Quote Of The Day
– David Rudisha, who will compete in the UK this weekend, talking to The Independent about the 2012 Olympic final.
- KYLE MERBER------3:56 in Ireland
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- Agree or disagree: "Horrific" and "humiliating" Commonwealth Games uniforms for Scotland released
- Jeff Eggleston: "I think there’s a cultural problem in the U.S. Too much reverence for 2:10 and not enough drive for 2:07"
USATF DQ Report Analysis / We Refuse To Fall To The Holiday Weekend News Dump
LRCUSATF DQ Report Released: Did Alberto Salazar Have Undue Influence? We Still Don't Know
We wonder if it's normal for an official to tell a coach about a foul he admits he didn't see. Then we start to go off into la-la conspiracy land as we notice a key part of the report regarding Salazar shows up in a different font. To us, the whole report reads like a 5th grader's book report, not a report worthy analysis of a decision that (illegally) fixed the outcome of a national championship race.
More Track Results From The Weekend
- Tyson Gay Continues His Comeback From Drug Ban With 10.04-Second Win Over Richard Thompson In Rainy Conditions In France
Kenyan Vincent Kibet ran 3:34.09 to win the 1,500 over Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbab (3:35.34) while Ethiopia’s Kokeb Tesfaye won the women’s race (4:07.34) and Katie Mackey was 4th (4:08.44). Sanya Richards-Ross won the 400 in 51.12. *Results - Killer 400/200 Double In Switzerland:Botswana’s Isaac Makwala Breaks African 400 Record, Running 11th Fastest All-Time With 44.01 In the same meet only 90 minutes later, Makwala ran another NR in the 200 with 19.96, putting him 3rd on the African all-time list.
- Italian NR Holder Libania Grenot Wins 400 In Padova, Italy With European-Leading 51.08 *Results
- Carmelita Jeter Ran An 11.57 100 In Italy Over The Weekend While she’s done some low key races in the US, this marked her return from injury to the pro racing circuit.
- Russia Wins Overall Title In European Cup Combined Events Super League In Poland As Dutch Athletes Nadine Broersen And Eelco Sintnicolaas Get Individual Titles
More Oscar P Updates
- Oscar P Legal Team Calls Its Last Witness And Prepares To Close Its Case The last witness was a physician who has treated Pistorius and said that he has an anxious nature linked to his disability which was a factor in the killing.
- Australian TV Network Denies Illegally Obtaining Footage Of Pistorius Re-Enacting Fatal Shooting Pistorius’ legal team plans on taking legal action against the network.
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Weekly Recap – The Week That Was
LRCWeek That Was: Thou Shall Not Skip USAs, Medals For Emma And Evan, And Thou Shall Not Compare Matt Llano To Ryan Hall
This week we wonder if there is a skip USAs jinx, marvel at some amazing field eventers, get ready for World Juniors, tell the suits how to market our beloved sport better, praise a racewalker, dash the dreams of those who compare Matt Llano to Ryan Hall, and wonder why Nike seems to be embarrassed by the fact that elite runners are skinny.
Commonwealth Games News
“Horrific, Humiliating” Commonwealth Games Uniforms For Scotland Released Interesting to say the least.- After Six Weeks Of Training With Val Adams, Tom Walsh Is Ready To Get Into Competition Shape With Commonwealth Games 20 Days Away
- Greg Rutherford Thought His Career Was Over When He Ruptured A Muscle Last Year, But Now Wants Only Gold At Commonwealths
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson Says She Has A Long Way To Go To Catch Jessica Ennis Hill
- After Injury, Dai Greene Returns To Action, Beats Jehue Gordon In 49.89 In Hungary
- St Kitts And Nevis Names Commonwealth Games Team
LRCMo Farah Was In Hospital Last Week For Two Days, Pulls Out Of This Weekend’s Sainsbury Glasgow Grand Prix A tough year for Mo medically as he passed out after the NYC half in March. *Discuss In Our Forums*Salazar Was So Concerned About Farah That he Skipped World Juniors And Flew To Park City The docs never found anything and the stomach ailment is past him and he’s back to training.
