- MB: Emma Coburn reveals she broke her ankle at Suzhou DL and already has had surgery and won't compete at 2024 Olympic TrialsA real bummer for the 3-time global medallist. You can watch a video of her fall here.
- MB: Jakob goes on European Athletics Podcast and says 1500 gold shoul be a "walk in the park" for him assuming he doesn't get hurt or injured
- Kyle Merber to stop writing Lap Count weekly substack, leaves Citius for position w/ Michael Johnson's track league We wish him and MJ the best of luck in making track more popular. But track fans, do not panic. JG's weekly newsletter - with more than 2.5 times the subscribers as the Lap Count - is still going strong as is the the OG weekly recap - our WTW.
- Peres Jepchirchir is confident her kick will give her a 2nd Olympic gold in the marathon “I have adopted a strong finishing kick that comes in handy on the home stretch. I’ve always made it impossible for my opponents to overtake me in the final 800m. That’s exactly what I intend to do,” Jepchirchir stated.
- Lynsey Sharp on Semenya ripping her in book: “I wish she had said those things to my face if that is how she really felt” In her book, Semenya wrote of Sharp; "Sharp looked at me as though I was less than human.” The reality is Sharp - and Alysia Montaño - would have been superstars had they not had to compete against a slew of XY competitors.
- Emmanuel Wanyonyi is pumped for season after setting road mile WR in Germany
‒Jakob Ingebrigtsen, talking about defending his Olympic 1500 title, on a European Athletics podcast.
MB: Jakob on Oly 1500- “Walk in the park if I don’t get injured or sick”