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• Germany’s Richard Ringer Wins European 10,000 Cup Title At The Night Of 10,000 PBs Ringer ran 27:36.52 to beat out France’s Morhad Amdouni by just .28. Also noteworthy was the fact that three Brits broke the 28-minute barrier in the same race for the first time in 35 years with 20-year-old triathlete Alex Yee (27:51.94) beating out Andy Vernon (27:52.32) and Chris Thompson (27:52.56).
  *European Athletics Recap: Judges It Brilliantly To Win Euro 10,000 Cup Title
  *MB: 20-yr old British triathlete runs 27.51 for 10k in his debut (on a track)
• Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter WIns European 10,000m Cup In World-Leading 31:33.03 Romania’s Ancuta Bobocel was 2nd (31:43) and GB’s Charlotte Arter 3rd (32:15).
  *European Athletics Recap

Distance News

• The Guardian: Mo Farah Claims He Was Frequently Drug Tested At His African Training Camps Farah says he was tested every two weeks when he was training in Ethiopia ahead of the London Marathon and that it included blood and urine. Doping aside, Farah reveals that he’ll most likely be running either NYC or Chicago in the fall.
• Good Read: FastRunning.com: Is Jakob Ingebrigtsen Peaking Too Soon?  Robbie Britton writes that Norway’s athletes have a “prerequisite for burnout” and compares Ingebrigsten’s path to US high school/college athletes.
• Interesting Interview Format: Carrie Tollefson Talks With Gabriele Grunewald While On A Run Grunewald talks about coaching Chip Gaines for his first marathon and gives an update on her cancer treatment. They’re a little out of breath, but the audio is fine.

Manchester Great CityGames

• Double World Silver Medalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou Beats Allyson Felix Over 150m At Manchester Street Race Ta Lou’s 16.60 was the seventh-fastest straight 150m of all-time. In the men’s 100, GB’s Harry Aikines-Aryeetey ran 10.35 to beat Richard Kilty by .02.
• Poland’s Damian Czykier Gets Surprise Win Over World Indoor Champ Andrew Pozzi And WR Holder Aries Merritt In Great CityGames 110H Bershawn Jackson won the 200 hurdles and said that the loss of his 53-year-old father in 2016 is behind his decision to retire (again) at the end of this year.
  *Recommended Read: Article From February Where Bershawn Jackson Explains His Decision To Come Back For One More Year Jackson says he spoke with Bernard Lagat, Mo Farah, Sanya Richards and Justin Gatlin when seeking retirement advice.

NOP Returns To Chicago 2018

Galen Rupp Will Return To Defend His Title At The 2018 Chicago Marathon Jordan Hasay will be back as well after her third place 2:20:57 run last year.
*MB: Breaking: Galen Rupp WILL defend his Chicago Marathon title in 2018

More Doping Updates

• WADA Maintain RUSADA Suspension After No Progress Made WADA director general Olivier Niggli said, “There was no need for a vote and there was no proposal. There is no change.”
• European 5,000 Champ Ilias Fifa Among Banned For 4 Years For Doping Fifa is among five Spanish athletes to get a ban in connection with drug trafficking scandal Operation Chameri.
• RUSADA Director General Wants Moscow Laboratory To Open So They Can Become Compliant Again Allowing access to the samples stored there is one of the requirements for reinstatement Russia still hasn’t met.
• Kenyan Olympic Committee President Paul Tergat Calls For Action To End The “Cancer” Of Doping Tergat said, “We must stop sweeping it under the carpet under the guise of confidentiality and expose it for what it is.”
• Former Indian Olympic Sprinter Anand Menezes Wants The Country To Do More To Eradicate Doping In The Buildup To The Asian Games He might want to check his info though as he said, “Apart from a ban, there is a provision of imprisonment to such athletes in America and Europe.”
• RUSADA And The Russian Athletics Federation Sign Agreement To Help Prevent Anti-Doping Rules Violations The agreement includes ensuring access for doping control officials to all Russian sport venues.
• Report Reveals That Athletes At The 2018 Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics Were Worried About Sample Tampering Apparently a couple of athletes were so concerned they broke their sample bottles after screwing the lids too tightly.

Monday / More Weekend Results

• MB: Ajee Wilson Runs 4:05.18 At Swarthmore Last Chance Meet; Charlene Lipsey 4:07.73 Former NCAA mile runner-up Angel Piccirillo was 3rd in 4:16.75.
• MB: Robby Andrews runs 3:38 FTW at Swarthmore. Princeton’s William Paulson runs 3:39.
• MB: Robby Andrews runs 3:38 FTW at Swarthmore. Princeton’s William Paulson runs 3:39
• Kenya’s Alex Kibet (29:46) And Ethiopia’s Dera Dida (33:01) Win Okpekpe 10K In Nigeria Don’t put much stock in the slow times as earlier this year Kibet ran a 59:06 half and Dida a 2:21:46 marathon.
• Spain’s Luis Alberto Hernando Wins Record Third Successive Trail World Championships Title The Netherlands’ Ragna Debats won the women’s race while Spain took both team titles.