Quote Of The Day
– Ben Bloom writing about Isaac Makwala‘s reaction after running a 200m time trial to qualify for the 200m semifinals after being barred from running the 400m final the night before.
- Breaking: Say it ain't so. Colleen Quigley DQd in women's steeple.
- U of O alum Phyllis Francis runs PR FTW in the rain!
- No Jamaican Men in 200m final! What's happened
- Holy cow. The NOP does it again, pulls a France and tries to get Eric Jenkins into the final on a DQ
- Two Canadians in the 5000m Final!
- When they cut from a race to field event- I hate it!
- Jenkins???? Damn!!
- Chelimo fracas in 5000 qualifier
- Karsten MF Warholm - GOLD medal 400H!!
- Bosse an Kszot, slowest in pure speed over 400
- 140 Miles per week
*2017 IAAF London Worlds *Schedule / Results *TV & Streaming *Prediction Contest *LRC Post-Race Interviews *LRC Previews: *W800 *M1,500 *WSteeple
LRC Olympic Champion Matthew Centrowitz Eliminated In 1st Round Of 1,500 At 2017 World Champs Centro had nothing in the kick for home and was eliminated.
LRC Men’s 1,500 Heats: Asbel Kiprop Looks Great, Ronald Kwemoi Struggle And Robby Andrews And Johnny Gregorek Move On If you think heats are boring, then you shouldn’t be on this website. 2,000+ words of analysis.
LRC Final Three For Three: All Three Americans Advance To Women’s 5,000 Final At 2017 IAAF World Championships Updated with interviews. Plus Brits Laura Muir and Eilish McColgan are in as well. Muir and Shannon Rowbury said they are still eyeing the podium
LRC Women’s 800 Heats: The Stars Look Great & All Three Americans Advance After Brenda Martinez Survives A Scare Ajee Wilson and Charlene Lipsey qualified with ease.
IAAF Turns The Men’s 400 Into A Joke
BBC:Wayde Van Niekerk Storms To 400m Gold In London Van Niekerk ran 43.98 to win handily over Bahamas’ Steven Gardiner (44.41) and Qatar’s Abdalelah Haroun (44.48). NCAA champ Fred Kerley was 7th.- Totally Absurd:IAAF/British BARRED Isaac Makwala From Competing In 400 Final Because He Was SickPublic Health Britain recommends that someone with norovirus be isolated for 48 hours after diarrhea. It’s only a recommendation – not law.
- The Telegraph:“Van Niekerk’s Stunning 400m Triumph Overshadowed By Withdrawal Of Rival Isaac Makwala”
- Botswana Federation Bashes IAAF For Lack Of Communication They also claim “no medical tests” were conducted, just “generalized assumptions” based on “one symptom.” It’s also worth noting that a German TJer despite her illness.
- Van Niekerk Responds “As much as we all strive to leave with gold medals we also want to go out there and have best guys on the track with us.”
- IAAF Statement “The IAAF is very sorry … but we have to think of the welfare of all athletes.”
- The Telegraph:British Team Issued With Personal-Hygiene Guidance
Monday At Worlds
LRC Final: Women’s 1,500: Faith Kipyegon Wins Another Gold Title As Jenny Simpson Beats Caster Semenya To Nab Her Fourth Global 1,500 Medal updated A thrilling final sprint saw a five-way battle for the medals as Kipyegon just held onto the gold with Simpson timing her kick perfectly to grab silver over Semenya. GB’s Laura Muir and world leader Sifan Hassan both ran out of gas after starting their kicks too soon and finished in 4th and 5th.
*LRC Women’s 1,500 Post-Race Video Interviews Hear from Kipyegon, Simpson, Semenya and Muir.
*MB: Official 2017 Worlds Monday Discussion Thread – Women’s 1,500 Final + More
1,500 MBoard Talk
- When Will Faith Kipyegon Get Some REAL Love on These Boards?
- JENNY SIMPSON THROWS SHADE AT LAURA MUIR
- Dibaba DFL / Why has G. DIbaba’s fitness deteriorated so much in past 2 years?
- MUIR GOES HOME DEVASTATED
- Laura Muir pushed Jenny Simpson twice! One of those times pretty hard
- Muir’s race made me appreciate Centro’s gold all the more
More Outside Worlds Coverage
Video/Photos (NSFW):Deadspin: Naked Idiot Goes Streaking Onto The Track At Worlds- Daily Nation:“Kipyegon Bett Safe Bet For 800m Medal” Bett says he’s actually more concerned about Poland’s Adam Kszczot than Nijel Amos or Mo Aman.
