World Juniors Start Next Week

• 10 Teenage Talents To Watch At World Jrs. From the 17-year-old 1,500 runner that Mary Cain wants no part of (Dawit Seyaum) to Asian sprint star Yoshihide Kiryu to Anita Hinriksdottir, there are lots of names to pay attention to.
• Anna Laman, Who Ran 4:13 At Age 15, Is Headed To World Juniors For Australia And Then To Stanford She’s been injured this year and just cross training and ran just 4:23 at Oxy.
• Dyestat Feature On Super HS Sprinter Kaylin Whitney, Who Is Ranked #8 In The World At 200 At Age 16
  Spain’s Ana Peleteiro Hoping To Be A Rare Repeat Winner At World Juniors In Girls Triple Jump
• Cayman Islands Is Pumped To Have 16-Year-Od Jamal Walton, Who Has Run 46.97

Big Sprint News – Big Wins For Powell And Simpson + CAS Makes JADCO Pay, Oscar P Fights & Tweets, Blake Done

Big News CAS Officially Reduces Asafa Powell’s And Sherone Simpson’s Drug Bans From 18 To 6 Months – They Can Compete ImmediatelyIt’s also important to note that CAS has ordered JADCO to pay for Powell’s and Simpson’s legal fees.
*MB: Powell and Simpson’s Drug ban reduced to six months. They are now free to compete again.

Wow:Oscar P Allegedly Gets Into Drunken Altercation At A Night Club It turned physical and Oscar P was knocked down. There’s debate whether the altercation will show up at sentencing.
*Oscar P Breaks Long Social Networking Silence With Series Of Tweets On Love And Pain The tweets triggered many reactions with some wishing him well and others calling him “murderer.” The trial resumes August 7th for closing arguments.

Yohan Blake’s Season Is Over After Suffering A “Slight Tear” In Glasgow DL He’ll only be out of action for 2 weeks, but has decided he should shut it down for the season.

Ultra/Mountain: Hardrock 100 Mile CR Goes Down

• Spain’s Kilian Jornet Sets CR At Hardrock 100 Mile By More Than 40 Minutes Darcy Piceu Africa ran 29:49:58 to be the top woman finisher for the third straight year.
• Runner Survives Lightning Strike And Finishes 3rd At Hardrock 100 Mile *2nd Article
• Interesting Pre-Race Article On The Rise In Popularity Of Ultras “Hundred-milers now are what marathons used to be. … once you get into trail running or ultradistance running, then the 100-mile distance is the race you want to finish.”
• IAAF European Mountain Running Champs Recap

Commonwealth Games Start In 9 Days

• Recommended Read: Read The Story Of Nigeria’s Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Who Was The First Black African To Win Gold At The Commonwealth Games, But Whose Life Came To A Tragic End Ifeajuna won the HJ in 1954 and was a national hero, but then later was executed by a firing squad in 1967 as consequence of his role in Nigeria’s civil war.
• Paula Radcliffe Feels The Strength Mo Farah Gained From Marathon Training Could Help Him Get The Double Victory At The Commonwealth Games Farah’s agent Ricky Simms said it was too early to make any decisions on his upcoming races after his 2-day stay in the hospital last week.
• GB’s Laura Muir Might Have Tough Time Doubling At Commonwealth Games With The Addition Of An Extra Round Of The 800 An extra round was added because of the high number of entries. In other UK/Scottish news, Chris O’Hare talks about feeling really good during his 3:35 in Glasgow.

Russian Anti-Doping Agency Investigating Coach Viktor Chegin, Who Has Coached 17 Athletes Banned For Doping The investigation is in response to an online campaign led by Aussie Olympic medalist Jared Tallent.