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• WADA To Investigate Doping Allegations WADA says they already have some evidence and sent it to the IAAF and are waiting for them to act.
• IOC Spokesman: “These are serious allegations. I understand an investigation is already under way by the IAAF ethics commission and we await the full findings.”

Seb Coe’s Election Manifesto

• Four Pillars To Seb Coe’s Manifesto: Transform Calendar, Commercial Growth / Youth Engagement, Anti-Doping Improvement And Greater Voice For Athletes Coe says the athletics calendar is “disjointed, lacks a narrative,” talks about attracting more young people with “street athletics” and setting up an IAAF “ethics” department. *BBC Article
• Coe Thinks The IAAF Needs To Improve The “Presentation” Of Track And Field “While there is no need for panic, the status quo is simply not an option.”
• Coe: Sport Needs Greater “Financial Transparency” When It Comes To Appearance Fees And Prize Money
• Coe Wants To Make It More Difficult For Athletes To Transfer Allegiances From One Country To Another He wants to end transfer of allegiance for financial exchange.
• Coe Backs Qatar As Choice For 2019 Worlds, Says Money Didn’t “Sway” The Vote He also says that the situation with migrant workers in Qatar is something the IAAF will “monitor very closely.”

• USATF Reports It Almost Doubled Its Annual Revenue In 20014 CEO Max Siegel announced an increase from $19 million in 2013 to an $35 million this year. Largely thanks to new marketing partnerships the renewal deal with Nike.
• Prize Money Announced For 2015 USATF Marathon Championship In Los Angeles $150,000 total prize purse.

News From The US

• Oxy HOKA ONE ONE 2015: USATF Announces HOKA ONE ONE As Title Sponsor Of Middle Distance Classic Prize money for the Oxy meet, now known as the HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic, will double and it will be on free on USATF.tv.
• Jenny Simpson To Return To Boston’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix On February 7 Simpson first competed at the event as a HSer in 2005.
• Q&A With Stanford Frosh Anna Laman, Who Ran 4:13 At Age 15 The Aussie frosh was 76th at PAC-12s but is pleased to have gotten a base for the first time in years.
• Toni Reavis Fondly Recalls A Trip To Borneo In 1991 For The Richest Road Race In The World – The Borobudur Run 10Km The race had a $1 million bonus.
• Run – Don’t Walk Study: Running May Reverse Aging In Certain Ways While Walking Does Not Researchers in Boulder have found that “70-year-old runners had about the same walking efficiency as your typical sedentary college student.”

News From Kenya

• Priscah Jeptoo Wants To Do London And World Champs In 2015 After a 7-month break, she was dominant at the 15km Zeven Heuvelen Loop race in the Netherlands.
• 600 Members Of The Professional Athletes Association Of Kenya (PAAK) Will Hold A National Conference At Kenyatta Stadium Today – Doping Is #1 Topic Of Discussion Wesley Korir: “Doping issues will top our agenda … This is a sensitive issue that may put our sport in jeopardy.”

USA News

Myles Marshall And Irene Obera Named USATF 2014 Youth And Masters Athletes Of The Year Myles won the 800 at the 2014 Youth Olympics and his  mom is Debbie Grant, who was has a 2:00.81 PR and was 4th at the 1988 Olympic Trials. His father is 1984 Olympic 800 runner John Marshall (1:43.92).

You Blew Your One Chance To Beat Shalane: Shalane Flanagan Runs 26:55 5k As The Guest Of Honor At The Back The Track 5k To Bring A Track To Her Hometown Shalane ran with a Go Pro. Mary Wittenberg, Joan Samuleson and Tom Grilk (head of BAA) also ran.
*SLIDESHOW: Shalane Flanagan At Marblehead Back The Track 5K

• LA, Boston, DC, San Fran. Are The Four US Cities Bidding For 2024 Olympics A US candidate will likely be announced at the start of 2015 and could face bids from South Africa, Paris, Rome, and Doha.
• Austin Tamagno To Run Foot Locker Regionals Instead Of Joining His Team At NXN Nationals This Weekend NXN is a great event, but being old school we love the fact the Mt. SAC course record holder is going for the Foot Locker title.
• Catching Up With Horace Ashenfelter, USA’s 1952 Olympic Steeplechase Champion Ashenfelter is 91 years old and Elliott Denman caught up with him at the Ashenfelter 8K Classic in New Jersey on Thanksgiving.
• Nike To Build New Huge, Cool Building At Its Headquarters In Beaverton

International Weekend Results

• Japan Weekend Track Results: 11 Go Under 28:00 In The 10,000 At Hachioji Long Distance Time Trials Meet Ethiopia’s Million Zewdie won in 27:36.35 while Japan’s Tetsuya Yoroizaka was 4th in 27:38.99, the #5 fastest Japanese time ever. At another meet, Kenyan Sally Chepyego won the 5,000 in 15:08.31.
• IAAF Weekend XC Coverage: World XC 5th Placer Timothy Toroitich Wins In Spain, Dominating Over Emmanuel Bett And World XC Champ Japheth Korir At the Cross de L’Acier in France, Senbere Teferi got a comfortable win as Euro XC Champ Sophie Duarte was 4th ahead of Ireland’s Fionnuala Britton in 5th.
• Gemma Steel Wins UK’s Euro XC Champs Trials Over Emelia Gorecka Callum Hawkins won the men’s race as sub-2 800 runner Jessica Judd won the junior race.
• Yuki Kawauchi Wins Road 3K In 8:47 And Then Loses In Half Marathon The Next Day Kawauchi ran 63:30 losing to Yuma Hattori‘s 63:37.
• Former Boston Marathon Champ Caroline Kilel (1:12:15) And Unknown Isaac KipKoech (1:01:36) Win Mau Peace Half Marathon

• IAAF Recap Of Final Days Of Central American And Caribbean Games: WJ Champ Caterine Ibarguen Keeps Her 2+ Year Winning Streak Alive The last time Ibarguen lost was the 2012 Olympics where she was 2nd. She set a MR with 14.57m. Cuba’s Andy Gonzalez defended his 800m title, running 1:45.73 to beat Colombia’s Rafith Rodriguez by .01. Gonzalez also won the 1,500 over Mexico’s Pablo Solares. Cuba dominated the overall medal count.