Post US Junior News
- NCAA Athletes Cleaned Up At US Junior Champs A list of all the collegians who finished top 2 to qualify for World Junior Champs.
- Ken Goe Upset About IAAF Wind Reading Rule As It Negatively Impacted Incoming Oregon Freshman Nate Moore Moore won the TJ and bettered the World Junior qualifying standard by 2 feet and 4 3/4 inches, but because it was an illegal wind reading and he didn’t have a legal mark from earlier in the season, he doesn’t get to go.
- Video Interview With Grant Fisher’s Coach Mike Scannell After Fisher’s 2nd Place Finish At US Junior Champs Some interesting stuff from the 4:01 miler’s coach. (link fixed)
- IAAF US Recap
UK News
- GB 800 Man Michael Rimmer Took Alberto Salazar’s Advice And It Almost Cost Him A Spot In The UK Champs Final In the prelim, Rimmer was using the new altered running form Salazar had suggested and felt “flat” and barely scraped into the final. Then in the final he switched to his old style and won.
- UK’s James Dasolu Unsure Of European Team Spot After 10.03 Opener In Lausanne Dasolu didn’t race the UK Trials so it’s up to selectors to choose between him and 9.96 man Chijndu Ujah for the last team spot.
- Q&A With UK Former World Champs 1,500 Silver Medailst Hannah England Her longest run ever? 14 miles because she got lost on a run that was supposed to be 10.
Short Q&A With Paula Radcliffe Talking About Her Career As Well As Random Things Like TV And Movies
World Juniors Start In 2 Weeks
- Eugene Register Guard Columnist Is Worried Fans In Oregon Might Not Support World Juniors – “If you host a meet, will they come?” The weather in July is one of the few good months in Oregon.
- A Brief History Of The IAAF World Junior Championships From Usain Bolt to David Rudisha, many big stars have shined over the years.
- Blanka Vlasic Won World Juniors As A 16-Year-Old, 14 Years Ago
Picture is of her at age 17. - Morgan Lake Pulls Out Of Commonwealth Games, Added To GB Team For World Juniors
- Two Weeks To Go Until World Jr. Champs
- Full British Junior Team
Tuesday’s Distance News
Good Read: Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan Had No Idea How Fast She Was Running When She Clocked 3:57.00 At The Paris DL Meet Hassan said she thought it was “a 4:04 race” and rightly gave credit to Jenny Simpson for getting them a fast time. Hassan also likes XC better than track and is looking forward to World XC Champs.- Paula Radcliffe To Make Her Return To Racing In Worcester City 10K On September 21st It’ll be her first race since having foot surgery before the 2012 Olympics. She hopes to end her career with one last marathon in London next year.
Good Q&A: IAAF “Work, Rest, And Play” Interview With Nick Willis, Who Says His Least Favorite Workout Is 400 Repeats And His Favorite Way To Relax Is Golf He likes golf because it’s a sport he can play and be competitive without risking injury like other sports.
*Nick Willis Fired Up For Clash In 5k With Mo Farah At CGs- Joe Gray Wins His 3rd USA Mountain Running Title Allie McLaughlin took the women’s title.
Gold Coast Marathon: An Unknown Kenyan, A New 2:10 American
Unknown Kenyan Silah Limo Wins Gold Coast Marathon In Australian All-Comers’ Record With 2:09:14; US’s Jeffrey Eggleston PRs By A Minute With 2:10:52 For 2nd Limo came in with a 1:01:26 half, but this was his full debut. Yuki Kawauchi was 3rd in 2:11:27, coming from way back after falling over a traffic cone.
*IAAF Recap
*MB: Jeffrey Eggleston 2:10:52 PR for 2nd at Gold Coast
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