– Usain Bolt talking about the reduced one-year drug ban Tyson Gay got after testing positive for steroids in 2013.
Men LRC London Lives Up To The Hype As Eliud Kipchoge Takes Down Wilson Kipsang In Final Mile To Win In 2:04:42 (updated with QTs) This one was packed with drama as with 5 miles to go, it was down to the Big Three of Kipchoge, Kipsang and WR holder Dennis Kimetto plus ’14 runner-up Stanley Biwott. After a 4:33 25th mile, it was Kipchoge vs. Kipsang and after a 4:33 26th mile, Kipchoge was the winner – Kipsang finally breaking with 800 to go.
London On The Boards:
Irish Opinion Piece: Martin Fagan Has Served His Time, But Rio Appearance Would Insult Clean Athletes Fagan recently ran a 2:16:09 marathon in Zurich and so far is the only Irishman with the Olympic standard. Having him on the line in 2016 doesn’t sit well with this author though.
Saturday: LRC Leo Manzano Turns The Tables On Matthew Centrowitz, Wins Men’s Mile At Drake AJ Acosta was third.
IAAF: Jasmin Stowers Highlights Non-Distance Action With 12.40 100H Win Over Dawn Harper Nelson PV WR holder Renaud Lavillenie only finished 3rd as Sam Kendricks and Shawn Barber tied for 1st. Francena McCorory ran a 50.13 WL 400, ahead of Sanya Richards-Ross by almost a full second. Will Claye got a WL in the TJ.
*Saturday Quotes
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Women LRCForget About Kenyan “Fantastic Four;” Ethiopia And Tigist Tufa Reign Supreme In London The “Fantastic Four” and “Fabulous Five” got all the pre-race love but Tufa, a 25-1 longshot, was patient this time and got the win over Mary Keitany in 2:23:22.
Paula Radcliffe Has Emotional Goodbye To Competive Running Video of Paula’s finish, interview with her, and article. Recommended read/watch.
LRC Video Highlights Of 2015 London Marathon
*RRW: Recap *IAAF
MB: Official 2015 Penn Relays Live Discussion Thread
Saturday: LRC Villanova’s Jordan Williamsz Takes Down Oregon’s Edward Cheserek In Riveting But Bizarre Men’s 4 X Mile At 2015 Penn Relays The opening legs were hot. The Penn Relays record was within striking distance. A 3:55 would equal a sub-16. The winning time was 16:18. We tell you what happened.
LRC Georgia Tech (Men) And Villanova (Women) Win 4 X 800 Titles
IAAF: USA Men Show Off Slick Baton Passes To Win Penn Relays 4 X 100 Over Jamaica
Friday: LRCVillanova’s Jordan Williamsz Made Him Work For It, But In The End, Oregon And Edward Cheserek Win The Men’s DMRWilliamsz got the stick one second down but only ran .50 faster than King Ches.
*Phillly.com: Williamsz On Ches: “He’s good, man. He’s real good.”
Feature On Anthony Rotich’s Quest For 3rd Straight NCAA Crown He’d be only the 3rd man in history to win 3 straight. He wants to open at sub-8:30 next week at Stanford.
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