2018 Rabat DL *Full Results *TV & Streaming

LRC Rabat Recap And Video Highlights: Obiri Wins The Deepest 5k In History, Kejelcha Dominates 3K, Lasitskene Is Finally Beaten And Americans Centro And Chelimo Go Home Empty-Handed The women’s 5k is at another level (5 women at the bell in 13:19), two American stars (Chelimo and Centro) still don’t have DL wins, and Lasitskene’s win streak came to an end. Plus the 100 lived up to the hype:

LRC Christian Coleman Is BACK, Defeats Noah Lyles, Ronnie Baker And Mike Rodgers As 100 Showdown Delivers .01 separated the top 3.
*NOP’s Sifan Hassan Runs European 5,000 Record Of 14.22.34 For 2nd
*Q&A With Lance Brauman About Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Who Remained Undefeated In 2018 After 200m Win
*Akeem Bloomfield Delighted With 400 Win In DL And Pro Debut

• Rabat On The MB: Official 2018 Rabat DL Live Discussion Thread
• Coleman may have won but the future is Lyles 
  
• Pole Vaulter nearly impales his manhood in Rabat 
• Centro will never win an Diamond League 
• Is it just me or are global 1500s boring now? 
• Your Write-Up on Rabat DL 5k is garbage 

Non-Rabat Action Mujinga Kambundji Clocks 10.95 Swiss National Record For 100m On Day 1 Of Swiss Champs

The 1st Athletics World Cup Is Saturday – Sunday *Schedule & Results (2-5 PM ET) *TV & Streaming

MB: Official 2018 Athletics World Cup Discussion Thread 

• United States has big lead after day 1 of Athleics World Cup The US (109) is dominating with France 2nd (85) while Poland & Jamaica both have 77. *AW Recap
• Clayton Murphy beats world indoor champ Adam Kszczot in 800 Murphy ran 1:46.52. The 800 is 2nd farthest event in the field event rich competition (1500 is the farthest).
• Host GB only in 5th after day 1 of Athletics World Cup despite captain Lorraine Ugen’s LJ win
• Athletics Weekly: World leader Deanna Price of US only 6th in women’s hammer
• Holly Bradshaw also won the pole vault for Team GB

Pre-Race

• South African journalist: An Athletics Wordl Cup lacking in star quality
• AFP: Athletics World Cup Set For London Lift-Off
• Are Some Shoe Companies Preventing People From Competing In The Athletics World Cup?
• No Funding And Four Jobs – How Beth Dobbin Beat The Professionals To Become British 200m Champion She’ll be running the 200 for Britain at the Athletics World Cup.
• 2018 London Diary: An Introduction To The Athletics World Cup The meet features 1 athlete in each event from 8 different countries – USA, GB & NI, Poland, China, Germany, France, Jamaica and South Africa. There also are female team captains to celebrate 100 years of women voting in GB.
• BBC: What Is The World Cup?
• Female Team Captains Are Ready To Go For Athletics World Cup Glory Queen Harrison is the US captain, Lorraine Ugen leads GBR.
• A Look Back At The Original Athletics World Cup Of 1977

The US Has Lost A Legend

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

• More Sprint News: Ato Boldon Is “Feeling Vindicated” After Briana Williams U20 Win At Age 16 “I’m feeling very vindicated personally because I took a lot of shots this year from a lot of people as a young coach.”
• MB: Can someone tell me why the US born and raised Briana Williams competes for Jamaica? Might she switch to USA? 
• At 16 Years, 113 Days Old, Briana Williams Is The Youngest U20 100 Champ Ever
• Indonesian Sprinter Who Won Men’s U20 Gold Often Trained Barefoot Last Year As He Could Barely Afford Shoes He begged his sister for  $27 for a pair last year.

