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Quote Of The Day

“It’s a shame that we never competed against [Hicham] El Guerrouj as he would have made us really up our game considerably but all in all it will be awesome for me if I become the first man to equal his record of four wins at the world championships. No athlete compares to him, he is an [idol], so equaling his feat will always place me in a different league altogether … If we want a successor to Mo Farah, we need a strong Kenyan in 5000m. Mo Farah is soon leaving the track and we need a Kenyan to do something. It’s been quite a drought for Kenya in 5000m.”

– Asbel Kiprop talking about emulating his idol, double Olympic champ Hicham El Guerrouj, by winning a fourth world title and then moving up to the 5,000m.

A New Nominee For The Positive Doping Test Hall of Fame?

LRC “Frequent and Passionate” Kissing, Moxylong and an Indian Chemist: Gil Roberts’ Doping Case Is the Strangest One of 2017 Over the years, there have been some entertaining stories that have been used to get people off (or at least try) from positive doping tests – from a gay man making out with a female craigslist encounter to five bottles of beer and sex at least four times with the wife. We’ve go a new doozy for you.
*MB: “Frequent and Passionate” Kissing Results in US 400 Man Gil Roberts Avoiding Doping Suspension.

The Week That Was

LRCWTW: Women Vs. Men, The Boilermaker Turns 40, Konstanze Klosterhalfen Is Only 20, & Jakob Ingebrigtsen Is Younger Than LetsRun.com

We span the globe to get you up to speed on what's been happening in the track and field world the last two weeks.

Mid-Week Action – Results: Lucerne, SwitzerlandMorton Games Ireland

Friday In Spain:Olympic Champ Ruth Beitia And Olympic Silver Metalist Orlando Ortega Highlight Meeting De Madrid Distance action is highlighted by Erik Sowinski and Mo Amanin the 800 and Ethiopia’s 2008 world indoor 1500m champ Gelete Burka vs Azmera Gebru (14:57 5K best) over 3,000m.

Morton Games:Alexa Efraimson Gets Her First International 1,500 Win As Robert Domanic’s Fine 2017 Continues Ole Miss’s Domanic won in 3:55 as Drew Hunter ran 3:56. Efraimson won in 4:06.73. Full results.
Discussion:2017 Morton Games Is Today, July 12 (Hunter, Efraimson, Merber, etc) – Live Discussion Thread

Lucerne: World Bronze Medalist Amel Tuka Wins In 1:46.74 Over Erik Sowinski And Matt Centrowitz Sowinski was 2nd (1:47.06) while Centro was a distant 7th (1:49.12). Ethiopia’s Azmera Gebru won the 3,000 in 8:52 with Aisha Praught 3rd (8:53), Emily Infeld 5th (8:55) and Courtney Freichs 6th (8:56). In non-distance action, Germany’s Johanes Vetter threw the second best javelin mark of all-time with 94.44m while Sharika Nelvis ran (12.67) to beat Sally Pearson in the hurdles and Devon Allen won the men’s race in 13.31.
*800 Race Video
*MB:Nijel Amos Runs 45.55 PB
*MB:JULY 11 800m: Eric S. 1:47.0 and Matthew C. 1:49.12 WTH???

Sunday:Rabat DL Provisional Entry Lists

World Under-18 Champs Started Today In Kenya Live Results / ScheduleLive Streaming Info (Blocked In USA)

IAAF:First Three Titles Of World Under-18 Champs Decided In Close Contests Ethiopia’s Abersh Minsewo disappointed the home crowd by beating out Kenya’s Emmaculate Chepkirui by 0.07 to win the girls 3000 in 9:24.69. There was history in the boys 100m as Tshenolo Lemao ran 10.57 to gives South Africa it’s first medal over the distance at a world championship in any age or division.
IAAF:1,500 Runner Dominic Kipkemboi Keeps Kenyans On Edge On First Morning Of U18 Worlds In a bizarre race, Kipkemboi took the pace out hard and had a huge lead as he waved to the home crowd on the home straight, but then “hit a wall” and was almost came to a walk before finishing just .16 ahead of second place.
Jamaica Gleaner:Good First Session For Jamaicans At World U18s
Jamaica’s Latest Sprinting Star Gem Kevona Davis Set To Shine In Nairobi
Seb Coe Visits Athlete Refugee Team Ahead Of World U18 Champs Debut The refugee team that competed at Rio 2016 live and train in a camp run by former marathon WR holder Tegla Loroupe.
World Under-18 Champs Press Conference Highlights

