2016 US Olympic Track And Field Trials *Live Results *Schedule/Entries *Video Interviews *TV/Streaming Information *RW Prediction Contest

MB: Official 2016 Olympic Trials Day 3 Live Discussion Thread

Sprints LRC Fire on the Track: Justin Gatlin (9.80), LaShawn Merritt (43.97) and Allyson Felix (49.68) All Crush World Leaders The women’s 100 was also historic as it saw three women break 10.80 for the first time in history. Trayvon Bromell tied his PB in taking second in the 100 (9.84) as Marvin Bracy (9.98) edged out Mike Rodgers (10.00) for the third spot.
*Tim Layden on Sunday’s action starring Gatlin and Felix Felix: “It was different from any meet I’ve ever had,”
*Bob Kersee calls Allyson Felix’s win her greatest performance
*LaShawn Merritt says he’ll do the 200 at Trials and then decide if he’ll double in Rio
*4 years after crying after finishing 7th in OTrials, English Gardner win’s women’s 100m

Field Events LRC Jeff Henderson Wins Historically Deep Long Jump; Age Defeats Youth In Women’s High Jump and The Ashton Eaton Show Continues The field event action didn’t disappoint on Sunday. We recap the women’s high jump, men’s long jump and decathlon which all concluded today.
**Marquis Dendy qualifies in historic men’s long jump

Looking Ahead to Monday: LRC Men’s Steeple Preview: Can Bowerman Track Club Go 1-2 Or Will Donn Cabral, Stanley Kebenei or Cory Leslie Crash the Party? With 6 guys with qualifying times under 8:20 and 12 under 8:30, you’d better be on your game if you want to go Rio.

LRC  Women’s Steeple Preview: Emma Coburn Leads the Best U.S. Steeple Field Ever Barring an act of God, Coburn will be on the US team. The question is, who will be joining her on the plane to Rio?

Day 2: LRC The Sprint Stars Speak: Gatlin Says He Bluffed It Vs. Bolt In 2013, Felix Will “Keep Fighting” And “This Is Not It” For Jeremy Wariner Justin Gatlin, Allyson Felix, LaShawn Merritt and Jeremy Wariner speak.

LRC From Start To Finish: Molly Huddle Wins 2016 US Olympic Trials Women’s 10,000 (updated) Huddle was a much-deserved winner as she led every step. Emily Infeld and Marielle Hall grabbed spots #2 and #3.

LRC Chaos Continues In Men’s 800 Semis – We’ll Have A 9-Person Final (updated) The men’s 800 continues to be totally unpredictable.
*MB: Shaq Walker appeal
*MB: Clayton “silky smooth” Murphy 

LRC Women’s 800 Semis: The Top 5 Seeds All Advance To Set Up A Much-Anticipated Final (updated) There wasn’t a lot of drama today but there will be in the final.

LRC Video Interviews From The Trials Allyson Felix vows to “just keep fighting,” Trayvon Bromwell talks about his Achilles injury,  Brittney Reese discusses JJK and the longest jump in 12 years to win the LJ, Jeremy Wariner says he’s not retired, plus all the distance action.

• Brittney Reese Wins Women’s Long Jump With Monstrous 23′ 11¾” – Longest Jump In World In 12 Years And Best By An American Since 1998
• Ashton Eaton Grabs Day 1 Lead In Decathlon
• 4 Years After Retiring At 2012 Trials, Whitney Ashley Grabs Top Spot In Women’s Discus At Age 27
• Bills’ Marquise Goodwin advances to finals of lj, but just barely (last qualifier)
• The Oregon Ducks Go A Perfect Six-For-Six In Women’s 100-Meter Prelims

Full Coverage In Our 2016 Olympic Trials Special Section

Jamaican Trials – Bolt Doesn’t Run 100m Final After Suffering Hamstring Injury

• Tim Layden On Day 1 Of The Trials And The Impact Of Usain Bolt’s Injury It’s only a grade 1 strain.
  *MB: BOLT GOES DOWN!!!
• WSJ: Bolt Out Of Jamaican Trials, But Could Still Be Named To Olympic Team
• Track Alerts: Picture Of Bolt Getting Treatment
• Yohan Blake Wins 100m In 9.95, Asafa Powell Was 4th Blake was incorrectly initially given a red card for a false start (the guy in the lane next to him did it).
• Bolt Had Won His Semi In 10.15
• SEC Champ Clive Pullen Of Arkansas Qualifies For Olympics In TJ
• MB: Guess how much Kemoy Campbell won the Jamaican 5,000 by……..

