Recommended Read: Lindy Remigino, The 1952 Olympic 100 Champ, Dies At Age 87 Frank Litsky pays tribute with a great obituary to the man, who wasn’t the US champ or even the best sprinter on his Manhattan College track team but won Olympic 100 gold. Remigno went on to win 31 CT state titles as a high school coach in Hartford.
*Also Great: Hartford Courant: Lindy Remigino, Won 2 Olympic Gold Medals, Hartford Icon, Dies At 87
MB: Official 2018 Rabat DL Live Discussion Thread
LRC 2018 Rabat DL Preview: Lyles Vs. Baker Vs. Coleman In The Best 100 Of The Year; Centro & Chelimo Take Aim At First Career DL Victories The Rabat DL looks fantastic on paper. The men’s 100 is the best of the year and in the distances Matthew Centrowitz (1,500) and Paul Chelimo (3,000) both have realistic shots at their first career Diamond League victories, while Molly Huddle returns for her first Diamond League in almost a year as she runs the 5,000 against a field that includes Genzebe Dibaba and world champ Hellen Obiri. There’s also a world record attempt by Caster Semenya in the 1,000m. *IAAF Preview
LRC 6 Reasons To Watch The IAAF World U20 Championships (AKA World Juniors) If rooting for the American 5k runner who has gone from college dropout to forklift operator to World Juniors all in the last year isn’t enough, we don’t know what is, but we’ve got 5 other great reasons to pay attention.
Guest Column LRC Co-Founder of Trans American Footrace Has Doubts About Current Trans-Canada Record Attempt Jesse Dale Riley, who served on the crew for Al Howie when he set the Trans-Canada record in 1991, has some doubts about Dave Proctor‘s record attempt which is ongoing.
*MB: Cross-Canada record attempt, 7200K – 66 days. Current record by Al Howie 72 days
Researchers: Study used for new hyperandrogenism rules had flawed data in it The IAAF has issued an update to its study as it admits the original study had 220 errors in it. However, the NY Times headline of “Did Flawed Data Lead Track Astray on Testosterone in Women?” is misleading as the researchers who found the flawed data believe if it had been accurate it might have been more convincing against Caster Semenya.
MB: Official 2018 World U20s (AKA World Juniors) Thread
Thursday: LRC George Manangoi Wins Thrilling Men’s 1,500 At 2018 World U20 Championships As World Indoor Champ Samuel Tefera Fails To Medal (5th) This one lived up to the hype. The talent at the U20 level is so incredible the reigning World indoor gold medalist at the professional level failed to medal.
*MB: The men’s 1500 final at the U20 Champs lived up to the hype!! Manangoi 1, Ingebrigtsen 2. Tefera – no medal!!
Day 1 PM: MB: Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto breaks CR to win 10,000 gold in 27:22 The man who earlier this year destroyed the Central Park and US All-Comers road 10k mark has lived up to his favorite status and won World Jr. 10,000 gold.
*Beatrice Chebet Of Kenya Wins Women’s 5,000 In Sprint Finish In 15:30.87 As Ethiopia Grabs Silver And Bronze
IAAF Recaps: Full Recap Of Day 1 At World Juniors *Women’s 5,000m Recap *Men’s 10,000m Recap
*Expected Shot Put Duel Between South Africa’s Kyle Blignaut And US’s Adrian Piperi Lives Up To The Hype Blignaut won by 1 centimeter as Piperi set a new US U20 record of 72-4.50 (22.06m).
Day 1 AM: Mouthwatering 1,500 Final For WU20s Is Set – Ingebrigtsen, Tefera And Soget All Win A 1,500 Heat American Cooper Teare also made final.
*George Manangoi Reveals After 1,500 Heat That He’s Recovering From Malaria But Still Thinks He Can Win Gold He said he didn’t feel good today.
*Jamaica’s Michael Stephens Runs 10.30 PR To Lead 100m Qualifiers
Recommended Read Legally Blind Jaryd Clifford Of Australia Finishes 8th In 1,500 Heat – Just Misses Final – Thanks To A Helping Hand From A Kiwi Clifford can only see directly in front of himself so he made friends with a Kiwi, who let him run strides just behind him, and then Clifford tracked him in the race.
World U20 Champs Are Next Week In Finland
LRC A More Mature Mary Cain Prepares To Return To Track Racing After 2 Years Away – 5 Takeaways From Cain’s Recent Podcast Appearance Next Sunday will mark two years since Mary Cain’s last track race. Find out what’s changed with Cain here.
LRC Why Sam Chelanga Retired From Running At Age 33 To Enlist In The U.S. Army You may have heard the story of pro runners joining the US Army so they can get US citizenship. What you haven’t heard is this story – Sam Chelanga‘s story – a pro runner giving up his running career so he can go the US Army’s Officer Candidate School.
*MB: Sam Chelanga retires