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Quote Of The Day

“Hopefully there’s a proper explanation [for the missed tests] and that it was a silly mistake where he was travelling [and unavailable] or his phone battery died. … It was normal for us to be tested constantly [in the 1990s]. It wasn’t uncommon for me to be tested 30 to 50 times a year. I never missed one test, so I personally can’t see why [anyone] would miss three.”

– Canada’s former 100m world record holder Donovan Bailey talking about Christian Coleman‘s three missed tests.

Diamond League Final #1 is Thursday In Zurich

Podcast Will Christian Coleman Be at Worlds? Zurich Weltklasse Preview, Transgender Woman to Run NCAA Cross Country, Can Coburn Go Sub 9? Subscribe today on itunes

LRCWhat Can Our Sport Do To Make Its Stars Compete More?Bowerman Track Club Will Have ZERO Athletes At Diamond League Finals Everything in our sport except Worlds is now the pre-season. What can be done?
MB Discussion Of Week: No Bowerman TC athletes will be at Diamond League finals; what can sport do to make athletes compete more?

2020 Changes: Zurich To Host Diamond League Final In 2020 And 2021 As Part Of Diamond League Reform The DL will move from two finals (Zurich and Brussels) to a one-final format. Which 12 meets will make up the rest of the series and which 24 events (12 men, 12 women) will be contested are decisions that will be made this fall.

IAAF Preview:First 16 Diamond League Champions To Be Crowned In Zurich On ThursdayDalilah Muhammad vs Sydney McLaughlin (400H), Karsten Warholm vs Rai Benjamin (400H), Sam Kendricks vs Mondo Duplantis and Chris Nilsen (PV), Elaine Thompson vs Dina Asher-Smith and Shaunae Miller-Uibo (200m), Justin Gatlin vs Noah Lyles (100m) and Sifan Hassan vs Genzebe Dibaba (1500m) are some of the top matchups to look forward to.

British Champs Schedule & ResultsTV & Streaming

Adam Gemili Blitzes To GB 200m Title In A Championship Record 20.08 Gemeli broke the meet record despite running into a headwind; Zharnel Hughes was a distant 2nd in 20.25. In the mid-d action, Neil Gourley won a competitive 1,500m in 3:48.36 over Josh Kerr (3:48.51), Jake Wightman (3:48.69) and Charlie Grice (3:48.83) and Shelayna Oskan-Clarke ran 2:02.67 to just beat out Lynsey Sharp (2:02.79). Eilish McColgan dominated the 5,000m in 15:21 over Jessica Judd (15:35) and Jodie Williams took the women’s 200m in 23.06.

What A Race!Ojie Edoburn Shocks Rivals To Win British 100m Title In 10.18 Edoburun ran his time into a -1.9m/s headwind, beating favorites Adam Gemili and Zharnel Hughes who both were also clocked at 10.18. In distance action, Andrew Butchart won the 5,000m in 13:54.29.

Dina Asher-Smith Clocks Championship Record 10.96 To Win British 100m Title This after she ran 11.03 in the semis, running into a two meter per second headwind. Rosie Clarke won the steeplechase in 9:46.66.

**Matt Lawton Of The Daily Mail Breaks It**

World’s Fastest Man Christian Coleman “Has Missed THREE Drugs Tests'” Potential anti-doping infractions don’t get any bigger than this. Matt Lawton says the world’s fastest human is fighting one of 3 missed test infractions but if his appeal is unsuccessful he’ll face a 1-2 year ban.
*MB: World’s fastest man Christian Coleman faces potential whereabouts failure ban for 3 missed drug tests

LRC Analysis The World’s Fastest Man May Be Banned From The Olympics And World Championships: Analyzing The Christian Coleman Situation While Coleman is reportedly fighting his whereabouts infraction, 10 of the 11 fastest men in history have now been linked to a some sort of anti-doping infraction.

Noah Lyles Says He’s “Shocked” By Christian Coleman’s Missed Tests Lyles said “you don’t expect anybody to be missing three [tests].”