2016 US Olympic Track And Field Trials *Schedule/Entries *TV/Streaming Information *RW Prediction Contest

LRC LetsRun.com Previews The Sprints And Hurdle Races At The 2016 US Olympic Track And Field Trials We give you the key points for each sprint race.

LRC LetsRun.com Previews The Field Events At The 2016 US Olympic Track And Field Trials We break down the field event action.

Previous Previews:

*LRC Men’s 10,000: Rupp Goes For 8 Straight
*LRC Women’s 800: Prepare For Chaos In The Most Wide-Open Distance Event Of The Trials
*LRC Men’s 800: Old Vs. New Over Two Laps
*LRC Women’s 10,000: Molly Huddle, Then Who?

Trials Start Friday

LRC Forget About The Predictions – Who Are You Rooting For At The Trials? Wejo’s Got Kate Grace And Jordan McNamara One of the best things about the Trials is pulling for that special athlete you have a connection to. Forget about who you think is going to win, who are you rooting for?
Discuss: Who You Got? (Who Are You Rooting For?)

Russian Doping News

• The IAAF Will Rule On Russian Athletes Applying For Ban Exemption By The End Of The Week European Athletics has said they would accept a late entry for whistleblower Yulia Stepanova if she is cleared to compete.
• Yelena Isinbayeva Has Applied To The IAAF For Permission To Compete In Rio
• Russia’s Former Boston Marathon Champ Lidiya Grigoryeva Gets 2.5-Year Ban For Doping The IAAF also announced doping bans for Russian distance runners Alyona Kudashkina and Larisa Kleimenova and Morocco’s former African 1,500 medalist Amine Laalou.

From The Message Board

• MB: USADA’s investigation of Nike Oregon Project is ongoing – USADA has filed a lawsuit seeking to depose uncooperative Dr. Brown The NY Times has all of the details.
• MB: Donovan Brazier signs with Nike
• MB: Brazier and Murphy to NIKE Other college mid-d guys to recently go pro include Shaquille Walker and Brannon Kidder who joined Brooks Beasts Track Club.
• MB: K. Bekele, Ayana to run 10000’s in Hengelo June 29th Meseret Defar as well.
• MB: Do I need to change my summer training plan?
• MB: Defending Olympic 100H champ Sally Pearson out of Rio with hamstring tear

NCAA Standouts Shaquille Walker And Brannon Kidder Join Brooks Beasts Track Club
*Walker Talks About The Decision To Forgo His Final Year In The NCAA

Caitlyn Jenner Sports Illustrated Cover Hits Newsstands Wednesday Jenner will appear on the cover wearing her gold medal 40 years after her 1976 decathlon Olympic win.

RIP Long Time Indiana University Coach Sam Bell During his time at IU, Bell lead the team to 22 Big Ten titles and 23 top-10 NCAA finishes.
*USATF Mourns Loss Of Hall Of Fame Coach Sam Bell

Nike Raised The White Flag

LRC David 1, Goliath 0: Nike Has Dropped Its Lawsuit Against Boris Berian Berian is now free to run for whomever he pleases at the 2016 US Olympic Trials.
*Keflezighi Tells Bloomberg Berian’s “First Preference” Is To Now Sign With New Balance

Jama Aden Gets Arrested

LRC Jama Aden Doping Raid Update: How Might The Raid Impact Mo Farah, The Dibabas And Nike? Today, we look at some of the connections between Aden and the sport’s biggest names like Genzebe Dibaba, Tirunesh Dibaba, Mo Farah, and Nike and wonder what type of impact, if any, the scandal will have on them. We also reveal for the first time in the English press that Mo Farah trained in Sansabell, Spain in 2014, a fact his agent didn’t even know, but claimed to be more than 100 miles away in France. Why?

LRC Everything You Need To Know About The Jama Aden Doping Raid That Took Place With Three Dibaba Sisters Being Present We give you the scoop on the biggest doping scandal in distance running’s history and the biggest non-country-related (i.e. Russia) doping scandal since BALCO. In the near future, we’ll have much more for you, including “What does this mean for Nike, Mo Farah and Alberto Salazar, who all have ties to Aden?”

• Spanish Police Arrest Third Person Linked To Jama Aden Doping Ring A police spokesman wouldn’t give the name or their nationality.
• MB: How will Aden bust affect performances at Rio?
• MB: Charlie Grice – Not to be overlooked during all of this
• MB: If David Torrence is 100% clean…
• MB: Nick Willis Comments on Anti-Doping Raid
• MB: Jama Aden Arrested After Police Raid Discovers EPO In His Hotel In Spain
• MB: David Torrence essentially saying he snitched on Jama’s group