Robert Young – Run Across America Fraud

LRC It’s Official: Robert Young An UltraMarathon Cheat Inspired in part by the fastest-growing thread in LetsRun.com history started by Asher Delmott, Skins – Young’s primary sponsor – has released a 100+ page independent report to determine if Young cheated in his run across America. The evidence is conclusive, he didn’t run the entire way.
*MB: Robert Young fakes run across America

News Of Note

• Usain Bolt Is Having Fun Yet Again At Germany’s Oktoberfest *Discuss
• Rome 2024 Bid Is Down, But Not Yet Out – Here’s Why We May Be Surprised
• Len Johnson: The King (Bekele) Is Back Johnson seems to agree with us – Bekele is the GOAT. “Don’t count the king out while he is still alive and kicking.”
• Fan Voting Now Open For USATF Male And Female Athletes Of The Year

Olympic / Bureaucratic / Doping News

• WADA Is Tightening Up What Asthma Drugs Are Allowed Starting January 1, the ADHD and eating disorder drug Lisdexamfetamine will be banned.
• Dick Pound Is Irate That The IOC Didn’t Let Stepanova Compete In The Olympics And That They Didn’t Ban Russia
• Phil Hersh Asks, “Will only fools – and dictators – rush in to bid for Olympics?”
• Tour de France Director Says Cycling Is No Longer The Black Sheep Cynics would say that’s just because all of the other sports like the NFL and MLB have been exposed as frauds, plus a whole country – Russia.
• Children’s Rights Groups Want The IOC To Compensate Children They Claim Suffered From An “Indiscriminate Use Of Force” When The Streets Of Rio Were “Cleared” Before The Olympics Those of us living in Baltimore don’t necessarily agree.

US Olympic News: Team USA Goes To The White House

• Team USA Spends The Day At The White House With Some Track Athletes Getting Special Mention In President Obama’s Speech Abbey D’Agostino got a special shout out as Obama said she was “what the Olympic spirit and the American spirit should be all about.”
• NBC Sports: “President Obama: “2016 belonged to America’s women Olympians. Y’all crushed it.”
• AP: Black 1936 Olympians Receive Overdue Recognition At White House Jesse Owens didn’t even receive a telegram from President Roosevelt in 1936.
• Nike Reports An 8% Growth In Revenue After The Olympics
• Video, Photos, Quotes (Allyson Felix) From USA Today

Upcoming Distance Action

• A Lot Of Prize Money On The Line At This Weekend’s Reebok Spartan World Championships In Lake Tahoe $15K to the winner. Future NFL Hall of Famer Randy Moss will run.
• October 16: Former NYC/London Winner Priscah Jeptoo Will Lead Field For The TCS Amsterdam Marathon She’ll face former World XC medalist and 29:53 10,000m runner Meselech Melkamu, who has a 2:21:01 PR.
• BBTM Grand Prix Tour Finale Is At The Navy Mile On Sunday Women’s field includes Heather Kampf, Rachel Schneider and the men have Cory Leslie, Jack Bolas, Riley Masters.
• World Mountain Running Series Leaders Petro Mamu (Eritrea) And Andrea Mayr (Australia) Lead Field For Smarna Gora Race In Slovenia

Hosting News

• Tokyo Government Review Predicts Olympic Costs Could Reach $30 Billion “Drastic” changes need to be made to reduce the cost.
• California Governor Signs $250 Million Bill Guaranteeing Support For LA 2024 Olympic Bid This is for potential overruns, but they don’t expect to need the money. Then again, you never know when you’re going to be 300% over budget.
• Rome 2024 Bid On Brink Of Being Scrapped After City Council Backs Mayor’s Decision Against It The City Council have voted 30-12 in favour of the Mayor.
• Report Says Human Rights Atrocities Affected 22,000 Families At Rio Olympics The report said families were evicted from their homes and moved, controlled by militia gangs, subject to police brutality and youth were taken to juvenile detention centres without reason.
• Birmingham Bidding For 2026 Commonwealth Games