2024 / 2028 Olympics News

IOC Members Unanimously Support 2024 And 2028 Joint Awarding Plans A final decision will be announced on September 13th, but the IOC is hoping that either LA or Paris will “raise their hand” and volunteer to host the later edition.
AP:Summer Olympics Likely Coming To Paris In 2024 And LA In 2028*2nd AP Article
California Government Warns There Is Risk Attached To LA Hosting 2028 Games Rather Than 2024
IOC Commission Report Shows 15% More Public Support For LA Than Paris 78% in LA vs 63% in Paris.
Previously:Donald Trump Reiterates Support For LA 2024 During White House Meeting With Thomas Bach, But Was It A Bad Sign He Didn’t Tweet About It? It was the first time the IOC president traveled to the White House since Juan Antonio Samaranch met Ronald Reagan in the buildup to the 1984 LA Games.
Alan Abrahamson:“LA Or Paris? The Strategic Play? Or Emotional?” A lengthy look at the complicated IOC politics and economics behind the Olympic bids.
In-Depth Analysis:What Did The IOC’s Evaluation Commission Really Say About LA And Paris?
NCAA Annouce Backing Of LA 2024
LA 2024 Announce Over 10,000 People Have Signed Up To Volunteer Program
USA Today:Los Angeles Bid Leaders Say IOC Decision Provides Opportunities For 2024, 2028
USA Today:IOC Vote Comes Out Of Necessity During Challenging Times For Olympic Bid Cities
“Emotional” LA 2024 Presentation Praised By IOC
French President Emmanuel Macron Claims France Is Ready To Host Games

LetsJump.com

Good Read #1:Profile On Canadian High Jump Legend Debbie Brill, Who Was The Dick Fosbury Of The Women’s HJ At the same time as Fosbury was revolutionizing the event with the”Fosbury flop,” Brill was doing the same in Canada. She has held the NR since she was 16 years old, when she cleared 1.83m and later upped it to 1.99m.
Good Read #2:NY Times Chaunte Lowe Profile:“Olympic Medal, Earned; Glory, Denied; Future, Uncertain” Lowe talks about finding out that she was getting upgraded to 2008 Olympic HJ bronze due to Russian doping. “I was excited and relieved at the same time. ‘Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, you are not a failure!'”
World Pole Vault Champ Shawn Barber Doesn’t Think Being Gay Is “A Big Deal” Being gay isn’t a big deal. Being a gay man who tested positive for cocaine supposedly because he kissed a woman he met through a Craigslist ad is more unusual.

2017 London DLFull ResultsSchedule*TV & Streaming

LRC2017 Anniversary Games Recap: Nijel Amos Blasts 1:43.18 World Leader As Mo Farah (7:35 3K) & Hellen Obiri (4:16 Mile) Win Big London did not disappoint as the men’s 800 was fantastic as Amos is starting to look like the Amos of 2012 as American Donavan Brazier took 2nd and Sowinski ran well. Plus Aries Merritt‘s inspirational comeback picks up steam.

LRCNijel Amos Is Back, Blasts 1:43.18 World Leader, Donavan Brazier Goes 1:43Amos is clearly #1 in the world right now. Where does that put Brazier?

LRC Charlene Lipsey And Chris O’Hare Stay Hot To Win 800 And 1,500 In London Lipsey is one of the best in the World right now. We recapped these events before the rest of the meet as they weren’t on the main TV window.

Elaine Thompson Wins London 100 In Flats Thompson said she didn’t want to run in standard spikes because they hurt her Achilles. Her flats still have spikes but “they are very petite.”
Delilah Muhammed On The Mend From Hamstring Tweak She was a DNF at the Lausanne DL meet and only 6th here, but she says, “I am sure I will be fine for London.”
The Telegraph:Laura Muir Misses Out In Effort To Better Zola Budd’s 4:17.57 Mile National Record She still got a PR and broke her own Scottish record with 4:18.03.
GB’s Tom Bosworth Breaks Racewalk Mile WR With 5:31.08 Afterwards he said, “Not many can run a mile in 5:31 so I am pleased to walk that quickly.” *Video
IAAF:Hellen Obiri Pounces To Take Mile Meet Record In London
IAAF:Barbora Spotakova Gets Revenge On Her Compatriot Sara Kolak For Beating Her To The 2016 Olympic Javelin Title It was Spotakova’s best throw since winning 2012 Olympic gold.

