– Allyson Felix talking about how Nike wanted to significantly reduce her contract when she started her comeback from pregnancy.
LRCWeek That Was: Why Do The Kenyan Men Suck At 5,000? Kenny B Runs 19.49 And 44.83, Rachel Schneider Impresses In our weekly recap, we praise the “new” Kenny B, Rachel S, and wonder if steeple fans are outraged that one of their all-time greats was disrespected and forced to run in the slow heat at Oxy.
*MB: Why do the Kenyan men now “suck” at the 5000?
LRCIs The Next Great Sprint Rivalry Here? Noah Lyles Beats Christian Coleman At 100m, Coleman (And Girlfriend) Fire Shots At Lyles On Twitter Things just got REAL interesting for track and field fans as the two fastest men in the world are both American and it looks like they may not particularly like each other. Ato Boldon thinks it can only help the sport’s popularity.
*MB: Is the Next Great Sprint Rivalry Here? Christian Coleman (and Girlfriend) Throw Shade At Noah Lyles on Twitter
LRC2019 Oxy Recap: Nikki Hiltz Stays Hot, Rachel Schneider Gets A Big 5K PR, Aisha Praught Leer Gets A NR And Is Lawi Lalang Back? Plus recent LRC podcast guest Stephanie Bruce ran a 27-second PR at age 35 to get the Worlds standard.
*MB: 2019 USATF Distance Classic Official Discussion Thread
*MB: Is Steph Bruce update
*MB: Oxy Meet: winners and losers
*USATF Recap:Rachel Schneider’s 15:06.71 World Lead Highlights
LRCEunice Kirwa Becomes Second 2016 Olympic Marathon Medalist To Test Positive For EPO Far from a surprise for insiders as Kirwa is the wife of Joshua Kemei, the coach of half marathon world record holder Abraham Kiptum, who last month was suspended by the AIU for a biological passport violation. Plus Des Linden said she thought at least two people ahead of her in Rio were dopers.
*Shalane Flanagan Tells RW That Two Is Nice But Three Is Better – She Has Suspicions About A Third Woman That Beat Her In Rio
*MB: Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist Eunice Kirwa Busted for EPO Doping.
The Guardian: Anxiety Grips Athletics Federation Of Nigeria As IAAF’s Deadline Over “Missing” $135,000 Expires Soon The IAAF accidentally gave a grant of $150,000 instead of $15,000. They realized their mistake and asked for the money back a couple days after, but two years later Nigeria still hasn’t returned the money.
Column: It Would Be A Mistake To Underestimate WADA’s New Head Man Witold Bańka
*MB: New WADA chairman Witold Bańka is just 34 years old
Alan Abrahamson Rips Beckie Scott For Claiming She Was Bullied By WADA She voted for Russian reinstatement, then after a social media outcry, changed her mind.
LRC Editorial The Olympic Marathon Trials Are (Still) In Jeopardy – Here’s What USATF & The IAAF Can Do To Fix It No American marathon is more compelling than the Olympic Marathon Trials. But if USATF and the IAAF don’t act, the drama and intrigue of the Trials could be destroyed in 2020. Please take 30 seconds to tweet, post, and share about this issue with the tags @USATF, @iaaforg, @TeamUSA, @nbcsports, and #savethetrials. We couldn’t care less if you share this article – we just want awareness to the issue in general. Write your own article and we’ll reshare it.
*MB:Help save the US Olympic Marathon Trials – A call to action
LRC Weekly Podcast: Legend Of “White Lightning” Matt Boling Grows, Mary Cain Wins, Grant Fisher Loses (Twice), World Relays, Shanghai Diamond League, Homophobic Slurs, US Olympic Trials, And The Ethiopian High Jump Record Falls Listen and subscribe today. We also note Rojo is in fine form.
LRC2019 Shanghai DL Preview: OH BABY WHAT A MEET! Sydney McLaughlin’s DL Debut, A Loaded Men’s 5K, And (Finally!) Benjamin Vs. Samba In The 400H Track and field fans, set your alarm clocks or DVR as the Shanghai DL on Saturday is AMAZING and everything a track meet should be.
LRC2019 Shanghai Diamond League Recap: Noah Lyles Beats Christian Coleman, Samba Over Benjamin, And Sydney McLaughlin Debuts Shanghai had it all. Sydney McLaughlin‘s DL debut, Abderrahman Samba vs. Rai Benjamin at 400H, Christian Coleman vs. Noah Lyles in the 100 and a STACKED men’s 5,000. We recap it all for you. Includes results and video highlights.
*Omar McLeod In Tears After Winning Hurdles As 24 Hours Before The Race, He Learned His Aunt Had Died
LRC Big Talk Ultramarathon Legend Jim Walmsley Talks Olympic Trials, Hobby Jogging, Missile Silos, Eliud Kipchoge, The Best Records In The Sport, And MoreUltramarathon legend Jim Walmsley shares all. He talks about how he hopes to complete the Triple Crown of ultra running, what events he could beat Eliud Kipchoge in, how he’d rather be the top US marathoner rather than ultramarathoner, and more.
LRCHOKA Pros Michael Wardian And Sabrina Little Tell Us What They View As The Best Ultra Races, Runners And Records In HistoryOur deep dive in the ultra scene continues as Sabrina Little and Michael Wardian reveal what they view as the best races, runners and records (Sponsored content by HOKA ONE ONE).
*MB: What are the best ultramarathon records?
*MB: What are the best ultras in the world?
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