- Usain Bolt Is Sore, But Will Run In The 4 X 100 Heats
- IAAF Profile:After Years Of Hurt, Silver Tastes Sweet For Germany’s Heptathlon Runner-Up Carolin Schafer Schafer: “I think only those very close to me know how much this medal means to me and how hard these past few years have been.”
- IAAF Profile:South Africa’s Ruswahl Samaal Basking In The Limelight After Long Walk To Long Jump Bronze
- Another Blow For Canada:Olympic HJ Champ Derek Drouin Pulls Out With Achilles Injury
- Justin Gatlin’s Agent Says Seb Coe’s Criticism Of Gatlin Was “Inhumane”Renaldo Nehemiah: “I don’t condone doping but Justin Gatlin is not the poster child for it.”
- The BBC Tries To Get The Rest Of The World Caught Up With Some Fast Facts On Christian Coleman
Sunday PM Worlds
LRC Worlds Day 3: Tori Bowie Wins 100 To Complete US Sweep As Joe Kovacs (Shot Put) & Sandi Morris (Pole Vault) Earn Silver Anything can happen in sport as it was a rough day for the two US men who entered World undefeated on the year as Ryan Crouser didn’t medal in the shot and Sam Kendricks needed a third attempt final to make the PV final.
*MB: Was Joe Kovacs robbed of world title? Was his last throw really a foul?
LRC Men’s 800: Carnage In The Semifinals Sets Up A Wild Final On Tuesday; With Emmanuel Korir Out, Who Is The Favorite? None of the Americans made the final as Donavan Brazier knew he let a great opportunity get away.
More Outside Worlds Coverage
The Telegraph:Justin Gatlin’s Father Claims Fans Booing His Son After 100m Win Are “Disrespecting The Sport”- Boos Ring Out At Justin Gatlin’s Moved Medal Ceremony
- GB’s Former Olympic Heptathlon Bronze Medalist Kelly Sotherton Explains Why She “Joined In The Booing Of Justin Gatlin”
Katerina Stefanidi A Class Apart To Take World Pole Vault Title It was a top two repeat from Rio as Stefanidi cleared 4.91m to beat out USA’s Sandi Morris (4.75m).- Athletics Weekly:Nafissatou Thiam Rises To The Occasion To Win World Heptathlon Gold Thiam adds World gold to her Olympic win from Rio as she beat Germany’s Carolin Schafer by a healthy 112 points.
- GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson Misses Out On Heptathlon Medal After 5th-Place Finish A terrible high jump (her favorite event) cost her a shot at a medal.
*Johnson-Thompson Reflects On Another Missed Opportunity
*Johnson-Thompson: “I feel like I’m at ease with the high jump and it’s just a freak accident.” - Jessica Ennis-Hill Enjoys ‘Surreal’ Moment Of Receiving Re-Allocated 2011 World Gold In Front Of Home Fans “I’ve never been in a situation where I’ve just come to a stadium, watched, and not actually physically exerted myself and stood on the podium and received a gold medal. So, very surreal.”
- Kara Goucher Gets World 10,000m Upgrade To Silver At London Stadium
- The Telegraph:Tori Bowie Springs Surprise In 100m Final As Elaine Thompson Is Squeezed Out Of Medals
- European-Athletics:“Stefanidi and Thiam are London golden girls with 2018 Euro Champs in Berlin now beckoning.”
Day 1 At Worlds
LRC Unbeatable: The Amazing Mo Farah Wins The 10,000 At 2017 Worlds, Earns 10th Global Gold In “Toughest Race” Of His Life He almost had to PR to do it as the Africans threw it at him but Farah held them off in 26:49.51
LRC Joshua Cheptegei Is Primed To Succeed Gebrselassie, Bekele And Farah As The World’s Next Great 10,000-Meter Runner The Ugandan turned heads first at World XC and now looks to be Farah’s successor.
Women’s 1,500 Heats: LRC All 3 Americans (Including Sara Vaughn With A PR) And 4 Brits Move On In The Best Opening Round Women’s 1,500 In History The women brought it today as 17 of the top 20 seeds moved on.
London MBoard Talk
- Official 2017 Worlds Day 1 Discussion Thread
- Mo-Farah GOAT
- Joshua Cheptegei 26:49 for Silver @ age 20!
- Mo Farah stepped off the track, will he be DQ’d?
- Mo Farah out to produce ‘something special’ in world 10,000m
- Did Mo Farah Just LOSE the 5000m?
- Can Mo Farah Finally Get Outed as a Doper?
