Quote Of The Day
– Shannon Rowbury talking about ending up bloodied on the track at the Diamond League finale in Zurich for the second time. This year it resulted in a big victory and season’s best.
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2016 Zürich DL – The 1st Of 2 DL Finals – Full Results
LRC Shannon Rowbury Wins Diamond League 1500 Finale in ZürichShannon Rowbury ended her European campaign with a big win in Zurich.
LRC 2016 Zürich Full Meet Recap: Evan Jager Goes For It, Caster Semenya and Ruth Jebet Finish Off Historic Seasons, The World’s Best Women Clash at 200 And Massive Marks In The Men’s Shot The first of the two Diamond League finals did not disappoint. Find out what happened here.
Zürich Talk On The Messageboard / Fan Forum:
- MB: Official 2016 Zürich DL Live Discussion Thread
- Rowbury wins 2016 Zurich in 3:57.78 sb, Muir 3:57.85, Hassan 3:58.44
- Rowbury pushed Muir back just before the line!
- Kate MF Grace
- Simpson goes home DEVASTATED and eats Rowbury’s shoe
- Props to Zurich Meet for Getting Thompson, Schippers and Felix in the same race –
Sprints And Throws
Justin Gatlin Says He’s “Hungry For Next Year” Gatlin is looking forward to 2017 Worlds in spite of the fact that “the Uk media has not been the most kind” to him.- A Look Back At The Second-Oldest T&F Record:The Men’s Hammer World Record Turned 30 Years Old Yesterday In 1986, the Soviet Union’s Yuri Sedykh threw 86.74m. Only one other person has ever thrown over 86m.
- The Michael Jordan Of T&F, Usain Bolt Will Be As Marketable In Retirement As He Is Today An interesting thought – Bolt would take an estimated $18 million pay cut if he became the highest paid NFL wide receiver after retiring.
- IAAF First Impressions Q&A With Tajikistan Hammer Thrower Dilshod Nazarov In Rio, Nazarov won Tajikistan’s first ever Olympic gold.
Assorted Olympic News
Survey Says More Than Half Of Rome Residents Support The 2024 Olympic Bid
The Power Of Gold: After Four Decades Without Electricity, Faith Kipyegon’s Home Village In Kenya Gets Power For The First Time Thanks To Her Olympic Gold Medal Her father pleaded to the Kenyan president to give him power so he could watch his daughter compete.
We’re Not Done With Rio
LRC What You Missed Not Being There: Mo Farah Doesn’t Like Answering Questions About Jama Aden and SAFP Doesn’t Like Taking Questions About Usain Bolt Some insight from the Rio press conferences.
2016 Hoka One One Long Island Miles *Results & Race Videos
RRW David Torrence (3:54.99) And Amanda Eccleston (4:26.87) Repeat At 2016 Hoka One One Long Island Miles Ajee Wilson ran 4:33.
The Latest Doping News
Important Read:Leaders Of 17 National Anti-Doping Organisations Meet In Copenhagen And Demand WADA Overhaul With Clean Sport “At Crossroads” We like many of the proposals. *WADA Responds With A Statement- Three More Russian Medalists DQed In Re-Test Of 2008 Beijing Samples Two weightlifters (shocker) and a 4 x 400 runner.
- Swiss Court Upholds Russian Paralympic Ban
Olympic-Themed News
- Malcolm Gladwell House Of Run Podcast Where He Talks About The Olympics The best-selling author explains why he prefers the World Champs to the Olympics.
- Mikey Brannigan Lands In Rio For Paralympics The 1,500 final isn’t until September 13th.
- John Carlos, Who Did His Own National Anthem Protest In 1968, Supports Colin Kaepernick’s Stance “I would let him know that he’s involved in a movement. He’s jumped into the pool of human history. (He’s) with those that have prevailed and risen above the norm.”
- Vin Lananna Calls Coaching Team USA In Rio The Most Rewarding, Exciting And Tiring Event Of His Career Personally, we’d think winning an NCAA XC title would be more exciting for a coach.
- If The University Of Florida Was A Country, They’d Have Placed 9th In Rio In Terms Of Gold Medals Won
- Q&A With Michelle Carter’s HS Coach Carter was a great babysitter for the coach’s kids.
