Track And Field’s Opening Day – 2016 Doha DL *Results 

LRC Was Caster Semenya’s Final 100m In Doha The Fastest Ever Run In A Women’s 800? Crazy as it sounds, she closed in 13.6.

2016 Doha Recap LRC A Day Of Distance Dominance: Asbel Kiprop, Conseslus Kipruto, Almaz Ayana & Caster Semenya Earn Big Wins On Track & Field’s Opening Day  The 2016 Diamond League season opened with a bang in Doha as favorites Asbel Kiprop, Almaz Ayana and Caster Semenya won in utterly dominant fashion. The men’s steeple wasn’t as kind to the favorites as Jairus Birech lost and Ezekiel Kemboi got embarrassed. American Ameer Webb looked fantastic in the men’s 200, Dafne Schippers ran fast but lost the women’s 100 to Tori Bowie, and a number of Americans picked up their first-ever DL victories in the field events. *Full Results 

MB: Official 2016 Doha Diamond League Discussion Thread

• Omar McLeod Man To Beat In Hurdles After Win In Doha
• Ibarguen And Rojas Triple Jump Dual A Treat In Doha
• Tori Bowie Runs 10.80 Fastest 100m Of 2016 Before you get too excited, realize the fastest 100m of all of 2015 was also run in Doha by Justin Gatlin at the first DL meet of the year.

Today’s HSers Might Go Sub-4, But There Will Only Ever Be One First

LRC Celebrate The 62nd Anniversary Of Roger Bannister’s Sub-4-Minute Mile By Watching Newly Released Film Bannister: Everest On The Track

Doping Updates

• Dick Pound Says It Would Be “Very Hard” To Trust Russia If They Go To Rio Pound says there are “elements of denial” about the drug issue in Russia and has suggested that they are just “rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.”
• WADA President Says Suspension Of Anti-Doping Labs Will Not Affect Rio Drug Testing WADA has sanctioned 4 labs in the last month.

LetsJump.com

• Good Read:From Nowhere To World Indoor Champion: Triple Jumper Yulimar Rojas Looking To Win What Would Only Be Venezuela’s Second Track Medal At The Olympics Rojas was stifled by a father that wouldn’t let her travel as a youth and a coach that doubted her TJ ability, but when you’re that good someone eventually gives you a chance.
• Great News:Jamie Nieto Moving Out Of The ICU Nieto will now start an aggressive 3-times-a-day rehab program.
  *LRC Olympic High Jumper Jamie Nieto Paralyzed After Attempting Back Flip At Practice – Please Consider Donating Now

Week That Was

LRC WTW: Putting Mary Cain’s Struggles In Perspective, Fast Times At Stanford, Will Jim Ryun’s Collegiate 800 Record Survive To See Its 50th Birthday + Would A Swede Have Made The Olympics If Not For Meet Management At Stanford? A big week in track and field with Stanford, Drake, Penn and a lot more.

Go Back In Time 6 Years To Relive Chris Solinsky’s Amazing 10K AR

• Recommended Read:Newsweek Talks To Chris Solinsky About His Magical 26:59 And To Ryan Fenton About Calling It Solinsky: “I’m not a guy who waits for a final kick. … I liked making a move early just to challenge you … even if I was bluffing.”
• Toni Reavis Re-Posts His Recap Of Solinsky’s 10K And Thanks Him For The Memories At the time, Solinsky said, “This was a glorified tempo run. … This was my debut. No one expected it. I didn’t expect it!”
• LRCChris Solinsky Retires And We Rank The Five Best Moments Of His Career – Sub-27:00, A Dominant Foot Locker Title And The Epic 2011 USA 5,000

Ultra-Masters News

• Good Read:85-Year-Old Ed Whitlock Wasn’t Satisfied With His Recent Age Half Marathon Record Whitlock had several gem quotes, including, “I only get antsy about getting slower when I’m getting slower faster than I ought to.”
• Video:100-Year-Old Ida Keeling Sets 100m Age Record At Penn Relays With 1:17 The race for 80 and over had several runners in their 90s, including 99-year-old Champ Goldie, who ran 45.70. The race was won by 88-year-old Ed Cox in 17.85. *Full Race Video

Another Exclusive From Kenya – LetsRun.com Goes To Kenya

LRCAsbel Kiprop, Elijah Manang’oi And Vincent Yator Put On A Show At The 2016 Kenyan Police Championships Get the inside scoop on how Kiprop and Manangoi, who went 1-2 at Worlds last year in the 1,500, totally toyed with the fields en route to 1,500 and 800 titles. Yator pulled off a tough double, winning the 5,000 and 10,000 within the span of 90 minutes. You’re lucky we aren’t charging you to read this 5,500-word masterpiece.