- What happened to Pat Tiernan He was lapped.
- Pre-Race: Kamwo – Grind the MoFo into the dust !!!
Major Doping News: Hajo Seppelt Goes To Ethiopia
Recommended Read: The Guardian:Inside The Doping Hotspot Of Ethiopia: Dodgy Testing And EPO Over The Counter A joint investigation by The Guardian and German broadcaster ARD looks into how easy it is to get EPO in Ethiopia, the disorganization of Ethiopia anti-doping and gets a former Berlin Marathon winner (who is still active) to admit to EPO/HGH use.- MB: Unidentified Female Berlin Marathon Champ Admits To EPO And HGH Use The athlete caught on tape wasn’t named, but has to be either Aberu Kebede (2016 and 2012 Berlin champ), Tirifi Tsegaye (2014), or Atsede Habtamu (2009).
- ARD:How To Sell Africa’s Sports Heroes The article is in German, but you can watch an English version of the 30-minute broadcast here.
- Ukrainian Sprinters Olesya Povkh And Olha Zemlyak Register The First Failed Drug Tests Of World Champs Povkh (a former Olympic and Worlds relay medalist) was entered in the 100 and 4 x 100 while Zemlyak was in the 400 and 4 x 400.
- Russia Apologize For Doping Scandal But IAAF Vote Overwhelmingly To Keep Ban In Place Many were surprised by the sincerity of Russian Athletics president Dmitry Shlyakhtin‘s apology speech, but only 21 of the 166 federations voted to reinstate them.
*Hey Jamaica, What Gives?Jamaica Was Among The 21 Countries To Vote In Favor Of Reinstating Russia This after Jamaica was one of the only countries not to support Seb Coe‘s IAAF reform package eight months ago.
*Seb Coe Praises “Candid” Russian Apology - Suspicious Betting Activity Joins Doping As Target For Athletics Integrity Unit Anything tennis can do, we can do better.
- Jenny Simpson Urges IAAF To Reduce Wait For Athletes Receiving Medals Stripped From Doping Cheats “It is difficult to watch an award ceremony that is 10 years worth of correcting. You can be retired and long gone and then finally be given what you deserve.”
- Jamaican 4 X 400 World Champ Bronze Medalist Riker Hylton Cleared Of Doping Charges After He Was Accused Of Evading An Anti-Doping Test The anti-doping panel wasn’t “comfortably satisfied that Hylton was in fact notified (by JADCO).”
IAAF Admin Stuff
Brendan Foster Awarded IAAF Golden Order Of Merit For His Contributions To The Sport- Highlights From 51st IAAF Congress In LondonSeb Coe: “As a miler, I’ve always looked at things in four parts. Two years into a four-year term – the half-way point – is a good time to take stock.”
- Full Video From IAAF Council Meeting Press Conference IAAF officials including Seb Coe discuss issues including the continuation of Russia’s ban.
Alan Webb’s 2007 Season 10 Years Later
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LRC The Summer Of Webb: An Inside Look At Alan Webb’s Magical 2007 Season For a few months in 2007, American Alan Webb was the world’s best miler. Ten years later, we take a look back at Webb’s magical summer.
Webb MB Talk:
*LRC Feature: 10 years ago, Alan Webb was the greatest miler on the planet. An inside look at Webb’s magical summer.
*How did Alan Webb inspire you? post your stories
*10 Years later and Centro is STILL SLOWER then Webb??????!!!!!!!
*I don’t think Webb Would Have Feared El G
*Alan Webb confirms sex is critical for running
*Greatest American Distance Runners: 1) Billy Mills, 2) Alan Webb. 3) ? 4) ? 5) ?
*“Summer of Webb” 2007- What a Joke!
*Willis’ 3:29.66 = 3:46.22 mile. Sorry Alan.
More Worlds
LRC #Jumping60: After Another World Title, Christian Taylor Going to Mountains of France to Try and Break Jonathan Edwards World Record The attempt isn’t called #Breaking60 but like #Breaking2 it will be held one of two days depending on the weather.
LRC A Lifeline For Colleen Quigley? London World Champ Organizers Put Cones Out In Violation Of IAAF Rules Video evidence shows that the cone just prior to where Quigley stepped on the line on the curve was not set up on top of the line per IAAF regulations. Will her DQ be overturned?
Interviews:Kori Carter After 400mH Gold Says she wants to run 100m hurdles next year and praises Coach Floreal who could coach 3/4 of the gold medallists in the hurdles at Worlds.
