– Horse trainer Ike Green talking about the Kentucky Derby favorite horse that was named after Usain Bolt.
Live Now & Free: MB: Arcadia Invite Is Stacked Again Tonight (Footlocker Champ Dylan Jacobs vs NXN Champ Aidan Troutner) + Free Stream Available
7:10 am ET Sunday: USATF: What To Watch, When And Where In The Month Of April You can watch the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Sunday at 7:10AM ET.
LRC Track And Field Fan’s Guide To The 2018 Commonwealth Games: Why You Should Care And How To Watch We preview the action down under which features Elijah Manangoi vs. Timothy Cheruiyot, Elaine Thompson vs. Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Caster Semenya, Joshua Cheptegei, Clarence Munyai, Isaac Makwaala.
*Day-By-Day Track Schedule And Highlights
Kentucky Derby Favorite Named After Usain Bolt The horse’s full name is Bolt d’Oro.
LRC Jake Robertson, Ce’aira Brown, Nijel Amos, Sydney McLaughlin, Cruz Culpepper, Tom Walsh Impress, Plus More Proof Galen Rupp Is Very Fit Sports Gene gets a boost this week and John Calipari is talking track, not basketball.
LRC 5 Months In, After 31:55 10,000m Win, LetsRun.com Analyzes Gwen Jorgensen’s Olympic Marathon Dreams Will Jorgensen be a force in 2020 in the marathon? We debate.
Discuss: After 31:55 10k Win in Stanford, how do you assess Gwen Jorgensen’s Olympic chances?
Sports Illustrated Q&A With Gwen Jorgensen On Her Move To Marathoning Asked to respond to the LRC analysis giving her no chance to win marathon gold, Jorgensen gave a great reply: “If someone else showed me my PRs on paper and said this person wants to win Olympic gold, I’d probably laugh [too].”
Jacob Despard And Elizabeth Forsyth Win Stawell Gift, Australia’s Richest Foot Race The 120m handicap sprint race on grass awards $30,700 to the winner. Devon Allen competed, but went out in the semis.
*Recap And Video From The Australian Forsyth, a university “beach sprinter” said she told her family not to come because she didn’t think she had a chance to win. *Results
Kenya’ s Joan Melly Runs Fourth Fastest All-Time 65:04 To Dominate Prague Half By Over A Minute The men’s race was super deep as Benard Kimeli won in 59:47 with two more under the hour barrier and 1-6 separated only by 21-seconds.
LRC Gwen Jorgensen Wins Stanford 10,000m In 31:55, Easily Defeating NCAA 3,000/5,000 Champion Schweizer
LRC Feature The Greatness Of Geoffrey Kamworor: Where Does The Kenyan Star Go From Here? Jonathan Gault talked to Kamworor, who (thanks to his recent win at the World Half Champs) has won a global title in each of the last five years, to see what’s next for one of Kenya’s biggest distance stars.
WSJ:Memo From Nike’s HR Chief Says The Company Fails To Promote Enough Women, Minorities Nike’s global workforce is 50% female, but 71% of the vice presidents are men and 84% of its US vice presidents are white.
*MB: Internal Nike HR memo says the company is too white and too male
IOC Reveal Seven Contenders Interested In Bidding For 2026 Winter Games The cities include Graz in Austria, Calgary in Canada, Sapporo in Japan, Stockholm in Sweden, Sion in Switzerland, Erzurum in Turkey and a joint Italian bid from Milan, Turin and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Laura Muir Drops NOP Strength And Conditioning Coach Dave McHenry After Media Backlash Muir said, “After some reflection we have decided not to start working with him as planned and not to pursue this relationship further.”
*Original Daily Mail Article:“Athletics Stunned By Laura Muir’s Alberto Salazar Link As British Ace Makes Surprise Decision To Work With A Coach At NOP” Muir’s coach Andy Young said it was his idea to hire McHenry and that he wasn’t exclusively an NOP coach.
*MB:Laura Muir working with NOP
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