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Flash Courtney Frerichs Goes for Gold and Rewarded With Silver as Peruth Chemutai Gets Surprise Gold

Courtney Frerichs went for gold and was rewarded with silver as Peruth Chemutai of Uganda got the upset win and Emma Coburn was not a factor. Live stream here (men's 200 final coming)

Wednesday Live Show: 11:50 am Eastern: Frerichs= Prefontaine, Korir Gets 800, Lyles Comes Up Short

Kenya Still King of 800

LRC Kenya Stills Reigns in 800 as Emmanuel Korir and Ferguson Rotich go 1-2, Dobek Takes Bronze

updated Emmanuel Korir put his 400 speed to good use in a tactical 800 final as Clayton Murphy and Nijel Amos were last and second to last respectively.

1500 Semis

LRC Women's 1500: Kipyegon vs Hassan is Set, Kipyegon runs 3:56 as five women break 4:00; Hassan into second final of Olympics

Sifan Hassan and Hellen Obiri were dominant in different ways and the Americans struggled, but two made the final

Men's 200 Final

It lived up to the hype!

An intense men's 200m final ends with Andre De Grasse taking the GOLD. 🥇#TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/xBohSMgDSL
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 4, 2021

Tokyo Olympics

LRC 51:46! Sydney McLaughling gets gold and world record #2

A day after the men produced a historically good 400h, the women did it as well. Gold #1 for McLaughlin as Dalilah Muhammad (51.58) crushed the old world record (51.90) and Femke Bol (52.03) came close.

Tuesday Night Talk

LRC Athing Mu is Golden With 1:55:21 800m American Record!!!

(updated) Athing Mu delivered an American record gold medal performance on the biggest stage possible while fellow 19 year-old Keely Hodgkinson got silver and American Raevyn Rogers PRd for bronze.

The Only Way to Really Know What's Happening in Tokyo: Tuesday Video Reaction Show / Podcast For Supporters Club members. Get the inside scoop from Tokyo. Here what the athletes are saying after Athing Mu's 1:55.21 gold medal and Karsten Warholm's 45.94 WR.

Tuesday AM Talk

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LRC 5000 Heats: All 3 Americans, Luis Grijalva and Justyn Knight Advance, Getnet Wale Does Not

Elaine Thompson-Herah Completes Unprecedented "Double-Double" With 200m Win; Nambia's Christine Mboma Gets Silver And US's Gabby Thomas The Bronze

Thompson-Herah won in 21.53, just .19 seconds of FloJo's WR.

Mondo Duplantis Soars To Olympic PV Gold With 6.02m; US's Chris Nilsen Takes Silver (5.97m) Surprise 2016 Olympic champ Thiago Braz back up that performance with a bronze in Tokyo.

Wednesday US Viewing Guide

LRC How to Watch Olympic Track and Field on Demand Without Knowing the Results

Click above to learn how to watch on demand. Below is a schedule and links for Tuesday's upcoming action.

Time (East)	SEX	EVENT	TV/ Stream
5:30 AM	M	Decathlon	Peacock / Stream
6:00 AM	W	1500 SF	Peacock / Stream
6:05 AM	W	Heptathlon	Peacock / Stream
6:30 AM	W	400 SF	Peacock / Stream
7:00 AM	W	3000 Steeple F	Peacock / Stream
7:15 AM	M	Hammer Throw F	Peacock / Stream
8:05 AM	M	800 F	Peacock / Stream
8:55 AM	M	200 F	Peacock / Stream

LRC The Greatest Race Ever? Karsten Warholm (45.94) Defeats Rai Benjamin (46.17) to Obliterate 400M Hurdles World Record & Win Olympic Gold

What a race. Was that the greatest race in the history of track & field?

Warholm Talk

LRC Men’s 1500 First Round Chaos!: Nuguse DNS, Kerr and Simotwo Need Time Qualifiers, Lewandowski Falls, Hocker and Centro Good to Go

Some fairly big names struggled, one fell, and Yared Nuguse did not start. Updated with quotes/ analysis.

LRC Allyson Felix's 2020 Olympics Begin, Germany’s Malaika Mihambo Edges Brittney Reese For Gold in Dramatic Long Jump Final

Warholm's WR overshadowed everything else in Tokyo on the first session of day 5 but we still recap it here for you.

PM Talk

LRC Hassan Gets Gold #1 in Quest for Historic Triple at Tokyo Olympics

updated 12 hours after falling in her 1500m prelim on the final lap and still winning her heat, Sifan Hassan dispatched Hellen Obiri with ease on the final lap to get gold #1.

LRC Kenya's Reign is Over: Soufiane El Bakkali Wins Olympic Men's Steeplechase in Tokyo

updated Kenya had not lost a men's steeple at the Olympics since man first walked on the moon.