*Ramil Guliyev Says President Erdogan Called Him After He Won 200 Plus see what Wayde Van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala said after upset city in 200.
Live On The Message Boards
- Official 2017 Thursday at Worlds Discussion Thread – Makwala goes for it in the 200
- Centro goes home devastated The Olympic champion has shockingly finished last in his heat.
- What a Weird World Championship…
- White Man wins 200M World Championship Race… Props go out to Ramil Guilyez who was born in Azerbaijan but competes for Turkey.
Wed. At Worlds
LRC Women’s 400: Shaunae Miller-Uibo & Allyson Felix Falter In Home Straight As Phyllis Francis Comes Up Huge To Win 2017 World Title Crazy race. *Race Video Here
Isaac Makwala – Wayde van Niekerk 200m Final Is Set After Makwala Is Allowed To Run Special Time Trial To Qualify For Semis And Then Makes Final 2 Hours Later
*Video Of Makwala’s 2 Races
*IAAF Is Furious Of BBC’s Coverage Of Makwala’s Situation Well, they must be furious with us as well as we think he should have been allowed to run even if he had the norovirus.
*IAAF Considers Formal Action Against BBC For Grilling Medical Expert On Live TV
*USA’s Ameer Webb Thinks It Was Unfair For Makwala To Get To Run A Solo 200 “I wish I could have run a prelim by myself knowing the time I had to beat was 20.50. It is a little bit I feel unfair. It is what it is and I’ve got to line up against him.”
*The Guardian: “Isaac Makwala’s Lone Furrow Exposes Bungling Of Shambolic IAAF”
*Yohan Blake Said His Leg Pulsed Coming Off Turn And It Prevented Him From Making Final
Wednesday Distance Action
LRC Drama In The Women’s Steeplechase Prelims: Colleen Quigley Gets DQed The IAAF rule book needs to be changed or a rail needs to be built in the steeple as Colleen Quigley and Ezekiel Kemboi have both been DQed in successive years.
*Breaking: Say it ain’t so. Colleen Quigley DQd in women’s steeple
*We need to be consistent, USATF needs to protest
LRC Men’s 5,000m Prelims: Paul Chelimo Falls And Scrapes By Into Final, A Kenyan Gets Lapped And Eric Jenkins Doesn’t Qualify Recent NCAA stars Patrick Tiernan and Justyn Knight made the final too.
- Official 2017 Worlds Wednesday Discussion Thread
- Karsten MF Warholm – GOLD medal 400H!! A Norwegian won the 400h.
- Eugene’s Horrible Weather Pays Off U of O alum Phyllis Francis runs PR FTW in the rain! And wins gold in a HUGE upset as Miller-Uibo didn’t medal and Felix only got bronze.
- Jenkins???? Damn!! He failed to get out of the 1st round.
- Chelimo fracas in 5000 qualifier He fell and still advanced.
LRC Wednesday At Worlds Podcast – A Look Back At The 1st Half And A Look Ahead
Non-Worlds Randomness
Craig Engels’ Mullett Is No More Engels chopped off his hair for charity.- Crazy Video:Police Hunt For Jogger Who Knocked A Woman In Front Of A London Bus The woman was only saved by a very fast reaction from the bus driver to swerve out of the way.
*MB:London Jogger Pushes Woman in Front of Bus - USA Today: Paris Open To Esports On 2024 Olympic Program And yes, “esports” are video games.
- RW Safety Tips:There Will Be A Total Solar Eclipse On August 21st There hasn’t been one in the US for 38 years.
- (Delusional?) Sports Writer Says Minneapolis Should Host The 2028 Games Instead Of LA
- Team USA Win Three Silvers (Two Team, One Individual) At World Long Distance Mountain Running Champs 32K in the mountains in Italy.
- Man Attacked By A Hawk On His RunAndy Llewellyn was on a run near Chellaston, England when the bird put two huge gashes in the top of his head.
USA Gets Its 2nd-Ever Men’s PV World Title
AP:“Army Reservist Sam Kendricks Wins World Pole Vault Gold” Kendricks cleared 5.95m to beat out Poland’s Piotr Lisek (5.89m) and Renaud Lavillenie (5.89m). Lavillenie lost on countback, but gets props for going for the win rather than the silver as he raised his last jump to 6.01m to go for gold.- Reuters:Kendricks Wins Pole Vault, Lavillenie Frustrated Again
- MileSplit:HSer Armand Duplantis Finishes 9th While Representing Sweden
- Defending Champ Shawn Barber Crashes Out Of Pole Vault Final As Canada’s Medal Hopes Dwindle After a year of injuries and illness, Barber could only manage 8th. Canada won 6 medals in Rio and 8 at 2015 Worlds, but might leave London with none.