London Message Board Talk

More Weekend Action

Kenya’s Silas Kipruto Wins Boilermaker 15K In 43:55Timothy Ritchie was the top American in 4th place, the best place by an American in “many years.” *Results
*World Half Bronze Medalist Mary Wacera Takes Boilermaker Title In 49:18
*MB:Boilermaker 15k 2017: Kevin Castille 46:11 Castille was 2nd American and 14th overall.
German Champs:Konstanze Klosterhalfen Breaks 40-Year-Old MR With A Solo 3:59.58 Another MR went down in the steeple as Gesa Krause won in 9:25 and then doubled back to take the 5,000. In the discus, 2012 Olympic Champ Robert Harting got the win as his 2016 Olympic champ brother Christoph was only 4th and will likely miss London Worlds.
Asian Champs Final Day: Neeraj Chopra Breaks Championship Record To Take Asian Javelin Title As India Tops The Medal Tables In distance action, G Lakshmanan and Darya Maslova each completed the 5K/10K double as Ebrahim Al-Zofairi (1:49.47) and Nimali Arachchige (2:05.23) took the 800 titles.
*Day 3:Olympic Hammer Champ Dilshod Nazarov Won His Fourth Asian Title With 76.69m
Round-Up Of Weekend Irish Performances

High School / NCAA / Youth

The IAAF World Under-18 Championships Start Next Week In Nairobi Provisional entry lists and event-by-event previews now available.
California Gatorade Player Of The Year Shae Anderson Commits To Oregon Anderson was the first girl in California state history to win the 300H/400 double at states.
USTFCCCA:What The 2017 Bowerman Award Finalists Have In Common

DyeStat Compiles List Of New High School State Records Set In 2017

Jama Aden Update

Aden and Mo Farah in Africa Jama Aden Indicted On “Public Health” Charges In Relation To Raid In Sabadell Spain Last Year We don’t know what this means at this point as a year later, no athletes have been sanctioned from the raid despite EPO being reportedly found in a room.

Doping News

Ken Goe:“There Is A McCarthyesque Feel To Unsupported Doping Allegations” Goe writes, “Allegations or suspicions never should be accepted as facts without conclusive evidence. That kind of rush to judgement led Joe McCarthy to destroy lives.”
The Guardian:“Mo Farah’s London Stadium Return Overshadowed By Doping Questions” Farah declined to answer questions when approached by the Guardian before a London appearance on Friday.
Jamaican 4 X 100 Commonwealth Games Champ Jason Livermore Fails Drug Test
BBC Video:Mo Farah Says He Is “Never Going To Fail A [Drug] Test”

2017 Lausanne *Full Results

LRC What A Meet – Wayde Van Niekerk Was Magnificent As Were The Field Events, Charlene Lipsey (1:57.38) And Muktar Edris (12:55) This meet was solid all around. Charlene Lipsey was the US distance star as Matthew Centrowitz got his feet wet in the DL again.

Outside News: IAAF Recap: van Niekerk (43.62) And Lasitkene (2.06 HJ) Break Diamond League Records
*Sara Kolak Comes Of Age In Javelin In Lausanne

Hyperandrogenism News

As IAAF Is Appealing Decision To Let Her Compete Vs. Women Without Testosterone Therapy, Dutee Chand Runs And Wins Heats At Asian Athletics Championships She also says the country of India is behind her.
Sonia O’Sullivan: Women’s 800m Running Is Not A Fair Race
NEIL WILSON: No Level Playing Field In Olympic Sport He argues to let Semenya compete against women as a result.