Wednesday’s Pro Results / News Of Note

• 2018 Barcelona Results: American Isaiah Harris Picked Up His First Pro Win In 1:46.11 Lots of Americans were in the 1,500 as Prakel/Gregorek/Engels ran 3:37 and Drew Hunter 3:38. In the women’s 1,500, Ciara Mageean won in 4:04.13 with Marta Freitas second in a 4:04.54 PR with Americans Sara Vaughn 4th (4:05.88 SB) and Cory McGee 5th (4:06.28 PR).
• 2018 Lignano Results: Elinor Purrier PRs Again (4:07.79) As Neil Gourley Runs Massive 3+ Second PR Of 3:36.54 The other big news was Emmanuel Korir remained undefeated on the year thanks to his 44.52 meet record in the 400.
• World Half Bronze Medalist Pauline Kamulu Laps Entire Filed, Runs 30:41.85 World Lead In Japan The South Korean women’s record also fell in the race as Seul Ki Ahn ran 32:33.61.
• Interesting Read To Say The Least: Tianna Bartoletta Goes On An Epic Rant On Her Blog About Feeling Underappreciated And Undercompensated Along the way, she wonders if the huge money people like Sydney M will be getting will result in them having short careers. We don’t think so.
• CU’s Erin Clark, Utah’s Grayson Murphy And UNM’s Alice Wright Join HOKA ONE ONE NAZ Elite Colorado’s Erin Clark, Utah’s Grayson Murphy and New Mexico’s Alice Wright are all headed to Flagstaff.
• Updated Hayward Field Design IS Released (Pics) The North end is now at the street level to prevent the wind from swirling. Plus the tower has been moved.
• Track And Field News Examines What Makes Keturah Orji So Good – Talent And The Fact That She’s A Student Of The Sport
• First-Ever TCS New York City Marathon – Virtual 26.2M And 5K Launches As Part Of New York Road Runners Virtual Racing Series  For $100, you get the right to run a fake NYC Marathon (and get entry into the 2019 race).

Jump News

• Mutaz Barshim’s 2018 Season Is Over – He’ll Have Surgery To Restore Ligaments Hurt In Ankle Sprain
• 9th Episode Of This Season’s IAAF Inside Athletics With Ato Boldon Features Luvo Manyonga

Monday’s Results From Lucerne

• Murphy Wins 800 In Lucerne In 1:46.41 
• Marielle Hall Dominated 3k In Lucerne – Wins In 9:20 
• Kate Grace And Kaela Edwards Both Run 2:01.18 In 800m Natoya Goule won in 2:00.32.
• Thomas Barr Wins 400H In Lucerne In 49.10
• Brianna McNeal Wins 100H In Lucerne In 12.44 Mike Rodgers prevailed over Jamaica’s Yohan Blake in the 100 with 10.08 to 10.12.

Links That Caught Our Eye

• Leo Manzano Ends Track Season Early …. He’s Headed To Spanish Version Of Survivor He’ll be off the grid until September!! 
• Former Lehigh Runner Tyler Mueller Shares Some Insight On Tinman’s Training “He embraces the fact that coaching is just as much about psychology – convincing an athlete that their training is the best training is more important than the training actually being the best.”
• *MB: True or False: Convincing an athlete that their training is the best is more important than the training actually being the best 
• 51-Year-Old Female Cattle Farmer Sets 116-Mile Endurance Record In The UK She’s the first ever to complete the “double Ramsay.” It took her nearly 56 hours.
• WSJ Story That Talks About How Hard It Is For Pro Athletes To Save For Retirement Focuses On Ben And Sarah True The Trues have started a coffee business with Desi Linden and her husband. Linden and True Coffee.
• Andre De Grasse’s Season Has Been Cut Short For A Second Consecutive Year By A Hamstring Injury It’s just a grade 1 injury but he’s calling it a season and will spend time with his newborn daughter.
• Chloe Cunliffe – Hannah’s Younger Sis – Breaks Washington State Record With 14-Foot Vault

Women In The News

• Cathal Dennehy Takes A Closer Look At Ireland’s Newest Distance Prodigy – Sarah Healy She runs between 30 and 50 mpw and isn’t planning on coming to college in the US.
• Sonia O’Sullivan Is Proud Of Her Daughter’s Silver Medal At Euros Coaches who have parents that are pains in the butt should read this article and hand it to the parents. O’Sullivan only gives out positive advice. “I told her tonight, ‘Everybody’s ranked number eight right now and every person you’re ahead of is a bonus.'”
• DyeStat.com: Thanks To Her Recent 1:59 800 PR, Kaela Edwards Is Ready To Reach The Next Level In Europe Edwards has gotten some last minute invites to some big DL meets and is hoping to make the most of it.
• Kenyan Woman Will Not Be Competing At World Juniors Because Her Passport Said She Is A Man

LRC Content For The Weekend

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