– David Rudisha talking about being nervous ahead of his first race in Europe as an 18-year-old still in high school. He needn’t have worried as he ended up winning the race in 1:45.10, beating out Alan Webb by .70 seconds.
LRCMolly Huddle And Sam Chelanga Win .US 12K Championships – Recap, Results And Post-Race Interviews Huddle dominated while Chelanga just held off Tyler Pennel to win by less than a second. Interviews with Chelanga, Pennel, Jared Ward and Molly Huddle.
LRC Molly Huddle Caps Undefeated Season On Roads And Leaves Open the Possibility Of Running Olympic Trials Marathon The chances are not likely as Huddle on the Trials said, “Probably not. I’ll never say never, but probably not.” When asked why she wouldn’t rule it out 100%, she said, “Just because I have taken to the roads pretty well, but I’ll likely delay the marathon debut.”
Discuss: Molly Huddle Leaves Open The Possibility Of Doing The Olympic Marathon Trials
*MB: Official USATF 12k Championship Thread
Breaking: IAAF Provisionally Suspends Russian Athletics Federation; Russian Athletes Banned From All International Competitions 22 of the 24 voting members were in favor of the ban; only one was against. Russia will not be able to host the 2016 World Race Walking Cup or World Junior Championships. To regain membership to the IAAF, the new Russian federation will have to fulfill a list of criteria and pass inspections.
*MB:BREAKING: IAAF Suspends Russian Athletics Federation
Former British Olympic Discus Thrower Lawrence Okoye Signs With His Third NFL Team (The Jets) – This Time As An Offensive Lineman He’s been cut several times as a defensive lineman. Trust us – he’ll eventually be a starter in the league.
LRC Flo Groberg Gets The Medal Of Honor And President Obama Talks Running President Obama said it wonderfully: “… he had an incredible gift – he could run. Fast.”
LRC Detailed ReactionThe 12 Most Interesting / Important Things From The WADA Report On Russian Doping Don’t have time to read all 323 pages of the blockbuster report? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered with the 12 best points.
LRC Quick ReactionIt’s Worse Than We Thought: LRC Reacts To WADA Russian Doping Report The 300+ page WADA report is out (full report here, thread here) on a huge doping conspiracy in Russia that first garnered attention via a German ARD documentary late last year. The details are very amusing and depressing.
Video Seb Coe Gets Absolutely Grilled By Channel 4’s Jon Snow Journalism at its finest. If only the US media were this tough on US politicians.
UVA and Mr. Maric still are refusing to provide proof that his initial ban was the result of an "unintentional" act as they claim.
*MB:UVA Coach Serving Doping Suspension
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LRC 2015 NCAA Cross-Country Qualifiers Officially Released – List Is Exactly What We Said It Would Be Thank you, Bo Waggoner.
LRC Breaking: 2015 Men’s NCAA Cross-Country Team Qualifiers Southern Utah gets in at #31 as Cornell, UCSB and Eastern Michigan are left at home. Wisconsin‘s streak is also over. Fellow 2014 podium team NAU also is staying home.
LRC Breaking: 2015 Women’s NCAA Cross-Country Team Qualifiers Unofficially, here are your 31 NCAA women’s teams. Updated at 4:32 pm ET with a new set of teams.
LRC Which Unranked Teams Are Going Dancing? Which Ranked Teams Are Staying Home?
RRW:Syracuse, Providence Come Out On Top At NCAA Northeast Regional
Video: Great Lakes Regional Video Coverage Includes interviews with Mason Ferlic, Michael Clevenger and John Mascari.
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