2013 Herculis Monaco DL *Full Results *LRC Post Race Video Interviews

IAAF Full Meet Recap Brigetta Barrett, Renaud Lavillenie,, Montsho, Kiprop, Edwin Soi and Vesely all got World Leaders.

LRC: USA women DESTROY Monaco 1500! World Champion Jenny Simpson got the big win in her final race before Worlds, new 800m star Brenda Martinez nearly made it an American 1-2 after barely getting into the meet in the first place, and Shannon Rowbury and Gabriele Anderson ran 4:01 for 4th and 5th. US Champ Treniere Moser struggled in last, but the American women are back in the 1500!.
*Martinez #10 all time U.S. at 1500M

5000: LRC Four Men Break 13:00 But Americans Lagat and Rupp Struggle The guys up front were on WR pace early and that group included Lawi Lalang, who is now the fastest man in collegiate history, but not Galen Rupp or Bernard Lagat. Last time Lalang raced, he beat Kenenisa Bekele. Now he takes down Galen Rupp, proving this Mboarder is correct for a day: Lawi Lalang Is Better Than Galen Rupp.

MB: Shalaya Kipp gets the job done - 9:37 in Monaco Updated with post-race interview from Kipp. Milcah Chemos won in 9:14.

More Monaco:

Who's Going To Moscow? No Tara Erdman; Caster Semenya Unlikely

Science Of The Sport

NYC Street Named For Founding President Of NYRR Ted Corbitt

Other Drug News: 4th Jamaican Named Doping

News From The US

More Doping Updates: Powell Loses Sponsor

International News: Vote For Haile

Asafa Powell And Jamaicans Test Positive

Other International News

Previous Jamaican Doping News

Gone Over The Weekend? Some Positive News: *KBC-Nacht Full Results *Madrid Results

LRC Jordan Hasay Qualifies For Moscow World Champs, Just Misses Her Goal Of The IAAF "A" Standard Of 31:45 With 31:46.42 With three male pacemakers leading the way, Hasay punched her ticket to Moscow.
MB:
Official Jordan Hasay chase thread
*Salazar: "Maybe I didn't rest her enough (to get the A), but her workouts have been good."
*Behind The Scenes Of Jordan Hasay's 10K Chase

Brandon Johnson 1:43.84 PR Win In Madrid, Nesta Carter 9.87 Brandon Johnson's incredible 2013 has kept rolling into July. LaTavia Thomas won the 800 with Jenny Simpson 3rd, and Gabrielle Anderson over Morgan Uceny in 1,500.
MB: *Brandon Johnson 1.43.83

LRC Cory McGee Qualifies For Worlds - Runs 4:06.67 In Belgium

LRC Ryan Hill Qualifies For 2013 IAAF World Track And Field Championships - Runs 13:14.22

More From The Weekend:

GBR Trials *Sainsbury's British Championships & World Trials  Schedule/Results

Val Adams Worried Someone Will Try To Spike Her Food With Drugs In Moscow

Gebrselassie Intends To Lead Ethiopia With A Message: Anything Is Possible

LRC For The Record, David Rudisha Has Not Had Surgery All we can say is - don't believe everything you see on Facebook/Twitter, as we have reached out to Rudisha's agent, who has squashed the Internet rumors that Rudisha had knee surgery.

Paris DL Men *Full Results *Event-By-Event Results *Race Video Highlights (US Only) *LRC Paris Photo Gallery LRC Post-Race Video Interviews

*LRC Paris Photo Gallery Added
LRC Men's 1,500: Mission Accomplished* For American Men; Leo's BACK!!! Leo Manzano may still be sponsorless but the lion is officially out of hibernation as he showed why he is the Olympic silver medallist as he led the American charge as he and Lopez Lomong both got the "A" to finalize America's Moscow WC team. All was not totally well for the Americans, though, as Centro stepped off the track, possibly injured. Update: Salazar Says Centro's Not Injured - Just "Embarrassed" For Dropping Out For First Time Ever
Video: Leo, Lawi, Lopez And Lagat Talk After Paris 1,500
MB: Paris 1500m *Manzano IS BACK - 3:33.14 in Paris!!! *Centro DNF Paris 1,500?

