– Emma Coburn talking about unexpectedly winning the Shanghai Diamond League steeplechase last Sunday when she “pulled a Meb” and gapped the field early to win by almost 6 seconds. Read our recap of the race here.
LRC Women’s 4 X 800 Preview: Can The US Women Take Down Eunice Sum And Kenya And Win Gold? Kenya has the best anchor, but the US has Chanelle Price, Ajee Wilson and Brenda Martinez. What wins out? *MB:Can the US win gold?
LRC Men’s 4 x 800 Preview: Can The US Men With Duane Solomon Takes Down An Inexperienced Kenyan Squad? The US is led by the best guy in the field on paper, 1:42.72 man Duane Solomon. Kenya is led by a 17-year old who has never raced on the pro circuit and only broken 1:48 twice in his life. Big USA advantage, right? Think again. *MB:Can the US win gold? *MB:Is this the most entertaining 800 ever run?
Recap Of Beijing’s IAAF World Challenge Meet: Justin Gatlin’s 9.86 100 Win HighlightsIn the 800, Andrew Olivier ran 1:44.88 to beat Erik Sowinski (1:45.68) as Teng Haining set a Chinese NR in 4th place (1:46.32). Paul Kipsiele Koech won the steeple in 8:06.04 and Rababe Arafi the 1,500 in 4:02.71 over Gudaf Tsegay (4:02.83). Ana Simic improved her HJ world-lead to 1.98m and Brianna Rollins ran 12.58 in the 100H to tie the world lead. Veronica Campbell-Brown won the 100 (11.14).
*SA’s Olivier Talks About His 800 Win: “The [fast] times will come. I was in control of the race and that was the goal.”
*MB: Gatlin 9.86 in Beijing, 2014
Either Drummond is telling the truth or this lawsuit was absolutely idiotic. We’re hoping for a full trial with discovery. That should clean up the sport. *Discuss
LRCKenya’s Geoffrey Kenisi And Iowa’s Diane Nukuri-Johnson (Burundi) Get The Wins As Sara Hall (2nd) And Ben Bruce (7th) Are Top Americans Nukuri-Johnson recovered quickly from a 12th place showing in London to hold off Sara Hall.
Nukuri-Johnson’s Win At Bay To Breakers Was Just One Of Many Great Performances Across The US For Iowa-Based RunnersShelby Houlihan, Katy Moen, Edward Kemboi, Rob McCann all thrived as well.
World Half Champ Geoffrey Kamworor Obliterates The Field At $160,000 TCS World 10K In India, Wins $28,500 Kamworor won by 40 seconds in 27:44 as Lucy Kabuu won $28,500 with a new course record on the women’s side as well (31:48).
“Trouble At The Track”: Running Times’ Richard Lovett Chronicles USATF’s History Of Breaking Its Own Rules The most recent Gabriele Grunewald DQ episode is just the latest in a series of controversies which Lovett follows back to the 1996 Olympic Trials.
Alberto Salazar Says He Uses Medical Lasers With His Athletes To Help Heal/Prevent Injuries Apparently as an alternative to standard pain-killing drugs.
*MB Thread
Ken Goe: It’s been three months since the Albuquerque DQs and still nothing from USATF In the aftermath of USATF accidentally released the DQ video Jill Greer said that the working group’s report will be done in June. We agree with Goe that it’s ridiculous it’s taken this long.
Prosecutors Says Boston Bomber Used Christmas Lights For Fuses And Remote-Control Detonators From Model Car Parts Prosecutors are arguing against a defense motion to have Dzhokhar Tsarnaev‘s statements to FBI agents thrown out because he was questioned without a lawyer.
WSteeple: LRCEmma 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
Full Coverage, Including Pre-Meet News, Can Be Found In Our Shanghai Diamond League Special Section
It was a crazy week as Emma Coburn got a huge DL win, Courtney Okolo set the NCAA 400m record but may not be the best 400m runner on her team, Kennedy Kithuka and Erin Finn dominated, Trayvon Bromell ran 9.77 and Nick Arciniaga ran in a spiderman suit.
Wetmore gave his star steepler splits to hit 9:19 and that's what she did. The expected PR came with an unexpected bonus - victory. Plus what is Jenny Simpson focusing on? And what will Ben Saarel run at NCAAs?
Oscar Pistorius Will Start Mental Evaluation Next Week As The Trial Will Be Postponed Until June 30th He’ll be treated as an outpatient at a mental health institution and be evaluated by a panel of experts.
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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