More Women’s 1,500 Coverage
Caster Semenya Says She Has “No Time For Nonsense” When Asked About The IAAF’s Fight To Reinstate Hyperandrogenism Regulations- Semenya:“For me, when you listen to music and have one song playing each and every time … it’s been almost nine years and it’s quite boring.”
- The Guardian:Laura Muir Gives Everything, But Is Pipped To A Medal In 1,500 Final “I don’t know. It’s fourth, isn’t it? I gave it everything I could …”
*The Independent:Heartbreak For Laura Muir As The Medal Hopeful Is Edged Into 4th
- Laura Muir Refuses To Enter Caster Semenya Debate All she said was, “I’ve not got anything to say about that.”
- RRW:Faith Kipyegon Wins Wild 1,500m Final
Sunday AM
LRC FinalAmy Cragg Ends America’s 34-Year Medal Drought In The Women’s Marathon At Worlds By Snagging A Surprising Bronze In London What a run for the 33-year-old.
*MB: Amy MF Cragg!!!
LRCAmy Cragg Credits Jerry Schumacher For Her Surprising Bronze In The Women’s Marathon “Jerry has completely changed my running. He has changed my life.”
LRC FinalMen’s Marathon: Kenya’s Geoffrey Kirui Follows Up Boston Victory By Winning 2017 World TitleMarathon’s got a new star and his name is Geoffrey Kirui.
*MB: WC Marathon: Tamirat Tola vs Daniel Wanjiru
*MB:World Championship Marathon late start times, does it advantage the Africans.
LRCFormer NCAA Champ Bobby Curtis Announces He’s Retiring At The End Of The Year He’ll end his career with PRs of 13:18, 27:24 and 2:11:20.
LRCMen’s Steeple Prelims: Conseslus Kipruto Reveals He’s Run One Track Session Since June; Evan Jager Leads All QualifiersJager looked good even if he was sporting a goatee he plans to shave.
*LRC VIDEO EXCLUSIVE- Evan Jager Explains His Goatee
*Running Warehouse Prediction Contest Scores Updated Through Men’s Marathon Boston champ Geoffrey Kirui has won. A husband of a US Pro is leading the way in the contest.
Saturday In London
LRC Justin Gatlin Steals The Show In Usain Bolt’s Final 100M Race To Win 2017 World Title At Age 35 Usain Bolt did the unthinkable once again – he lost. We put in perspective.
- MB Talk:
- DOWN GOES BOLT! / Justin Gatlin- The Champion track deserves
- “Dear London: Boo your f***ing self” – Justin Gatlin
- Most Entertaining Part of Press Conference: Usain Bolt Takes Offense at Reporters Anti-Doping Question
LRC Final (updated) Almaz Ayana Laps Nearly The Entire Field To Win Gold In The Women’s 10,000 In One of The Finest Displays In Women’s Distance Running History The Chinese level of distance running is now the reality. Updated with comments from Molly Huddle, Emily Infeld and Emily Sisson.
*MB: Molly Huddle on the Ethiopians: “I feel like they get away with a lot.”
*MB: Almaz Ayana – guts and glory
*MB:Official 2017 Worlds Day 2 Discussion Thread
Mason Finley Of USA Talks About Getting Historic Bronze It’s not easy being a discus thrower full-time as he lives at home with his mom to save money.
Full Coverage In Our 2017 London Special Section
Worlds Outside Distance Coverage
Recommended Read:Q&A: US 1,500 Champ Robby Andrews Heads To Worlds After Final Weeks Of Hard Workouts On actually being towards the front at USAs (instead of way back), Andrews says he “felt strangely comfortable.”- The Guardian:“Mo Farah Hails 10,000 Gold As Greatest Of His Career”
- Recommended Read:IAAF Profile: After Nightmare At World XC, Joshua Cheptegei Lives London Dream At World XC, Cheptegei had a 7-second lead with 1,000m to go, but cratered and finished 30th. Now he’s a Worlds silver medalist.
- Mo Ahmed Sets Canadian 10K Record With 27:02 For 8th He broke Cam Levins‘ 27:07 mark from 2015.
- Q&A With Daniel Winn On Pacing Robby Andrews To The World Standard, The Rewards Of Rabbiting And His Training Partner Chris O’Hare Winn shares some insights into the rabbiting experience and what it pays.
