– Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim talking about how we’re in a “golden age” of high jumping as there are 5 guys (led by Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko and Russia’s Ivan Ukhov) competing right now who have jumped 2.40m or higher. The Doha HJ was one of the deepest ever as never before had four men cleared 2.37m in the same meet. Could Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor‘s 2.45m WR from 1993 go down this year?
Cornell's AD traveled 258 miles to watch a college track meet and dyed his hair and eyebrows red after the Cornell men won the outdoor Heps (Ivy League) crown.
Ken Goe Says Oregon Track Fans Aren’t Happy With The Lack Of Action At Hayward Field During The Regular Season The home schedule has been toned down compared to the past as they only had one scored meet at home and for their other home meets a lot of top runners didn’t compete or competed elsewhere.
David Epstein:Tyson Gay Got 50% Reduction In Ban Because He Told Everything Including Info on Jon Drummond’s Encouragment/Heavy Involvement of His Doping Drummond is the chair of USATF’s Athletes Advisory Committee and 2012 Olympic relay coach.
*MB:David Epstein Says Tyson Gay Has Implicated Jon Drummond in Helping Him Dope
IAAF Recap Seiko Golden Grand Prix In Tokyo: Jenny Simpson Wins In A World-Leading 4:03.91; Emma Coburn Well Beaten 2nd In 4:07.49 Japan’s Sho Kawamoto won the 800 in 1:45.75 as Erik Sowinski was 3rd (1:46.38) and Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko cleared 2.40m in the HJ to beat Russia’s Ivan Ukhov. Other winners included Justin Gatlin in the 100 (10.02 into a headwind), Brianna Rollins the 100H in 12.62, Kirani James the 200 (20.63).
*Full Results
*Video Of Bondarenko’s 2.40 As Well As His Failed WR Attempt
*Russia’s Darya Klishina Gets LJ World Lead In LJ With 6.88m
Asbel Kiprop, Silas Kiplagat, Makhloufi and Wote produced a “classic” and “astonishing” 1,500 to start the season. The Ethiopian national record was set and it only got 6th place.
The 1.75-year wait for for young studs Mo Aman and Nijel Amos to race each other was worth it. Read all about and watch the race.
Eunice Sum got the win in the battle of world champions as Chanelle Pricewent sub-2:00 and Molly Beckwith improved.
Email interview with the breakout 2014 800m star.
Was this the greatest women’s 3.000m race ever run?
*Dibaba On Her 6th-Place 3K Finish: “I don’t know what went wrong.”
*Reuters Recap This was a tremendous track meet. Best one we’ve seen in ages. Raucous crowd and incredible performances.
Our crack stats team gives you the lowdown on Stanford's fast times. How do Ben True and Hassan Mead compare to Adam Goucher and Galen Rupp? Will there be a slew of sub 13:00 Americans in 2014? Plus, some fast times from Aisling Cuffe and teen star Elise Cranny. The performance of the week was Molly Huddle's 30:47 10k. And some props for Brannon Kidder.
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