Genzebe Dibaba Makes Her 10,000m Debut Tomorrow In Dubai

Update: Genzebe Dibaba Scratches Due To Injury

Good News For Jenny Simpson/Shannon Rowbury: Genzebe Dibaba Contemplating 5K/10K Double In Rio; Runs Her 10K Debut Tomorrow Dibaba says she is set on doing the 5K and the schedule for a 5K/10K double is better than the 5K/1,500 (1,500 final and 5K heat on same day).
*MB: Official Genzebe Dibaba 10,000 Meter Prediction and Discussion Thread – Race is Sat. (4/26)! The idea that the WR holder at 1,500 should do the 10k/5k double is a stupid one. If she wanted to make history, she should have gotten the schedule changed.

Oregon-Based Distance News

• Mo Farah And Galen Rupp Will Race At Pre Classic; Which Events Is TBD Alberto Salazar says he’s torn because he doesn’t think Rupp should run a 10K so close to the OT, but he doesn’t know if he’d be competitive in the 5K. Sounding likely Rupp will run the marathon in Rio.
• Interesting Read: Ken Goe And Others Ask If The Collegiate Season Is Too Long For Distance Runners Goe has quotes from multiple athletes and coaches and most agree that peaking three times a year is too much. That said, we agree with Alberto Salazar, who argued Edward Cheserek isn’t overworked as most of his races are very easy wins. And we remind you that Andrew Wheating‘s best season by far was when he was under the structure of the collegiate system.

LRC LaShawn Merritt And Kirani James On Track To Collide In Rio, Is Yohan Blake Back? Donovan Brazier Stumbles, A Marathon Legend Retires And Women’s Sport May Be Changing For The Worse Get up to speed as we span the track and field globe.

Non-London Road News

• Sunday: World Half Champ Peres Jepchirchir And Defending Winner Mosinet Geremew (59:11 PR) Lead Deep Fields For Yangzhou Jianzhen Half Jepchirchir faces Worknesh Degefa (66:14) while the men’s race has eight sub-60 men, including Feyisa Lilesa (59:22), Edwin Kipyego (59:30) and 2:04 marathoner Dickson Chumba.
• May 29: Good Read: Former 1,500 Runner Elkana Yego Could Surprise The Favorites At The Ottawa Marathon The 22-year-old caught the attention of former Boston champ Wesley Korir when he won local 3K running barefoot.
• We Hope Your PR Didn’t Come From Manchester: Times From The Last Three Years Of The Greater Manchester Marathon Have Been Invalidated As The Course Was 380m Short For someone running 3-hour pace, that’d be 1 minute and 37 seconds added to their time.

Latest Doping News

• IAAF Will Make Final Decision On Russia’s Olympic Fate On June 17th The IAAF will hear reports from its task force and make a decision.
• Kenyan Athletes Can Breathe Easy: Kenyan President Officially Signs Anti-Doping Bill Into Law President Uhuru Kenyatta: “Let me be clear that this law is the continuation, not the end, of our efforts to stand against cheating and corruption …”
• Six More Russian Track Athletes Banned For Doping They include mid-d runner Olesya Syreva, who gets an 8-year ban for her 2nd doping offense.
• Russian Olympic Speed Skate Champ Among Those To Have Ban Lifted After Testing Positive For Meldonium
• WADA Suspends Accreditation Of Beijing Laboratory For 4 Months For Failing To Meet Standards

New Forensic Evidence Claims Oscar Pistorius Attacked Reeva Steenkamp With An Air Rifle And Cricket Bat Before Shooting Her That’s some pretty heavy evidence to come out after the trial (and 3 years after a murder).

Sprint Stuff

• TMZ: Rihanna Snubbed Date Request From Usain Bolt Bolt joked that Leonardo DiCaprio (whom Rhianna is rumored to be dating) was “no competition” saying, “I’m tall, I’m handsome I’m dark, I’m the greatest.”
• Usain Bolt Says There Is A Chance He Could Not Retire After 2017, Although It Sounds Like He Really Wants To “Coach says I shouldn’t say I want to retire just yet, I should focus on the year and see how I feel after (2017) … But he says to give it a chance, because I think my coach is pushing for me to go a few more years. We’ll see what happens.”

Boston Marathon Monday *Video Highlights/Replay *Results

LRC  Ethiopia’s Atsede Baysa Storms From Behind To Win Boston Marathon In 2:29:19 After Leaders Blow It With A 5:00 16th Mile (Updated with interviews with Neely and Steve Magness) dramatic come-from-behind victory for Ethiopia’s Atsede Baysa as Neely Spence Gracey was 9th.