- Farah Says He’ll See A Doctor As He Hurt His Leg And Got Some Cuts And Bruises During The 10,000
- UKA Chief Neil Black: I Have Looked Mo Farah In The Eye And I’m Convinced He Is Not A Cheat
- MB:World Steeple Silver Medalist Habiba Ghribi Scratches From Worlds With Injury
- MB: Let the trash talking begin. C. Kipruto says he’s recovered from injury and “won’t allow” an American to win
- MB: Sara Vaughn getting some major love: Associated Press, ESPNw and Washington Post all publish profiles of her
- RRW Day 1 Recap:Mo Farah Wins Third Straight World 10,000 Title In Dramatic Fashion
Sir Walter Miler
MB:Drew Hunter 3:57 FTW @ Sir Walter Miler Hunter beat out Craig Engels by .45 with Izaic Yorks third. Amanda Eccleston won the women’s race in 4:31.72 over Stephanie Garcia(4:31.87). *Results*Meet Website
- Sir Walter Miler Recap:Third Time’s The Charm For Amanda Eccleston; Drew Hunter Outkicks Craig Engels
- Craig Engels Is Cutting His Mullet For Charity He’s raised $1,865 of his $2,000 goal. Follow the haircut live on Engels’ Instagram account.
More Non-Worlds News
Oscar Pistorius Taken To Hospital With Chest Pains Pistorius is currently serving a 6-year jail sentence, but his case is not completely over as prosecutors are appealing for more jail time.- DyeStat Video Interview With Mt. SAC Coach On Winning The Bid For The 2020 Olympic Trials
- Kayla David Earns USATF Athlete Of The Week Award After Record-Breaking Performance At Junior Olympics Davis became the fastest 13-year-old girl in history by winning the 400m in 52.54.
Doping Updates
The Telegraph:Furious Backlash Forces Athletics Chiefs To Abandon Plans To Scrap Pre-2005 WRs There is a new proposal to scrap WRs that came before 1991, when out-of-competition testing started. The new cutoff would scrap the records of FloJo (100/200), Marita Koch (400) and Jarmila Kratochvilova (800).
*Paula Radcliffe Relieved Her Record Is Safe, But Still Opposed To New 1991 Proposal She would rather see records individually investigated.- WADA Says Russia Must Fulfill At Least 12 More Criteria Before They Can Be Ruled Compliant Among the criteria is that the Russian government must publicly accept the findings of the McLaren investigation.
- Russia Warns That They Will Not Give In To WADA Demand To Publicly Accept McLaren Report Findings One official stated, “We have repeatedly said that it contains certain controversial positions and provisions … Undoubtedly, no one is going to accept this report.”
- Russia Bans Six More Athletes On Eve Of Appeal To Have IAAF Suspension Lifted Among the banned is steepler Lyubov Kharlamova, who will have all her results since July 2010 (including a Euro silver medal) annulled.
- CBC:Should Track And Field Erase Its Record Book? Infamous BALCO scandal drug expert Victor Conte actually supported the record reset.
The Gender Debate In Sport Isn’t Going Anywhere
PBS:Should Testosterone Be Regulated In Women’s Events? A deeper look at the IAAF’s recent study shows why it probably won’t be enough to convince CAS to reinstate the currently suspended hyperandrogenism rules.- Athletics Illustrated:“Caster Semenya’s Apparent Defiance; Could It Serve A Greater Purpose?”Chris Kelsall wonders if Semenya is “angry at the world or starting to enjoy drawing attention to herself” after she announces Worlds 800/1,500 double.
- Outside Magazine:“The Controversy Around Caster Semenya Explained” The problem is CAS requirement is far too great as they want the IAAF to prove hyperandrogenic females have an advantage as great as men, which they don’t.
Tuesday At Worlds
LRC Final American Evan Jager Comes Up Short In Quest For Gold, Settles For America’s 1st-Ever Men’s World Championships Steeple Medal updated with analysis. Post-race video.
Discussion:French Do it Again & Appeal and Try to Have Jager DQd
*Video Of Final Lap
Tuesday MB Talk:
More Tuesday Non-Distance Action
Athletics Weekly:Barbora Spotakova Regains World Javelin Title A Decade Later Spotakova won her first world title in 2007, but hadn’t been on top of the podium at Worlds since.- USA’s Dalilah Muhammad And And Kori Carter Advance To 400H Final 2015 World silver medalist Shamier Little was a distant 4th in her heat and didn’t advance.
- USA’s Deahjah Stevens And Kimberlyn Duncan Advance To 200m SemisTori Bowie was a DNS and a USATF statement said she was recovering from her fall at the finish line of the 100m.
