Redwine went to 5 Trials as an athlete and never made the team, now he's going as an assistant coach
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Previous Olympic and Paralympic News
She didn't get USOPC funding and they are afraid to send Brannigan, who has the mental capacity of a 6 to 11-year-old, to Tokyo alone.
*MB: Mikey Brannigan is trying to raise $15k so he can go to the Paralympics - Donate here
- Athletics Integrity Unit to conduct 800 drug tests during Tokyo Olympics
- Britain's teen 800 phenom Keely Hodgkinson: ‘Is it ridiculous for me to win a medal? I don’t think so’ A nice profile reveals she's 95% deaf in one ear due to a tumor and that a British millionaire helps fund her and he's promised her she can drive his Bentley.
- Is he crazy: Richard Kilty thinks Britain's best chance for a gold medal in track and field is in the men's 4 x 100
- Tokyo 2020: Dina Asher-Smith and 10 Team GB stars to follow at Olympics
- Paul Tergat re-elected into IOC board, named in Tokyo Games Disciplinary Commission
Women's Distance News
She says she is returning to the marathon and is being coached by Bobby McGee who helped her with run specific training when she was doing triathlons.
- Reuters: Sifan Hassan's Olympic Triple Agenda Raises Eyebrows Hassan is entered in the 1500, 5000 and 10,000, although could still pull out of one of them.
- Good Read: BBC: Can GB Distance Runner Eilish McColgan Add To Rich Family Memories In Tokyo? 30-years-ago in Tokyo her mother Liz became 10,000m world champion.
Team GB Pre-Olympic News
- The Guardian: "Cake And Call Of Duty: GB Sprinter Reece Prescod On Weight Battles During Lockdown" Prescod says he was a "serious gamer" during lockdown with eight-hour shifts a day.
- GB Discus Thrower Lawrence Okoye Isn't Dwelling On His NFL Past As He Makes His Olympic Return “It’s hard, it’s been a very interesting journey for me but I don’t think about anything from the past – at all. I’m just focused on performing well this year."
- BBC: Top Ten Days For Team GB In Tokyo Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson are GB's big gold medal hopes for track.
More Olympic News
- IOC Officially Select Brisbane, Australia As Hosts For The 2032 Olympic Games It's been known for a while that Brisbane was the preferred choice.
*MB: Brisbane Australia 2032 Olympics - World Athletics Event-By-Event Olympic Previews
- Four Athletes Ruled Out Of Tokyo 2020 After Testing Positive For COVID A US beach volleyball player, a Chilean taekwondo athlete, a Dutch skateboarder and a Czech ping pong player have all had their Olympic dreams snatched at the last second.
- AIU Details Comprehensive Testing Program Ahead Of Tokyo Olympics
- Missing Ugandan Weightlifter Found By Police After Fleeing Hotel The athlete had left a note saying he wanted to remain in Japan.
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