The 2016 Olympic Trials  *Live Results *Schedule/Entries *Video Interviews *TV/Streaming Information *RW Prediction Contest

LRC Emma Coburn Wins A Dramatic Steeplechase Final as Missourians Courtney Frerichs and Colleen Quigley Rally Late To Nab The Final Two Olympic Spots

LRC Women’s 5000 Heats: The Favorites Advance As Lauren Paquette and Gabriele Grunewald Go Home The women’s 5000 heats had a little drama as Lauren Paquette (#5 in the U.S. this year at 15:14)  Gabriele Grunewald (#7 in the U.S. this year at 15:19)

LRC  Sara Hall Talks Adoption and Ryan Hall Being Back on the Track: “He Can Still Throwdown”

• LRC Video Interviews
• MB: United States Olympic Steeplechase Team: Coburn, Garcia, Quigley
• MB: Shannon Rowbury fires shots at Caster Semenya
• MB: Allie ostrander 5k Olympic trials
• MB: Leah O’Connor has a strong resemblance…
• MB: Craig Engels making his mark
• MB: C’mon, Saarel
• MB: Mid-Distance Stop racing like IDIOTS?
• MB: 2 guys fall in OLY trials 1500m
• MB: Jordan H : 9th, seriously?
• MB: USATF Oly Trials DAY 7 – Official Thread

More Trials

LRC Take The Tour: What’s It Like To Make Team USA? The sad truth is not everyone can achieve their Olympic dreams, but at least now you can get a glimpse of what it would be like to make Team USA.

LRC US Olympic Trials Women’s 1500 Preview: Simpson & Rowbury Should (Probably) Make It? Who Will Emerge in the Battle for Third? Brenda Martinez is doubling back from the 800. Morgan Uceny is the defending Trials champ. Cory McGee made the World Indoors team. Which one will step up? And how will 4:07 HS junior Kate Murphy fare against the pros?

LRC US Olympic Trials Men’s 1,500 Preview: Can Anyone Stop Centro? And Will Anyone Else Get The Standard? Only five guys – Matthew Centrowitz, Kyle Merber, Ben Blankenship, Robby Andrews and Leo Manzano – have the Olympic standard. Unless someone runs faster than 3:36.20 this week, three of those five will be your team to Rio.

LRC US Olympic Trials Men’s 5,000 Final Preview: Who Will Close Best In A Wide-Open Race? Ryan Hill is the defending champ but bombed in his only race outdoors. Galen Rupp looked shaky in the prelims. Ben True, Hassan Mead and Eric Jenkins all struggled in the 10k. Bernard Lagat is 41 years old. This race is full of question marks, which makes for a compelling final.

A Look At The Action On The 4th

LRC Clayton Murphy Wins Men’s 800 At 2016 US Olympic Trials As Boris Berian And Charles Jock Punch Their Tickets To Rio There were three first-time Olympians in the men’s 800 as former Akron star Clayton Murphy got the win over world indoor champ Boris Berian.
*Tim Layden: Boris Berian’s Olympic Bid Caps Stunning 18-Month Rise
*Jere Longman NY Times: Boris Berian Goes From McDonald’s Employee To A Symbol Of Athletes’ Rights

Message Board July 4th Trials: 

• MB: Clayton Murphy Destroys 800m Field
• MB: Unbelievable: USATF will run 9 person 800 final with a waterfall start instead of having 2 share a lane
• MB: I need your help: Any one have ideas on how I can get a radar gun in Eugene, Or before 12 noon tmw
• MB: How much do you think Murphy gets for beating Berian?
• MB: Charles Jock … OLYMPIAN!

More International News

• NY Times: Oscar Pistorius Sentenced To Six Years
• Oscar Pistorius To Be Sentenced On Wednesday Most observers expect a lengthy prison term, from 8 to 15 years.
• Japanese Olympic Marathoner Kayoko Fukushi Wins Her Weight In Beer At Fourth Of July 4K In Boulder Since she has Rio coming up she wasn’t able to drink any, but will share it with her agent and coaches.

Saturday

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 PR 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 IfHe’ll Double In Rio
*4 Years After Crying After Finishing 7th In OTrials, English Gardner Wins 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

Quick Doping Updates

• IAAF Suspends Russian Olympic HJ Champ Anna Chicherova She was caught in 2008 Olympic re-tests. This after she had also tested positive in London 2012 re-tests, but had her B sample come back negative. Chicherova won bronze in 2008 and then gold at 2011 Worlds and London 2012.
• Olivier Niggli Takes Over As New WADA Director General He replaces David Howman, who’s had the job since 2003.