Fancy Bears

Fancy Bears Appears To Have Hacked ABP Results For Many Top Track Stars And Many Were Labeled On A Spreadsheet As “Likely Doping” Or “Passport Suspicious” Under the label “likely doping,” the document lists the likes of Meseret Defar, Galen Rupp, Mo Farah, Silas Kiplagat, Geoffrey Mutai, and Evan Jager. Under “passport suspicious,” there are stars like Asbel Kiprop, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Luke Puskedra, Mary Ketiany and Aries Merritt.
*MB: Farah and Rupp = “likely doping” according to IAAF blood passport/Fancy Bears leak
*MB: Evan Jager “likely doping” per new Fancy Bears leak
*MB: Guys, give it a day or two before starting the witch hunt!
*MB: IAAF Statement Offers “Sincerest Apologies” To Athletes’ Whose Data Was Leaked / Says ABP Is A “Dynamic Proccesse

LRC Does Fancy Bears Hack Reveal That Many Of Track And Field’s Biggest Stars Were “Likely Doping?” See The Latest Fancy Bears Documents Here Under the label “likely doping”, the document list the likes of Meseret Defar, Galen Rupp, Mo Farah, Silas Kiplagat, Geoffrey Mutai and Evan Jager. Under “passport suspicious,” there are stars like Asbel Kiprop, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Luke Puskedra, Mary Keitany and Aries Merritt.

Sir Mo Farah’s Rep Threatens Lawsuit “We have never been informed of any of Mo’s test results being outside of the legal parameters set by the relevant authorities, nor has Mo ever been contacted by the IAAF about any individual result. It is totally incorrect and defamatory to suggest otherwise, and we will pursue any claims to the contrary through all necessary legal routes.”
Mo Farah Spokesman: “He has never failed a blood test.”

TrackTown Summer Series Portland ResultsVideo Replay *Live Thread

LRC Portland Recap: Robby Andrews Drops Out As Ben Blankenship Wins A Thriller Over Merber And Engels, Windle Keeps Rolling The men’s 1,500m didn’t get the Worlds qualifying standard but it was three abreast racing down the homestretch. Drew Windle continued his good form in the 800 and Stephanie Garcia won the 3,000m.
Discuss:Robby Andrews just dropped out with 350 to go

Ken Goe Recap Of Portland:Surprise, Ben Blankenship Wins The 1,500 At The TrackTown Summer Series

Robby Andrews Post-Race Interview:“I’d be lying if (I said) there’s no pressure to get the world championships standard.” Plus news he’s been staying with Clayton Murphy.

Track And Field In The Real World

LRCSports Radio In Dallas Talks Track And Field: "I think the WNBA is laughing at these guys."

The good news is track and field got discussed on the radio as one of the hosts saw The Freeze race at the TrackTown Summer Series meet on TV. The bad news is they ridiculed the idea track could be popular anywhere and the concept of a track league in the US.

Sprint / Field Event News

Oregon’s Dejah Stevens Announces She Is Going Pro Early The nine-time All-American will pass on her final year of eligibility, but will stay in Eugene next year to finish her degree. No word yet on an agent or shoe company. *Discuss
Ashton Eaton Steals The Show Finishing 17th At Prineville’s Splash N’ Dash Quadrathlon Race Eaton didn’t know he was even competing in the swim/bike/kayak/run event until a few days before as his wife and HS coach had signed him up under the pseudonym “Cash Money” without telling him.
Tips For Sport And Life From Lithuania’s Euro Indoor HJ Champ Arine Palsyte She says, “Don’t fall asleep during the good times. Because while you are celebrating, your rivals are working hard to reach their goals.”
The Bahamas’ Olympic 400m Champ Shaunae Miller-Uibo Says Her Favorite Track Memory Is From When She Was 10-Years-Old At the Caribbean Union of Teachers Games Miller-Uibo won the 100, 200, was second in the 400 and LJ and second to last in the softball throw.
IAAF:With Late Round Heroics In London, Barbora Spotakova Shows She’s Still Very Much A Contender The two-time Olympic champ and WR holder had a few big losses to her younger compatriot Sara Kolak, who beat her to gold in Rio, but in London Spotakova got some revenge with her biggest throw since 2012.
Belgium’s World Discus Silver Medalist Philip Milanov Talks About The Challenge Of Being Both A World Class Athlete And A University Student Milanov says his studies as in digital arts and entertainment “is like a hobby” that keeps him relaxed, but can also be “intense” and time consuming.

