-American pole vaulter Sandi Morris after becoming just the 2nd woman ever over 5.00m outdoors in Brussels.
MB: The end is here: Official 2016 Brussel DL Live Discussion Thread
LRCShannon Rowbury Breaks American Record at 5000 -14:38.92 and Now Holds 1500 and 5000 Records Shannon took some names after her disappointment in Rio.
LRC Brussels Everything Else – Evan Jager Challenges Conseslus Kipruto to the Line, Kiprop Has a Problem with His Shorts, Machine Beats Man, Elaine Thompson Runs Fast, Semenya Wins 400 A nice end to the DL season.
LRC Watch Sandi Morris Become Just 2nd Women In History To Clear 5.0 Meters (16′ 4¾”) Outdoors In The Pole VaultThe Olympic silver medallist ended a magical season in style – with a new American record.
*Spikes takes a look at how Sandi Morris’ has gone from a broken wrist to 5.0 meters in the span of months
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
Recap of Great North CityGames: David Rudisha runs ridiculous 57.69 world record (best) for 500! There was a lot of interesting action. Laura Muir won the women’s mile as Bernard Lagat struggled in the men’s.
*MB: Rudisha runs 57.69 over 500m in Newcastle
LRC Week That Was: How Fast is the 5th Avenue Mile Course?, Free PR Advice for Mo Farah, And a College Coach Helped an NCAA Legend Score Some Booze Plus in case you were gone we had the Diamond League finale in Zurich with the big win by Shannon Rowbury, a game effort by Evan Jager, and a great women’s 200m.
LRC “People are People”- The Olympics Remind Us Of All That is Great (and Bad) in the WorldTwo weeks after Rio, LRC’s Weldon Johnson tries to make sense of his Olympic experience.
2016 BMW Berlin Marathon Field Released – Wilson Kipsang and Kenenisa Bekele Will Have Their Hands Full As Field Features 8 Sub 2:06 Men Who will be racing in Berlin on September 25?
*MB: Calling it now: World record falls in Berlin to Bekele
*MB: 2016 Berlin field released – Race features 8 sub 2:06s
October 9:Former Two-Time World Marathon Champion Abel Kirui Still Has High Ambitions As He Lines Up For Next Month’s Chicago Marathon Kirui has struggled with injuries, but is hoping to return to the top and represent Kenya at Worlds next year by running sub-2:05 in Chicago.
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