Sprints And Jumps

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Dreaming Of A Sub-22-Second 200m SAFP has always been more of a 100m runner where she is #4 all-time while her 200m PR is 22.09, which is only 41st on the all-time list (26 women have gone sub-22).
Jenn Suhr Reveals She Used To Be Self-Conscious About Her Height She says she was “a lanky 5 feet 9 inches at the age of 13.”
USTFCCCA Looks Back 34 Years Ago When Jackie Joyner-Kersee Broke The US Long Jump Record With 7.24m Just A Few Months After Finisher Her NCAA Career She still has the AR, but moved it to 7.49m in 1994.
World Indoor 60H Champ Andrew Pozzi To Miss British Champs With Injury
September 7:GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson Doing The LJ/150m Double At The Great North CityGames
RIP Australia’s 1956 Olympic 4 X 100 Champ Norma Fleming, 84

More Kenyan Distance News

Organizers Reveal Starting Point For Eliud Kipchoge’s Sub-2 Marathon Record Attempt On October 12th The race will start on Vienna’s iconic Imperial Bridge, the Reichsbrücke, which is also the start line for the annual Vienna City Marathon.
David Rudisha’s Manager Confirms He Will Miss World Champs With Injury The 30-year-old hasn’t raced at all since 2017.
Boston Marathon Champ Lawrence Cherono Confirmed For Chicago

LRC In-Depth

LRC A Life On Pause: Jarrion Lawson’s Career Hangs In The Balance As He Fights His Four-Year Doping Ban – And The Global Anti-Doping System How do you prove something you ate over a year ago was contaminated with a substance banned for athletes – but not for cattle? That’s what Lawson, who in 2016 joined Jesse Owens as the only men in history to win the 100 meters, 200 meters, and long jump at the NCAA championship and came inches shy of Olympic gold, must do to prove his innocence and save his career.
*MB: Ajee Wilson, Will Claye and a 90 yr old cyclist got cleared after eating contaminated beef – Why not Jarrion Lawson?

2019 Falmouth

LRC Leonard Korir Becomes First American To Win Falmouth Road Race Since 1988 On a hot and humid day in Massachusetts, Korir finally got the victory he so badly wanted after finishing in the top 3 each of the last 4 years. In the women’s race, Sharon Lokedi, the 2018 NCAA 10,000 champ, was the surprise winner and American Sara Hall the even more surprising runner-up.
*MB: 2019 Falmouth Road Race Thread: Edward Cheserek added to elite field
*Toni Reavis’s Falmouth Photos

LRC After A Year Of Ups And Downs, Josh Thompson & Cory McGee Stay Red Hot And Claim 2019 Falmouth Mile Titles Earlier this year, Thompson ran 9:02 for the steeple but now he’s one of America’s best in the 1,500. As for McGee, just weeks ago she was DQed at USAs. But both have been running amazingly of late and it continued tonight at Falmouth.
*MB: Official 2019 Falmouth Mile and Road Race Discussion Thread

Guardian Mile In Cleveland: MB: Nick Willis (3:58.12) and Shannon Oskia (4:27.20) win 2019 Guardian Miles in Cleveland Willis still needs the 2019 WC standard but he’s #45 on the descending order list and they take 45.

More Road Action: Suguru Osako Gets Ready For Japanese Trials With Dominant Half Marathon Win In Dallas, TX (62:23) 80 degrees with 76% humidity.

Gender Controversy News

LRC5 Facts About June Eastwood, Who Will Become the First Transgender Woman to Run an NCAA Division I Cross Country Race Saturday Eastwood, who ran PRs of 1:55/3:50/14:38 competing as a male for the University of Montana, has undergone a year of testosterone-suppression treatment and is now cleared to compete in the NCAA as a woman.
*MB: First transgender athlete June Eastwood to compete in women’s DI XC this fall, has pbs of 1:55/3:50/14:38

Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Profile On University Of Montana Transgender Runner June Eastwood Eastwood says she began questioning her gender in fifth or sixth grade.
Chinese Women’s 400m Runners Go Viral On Social Media “For Looking Like Men” The appearance of the Chinese national 400m champ, Liao Mengxue, and runner-up, Tong Zenghuan, has lead to questions over their gender. The Chinese Athletics Association has reportedly responded, declaring that the two runners are female.

Paris DL *Full Results On 1 Page

Video Highlights Of Paris: Hanna Green WINS 800!, Noah Lyles 19.65, Ronald Musagala Wins 1,500, Brandon McBride Wins 800Elaine Thompson won the 100, and Will Claye beat Christian Taylor in the triple jump. Clayton Murphy was 5th in 800 as was Conseslus Kipruto in steeple.
*MB:Official 2019 Paris DL Discussion Thread – Olympic champs Kipruto & Makhloufi return to the DL + The Ingebrigtsen Civil War

IAAF Track Recap:Noah Lyles Breaks Paris DL 200m Record With 19.65Ronald Musagala won the 1,500, equaling his own Ugandan NR with 3:30.58. Ayanleh Souleiman was second and Filip and Jakob Ingebrigsten third and fourth. Karsten Warholm took the 400H (47.26), US’s Daniel Roberts won the 110H in 13.08 ahead of Spain’s Orlando Ortega (13.14).
IAAF Paris Field Recap:Will Claye Sails To 18.06m TJ WinTom Walsh threw a meet record 22.44m and had four consecutive throws over 22m. Sam Kendricks (6.00m) won the PV.

