– Bahamas track federation (BAAA) president Rosamunde Carey defending the decision to not let Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller run the 400/200 double in Rio as she didn’t compete in the 200 at their national trials. We 100% respect and applaud having a fair and unbiased “top 3 past the post” trials system, and not caving to the wishes of a superstar. However, the Bahamas should consider making a double at their trials more feasible as the 200 and 400 finals were on the same day.
LRC Bernard Lagat Has Run His Final Track Race – What an Amazing Career it Was A track legend is done with the track (but not the roads).
10K Olympian Leonard Korir And Aliphine Tuliamuk Win USATF 20K Champs Hosted At New Haven Road Race Korir beat out Sam Chelanga by one second as Christo Landry was 3rd. On the women’s side, Tuliamuk had a 16-second victory over Emily Sisson.
*Hartford Courant Recap:Close Runner-Up Finish Two-Years In A Row For Sam Chelanga
*New Haven Register article
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.
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 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.
LRC Shannon Rowbury Wins Diamond League 1,500 Finale In Zürich Shannon Rowbury ended her European campaign with a big win in Zurich.
LRC2016 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 Message Board / Fan Forum:
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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.
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