Archived Homepage For March 03, 2018
Archived Homepage For March 03, 2018

Quote Of The Day

– American Colleen Quigley talking about the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships where seemingly everyone and their mother was DQed for a lane violation on Friday.

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2018 World Indoors*Schedule / Entries / Results *TV/Streaming Information *LRCVideo Interviews *Event-By-Event Recaps *Prediction Contest *Previews: *M800 *W800 *M1,500*M3k*W3k *Ken Nakamura’s Stats *All LRC Coverage

MB: Official 2018 IAAF World Indoor Day 3 Live Discussion Thread 

windle-foul-2018MB After Finshing 2nd, Drew Windle DQd In 800, Then The DQ Is Lifted- Adam Kszczot Dominates Tell us if you’ve ever seen this be called a foul at the 400m mark of an 800 race. We’re glad the officials came to their senses.

Niyonsaba was all smiles after her 1st race of the yearLRC Women’s 800 Semis: The World’s Fastest Woman and Margaret Wambui Go Home As Ajee Wilson Cruises Ajee Wilson was masterclass but Francine Niyonsaba looked fantastic as well in her first race of the year. Raevyn Rogers snuck into the final after Wambui was DQd.

engels-finishLRC Men’s 1500 Semis: Americans Craig Engels and Ben Blankenship Both Advance As Tefera and Iguider Stamp Themselves as Favorites For Gold Two Brits, two Americans and two Ethiopians are in the final but Ryan Gregson was eliminated after getting an unlucky heat draw.

Tom Walsh defends shot crown with massive 22.31m heave – the longest indoor throw in 10 years Walsh moves to #4 all-time in indoor history and erased the longest World Indoor CR – one that had stood since 1987.

Full Coverage: 2018 Worlds Special Section

Usain Bolt And Other Sprint Stuff

RIP David Torrence

torrenceLRC David Torrence’s Death Ruled An Accidental Drowning, But For His Family Questions Remain Because Of Death Threats While the medical examiner’s report and the Scottsdale PD ruled Torrence’s death an accidental drowning, David’s mother, Bianca Torrence, is frustrated because she feels investigators didn’t seriously consider another possible cause of death: murder. Bianca said that multiple people told her that David had received death threats in 2016 and said she does not believe that Scottsdale PD has taken the information about the death threats seriously.
*MB: David Torrence’s Death Ruled An Accidental Drowning, But For His Family Questions Remain Because Of Death Threats 

Day 2 Action

60m FinishLRC Day 2 PM Recap: There Was A Huge Upset In An Incredible Long Jump Competition, KJT Wins Pentathlon Gold On Home Soil, And Murielle Ahoure Leads Ivory Coast To 1-2 Finish In 60 The Brits got a much wanted gold, but the biggest story of the night was the incredible men’s long jump which was won by a 19-year-old from Cuba, Juan Miguel Echevarria, who snapped Luvo Manyonga‘s win streak thanks to the longest leap in 8 years.
*IAAF: Juan Miguel Echevarria Is The Youngest Field Event Gold Medalist In World Indoor History
*Women’s Shot: Anita Márton Wins Her And Hungary’s 1st World Indoor Gold
*“A Glorious Night For The Ivorians In Birmingham”

The fallLRC Women’s 1,500 Semis: Dibaba, Hassan, Muir Set For 3,000 Rematch As Americans Quigley, Houlihan Make Final If you enjoyed the 3k final, then you’re going to love the 1,500 final as all the major players are back plus the world’s #1 steepler in Beatrice Chepkoech.

quigley-dqLRC Colleen Quigley Criticizes World Indoor Meet Management, Cites  “Brutal” Officiating, Says “They’ve Forgotten That It’s All About the Athletes” Quigley says the athletes haven’t even been allowed to get used to steeper than normal turns or do strides before their races.

Screenshot 2018-03-02 at 16.46.15LRC Men’s 800 Semifinals: Donavan Brazier Goes Home, Drew Windle PRs and Advances Recap, analysis, post-race video.
*MB: Donavan Brazier goes home devastated – Brazier is out of the world championships Brazier bombed in the 2nd semi but said he had nothing to run for as he knew he’d be DQed for stepping on the line on the first turn. He was right – he got the DQ.