Evaluating The Sport

Is Scrapping The Pre-2005 World Records A Good Idea? An Interesting Discussion Between Kara Goucher And Several Sports Writers The general consensus was that the new proposed criteria for WRs is good, but most are against scrapping the old marks.
Ross Tucker Doesn’t Think The New Testosterone Study Will Be Enough For CAS To Reinstate The IAAF’s Hyperandrogenism Policy He thinks CAS will argue that the advantage hyperandrogenic women have is the same as other genetic differences (such as height in basketball), but Tucker points out that there aren’t different categories for height, while there are for sex.
Toni Reavis Gives Props To The London Diamond League Coverage He also proposes an interesting idea to deal with the false start issue and TV – don’t re-start the race. Just let it run and DQ the false starting athlete after the race.
Coaching Tip:“Why It’s Not Good For A Coach To Go All Braveheart In The Dressing Room”
The Telegraph:“More People Than Ever Are Running, But Fewer Bother Taking Notice Of Elite Athletics”(You can access one free premium article a week with an account.)

Sad News

RIP:USATF Hall Of Fame Coach Jim Bush Has Died At 90 Years Old Bush guided UCLA to five NCAA track titles and coached 30 Olympians.
*USTFCCCA Tribute
UAE Paralympic Athlete Abdullah Hayayei Dies After A Metal Discus Cage Fell On Him

High School News

Sydney McLaughlin Becomes First Repeat Winner Of The Gatorade Athlete Of The Year Award; Earns SI Cover The male winner was pitcher MacKenzie Gore, who got a $6.7 million signing bonus with the Padres.
DyeStat Video Interview With McLaughlin
*Video Interview With Two-Time NXN Champ Casey Clinger
*Video Interview With NXN Champ Brie Oakley
DyeStat Asks If The 2017 Girls High School Graduating Class Is The Best Ever Led by Sydney McLaughlin, Candace Hill and Sammy Watson, it’s definitely a contender for the title.

Distance News

Cam Levins Leaves NOP, Returns To College Coach Levins is back with Coach Eric Houle and says he is “excited about the future” as he returns to his pre-ankle surgery fitness.
*MB: CAM LEVINS LEFT NOP!!!!
Recommended Read:Tim Layden SI Profile On Gabriele Grunewald:“Athlete Gets Cancer. Athlete Fights Cancer. Repeat, again and again…” Layden recounts Grunewald’s inspirational story as a multi-time cancer survivor who continues to battle a rare, incurable form of the deadly disease.
Sara Vaughn Talks About Balancing A Life As A Pro Runner, A Career And Three Kids 31-year-old Vaughn, who clenched the final spot for Worlds in the women’s 1500m, doesn’t lead the life of a typical pro runner—she had her first kid before graduating college and works as a full-time realtor. But she and husband/coach Brent Vaughn make it work even it means doing her doubles after 9PM.
Drew Windle’s Parents Reflect On Their Son’s Journey To Team USA After Windle’s unexpected berth to Worlds, his family is now scrounging to get passports and crowdfund to pay for the trip to London.
MB:Nick Willis Wins His Season Opener 1500 In Belgium With A 3:37.69 It was Willis’ first track race of 2017 after only two road mile finishes in the spring.
Good Read:3-Time Cancer Survivor Breaks World Record For Marathons Run In Most Countries 67-year-old Brent Weigner ran the Madagascar Marathon to bring his count up to 133 countries. He certainly has an interesting running resume which includes finishes on every continent and creating his own marathon in a country that didn’t have one.

Sprint Stuff

Asafa Powell Has A Chance To Make Jamaica’s World 4 X 100 Squad If He Can Prove His Fitness It’s bad luck for Powell since he should have a wildcard spot after winning last year’s Diamond League, but Jamaica is already using their wild card on defending champ Usain Bolt.
Former Oregon Sprinter Kyree King Added To Team USA World Champs Roster To Replace Christian Coleman King finished 4th in the 200 at USAs.
Good Read:Outside Magazine: “There Will Never Be Another Usain Bolt”Martin Fritz Huber writes of Bolt’s races, “There were times when the race itself felt almost secondary – a brief interlude between the before-and-after party.”
Usain Bolt Talks About How He Plans To Celebrate His Retirement Bolt says since he’ll be in the UK, he hopes to party with friend and Manchester United soccer player Paul Pogba.
NBC Sports Q&A With Allyson Felix Felix talks about why she didn’t want to do the 200/400 double at Worlds and what it was like to compete at Usain Bolt‘s final Jamaican meet.