LRC Men's Steeple: Ezekiel Kemboi Breaks 8:00 As Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Breaks The European Record The men's steeple clash between the Olympic gold and silver medallists certainly lived up to the hype.
*EA: France's Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Broke The Steeple European Record With 8:00.09

MB Talk: Manzano 3:33.14 for 3rd!, Lomong Gets "A", Centro Drops Out, Bolt 19.73, James Over Merritt, Kemboi Sub 8:00, Mekhissi 8:00.09, Individual links above for each headline. Manzano interview here.

2 Reviews & 1 Book Excerpt From John McDonnell: The Most Successful NCAA Coach In History

Book Excerpt The Legendary Story Of The 1989 Penn Relays DMR, Where 4 Kids From Arkansas, Texas And Missouri Beat 4 African Olympians And The Olympic 1,500m Champ The 1989 Mount St. Mary's Penn Relays DMR team featured 4 African Olympians, including 1988 Olympic 1,500m champ Peter Rono. John McDonnell's Arkansas squad featured 4 kids from Texas, Missouri and Arkansas. A legendary motivational speech by McDonnell and Joe Falcon on the anchor made for one of the great upsets in Penn Relays history. Read all about it in this excerpt from the new John McDonnell biography.

LRC Reviews: #1: Two Thumbs Up
*Review #2 by D2 Coach Torrey Olson "It's got a lot to offer anyone interested in an incredibly sustained passion for the both the sport and the profession."

2013 Herculis Monaco DL *Full Results *LRC Post Race Video Interviews

1500: LRC Asbel Kiprop Runs 3:27.72, Mo Farah Takes Down Steve Cram's British Record What an unbelievable race. Asbel Kiprop's magic in Monaco continued with a 3:27.72 pr win and then in 3:28.81 was none other than Mo Farah. Bye-bye Steve Cram's British record. Farah, the Olympic 10k gold medallist is now the sixth fastest 1500 man ever. The vaunted American contingent was a non-factor in this one, but up front was so hot, it was hard to be a factor.
*Video Interviews with Mo Farah, Asbel Kiprop and Nick Symmonds

800: LRC Duane Solomon Comes Through As The Favorite – Picks Up First Diamond League Victory The 2013 world #1 did his normal thing - get out fast and in the end he BARELY hung on for his first DL victory.

Monaco On The Boards:
*Monaco live updates-Official Thread
*2013 Monaco: Holy mother of God: Asbel Kiprop 3:27.72, Mo Farah sets British record at 3:28.81
*Farah 3:28.81 6th fastest 1500 runner of all time
*Shoutout to Symmonds for running 3:34
*A thought about Mo & Galen's new found speed -
*Duane Wins 800: first American >= 800m with a win since...
*Soi 12.51! Galen Rupp failed to break 13:00 as this race went out super, super fast. Maybe 6:20 low at halfway. Looks like this guy was correct:
U.S. 5000m Runners Have NO CHANCE of Breaking 13 in Monaco
*Watch out for Albert Rop in Monaco
*How did Andy Bayer make it into Monaco 5000 DL over Hassan Mead or Bumbi???
*Breaking news: Farah's 3:28 bodes well for Rupp's 5,000?
*What does AlSal have to do to become GOAT coach. Is he GOAT already?
*How does Matthew Centrowitz feel being beaten by Mohamed Farah?

Random International

Pre-Monaco News

LRC Catching Up With The Olympic 1,500 Silver Medallist Leo Manzano In MonacoWe sat down with Manzano this morning at his hotel in Monaco. Still sponsorsless, Manzano seems to be in a great frame of mind and is very much looking forward to racing tomorrow.
MB:
Carmelita Jeter Walks Out of Monaco Press Conference after Doping Question *1-Minute Video Here With Decent Sound Of Her Walking Out

LRC
Mo Farah Talks Speed Before 2013 Herculis 1,500m After a double deck bus tour of Monaco with Mo was cancelled due to a storm, Mo was forced to do a normal presser. Farah: "I used to believe I could never beat the Kenyans until I trained with them."