Monday Discussion

LRC Kirani James is Back, van Niekerk Out, Thompson-Herah rips 21.66, DSD Women to Impact 200

We recap the semis of the men's 400, women's 200, and women's 400m hurdles.

Valarie Allman Gets US First T&F Gold at Tokyo in Discus Profile on her.

LRC Day 4 Tokyo Track Podcast Recap and Video Show: Sifan Hassan Gets Gold #1, Kenyan Steeple Streak Ends, DSD Comes to 200

Video show and podcast recapping all the track action from Day 4 in Tokyo.

LRC Tokyo Day 4 AM Recap: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Wins 100 Hurdles, Miltos Tentoglou Wins Long Jump on Final Attempt, & Christine Mboma Runs 22.11 World U20 Record in 200 Prelims

Camacho's-Quinn's near-perfect season continued but she came up short in her WR quest, the men's LJ was extremely dramatic and Shericka Jackson was surprisingly eliminated in the women's 200.

LRC The Legend Grows (and her 5000 Is 12 Hours Away): Sifan Hassan Falls at the Bell, Gets Up and Wins Her 1500 Heat

Sifan Hassan, running 12 hours before the 5,000m final, fell on the final lap, picked herself up and still won her heat.

Previously In Tokyo

LRC Who?! Italy's Marcell Jacobs Stuns the World to Win Unlikely Olympic 100-Meter Title

Jacobs, a converted long jumper who was born in El Paso, ran two European records in three hours, winning the final in 9.80 ahead of the USA's Fred Kerley (9.84) and Canada's Andre De Grasse (9.89).

What?! Nijel Amos Falls, Yet Put Into Final, Clayton Murphy's Gamble Pays off

Nijel Amos and Isaiah Jewett fell to the track, but now Amos has been put in the final. Clayton Murphy made the final with a high wire act down the homestretch.

Rojas Crushes World Record in Triple Jump

Tokyo Day 3 Recap: Italy 100 Gold, Rojas WR, Amos' Fall, Rojo's Near Death Experience

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LRC The Disgraceful Disqualification of Francine Niyonsaba

MB: I'm outraged that Francine Niyonsaba was DQd from Worlds. And you should be too.
LaPress.ca: FRANCINE, ALONE IN THE WORLD
AP: 'So alone': Niyonsaba criticizes own team after Olympics DQ

Tokyo Sprint Stuff

Shaunae Miller-Uibo Is Running The 200m, May Defend Her Title In The 400m The first round of the 400m is on the same day as the 200m final (400m in the AM, 200m in the PM). She said she'll make the call after the first rounds of the 200m, but would like to do the double.
Dina Asher-Smith Pulls Out Of 200m With Due To Hamstring Tear She reveals that she tore it earlier this month which hindered her and lead to her failing to make the 100m final in Tokyo. She still didn't rule out running in GB's 4x100.
The Telegraph: "The Men's 100m Final Used To Be The Olympics' Blue-Riband Event - This Felt Like A Novelty Act" "What can be said with certainty is that the 100m is going through a turbulent interregnum, still scarred by the retirement of Bolt..."
Dina Asher-Smith: “I’m honestly so proud to have come out here and 11.0 off a week’s worth of sprint training because I’ve spent four weeks trying to run again.”
The Guardian: Sydney McLaughlin Already Has A World Record At 21; Now She Wants Olympic Gold
Italians Elated By Shock Olympic Golds In Men's 100m And HJ

Tokyo Olympics

LRC Elaine Thompson-Herah Earns Second Olympic Title in Emphatic Fashion with Remarkable 10.61 Olympic Record As Jamaica Sweeps

FloJo’s 33-year-old 10.62 Olympic record is gone as Thompson-Herah moved to #2 on the all-time list. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce earned her 4th Olympic 100m medal by taking silver in 10.74.

LRC Tokyo 2020 Day 3 Morning Session: World Leader Randolph Ross Is Eliminated in 400m Prelims as All 3 American Women Advance to Steeplechase Final

Ross let up at the line and missed out on the final auto spot in his heat by .03. China’s Lijiao Gong won the women’s shot put as the USA’s Raven Saunders & New Zealand’s Valerie Adams took silver & bronze.

LRC The Triple Is On! Sifan Hassan Confirms She Will Run 1500, 5K, & 10K in Tokyo

Should Hassan pull off triple gold, it would automatically become the greatest accomplishment in the history of women's distance running. But with Faith Kipyegon, Gudaf Tsegay, Hellen Obiri, and Letesenbet Gidey standing in her way, she's no lock for gold in any event.