- If Allyson Felix Finishes Top 3 In Tomorrow’s 400 Final, She’ll Tie The Record For Most World Championships Medals The record is 14 and held by Usain Bolt and former Jamaican-born Slovenia sprinter Merlene Ottey.
- AP:Allyson Felix Relishes Rematch At Worlds After Close 400 Loss To Shaunae Miller-Uibo In Rio Felix: “I never get past losses. They just motivate me. It’s a part of my story.”
Monday Non-Distance Action
AP:Gold For Jamaica’s Omar McLeod As He Does In The 110 Hurdles What His Countryman Couldn’t Do In The 100 McLeod ran 13.04 to win over Russian “neutral” Sergey Shubenkov and Hungary’s Balazs Baji. The USA was shut out of the medals for the first time in Worlds history as Aries Merritt finished 5th.
- Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas Dethrones Caterine Ibarguen In Fierce Triple Jump Battle The two exchanged the lead multiple times, but in the end Rojas won by the smallest of margins with 14.91m to Ibarguen’s 14.89.
- European-Athletics:Anita Wlodarczyk In A Class Of Her Own As London Basks In Her Brilliance Yet another gold for Poland’s consistent hammer thrower as she threw 77.90m to beat China’s Zheng Wang by almost 2 meters.
- Allyson Felix And Phyllis Francis Advance To Women’s 400m Final US’s Quanera Hayes went out.
Illness Epidemic Hits Worlds Hotel
World Champs Hotel Hit By Norovirus As Athletes Forced To Withdraw Due To Illness Outbreak Multiple athletes from the same hotel, including Botswana’s Isaac Makwala, suffered gastroenteritis. This forced Makwala to withdraw from the 200m.- Isaac Makwala Insists He’s Fit To Run The 400 After Illness Forces Him Out Of 200 Heats Apparently he said he warmed up and was ready to run the 200, but IAAF medical officials instructed (forced?) him to withdraw.
- Ireland 400H Runner Thomas Barr Was Forced To Pull Out Of Worlds With Illness He had made the semifinal, but was hit by gastroenteritis.
- Up To 3 People Hit By Virus Outbreak At London World Championships Hotel
- Reuters:Hotel Says It’s Not To Blame For Athletes’ Stomach Bug Do they think it’s a coincidence that Botswana, German, Canadian, Irish and Puerto Rican athletes staying at the same hotel all got sick?
Justin Gatlin Is The British Media’s Scapegoat
Recommended Watch:Michael Johnson Calls Out Steve Cram Over Failure To Put Spotlight On Drug Cheats Johnson accuses the media of vilifying Gatlin when he’s far from the only past drug cheat still competing in the sport.- The Irish Times:BBC Happy To Ignore The (British) Elephant In The Room John O’Sullivan writes that their “treatment of Gatlin is in stark contrast to the refusal to ask questions about Mo Farah [and Alberto Salazar.]”
- IAAF Denies 100m Medal Ceremony Was Moved Over Justin Gatlin Boo Fears It was originally supposed to be at 8PM when the stadium would be packed, but was moved to 6:50PM.
- The Independent:“It’s Not Good Enough For Usain Bolt To Bat Away Doping Questions” Cathal Dennehy wasn’t thrilled by Bolt’s response to a doping question at the 100m press conference.
*MB: Most Entertaining Part of Press Conference: Usain Bolt Takes Offense at Reporters Anti-Doping Question - MB: Was Usain Bolt’s stunning loss last night actually a great development for track as it proves Bolt is clean?
- The Independent:“Justin Gatlin is the shameless fraud who plays the system perfectly.”
- Usain Bolt Says Justin Gatlin Had “Done His Time” And Deserved 100m World Title
Beach To Beacon 10K *Results
Mary Keitany Lowers Her Course Record For Repeat Win And Stephen Kosgei Kibet Holds Off Ben True To Reclaim Title At Beach To Beacon 10K Kosgei ran 27:55 to beat True by 1 second while Keitany won comfortably in 30:41 and Shalane Flanagan was the top American in 4th, with an identical 31:14 time as former Olympic champ Meseret Defar.- RRW:Course Record For Mary Keitany At TD Beach To Beacon 10-K
- Pre-Race:RRW: America’s Marathon Past, Present And Future On Display At Beach To Beacon 10K
Outside Saturday Worlds Coverage – Gatlin Wins And The UK Is Pissed
South Africa’s Luvo Manyonga Leaps To Golden Moment In London Long Jump USA’s Jarrion Lawson was a close second, leaping 8.44m to Manyonga’s 8.48m. SA’s Ruswahl Samaai took bronze.- UK Headline:Usain Bolt Beaten In Last Solo Race As Drug Cheat Justin Gatlin Gatecrashes World 100m Final There were boos from the crowd and plenty of disdain from the British media.
