A year ago, Bates was training in Idaho preparing for a pb at the Marathon Project. That pb would not come, and she would wind up leaving Idaho for Boulder following her divorce. Now, however, she's thriving with Team Boss after a runner-up finish at the Chicago Marathon. Audio and written highlights.

Would you be surprised to know that Wallace Spearmon, the man who ended up coaching the men's 4x100 team, did not even know he was going to be the coach when he arrived at the Olympics? With no relay camp, coaching uncertainty, and just two days of baton practice in Tokyo, is it any surprise that the US failed to make the Olympic final? (Paywall lifted.)

• Athletics Weekly: Winners And Losers In Latest British Athletics Funding Decisions Middle distance runners like Josh Kerr and Jemma Reekie were moved up in funding while Mo Farah was removed from Lottery funding completely. Surprises included Eilish McColgan only being 2nd tier funding and Jess Judd not receiving any despite making Tokyo 2020 in the 5000 and 10,000.
• Andrew Butchart Loses British Athletics Funding As His Girlfriend Lynsey Sharp Returns To The Program Sharp is returning from pregnancy as she had a baby boy with Butchart earlier this month.
• 19-Year-Old Keely Hodgkinson Given Top Level British Athletics Funding After Winning Olympic 800m Silver
• UKA Head Coach Christian Malcolm Doesn't Rule Out Mo Farah Being On Another GB Team
• UK Athletics Chief Christian Malcolm Says They "Need To Do Things Better" After An Under-Par Performance For Team GB In Tokyo A number of top athletes complained to Seb Coe about lack of confidence in the UKA leadership.

She broke Molly Huddle’s CR from 2015 by 3 seconds to win the race by a dominant 39 seconds.

• Usain Bolt Says Andre De Grasse Is "Guy To Watch Or The Guy To Beat" In The Sprints "Andre De Grasse is more consistent any time he is in shape he is always on the podium ...Everyone else has been up and down, win one meet lose the next and it is all about consistency."
• Decathlon Olympic Champ Damian Warner Says He Still Has A Lot More To Accomplish Warner wants to win a world title, break the WR and become just the fourth man to win back-to-back Olympic decathlon titles.
• Top New Zealand Sprinter Edward Osei-Nketia Chooses Track Over Rugby Despite Missing Tokyo Olympics The 10.12 sprinter says he missed Tokyo 2020 due to "unfair" NZ selection policy despite hitting World Athletics' standards.
• Allyson Felix And Volleyball Player Jordan Larson Named Sportswomen Of The Year By The Women's Sports Foundation

We can't ever remember seeing this happen in an elite marathon and doubt we'll ever see it again.

• World 1500m Champ Timothy Cheruiyot And His Coach To Be Special Guests At British Milers' Club Endurance Day Event
• Newly Elected European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov Says An Agreement Has Been Signed And Paid For Guaranteeing "The Top Athletes" Will Compete At The 2023 European Games In Poland
• Tickets For 2022 European Championships Go On Sale October 26th
• Charlie Webster Calls For More Action Within UK Athletics After Her BBC Documentary About How UKA Failed To Deal With Abuse Cases In The Past

• Speculation is building that a woman will succeed Thomas Bach as head of IOC in 4 years
• Honolulu Marathon organizers are getting frustrated not knowing if the state will let them hold their 30,000+ people race
• Paris Marathon elite field announced 2013 London champ Priscah Jeptoo headlines the women's race while 5 2:05 men are in the men's field.

• Joshua Cheptegei says it's his dream to turn Uganda into "a running nation"
• Glasgow to host innovative DNA indoor track event featuring team competition between England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Spain and Turkey It's the same mixed-gender, team, two-hour model of athletics that was used at the European Games in Minsk.
• The Commonwealth Games: searching for relevancy, is having trouble finding a host for its 2026 version
• Tim Johnston, 8th in 1968 Olympic marathon for GB and former 30k WR holder, dies at age 80
• Former 800 world champ Janeth Jepkosgei has started a training camp for teens in Kenya

“Salazar told her that she was too fat and that her breasts and bottom were too big,” the lawsuit alleges. 
*MB: Mary Cain sues Al Sal and Nike for $20 million over alleged abuse 

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• Profile On Chinese Sprinter Su Bingtian Who Made History At Tokyo 2020 Bingtian ran 9.83 in the semi-final to become the first Chinese man to make an Olympic 100m final.
• Lolo Jones Seeking Redemption And A Bobsled Medal At The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics 39-year-old Jones will return to Beijing where she tragically missed out on a medal in 2008 when she went from 1st to 7th after tripping on the second to last hurdle in the 100H.
• Aussie Sprinter Rohan Browning Has Race Against Horses Over 100m The headline says he "beat" the horses, but he has a 120m head start, so you can't really said that.
• Analyzing The Tokyo 2020 100m Sprints No WRs were set, but there were some other interesting stats such as Elaine Thompson’s 10.61 is the fastest 100m ever into the wind. Shericka Jackson’s 10.76 for bronze was the best ever 3rd place performance in a 100m race.
• Indian Sprinter And National Champ Hima Das Tests Positive For COVID
• World Athletics Ratifies 7 World Records Including Erriyon Knighton's 19.84 U20 200m Record

• Portugal TJer Pedro Pichardo On Goals For Next Year: "Winning a place in history – that’s what I would like to do." He wants to win two world titles and break Jonathan Edwards' 26-year-old WR.
• Athletics Weekly: The Art Of The Pole Vault Former international PVer and current PV coach Scott Simpson breaks down the skills, techniques and training that goes into being an elite vaulter.
• World Athletics Looks Back On The Career Of Romania's Iolanda Balas, The Only Woman To Ever Win Consecutive Olympic HJ Gold Medals She won in 1960 and 1964 with a modified scissor technique.

• Boston Marathon RD Dave McGillivray Says The 2022 Race Will Still Have A Smaller Field Than Usual "If a miracle occurs and suddenly there's one pill that prevents COVID and another one that cures it, we'll expand the field size in January."
• UPenn Coach Steve Dolan Named New Director Of Penn Relays
• Athletics Weekly: How Athletes Can Deal With Osteoarthritis Of The Knees A 2009 study found that exercise is actually good for helping with osteoarthritis knee pain.
• World Athletics: 2021 Continental Tour Gold Review – Part One WA looks at some of the highlights from their 12 meet series. *Part Two