LRC Q&A With The World’s Fastest Man Christian Coleman

Friday’s Morning Session

Flotrack screenshot of IAAF tv feed via @flotrackLRC Editorial After Ridiculous DQs At The 2018 IAAF World Champs: The IAAF Rule Book Needs To Be Modernized & The Visa Issue Is A Disgrace If you were hoping to see the stars compete in the finals at the World Indoor Champs, you are out of luck. Six big stars, including Paul Chelimo, won’t be in there either because of ridiculous DQs or the inability to get a visa and that’s a disgrace. Can’t some bureaucrat flex some muscle and get the Olympic champion Omar McLeod into Britain within 24 hours?

kejelcha-2018wiLRC Morning Session Recap: Paul Chelimo Is DQed In 3,000, As Is World Leader Bralon Taplin (& His Entire Heat!) In The 400 History was made at the 2018 World Indoors as we saw something we’ve never seen before – an entire heat DQed!
*MB: PAUL CHELIMO GOES HOME DEVASTATED – DQed IN 3K AT WORLDS –

LRC Kenyan 800 Star Emmanuel Korir OUT Of World Indoors Due To Visa Issues According to his agent Karen Locke, the IT system has shut down in the U.K. consulate in New York.
*Update: 1,500 favorite Ayanleh Souleiman is out as well with a visa issue.
*MB: Men’s 800: Anyone think with Korir out that Brazier’s chances for gold just went way up but so did his odds for no medal? While his #1 rival is out, Brazier now has no one to help him set the pace and he’s a heavy favorite.

Non LRC Worlds Articles We Enjoyed

Day 1 At Worlds

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LRC Final Genzebe Dibaba Wins Thrilling 3k, Hassan 2nd And Muir 3rd Genzebe Dibaba’s mastery of the indoor oval continues. Dibaba was able to just hold on and secure a much-deserved gold after she made a big mid-race move. The question we have now is, “Should Hassan be DQed for cutting off Muir near the line?”

LRC Should Sifan Hassan Have Been DQed For Veering Out And Obstructing Laura Muir? In our minds, the IAAF rule book needs to be reworded as a DQ is very harsh. We’d prefer to have seen Hassan moved back to third for fouling Muir.
*MB: Should Sifan Hassan be DQd?
*MB: Houlihan @ the worlds
*MB: Official 2018 IAAF World Indoor Day 1 Live Discussion Thread

lasitskene-cunningham-wi2018-2LRC Danil Lysenko & Maria Lasitskene Claim High Jump Titles On Opening Night at World Indoors Lysenko’s win streak is now at 38 while Mutaz Essa Barshim, who hadn’t lost at all in 2018, was upset.

Crowd Souce:Here Are The Picks  Of The LRC Nation From The Running Warehouse Prediction Contest You can check your scores in the $200,018 Running Warehouse Prediction Contest here.

Sad News

RIP: Dr. Dave Martin – Marathon Physiology Expert – Has Died At 78. Post Your Tributes Here He was instrumental in Meb and Deena winning medals in the hot Athens Olympics.

Interesting Reads

The US HS And College Nationals Are Next Weekend

Assorted Distance News

Our Weekly Recap – Did You Know There Was A $266,650 1st Prize Handed Out Last Week?

shitaraWTW Some Dude You’ve Never Heard Of Won $266,650 In A Half Marathon In Saudi Arabia, Incredible Japanese Men’s Marathoning, Another WR For Kyle Merber, Freshmen Sydney McLaughlin And Lynna Irby Put On A Show At SECs Our weekly recap spans the spectrum, from the Japanese showing the American men how to run the marathon, to another WR for Kyle Merber, to freshman Sydney McLaughlin running a world-leading 50.52 400m and possibly not having as good a weekend as another freshman – Lynna Irby of Georgia.
Discuss: What collegiate athletes had their dreams become reality this past weekend?

The Media’s Take On The Vin Lananna/USATF Controversy

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