- US Hammer Olympian Deanna Price Heard Her Mom Talking To Her From Heaven In Rio
- Olympian And Track Star Tori Bowie Appears On Local NYC TV To Talk About Her 3 Olympic Medals
- CNN Takes A Look At The Scandal Hitting Kenya’s National Olympic Committee From selling Nike kit to staying in a favela, Kenya’s got corruption covered.
- Did You Know? Olympic PV Bronze Medalist Eliza McCartney Initially Wanted To Be A Netball Star
Sneaker News
Departing adidas CEO Herbert Heiner Reflects On His 15 Years At The Helm During his reign, their market cap has gone up nearly 10 x – from $3 to $30 billion.
Doping / Corruption News
Kip Keino Gets Questioned For Several Hours By Kenyan Police Unlike his fellow NOCK officials, Keino wasn’t arrested or charged.- New Zealand Lawyer Leading Team Of Experts To Revamp The IAAF Governance Structure The group is proposing a whole new constitution and restructure which will see a new independent integrity and anti-doping unit and more voice for athletes.
- NY Times:Anti-Doping Leaders From 17 Nations Push For WADA Reforms The biggest proposition is to forbid anti-doping officials from holding simultaneous roles with the IOC to prevent conflict of interests like exists withCraig Reedie. *BBC Article
Week That Was
LRC The Most Expected And Unexpected Medals For Team USA In Rio, The Women That Did And Didn’t Make History In Rio, Ezekiel Kemboi’s Retirement Didn’t Last 24 Hours, And How To Get Rich In The Non-Profit World A look back at the week in the running world.
Going Pro
MB:Aisling Cuffe Signs With Saucony She’ll join Ray Treacy‘s group in Providence, which includes Molly Huddle and Emily Sisson.- Syracuse Alum Martin Hehir And 2:35 Marathoner Katja Goldring Join NAZ Elite Both athletes have already done well at the Olympic Trials as Hehir was 7th in the 10,000 and Goldring was 9th in the marathon Trials.
More Distance News
Aussie Steepler And Florida Alum Genevieve LaCaze Gives Advice On How To Run A Great Steeplechase LaCaze took 18 seconds off her PR this year to set a 9:14 Oceania record at the Paris DL meet.- Sad News:RIP Former Adams State Great Dan Maas Maas, a former Olympic Trials finalist, and his wife died in a car crash last week.
- In-Depth Analysis And Ranking Of The Best Treadmills Of 2016
- Matt Tegenkamp Inducted Into The Roy Griak Invitational Hall Of Fame
Upcoming Distance Action
September 17:Jordan McNamara Vs. Ben Blankenship And Heather Kampf Vs. Lauren Johnson At The GNC Live Well Liberty Mile- Syracuse Men Are The Pre-Season Favorites In Opening NCAA XC Coaches’ Poll Oregon ranked #2 and NAU, Stanford and Colorado 3-5.
- Defending Champions New Mexico Women Lead NCAA Pre-Season Poll Colorado, Providence and Oregon are ranked 2-4.
- Ethiopia’s Shure Demise Will Defend Her Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Title In October Her debut came in January 2015, but Demise has already racked up four elite marathon finishes and returns to Toronto as a vet.
More US Post-Rio News
Local Sports Columnist Who Has Covered Matt Centrowitz Since High School Writes About What It Was Like To Watch Him Win Olympic GoldBill Wagner says it was “hard to not become emotionally invested” in Centro’s race.- Matt Centrowitz Shows Off His Olympic Gold Medal At A Baltimore Orioles Game He showed up late, however, and didn’t get to throw out the first pitch and then admitted he grew up a Yankees fan.
- “Behind The Scenes” Video: Jenny Simpson And Emma Coburn Hanging Out In Europe
*MB Thread - Anyone Surprised?Study Claims Nike Achieved The Best Ambush Marketing During Rio 2016
- After Stint As Olympic Head Coach, Vin Lananna Reflects On Rio Performances Lananna said he felt it was an example of “taking the Hayward Field magic and bringing it to South America.”
*Video Interview With Lananna - Matt Centrowitz, Abbey D’Agostino And Usain Bolt Make USA Today’s 16 Most Memorable Rio Moments List
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