On The Boards

Tokyo Field Event News

China's Gong Lijiao Dominates Women's Shot Put In Tokyo With 20.58 PB US's Raven Saunders took the silver and New Zealand legend Valerie Adams the bronze.
Sweden's Daniel Stahl Lands Historic Olympic Discus Victory With 68.90m His training partnerSimon Pettersson took silver making it the first Olympic track 1-2 for Sweden since 1948.
Ryan Crouser Says He Knew It Was Possible To Get The Shot Put WR Since 2017 Talking about what it's like to throw a shot put, Crouser said, “Go to the bowling alley and pick up a bowling ball, a 16lb ball and then go to the basketball court and stand on the free throw line and turn around and make a three quarter court shot with that bowling ball. If you did that then you wouldn’t break the world record but you would’ve been close to medalling at Doha."
The Telegraph: "Three Throws, Three Fails; GB's Comeback King Lawrence Okoye Out Of Discus In Minutes" The former NFLer failed to register a single valid throw.
After TJ Silver At The 2012 And 2016 Olympics (Plus A LJ Bronze), Will Claye Wants Gold In Tokyo

Tokyo COVID Stuff

German Athlete Organization Slams IOC Over "Prison-Like Conditions" At Tokyo 2020 The group says that athletes forced to be in quarantine don't have access to fresh air, are forced to wash their clothes in the sink and receive insufficient food.
Two Georgian Judoka Athletes Ordered To Leave Tokyo 2020 For Breaking COVID Rules By Going Sightseeing The athletes had already competed (winning silver medals) and apparently already went home (athletes have to leave two days after their event) before this order happened anyway.
IOC Urge Athletes To Follow COVID-19 Masks And Distancing Rules At Tokyo 2020 This after swimmers were seen taking off their masks and hugging other competitors on the podium.
Triathlete.com: "The (Bizarre, Uncomfortable, Precarious) Life of Being An Olympic Athlete In Tokyo" "One member of the Canadian team said it took eight-and-a-half hours for their group to get tested, processed, and approved for entry."

Assorted Tokyo Distance News

Faith Kipyegon Ready For Duel With Sifan Hassan In Tokyo “I know the race will be competitive and my target is to get into the finals where I know my friend Sifan will also be eyeing victory. For me it’s a matter of winning and defending the title I won in 2016."
Laura Muir Hoping To Win The First Major Medal Of Her Career In Tokyo "I keep getting so close and it's so hard, but I know it's in me."
19-Year-Old Ryuji Miura Breaks Japan Steeplechase National Record With 8:09.92 To Advance To Final
All Three Brits Eilish McColgan, Amy-Louise Markovc And Jessica Judd Failed To Advance Out Of The 5000m Heats McColgan complained about the physical race saying, "I was shouting at them saying, 'stop clipping me, stop clipping me. Every single lap."
Eliud Kipchoge: "In Japan, I will defend my title from Rio. To win a second Olympic medal in the marathon would mean the world to me."

USATF Masters / Juniors

Three-Time Race Walk Olympian Michelle Rohl Breaks American 55 Age-Group American 800m Record (2:23.26) To Win US Masters Champs
American And World Records Highlight Final Day Of USATF Masters Champs Gary Patton won the 75-79 1,500m with an American record of 5:19.87.
Impressive Results In Multis Kick Off USATF Junior Olympics
Over 5000 Youth Athletes To Compete At 2021 USATF National Junior Olympic Champs They start August 1 in Jacksonville, FL.

USATF Gave Out A Lot Of Money This Year

65 Elite Athletes Get $30,000 Stephen A. Schwarzman Grants From USATF 11 distance runners were on the list.
USATF Give 50 Athletes $8000 Grants With this and the Schwarzman grants, USATF was able to give over $2 million in elite athlete grants this year.

RIP

Tragic News: 19-Year-Old Youth Olympics Thrower Dies In Cuba After Being Struck By Hammer
Women's Running Pioneer Glora Ratti Dies At 90 Ratti went from a finish line volunteer at the Boston Marathon to the BAA's vice president.

US Sprinters Bomb

LRC Men’s 100 prelims: Travyon Bromell finishes 4th in heat, needs time qualifier to advance

His betting odds dropped big time after the run.

US Mixed Gender 4x400 Only gets 4th Why wasn't Shamier Little on the team?

800 Semis

LRC Women's 800m Semis: Athing Mu is Your Gold Medal Favorite, Ajee Wilson OUT

Athing Mu is your gold medal favorite and American great Ajee Wilson did not make the Olympic 800m final.

Saturday Chatter

Tokyo Day 1

LRC Ethiopia is Back on Top As Selemon Barega is Golden in 2020 Olympic 10K Final

A great final to kick off the action in Tokyo.

LRC American Men Advance in Men’s 800 (Murphy Looks Great), Blessing Okagbare Is Booted from the Games - Day 2 Morning Session

Friday Chatter

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LRC Jake Riley Dreaming Big: "There's a Big Part of Me That Wants to Try and Go For a Medal"

Jake Riley's rise to the top of the US marathoning world has not been an easy one. He's got his sights set even higher in Tokyo.

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