–Richard McLaren speaking this morning at a press conference after which his second report on Russian doping was released. McLaren II reveals the total extent of Russian state-sponsored doping which impacted more than 1,000 athletes. They’ve re-tested 100 stored Russian samples from 2014 Sochi and 100% of them have been tampered with. The report lists 1,116 pieces of evidence and you can search that evidence yourself.
McLaren II Is Released – More than 1,000 Russian athletes benefited from the biggest doping scandal in history This morning Richard McLaren released his 2nd report on Russian doping and it’s as bad as one could possibly imagine. He provides 1,166 pieces of evidence exposing the elaborate state-sponsored doping scheme (which you can search yourself) that reached its peak at 2014 Sochi. Seemingly every Russian athlete in Sochi was involved as 100% of the of the 100 samples they’ve looked at were tampered with.
*Full McLaren Report – Part II (PDF)
*Full McLaren Press Conference
*WADA Statement *IAAF statement
*Search for yourself The Evidentiary Disclosure Package (EDP) Website You can search through more than 1,000 documents yourself
*MB: The McLaren Report Part 2 Will Come Out On Friday (Dec 9) – What To Expect?
LRCBoys’ Preview: Sam Worley, Noah Affolder & Finn Gessner Headline A Wide-Open Race The nation’s top runner (Casey Clinger) may have been at NXN, but Foot Locker is still loaded. Four of the top six boys from NXN will be there, plus undefeated FL NE champ Noah Affolder (Carlisle, PA) and Finn Gessner of Madison, WI (11th at ’15 FL finals), which makes for a deep, unpredictable race.
LRCGirls’ Preview: Sophomore Standout Claudia Lane Will Duel Senior Nevada Mareno For The Title Lane obliterated the field at FL West by 35 seconds but the Stanford-bound Mareno (4:43/10:00) is the top returner (3rd in ’15) and is undefeated on the season. Who will come out on top in San Diego?
LRC Everything You Need To Know From The 2016 USATF Convention Wejo attended his first USATF convention that saw the coronation of Vin Lananna and reports everything you need to know.
LRCDo We Have A New High School XC Legend? – Plus We Love The Fukuoka Marathon, A Trail Running Update And Yes, Ryan Hall Returns To Racing Your weekly read to get up to date on the running world.
90 US Track Athletes Sign Petition Calling On WADA To Adopt Reforms The reforms call for an end to the conflicts of interest that exist such as WADA president Craig Reedie, who is also an IOC member. We guess we were ahead of the game when we called for Reedie’s resignation this summer.
*Sign The Petition Asking For Reedie’s Resignation
MB: Official 2016 NXN Discussion Thread
LRC Total Domination: Brie Oakley And Fayetteville-Manlius Dominate 2016 Nike Cross Nationals (NXN)Brie Oakley may be America’s newest female distance star.
*MB: OAKLEY Got Her Gun!!
LRC Casey Clinger Repeats As Nike Cross National Champion But His American Fork Team Is Upset By Bozeman In Team Battle For the first time ever, a boy repeated as NXN champ. Clinger is the individual champ once again but his dream of a perfect day that included both individual and team titles was denied.
RRWBrie Oakley, Casey Clinger Run Away With Individual Titles At NXN Championships
2016 NXN By The Numbers What 8 states have never sent a team? What team has been the most?
NXN Talk On The Message Board
Ethiopian media reported he had died, but 1980 double Olympic champ Miruts Yifter ‘the Shifter’ is alive but hospitalized in a Toronto hospitalThe frail 72-year old, who was Ethiopia’s first-ever Olympic track gold medallist in 1980, has a collapsed lung and has been hospitalized for months.
*Pat Butcher on Yifter
Recommended Read:The Guardian: “From Crystal Meth To Olympic Glory: The Recovery And Rise Of Luvo Manyonga” Three years ago, South Africa’s Manyonga was a crystal meth addict; now he’s an Olympic long jump silver medalist.
Patrick Tiernan Becomes Australian National 10,000 Champion, Debuting In 27:59 At The Zatopek 10,000 In the women’s race, New Zealand’s Camille Buscomb got a shock win as Aussie favorite Eloise Wellings struggled in 4th.
*MB:TIERNAN- 27:59
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