– Lawi Lalang talking after he went wire-to-wire to win a sensational men’s 1,500 at the PAC-12 Championships. Oregon’s Edward Cheserek sat right behind Lalang the entire race and pulled even with him on the homestretch, but Lalang held him off as both ran 3:36 with no rabbits. Lalang wasn’t done as he came back and won the 5k for good measure as well. *Message Board Discussion
WSteeple: LRC Emma Coburn Pulls A Meb: Gaps The Field Early, Runs PR And Stunningly Wins The Steeple In her first steeple of the year, Coburn was brilliant as she ran a PR and got a convincing victory.
*Emma Coburn pulls a Meb – gaps field early and shockingly wins Shanghai DL *EMMA MF COBURN!!!
W1,500: LRC Abeba Aregawi Wins In 3:58, Jenny Simpson Nearly Breaks 4:00, Runs Second-Fastest Time Of Her Career Not a great day for Treniere Moser and Morgan Uceny. *4:00.4 for Jenny Simpson – Incredibly smart race!!
#EPICFail M800: LRC Taoufik Makhloufi Sticks Out Tongue And Arms Celebrating His 800m “Win” And Loses As A Result Makhloufi snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as an emerging star, Robert Biwott, arrived from Kenya. The Americans Johnson, Mulder and Sowinski, all struggled. *Hahahah MackDaddy LOSES while celebrating!!!! *Makhloufi What a Jackass
M5k: LRC Yenew Alamirew Closes In 53 To Win Men’s 5,000 After this one, we were left wondering, “How did this guy only get 9th in Moscow last summer?”
IAAF Full Meet Recap: Blessing Okagbare Wins Long Jump And 200, But Chinese Hurdler Xie Wenjun Steals Show Justin Gatlin was incredible and Lavillenie had a world leader.
Shanghai Flash Reaction On The Message Board: Official 2014 Shanghai Diamond League Discussion Thread *Justin Gatlin wins Men’s 100m
Full Coverage, Including Pre-Meet News, Can Be Found In Our Shanghai Diamond League Special Section
LRC Women: Brenda Martinez Edges Maggie Vessey As Both Break 2:00; Shannon Rowbury Wins As Jordan Hasay PRs; Kate Van Buskirk PRs
Finally: Boulder-Based Dutch Distance Runner Adrienne Herzog Provisionally Suspended After Testing Positive For Testosterone Herzog has long been linked to drug use which caused Brad Hudson to end his coaching relationship with her last year.
Bupa Great Run: London Winner K Bekele Blows Wison Kipsang’s Doors Off In Final 500, T. Dibaba Wins In 31:09 Bekele won by 5 seconds in 28:23 and then said he isn’t sharp enough for the Prefontaine 10,000.Paula Radcliffe Targeting 2015 London Marathon For Career Swan Song “I guess in a way it’s me being greedy as I just want to finish my career on my own terms.”
Ezekiel Kemboi Has Been Sued For Child Negligence By Woman Claiming To Be His Ex-Girlfriend Reports also say that hotel security had to be called to break up a fight between the couple which started because she says he “tried to coerce me into having sex with him.” This report quotes Kemboi as denying the accusations saying he doesn’t know the woman at all.Yelena Isinbayeva Says She Plans To Come Back To Competition After Her Pregnancy She is due to give birth in June.
The inaugural IAAF World Relays Championships later this month are going to be amazing - US and World records are going to drop and many US medals will be won. Too bad many American stars such as Jenny Simpson, Nick Symmonds and the entire Nike Oregon Project will miss out.
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