2016 US Olympic Track And Field Trials – Day 0

LRC Nick Symmonds Scratches & May Have Run His Final Race, Danny Mackey Talks Beasts, English Gardner Talks About “Dodging” Zika & More (link fixed) All the news from the USATF & Brooks press conferences.

LRCLRC Running Warehouse Prediction Contest Favorites For Day 1: Boris Berian And Ajee Wilson Are The Favorites In The 800; Allyson Felix Is The Underdog To Courtney Okolo In The 400

Ethiopian 10k Trials

LRC Tirunesh Dibaba Loses A 10,000 For The First Time In Her Career – Almaz Ayana Is Now The Woman To Beat In Rio Dibaba had never lost a 10,000 in her life before tonight, having amassed a perfect 11-for-11 record. Ayana had never run a 10,000 before tonight but that inexperience didn’t stop Ayana from ending Dibaba’s win streak in dominant fashion. What does it mean for Molly Huddle?
*MB: Official Ethiopian 10,000 Live Discussion Thread

LRC Kenenisa Bekele’s 2016 Olympic Dreams Come To An End As The 2012 World Junior Champ Yigrem Wins Ethiopian 10,000 Trials Bekele wasn’t the only prominent DNF. Mo Farah slayer, Ibrahim Jeilan, also was a DNF.

Barcelona Discussion Thread: Genzebe DIbaba Taken Off Track In A Wheelchair After 5K DNF Dibaba went through 3K in 8:41 (14:29 pace) before dropping out. In other action, Ayanleh Souleiman ran 1:45 and the latest Dibaba sister, Anna, ran 4:23.

Week That Was

LRCThe Month That Was: WADA Head Craig Reedie Needs To Resign, Jama Aden Gets Busted, And Donavan Brazier Busts Out

A Look Back At 2012

LRC An Oral History Of The 2012 Olympic Trials Women’s 5,000, Part III: The Aftermath The world saw the drama unfold on the track but how has the unforgettable race impacted the protagonists since then?
*LRC Part I: The Road To The Trials
*LRC Part II: The Race

Oceania News

• Peter Snell’s Auctioned-Off Olympic Singlet Likely A Fake A New Zealand museum was going to pay $140,000 for it, but after examining it said it wasn’t the real deal.
• Despite Missing Rio With Hamstring Tear, Sally Pearson Says Her Best Is Yet To Come The 29-year-old 2012 Olympic champ didn’t rule out being at the 2020 Games.
  *MB: Sally Pearson out of Rio with hamstring tear

Previous Olympic Trials News

• Recommended Read: Sub-4 Miler Liam Boylan-Pett Profiles Legendary Coach Frank “Gags” Gagliano, Who At 79 Says This Is His Final Olympic Trials As A Coach A great read about Gags the coach and person, with humorous stories and insights from many including Boylan-Pett, Kyle Merber and Vin Lananna.
• Good Read: Register Guard: “Ben Blankenship Prefers To Lie Low Until It’s Time To Run For Rio” “Eugene is one of the best places to train, but I think at times it does become a fish bowl … It’s hard to find a place where the Trials isn’t the focus.”
• Ato Boldon’s 3 Must-See Races At Olympic Trials They are all sprints and he thinks a WR could go down in one of them.
• RR: DailyRelay: “An Oral History Of The 2008 Men’s 800m Olympic Trials Final” Andrew Wheating: “There’s never going to be a race in my life that will ever have the same meaning to me as that race does.”

BAA 10k *Results

LRCPure Brilliance - Shalane Flanagan Runs 30:52 To Break American Record And Dominate B.A.A. 10K In Her Final Race Before Rio

Jama Aden Doping Updates

• Judge Takes Jama Aden’s Passport And Requires Him To Return To Court In One Month (translated)
• Ayanleh Souleiman Says Jama Aden Was Released “Free Of Charge” “My coach and fellow teammate were taken from us and we were saddened as the world turned against us. However, I can safely say that none of the athletes on the team had been doped …”
  *MB: Jama Aden and athlete set free with no charges?
• Qatar’s 1:43 800 Runner Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla Arrested In Connection With Jama Aden Balla was 5th at Portland World Indoors and 6th at Beijing Worlds last year.
  *MB: First Aden athlete arrested
• Ethiopian Federation Says Genzebe Dibaba Hasn’t Reported To Them Why She’s Been Pulling Out Of Meets They said she’d be on the team for Rio “if her results meet the minimum criteria.”