Canadian Champs In The Books *Results

Andre De Grasse Wins Canadian 200 Title In Wind-Aided 19.96 Afterwards, he gave what he estimates as “probably hundreds, maybe thousands” of autographs, including signing body parts like hands and a neck.
Melissa Bishop Wins Her Fourth Canadian 800 Title In 2:00.26Brandon McBride (1:45.23) won the men’s race.
Arizona’s NCAA Champ Sage Watson Wins 400H At Canada Champs Watson ran 54.97 to break a 14-year-old MR and become the second fastest Canadian of all-time.
Texas’ Kirema Macharia Wins Canadian 400H Title
Mo Ahmed Wins Canadian 5,000 Title Over Justyn Knight Ahmed ran 14:02.36 to beat Knight by .80.
Matt Hughes Rebounds From Freak Fire Hydrant Accident To Make Canadian World Team In The Steeple Hughes injured his knee when he ran into a fire hydrant back in March and only started training 6 weeks ago. But he bounced back to run 8:30 to win his 4th title and get the Worlds qualifying mark.
Andre De Grasse Runs 10.11 To Win His Third Consecutive Canadian 100m Title De Grasse was disappointed by the slow time and said he was annoyed he couldn’t listen to music before the race as he forgot his headphones at his hotel.
MB:Official 2017 Canadian Champs Discussion Thread

Sprints And Jumps

Christian Coleman Will Only Run The 100 At Worlds With 48 races this year, his coach thought it’d be best to skip the 200.
Recommended Read:14 Years Ago, Perdita Felicien Became Canada’s First Female World Champion, Winning An Upset 100H Gold Over Jamaica’s Brigitte Foster-Hylton Felicien talks about her 2003 gold, her career and going on to become a sports journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation after retiring.
Recommended Read #2:US High Jumper Jamie Nieto Trying To Defy The Doctors To Be Ready To Walk For His July Wedding Nieto suffered a spinal cord injury when doing a backflip in 2016. Doctors weren’t sure if he’d ever walk at all, but now he’s up to 130 steps without a cane or walker, which should about get him from the altar to the church door on his wedding day.
Sweden’s Lea Sprunger Continued Her Breakout Season With A 54.29 Runner-Up Finish In Deep 400H Race At The Lausanne DL At 27, Sprunger is a “late comer” to the top tier of the T&F world as she started in the heptathlon and 200 and didn’t move to the 400H until 2015.
LSU’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Returns Home To London As Britain’s Fastest Sprinter Mitchell-Blake was born in London, but moved to Jamaica at 13 years old before coming to the US for college. Now he’s back in London to race at the Anniversary Games on Sunday.

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Latest Fancy Bears/Anti-Doping Hack News *Read The Docs Here

kiprop Asbel Kiprop And Fellow Kenyan Stars Julius Yego, And Helah Kiprop All React To Being On IAAF Suspicious List Kiprop: “I have never boosted (my blood).” Kiprop also posted on Facebook. Discuss Here
*Kenyan Athletics President On Fancy Bears Hack: “… this information should just be treated as propaganda until otherwise confirmed.”

Latest II: Evan Jager Releases Statement On Fancy Bears Hack: “I have never and will never break or try to bend an anti-doping rule.” Jager also says, “I was incredibly shocked to see my name amongst a list of athletes believed to be ‘likely doping.'”
*Discussion: Evan Jager responds!

Mo Farah:Fancy Bears Hack Prompts Response From Olympic Champion As His Team Stresses He Has Never Failed A Blood Test
*New Fancy Bears Leak Says IAAF Cleared Mo Farah After Doping Fear

The Latest IAAF Issues Statement On Fancy Bears’ Release of Portions Of Many Athletes’ Biological Passport Data – Offers “Sincerest Apologies” To Athletes Whose Data Was Leaked And Says ABP Is A “Dynamic Process”

Other Doping News: Russian Athletics Federation Urges Dopers DQed From 2008 And 2012 Olympics To Return Medals

More Depressing News / That Latest On The Intersex Debate

Important/Recommended Read Ross Tucker Doesn’t Think The Latest Study On Testosterone & Performance Will Be Enough For CAS To Reinstall The Hormone Therapy Requirements For Intersex Athletes “If I were a betting man, I’d say that CAS will dismiss their appeal and that the status quo will remain, much as I wish it would change,” says Tucker, who points out that CAS is looking for proof that testosterone is responsible for the entire 10-12% male/female difference in performance not the 4% that Semenya has improved since going off hormone therapy.
Dutee Chand Agrees With Tucker “Dutee also does not believe that this (research) paper satisfies the high bar that was set for the IAAF by CAS.”

