– LRC’s Robert Johnson explaining the very important fact that most mainstream media outlets are leaving out when it comes to the Caster Semenya CAS case.
LRC 2019 Doha Diamond League: An American Nearly Wins The Steeple, A 17 Year Old Wins The HJ, Men’s Discus Madness And Much More Track and field’s opening day had plenty of exciting action. We recap it all for you here.
LRCIn What May Have Been Her 800 Swan Song, Caster Semenya Shows Her Class With Dominant 1:54.98 Win in Doha
LRCEliud Kipchoge Says He Plans To Run All Six World Marathon Majors Before He Retires New York and Boston couldn’t have heard better news. Get him here now!
LRC FinalBrigid Kosgei Is Your New Queen As She Destroys The World’s Greatest Marathon Field Ever Assembled In London Kosgei was extremely confident going in and she showed why this morning in London.
LRCEmily Sisson Backs Up The Hype With 2:23:08 Debut In London Marathon She set an American record for a women’s only race and just missed Jordan Hasay‘s fastest-ever American debut of 2:23:00. Molly Huddle PRed but wasn’t happy, “Today just wasn’t good.”
LRCHOKA Project Carbon X Is Here: A 50 Mile & 100K World Record Attempt By Jim Walmsley and Others in Brand-New Carbon X ShoeHOKA’s got a new shoe out that they are really proud of they and they’ve enlisted many of their top ultramarathoners to go after the 100k world record in the new shoes this Saturday, broadcast live, world-wide for free. Sponsored content by HOKA ONE ONE.
*MB:Hoka Carbon X project is the 100k WR
LRCUltramarathoning 101: Sage Canaday Explains The Ultramarathon Scene To LRC – Getting Helicoptered Out Of Races, Carrying A Phone And How Would Kipchoge Do? By the end of May, we want to be up to speed on the ultra scene and know “What are the Best Ultra Races in the World?” We started our quest by talking to ultramarathoner Sage Canaday for a 1.5 hours. Audio and text. Sponsored content by HOKA ONE ONE.
*MB:What are the best ultras in the world?
RRW Twenty-Five Athletes Get World Championships Qualifiers At 2019 Payton Jordan Invitational Only three got the tougher 2020 Olympic standards, however. Drew Hunter (and Eric Jenkins) ran 13:21 but the breakthrough performance of the night came in the men’s steeple, where Oklahoma State‘s Ryan Smeeton ran a 13+ second PR of 8:27.
*MB: Official 2019 Payton Jordan Discussion Thread
*MB: Tinmen held their own against the big dogs at Payton Jordan
Stanford Results: Murphy, Simpson, Kejelcha, Hassan, True, Hull And Ostrander WinClayton Murphy won the 1,500 (3:37.59) comfortably, Jenny Simpson got the win (15:21) over Rachel Schneider in the 5,000 (video of finish here) , Yomif Kejelcha won the 5,000 with easily (13:10 for him, 13:17 for 2nd)and Sifan Hassan‘s 10,000m debut (31:18) was a success, as Ben True won the 10k (27:52) but no one got the Worlds standard.
Discuss:Official 2019 Payton Jordan Discussion Thread
LRC Weekly PodcastLondon Marathon Recap Podcast: Caster Semenya Decision, Eliud Kicphoge’s Greatness, Stanford & Doha Diamond League Preview, HOKA Project Carbon X We react to the Caster decision, talk about Kipchoge, Stanford, Doha, and more. Includes an interview with HOKA’s Mike McManus about Project Carbon X.
Caster Semenya Loses CAS Case, Can Only Compete In Women’s 800 If She Suppresses Testosterone “The panel found that the DSD Regulations are discriminatory but that, on the basis of the evidence submitted by the parties, such discrimination is a necessary, reasonable and proportionate means of achieving the IAAF’s aim of preserving the integrity of female athletics in the Restricted Events.” The ruling applies to athletes who are 46 XY.
LRC FinalEliud Kipchoge Runs 2:02:37, Shatters London Course Record To Win 10th Straight MarathonEliud Kipchoge continues to redefine what we thought was possible in the marathon.
LRCPutting Eliud Kipchoge’s Marathon Greatness In Perspective No matter how you look at it – win rate, average time, or world ranking – Kipchoge is WAY better than anyone else in history.
LRC Mo Farah Speaks On Haile G & Jama Aden As His Coach Gary Lough Criticizes Media Coverage: “I Don’t Think It’s Fair” Mo Farah said he doesn’t regret anything he’s said this week and his coach Gary Lough went a step further, criticizing the media for feeding “off Haile’s lies.” “Haile was president of the Ethiopian federation. He let Jama Aden coach Genzebe Dibaba. So why’s he coming out and saying stuff like this?”
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