– Myles Marshall talking after winning 800 gold at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China with a 1:49.12. Marshall comes from some great genes as his father ran 1:43.92 to make the Olympics and his mother ran 2:00.81. We talk more about Marshall and his parents in this week’s Week That Was.
LRC Usain Bolt And Mo Farah Call It A Season, The Origins Of The Hand Clap, An NFL Star Moves To The Triple Jump, Meet Myles Marshall: The US 800 Star Whose Parents Ran 1:43.92 And 2:00.81 It was a big week on the track with Jenny Simpson winning the 1,500 in Stockholm, so we talk about everything else that happened outside of Stockholm and Birmingham.
Alexa Efraimson Goes Pro With Nike The US HS star will stay with her coach Mike Hickey and still go to college.
*DyeStat Video Interview
Bummer:Usain Bolt Pulls Out Of Zurich DL Meet And Decides To End Season EarlyGlen Mills says that he wants him to end the season while he’s unbeaten healthy and injury free.
W1,500: LRCJenny Simpson Pulls Away Over Final 50 Meters For Her Second Career Diamond League VictoryIndoor WR holder Genzebe Dibaba took this one out very quickly but was caught on the final lap.
*MB: Wow: What a 1500!!!! Jenny Simpson wins it in Stockholm!!!
M5,000: LRCGalen Rupp Goes For It, Fades To 13:05 As Muktar Edris Arrives With World-Leading 12:54.83 In addition to Edris’ win, Ndiku broke 13:00 for the first time but most of the men in this one were reminded that a 5k is 5,000 meters, not 2,500.
MB:RUPP GOES FOR IT – Comes up short over last 500 – 13:05.
LRC 2014 Women’s XC Preview: #10 Iowa State & #9 Colorado Both Colorado and Iowa State have been consistent top-15 programs for several years. Both teams lost their top 2 from last year’s meet, but still have a chance of being top 10 in 2014. Well tell you how.
Men’s Countdown: *#2 Stanford & #1 Colorado
*#4 Oregon & #3 Northern Arizona
*#6 Portland & #5 Oklahoma State
*#8 Wisconsin & #7 Indiana
*#10 Villanova & #9 Iona
LRC Men’s 600:David Rudisha Goes For World Record, Settles For Dominant Victory Rudisha and American Cas Loxsom went for it on Sunday. Neither got what they wanted but Rudisha ended up with a big victory over the Euro champ.
Men’s Steeple: LRC Jairus Birech Crawls Over Final Steeple Barrier To Win Diamond League Steeple Birech has been so dominant this year that today he could totally butcher the last barrier, crawl over it and still win by a ton. updated with video
MMile: LRC Asbel Kiprop Makes Statement With Convincing Win In Emsley Carr Mile Has Kiprop secretly been the best miler in the world this summer? How did Leo and Centro do? updated with video
w800: LRC Lynsey Sharp Earns First Diamond League Victory Of Her Career As Ajee Wilson Struggles American Brenda Martinez started to like the Brenda of 2013. With video.
MB:Official Birmingham Discussion Thread: Rudisha Goes For The WR In 600
The Rest Of The Meet:LRCFull Stockholm Recap: Adam Kszczot Grabs Big Win In 800; Hiwot Ayalew Keeps On Winning In Women’s Steeple Kszczot followed up his victory at Europeans by taking down Nijel Amos in the 800 in a negative-split 1:45 while Emma Coburn was just third in the steeple in 9:20. Allyson Felix and Queen Harrison got wins in the sprints while Nesta Carter won the 100 in 9.96. In the field events, Reese Hoffa won to extend his lead in the DL standings while France’s Renaud Lavillenie‘s 20-meet win streak is history after he failed to clear a height on a poor night for jumping. Plus a B-heat victory for Leo Manzano.
*M800: MB: Adam Kszczot crushes Nijel Amos in 800 -Is this white guy the world’s best?
*MB: Official 2014 Stockholm DL Discussion Thread
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