Saturday Paris Diamond League *Results

LRC Paris Recap: Sifan Hassan Beats Faith Kipyegon, Ronald Kwemoi And Omar McLeod Lose For First Time, Nijel Amos Is Back? The World Championships picture may be getting a little bit clearer after Paris and Sifan Hassan may be your new favorite. Get up to speed on everything in Paris.

Paris Discussion: Live Paris Diamond League Thread
Kwemoi not so impressive in Paris Edris outkicked him for win in 3,000.
Is Ben MF True the stockiest elite distance runner of all time? True took lead in 3,000 and got 6th in 7:35.
Can a sprint expert explain all the false starts in Paris?

US Marathon News: Ritz To Brooks

RRWThree-Time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein Has Joined The Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project Since 180 days had passed since Ritz’s Nike contract expired, he was free to sign and he chose to go with Brooks.
*MB:Breaking: Dathan Ritzenhein has joined the Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project

2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials Standards Announced The marathon standards stay at 2:19 and 2:45, but the half marks are quicker at 64:00 and 73:00 (dropped from 65:00 and 75:00 in 2016).
*MB:USATF Announces 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon qualifying standards

More Olympic News

IOC President Thomas Bach Resists Growing Paris 2024/LA 2028 Rumors As Informal Talks Begin With City Mayors Bach wasn’t giving any indication one way or the other, but many members of the media consider Paris 2024 a “done deal.”
USA Today:President Trump Tweets Support For LA Bid “Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.). Stay tuned!”
Aussie Olympic Committee President Says Having To Wait Until 2032 Will Help Brisbane’s Olympic Bid Brisbane had been considering bidding for the 2028 Games, but likely they would have lost to Paris or LA and wasted a lot of money in the bidding process.
Rio State Governor At Time Of Olympic Bid Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Corruption And Money Laundering Charges Some of the allegations involve 2016 construction projects.
McDonald’s Burgers Set To Be Swapped For Computer Chips As IOC Line Up New Sponsor
Tokyo 2020 Cost Cutting Efforts Praised But IOC Seek Further Reductions To Attract Future Hosts

2017 USAs Prediction Contest

LRC Who Won Our 2017 Running Warehouse USAs Prediction Contest? A Pro, An Olympic Trials Qualifier, A 3:40 1,500m Runner And An All-State High School Runner See who the kings and queens of LetsRun.com are. Our contest winners this time are by far the most impressive group running-wise in the history of contest winners on LRC.

Britain Prepares For Worlds – About 3 Weeks To Go

GB 2017 World Team SelectedLaura Muir will do the 1,500/5,000 double while Katarina Johnson-Thompson is in both the heptathlon and high jump.
GB’s Adam Gemili Misses Individual 200m Worlds Spot The selection by committee spot went to Zharnel Hughes, but Gemilli is still part of the 4 x 100 relay pool.
Telegraph Article/Video On Transforming The London Olympic Stadium From Soccer To Track
SA: Wayde Van Niekerk And Caster Semenya Lead Announced South African Worlds Squad

LetsSprint.com

Jasmin Stowers Is Doing Okay After Suffering Minor Concussion In Her London DL Hurdles Crash Stowers also says she’s isn’t embarrassed that her wig fell off and says she’ll continue to wear one.
*MB: Black Women Track Athletes Lose Their Wigs
Good Read:The Telegraph:“Inside The Camp Of Sprint Guru Rana Reider: ‘I don’t have to be buddies with everyone – I am here to push them'” Find out why so many of the top UK athletes, including Adam Gemili and Shara Proctor, have joined this American coach’s training group in Holland. As Reider says, “They’re not here for my personality!”
Video:“As Usain Bolt Prepares For His Last Dash, Emotions Run High In His Hometown” Bolt’s biggest supporters aren’t ready for him to retire yet.
IAAF Inside Athletics Video:Ato Boldon Interviews GB’s Olympic 200m 4th Placer Adam Gemili