More Pre-Meet News:

European News

Recommended Read: Ken Goe: Track And Field A Sport Of Haves And Have-Nots Goe takes a look at the state of the sport, saying, "For every Allyson Felix or Galen Rupp, who make a comfortable living from track and field, there are dozens of athletes living on the margins, near poverty or in debt, or bankrolled by relatives. Olympic dream? This is more like a nightmare."

Sad RIP News: Steve Prefontaine's Mom Passes Away

US News

More On Tyson Gay Testing Positive *The Thread With Insider Info That Predicted A Day In Advance Do You Have A Drug Tip? Contact Us

Who Will Actually Be In Moscow?: David Rudisha And Yohan Blake Both Withdraw

UK Names Its Team For Moscow 2013

Previous Tyson Gay Drug News

adidas Moves Swiftly And Dumps Tyson Gay - Gay Continues To Accept Responsibility: "I know exactly what went on, but I can't discuss it right now ... I hope I am able to run again, but I will take whatever punishment I get like a man."

The Independent: "The Life-And-Death Fight Against Drugs Has Always Been Sport's Phoney War"
UK writer "looks at athletics' history with drug scandals in the wake of a dark week that yet again tarnishes the sport."

Ato Boldon Says Supplements And Stimulants Should Be Legalized
"Everyone is already on it. It's a question of who's getting away with it and who isn't."

Previous Tyson Gay / Asafa Powell News

Tyson Gay And Now Asafa Powell And Five Jamaicans Test Positive Even if this ends up just being a positive for a stimulant that warrants a 3-month suspension, Gay's positive (and also now Powell's) is a huge blow to the sport. Gay: "I don't have a sabotage story. I don't have any lies. I don't have anything to say to make this seem like it was a mistake or it was on USADA's hands, someone playing games ... I basically put my trust in someone and I was let down."
LRC: Do You Know Who Let Gay Down? We Want To Know
MB: Makes you wonder, Who is the person that Gay trusted?

More Coverage: *AP On Gay *NY Times On Gay *Powell/Simpson Article *Powell's Statement Saying He's Not A Cheater
Columnists/Analysis:
*New Yorker:
TYSON GAY AND HOW TO CLEAN UP TRACK This is a Recommended Read as it contrasts how Gay and Powell have handled it - Gay has admitted it, Powell has claimed ignorance (plus it gives props to LRC).
*Science Of Sport:
A House Of Cards? Sprinting Tumbles Down As Gay, Then Powell, Then Simpson, Carter Named As Failing Drug Controls
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Alan Abrahmson: Track's Dirty Day
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Hersh: Doping Issues Killing Track And Field Again
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USA Today: Track Experts Say Fight Against Doping Can't Be Won

More: Powell's Trainer Arrested In Italy
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Reuters: Positives Deliver Body Blow To Troubled Sport From widespread doping in Turkey to widespread doping in sprinting, it's been quite a week on the anti-doping front.
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A Look Back At The Sprinting Dopers Over The Last 25 Years A better to ask would be who hasn't doped, as it's basically like the Tour de France.
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Jamaica's Women's Discus Champ "Shocked" By Positive Test As Well
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Powell Says He's Not A Cheat
*Drug Crisis After Gay And Powell Test Positive
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Full Statements From Jamacians Powell & Simpson

MB:
LRC Thread Predicted Positive at 6pm Saturday night that a major US sprinter would test positive Clearly our Thread of the Month. And people wonder why we allow anonymous posting.
MB: TYSON GAY FAILS TEST
MB: Confirmed: Tyson Gay admits positive test, out of worlds. "I put my trust in someone."
*Powell busted for OXILOFRINE a stimulant
*Makes you wonder, Who is the person that Gay trusted?
*Powell busted for OXILOFRINE a stimulant
*Asafa's Statement
*Describe Your Reaction to the Tyson Gay Tests Postive News in One Word
*Admit it, we are all now waiting to see if Bolt is positve....

Drug Talk

Week In Review

LRC Gay And Powell Test Positive: Leroy Burrell The Fastest Of All Time?, Brandon Johnson Keeps Rolling, Ben True, Hassan Mead And More We take a look at Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell testing positive, give some props to some good performances on the track and much more.

Mid-Week Results: Americans Distance Action In Europe; Caster Semenya's 2013 Debut, Badwater