2014 Paris DL – Meeting Ariva – Is On Saturday July 5th At 2pm ET *Start Lists/Results *How To Watch On TV/Online

Live Now Paris Diamond League. Offical Thread

It’s On: Updated Weather And Pacing Information For Galen Rupp’s 5,000m American Record Attempt On Saturday In Paris 12:50 is the goal for the rabbits.

LRC Can Galen Rupp Get The American 5k Record, Will Ben True Join The Sub-13:00 Club? The day after American Independence Day, Americans Ben True and Galen Rupp will be looking to celebrate themselves by making history at the 2014 Meeting Areva, which could be special.

LRC Paris DL Preview: Can Simpson Get The American Record And Can Rowbury Break 4:00 In A Stacked Women’s 1,500; What About Coburn?  A Fascinating Men’s 800 Of Amos Vs. Kaki Vs. Kiprop Hellen Obiri looks to keep winning against Abeba Aregawi and Jenny Simpson in the women’s 1,500. Can Simpson get the AR or can Rowbury break 4:00? Asbel Kiprop takes on Nijel Amos and the 800 specialists and Emma Coburn goes for her second DL win in the women’s steeple. Can she get the American record as well?

• Pretty Funny: Sofia Assefa And Other Top African Steeplers Thought Emma Coburn Was The Rabbit When She Got Her Win In Shanghai Assefa: “I know her, but when I last saw her, she wasn’t this strong, so I thought she was pacing. … Believe it or not, after I finished, I was looking for someone to hand me the [winner’s] bouquet.”
• IAAF Paris Preview: Pole Vault WR Holder Renaud Lavillenie Remains Unbeaten In 15 Competitions This Year US champ Inika McPherson vs. Brigetta Barrett and Blanka Vlasic in HJ, Christophe Lemaitre in 100 vs. recent 9.82 man Richard Thompson, Sanya Richards-Ross vs. Novlene Williams-Mills and Amantle Montsho in 400.
• Press Conference Highlights From Paris DL Meet Ashton Eaton considering LJ/decathlon double at 2015 Worlds, Allyson Felix says nothing went wrong at USAs, she never planned on racing more than one round at USAs, Sanya Richards-Ross spoke French, Blanka Vlasic on the comeback from injury and guys – did you know Russian LJer/model Darya Klishina is now living in the US?
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Says She’s Not 100% Fit As She Runs Her First Race In A Month In Paris 200 She’s been dealing with injuries and was only 8th place in her last races at the Prefontaine and Rome DL meets.
• Sally Pearson Starting Comeback From Injury In Paris Against Dawn Harper Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde faces David Oliver, Ryan Wilson and Jason Richardson in 110H. Asafa Powell pulled out of the 100 with a hamstring issue in what was supposed to be his first race back from drug ban.
• UK’s Newest Sub-10-Second Man Chijndu Ujah Making His DL Debut In Paris This race is important Ujah as he’s fighting for selection for European Champs as he didn’t finish in the top 2 at the the UK Trials.

4+ Months Later: USATF DQ Report From Indoors Finally Out

• The Ultimate Holiday Weekend News Dump: USATF DQ Report Has Been Released The report doesn’t take a side in whether there should have been DQs or not, but does finally acknowledge that the DQ of Andrew Bumbalough was a case of mistaken identity. It also suggests some rule changes and mentions the accusations of Nike’s/Alberto Salazar‘s influence.
• Gabriele Grunewald’s Coach Dennis Barker Disagrees With Point From DQ Report
• USATF Statement On DQ Report

An American Hero Has Passed – RIP Louis

RIP Louis Zamperini – War Hero, American, Track Star And Man updated NY Times obit. Zamperini ran the 5,000 at the Berlin Olympics and then was shot down in WWII and survived 47 days on a life raft in the Pacific and 2 years in a POW camp. If you have not read his biography, it is a must, must read.
On The Boards: Celebrate Louis’ great life and pay your respects

Interesting Reads

• Amazingly Bad: Russian Walk Coach Viktor Chegin Allegedly Has Coached 16 Different Dopers Australian walker Jared Tallent has started a petition to get him banned. Here’s a list of the dopers.
• Spikes Mag Looks At Some Of The Greatest 2nd-Place Showings In Track History From breaking a WR and losing (Tonja Buford-Bailey) to running 1:41 and losing (Nijel Amos) to jumping 2.42 and losing.
• Study: Men Are Way More Likely To “Be Men” (Stupid) Than Women And Blow Up In Marathons Men slow by more than 15% in marathons versus 11% for women.
• Squire: What If Track & Field Had A World Cup? LRC’s answer: We do. It’s called the Olympics. A super-popular sport based on nationalism every four years.
• Psychologist: Oscar Pistorius “A Suicide Risk”
• Meet Daniel Kuhn: HSer Won Indiana State Meet Iin 1:50 On ZERO Training Discuss Kuhn’s talent on the message board: MB: Sports Gene: Indiana HSer Daniel Kuhn runs 1:50 and wins state on absolutely ZERO training.
• More Doping News: Former Providence Runner Roisin McGettigan Finds Being Upgraded To European Bronze From 2009 Due To Russian Drug Cheat To Be Hollow “So many Russians have been caught in the last two years that it confirms what we suspected, that we were competing on an uneven playing field.”