- Justin Gatlin’s Medal Ceremony Moved To Avoid Booing
- Seb Coe:“Sport rarely settles upon the perfect script. Life’s just not like that.” “I’m hardly going to sit here and tell you I’m eulogistic that somebody that has served two bans in our sport would walk off with one of our glittering prizes …”
- Pat Butcher:“The Bad Guy Wins”
- Seb Coe:“The second ban, we went for an eight-year ban, which would have, in essence, been a life ban. We lost that.”
- Bolt:“London, I really appreciate the support you gave me. I’m just sorry I couldn’t deliver as I wanted.”
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s HJ Flop Hits Heptathlon Medal Hopes She has a 1.98m PR, but only cleared 1.80m. She did bounce back, though, with a quick 200m to put herself in 4th going into the second day.
*Johnson-Thompson Moves Into 3rd After LJ - IAAF Saturday Worlds Recap
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Non-Worlds Distance News
Recommended Read:The Allegiance Switching Problem In Track And Field Is Much More Serious Than You Think Ethiopian runner Lily Abdullayev says athletes are “treated like sporting slaves” and talks about how corrupt coaches and officials stole prize money and tricked her into taking dangerous drugs when she switched to Azerbaijan.- NCAA Champions And All-Americans Marc Scott, Henry Wynne, MJ Erb And Josh Thompson Sign With KIMbia Athletics Scott and Thompson joined the Bowerman TC, Wynne the Brooks Beasts and Erb a Saucony team coached by Tim Broe.
- MB:15-Year-Old Brandon Miller Runs 1:49.87 Freshman Class Record To Win AAU Junior Olympics 800m Miller led wire-to-wire to win by over 5 seconds. *Meet Results
- NPR Interview With Sports Writer Kate Fagan, Author Of New Book On UPenn Suicide Victim Madison Holleran Fagan’s new book is titled, “What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles And Tragic Death Of An All-American Teen.”
*MB:Madison Holleran Story - AP:Man Running Across US For Charity Struck By Hit-And-Run Driver In OhioNicholas Ashill was flown to Columbus hospital and is in “fair condition.”
- Not Your Every Day Headline:RW: Recovered From Paralysis, A Runner, His Surgeon And The Driver Who Hit Him Reunite For A Half Marathon
Olympic News
Don’t Quit Your Day Job:The Telegraph: Former British Olympic Badminton Silver Medalist Issues Public Cry For Help As She Admits She Can’t Find A Job Or Pay The BillsGail Emms says she lacks the credentials to find regular employment (she has a sports science degree) and has to sell belongings on eBay to pay the bills.- Kenya Facing Olympic Ban After Government Refuse To Back Plan To Allow NOCK Elections To Take Place Things just wouldn’t feel right if Kenya wasn’t on the brink of being banned for something.
*Premature Celebrations:NOCK Elecction Set To Finally Go Ahead After Legal Objection Dropped - Public Poll Says LA 2028 Has 83% Support
- IPC President Hopes LA 2028 Will Help Paralympic Movement Grow In The US Paris and LA have both hosted the Olympic twice, but neither has ever hosted a Paralympics.
- Tokyo 2020 Opens Mascot Design Competition To Public Come on Japan, we know you can do better than 2012’s “walking alien penis creatures.”
- The Netherlands Not Currently Planning 2032 Olympic Bid We’ve barely decided the 2024/2028 hosts and already talk is on to 2032.
- IOC Payments To LA 2028 To Start By January 1, 2018 THe IOC will send quarterly installments of of $9 million.
- Kobe Bryant Stars In LA 2028 Promotional Video
- French President Meets With Thomas Bach After LA 2028 Announcement
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Running Form Analysis
Interesting:Running Form Analyst Jae Gruenke Takes A Deeper Look At The Recent NY Times Article On Usain Bolt’s Unusually Asymmetrical Stride Gruenke says that the asymmetry found in Bolt is actually extremely common in distance runners, including all-time greats like Eliud Kipchoge.- IAAF:Largest Ever Biomechanics Research Project In Athletics To Be Undertaken At London 2017 A team of 41 people will use high speed cameras and video to analyze athlete biomechanics across 17 events (including the steeplechase, 10,000 and marathon).
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