Doping News

The Telegraph:Mo Farah Hits Out At Media For “Making Something Out Of Nothing” After Latest Fancy Bears Hack “I am sick of repeating myself year after year. … You guys just make something out of nothing … I will never, ever fail a drugs test.”
*The Guardian:“Mo Farah Takes Media To Task Over Leak Story” Farah: “My life is not as easy as people think. … I wish you guys would understand it a bit more and write down the facts.”
9 Years Later:British 4 X 400 Relay Team Awarded Their 2008 Olympic Bronze Medals At The London DL They were upgraded to bronze when the Russian squad was caught in doping retests.
Slovakia’s Olympic Race Walk Champion Matej Toth Will Miss Worlds Due To IAAF Doping Investigation Toth is being investigated for biological passport anomalies and claims that he pulled out of Worlds because he is too exhausted from dealing with this issue (more likely he was made to withdraw due to the investigation). *Discuss
IAAF Approves 16 More Russians To Compete As Neutral Athletes The most notable name to be cleared was 2013 LJ world champ Aleksandr Menkov.
NY Times:“Some Ultramarathons Now Test For Drugs” As ultra racing gets bigger and more money is involved, naturally more cheats will find their way into the sport.

Assorted Distance News

Caster Semenya On New Testosterone Study: “I don’t have time for idiots.” The current situation with hyperandrogenic athletes isn’t Semenya’s fault, but the truth is there are a lot of very intelligent “non-idiots” who don’t think she should be competing against women without hormone treatment.
MB:16-Year-Old Jakob Ingebrigtsen Runs 8:26 To Win His Steeplechase Debut In Belgium
Drew Hunter Wins 3,000 In 8:14 As Americans Clean Up At Donegal, Ireland Meet USA also got wins from Kaela Edwards (2:03 – 800), Mel Lawrence (9:36 – steeple) and Robert Domanic (3:59 – mile).
Jo Pavey Ends Bid To Earn Spot On GB’s 2017 Worlds Team Due To Heel Injury Sprinter Adam Gemili might be out of a Worlds spot as well as he pulled out of the Anniversary Games with an injury and he’s relying on committee selection for a spot.
Seb Coe Apologizes To Mo Farah About His Medical Info Leak
Italy’s Xavier Chevrier And Switzerland’s Maude Mathys Win European Mountain Running Championships

International Weekend Action

Turkey’s Ramil Guliyev Equals European-Leading 100m Mark With 9.97 At Turkish Super League Meet Guliyev becomes just the 6th European ever to have broken both the 10-second and 20-second barriers in the 100/200.
Asian Champs Day 2:Hassan Taftian Won Iran’s First Ever Title In The 100m With A 10.25 Upset Victory Over Asian Record Holder Femi Ogunode Hosts India got a pair of golds in the 1,500s from Ajay Kumar (3:45) and P U Chitra (4:17).
Asian Champs Day 1: Iran’s Ethsan Hadadi Highlights By Winning His Fifth Asian Discus Title Supe- hot conditions (90+ degrees) led to super-slow distance races as the men’s 5,000 was won in 14:54 (slowest-ever winning time) and the women’s 15:57.

The TrackTown Summer Series Championship Is In the Books *Results

LRC Robby Andrews Gets The Worlds Standard But Not The Win, Windle Leads PR Parade, Eccleston Wins And So Does NY Empire Mid-d fans were not disappointed as Andrews got the standard, Gregorek the win, and Drew Windle kept delivering the goods.

LRCPost-Race Interviews From NYC

This Normally Would Have Been Big News

Eliud Kipchoge Targets World Record At 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon If he breaks the 2:02:57 World Record, there will be no debate of his mark being legitimate.

And This Would Have Gotten More Attention: Avery Anderson Is Named UCLA Track Coach The former Bruin football and track star was the coach at California State Northridge.
De Grasse Confident Going Into Canadian Nationals This Weekend
Professional Runner From Kenya Outruns 2 Bears While Training In Maine Woods Says it was scarier than encountering a leopard in a tree in Kenya.
Anniversary Games 2017: Rooney And 4 X 400m Team To Get Bronze Medals From 2008 Olympics This Weekend At London DL Meet
Rutherford Out Of Anniversary Games With Ankle Injury

Everyone Has The Marathon Bug

Brianne Theisen Eaton Is Going To Run The 2017 BOA Chicago Marathon “The biggest misconception among the general public is probably how often and far Ashton and I run. People think that we could run a 10-miler or jump in a marathon no problem. Let me put it this way, when we were training for the Olympics, we would complain about a 5-minute run, saying that ‘our calves got too tight,’ ‘our feet hurt,’ or ‘it’ll make us slow.'”