– Cam Levins after winning his first global medal with a bronze in the Commonwealth Games 10,000.
Liberty Mile *Results
Jordan McNamara Edges Leo Manzano By .01, Gabriele Grunewald Wins McNamara runs 4:03 to beat Leo Manzano by less than a second with Trevor Dunbar 3rd. Gabriele Grunewald wins the women’s race in 4:32 over Heather Kampf and Sarah Brown (both 4:33).
Amantle Montsho Tests Positive For Stimulant Banned In Competition Discuss. The stimulant the former world 400 champ tested positive for was methylhexaneamine. BBC Article here.
LRC What A Finish: Cam Levins Just Misses Commonwealth Games 10k Gold As Moses Kipsiro Repeats Cam Levins ran like a champion but had to settle for bronze in a blanket three-way finish in Glasgow.
*Race Video With Great Three-Way Finish
*On The Boards: Levins Great Run in Glasgow
IAAF Full Friday Report: Eunice Sum Takes Gold In The Women’s 800 As Kenya Sweeps The Men’s Steeple Sum won in 2:00.31 as Jonathan Ndiku won in 8:10. Ronald Kwemoi and Nick Willis had each won their 1,500 heats (3:39 and 3:40).
Not Good:Rio Doping Lab Returned Three Soccer False Positives The tests were before the lab had it’s accreditation revoked, but won’t help them in the process of getting re-accredited.
Track Talk Live Is Back!!!
Podcast: LRC A Conversation With Nick Willis – Recorded Live On Thursday The Olympic silver medalist took a break from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland to talk about training for the 5k, whom he views as the best 1,500 runner on the planet, the difference between attitude and ability, the war on doping and how special it was to run 3:29 for 1,500. Are you a Willis fan? Be sure to get to the Michigan Track Classic on Aug 10th in Saline, MI.
We give you the lowdown on the track and field world during the last week.
Kim Collins Breaks National Record – Indoors In July – Runs 6.48 In Czech. And at age 38.
MB: Wow: IAAF Bans Ekaterina Kostetskaya – Steve Hooker’s Wife And 1:56 Russian Who Went To HS In Arkansas – For Doping Yes, it’s true. Even good looking people dope.
*Yet Another Russian Racewalker Is Banned For Doping This time it’s European champ Stanislav Emelyanov.
Historic Paper: Usain Bolt Says The 2014 Commonwealth Games Are “A Bit Shit” The initial report comes from The Times, which dates to 1785.
*Bolt Denies: “Journalist please don’t create lies to make headlines.”*Agent:“Utter rubbish.”
*Controversy Not Over? Times To Publish More On Thursday?
LRC:Can we at least all agree Bolt’s performances in 2014 have been utter ****?
Food Gets Ripped:100m Winner Kemar Bailey-Cole Unimpressed With Food At Commonwealth Games, Says London 2012 Was Much Better
*Indians Complain “There are very few choices for vegetarians” And Say Delhi Food Was Way Better As Well
*Jamaican Sprinter Jason Livermore Piles On About How Food Is Bad And It’s So Cold He Needs To Buy More Clothes
Australian Arrested In Athletes village
Australian Coach Eric Hollingsworth Says Sally Pearson Sets A “Bad Example” – Athletics Australia Responds By Kicking Him Out Of Games
*Coach Had Released Statement Criticizing Pearson For Not Coming To Training Camp
*Good For Him: Hollingsworth Kept Coaching To The Very Last Minute
LRCVideo Of Tuesday’s Track Finals At Commonwealth Games: videos fixedA tremendous finish in the women’s 10,000m, plus the women’s 1,500m, men’s 110m hurdles, and women’s 400m.
LRCWomen’s 1,500: Faith Kipyegon Claims Gold As Hellen Obiri Struggles, Weightman Nabs Silver, van Buskirk Bronze Obiri looked like the best 1,500 runner on the planet earlier this year but Glasgow has not been kind to her – she was 8th in the DL meet there on July 11 and was just sixth in today’s Commonwealth Games final. England’s Laura Weightman took silver while former Duke runner Kate van Buskirk claimed the bronze for Canada.
The Men’s 800 Is Special!!LRC Commonwealth Games Men’s 800 Preview: David Rudisha Vs. Nijel Amos In A Championship Race Set your DVR for 2:50 pm ET Thursday.
*Rudisha: “I just want Kenyans to pray for me and promise not to disappoint them as I do my best and leave the rest to God.”
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