Christian Coleman Updates

MB:Christian Coleman Issues Statement; Expects To Be Cleared In Hearing On September 4th “I’m not a guy who takes any supplements at all, so I’m never concerned about taking drug tests, at any time. What has been widely reported concerning filing violations is simply not true.”
USADA Confirms Whereabouts Violation For Christian Coleman “We can confirm that he (Coleman) has been notified and charged under the USADA Protocol of a potential anti-doping rule violation for failing to properly file his whereabouts information.”
Ato Boldon:“I think it is very premature to expect that Christian is not going to be at Doha because the more I investigate the situation, the more I believe that he will be in Doha.”

This Week’s Podcast

LRCTrack Talk Podcast: Who Are The Favorites For Worlds, Craig Engels Is Skipping A DL Meet To Go To A Wedding, Will Alexa Efraimson Ever PR, The DL Is Back, Max Burgin Bombs, And More There was a ton to talk about this week as the Diamond League has returned and Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s unbeaten streak has passed the two year mark. We spend a ton of time talking about how exciting and wide-open Worlds are going to be this year with few huge mid-d or distance favorites.

Russian Doping News

World HJ Champ Mariya Lasitskene Criticizes Russian Athletics Over Doping “The situation bothers me because I don’t see any movement. It gives the impression we are trying to hang on, that we will be cleared and then just go on like before. … We need to understand that things have to change drastically.”
Russian Racewalker Sergei Bakulin Gets 8-Year Doping Ban After Being Caught By Biological Passport Bakulin was previously banned and stripped of his 2011 world title.

Mile News

Mid-Week European Action: 2019 Morton Games Results : Harris And Domanic Win Again As Tiernan Wins 5,000. Purrier Wins Women’s 1,500
Preview:USATF Masters 1 Mile National Championships Friday In Flint, Michigan

Middle Distance News

September 8: Nick Willis, Edward Cheserek, Jenny Simpson, Nikki Hiltz Lead Fields For New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Men’s race also includes Izaic Yorks, Sam Prakel, Henry Wynne, while the women have Allie Ostrander, Cory McGee, Elinor Purrier, Lauren Johnson, and GB’s Jessica Judd.
Caster Semenya Jokes About Her Absence From The Sport With Instagram Photo Her caption read, “In case you are wondering how I am doing on my 800m absence …” with a photo of three plates of “pap,” a traditional porridge from South Africa.
England Wins Team Competition At Manchester International Meet US’s Mikey Brannigan won the 1,500m in 3:54.72.

Better Running Shoes

LRC Top 10 Most Comfortable Running Shoes As Rated By You We got over 1,500+ shoe reviews last month and decided to do something with them. People rate shoes different ways but when we ask them what they want they often say “comfort.”

Weekend Distance News

David Rudisha Taken To Hospital For Minor Injuries After Totaling His Car In Accident The police report says that Rudisha lost control of his car and hit a bus from behind.
*MB: DAVID RUDISHA CAR ACCIDENT
*David Rudisha:“Thanking the Almighty God for the gift of life. … I am fine with no injuries! Thank you for your prayers.”
Kenya’s Julius Kogo Wins Crim 10 Miler In 46:52 Over Nathan Martin (46:56) As Dathan Rtizenhein Gets 4th (47:19) Andrew Bumbalough was 5th (47:41). Victoty Chepngeno won the women’s race in 51:35. *Results
*MB: Dathan 4th at CRIM 10 miler. 47:19.
Vivian Kiplagat Runs Ten-Minute Negative Split To Break Mexico City Marathon Course Record With 2:33:27 (At Altitude) Duncan Maiyo won the men’s race in 2:12:50.
MB: ZACH BITTER SETS NEW 100 MILE WR!!! 11:19:18 – 6:47 PACE – Official Thread

Might Farah Still Run Worlds?

Mo Farah Is Focused On Defending His Title At The Chicago Marathon, But Isn’t Ruling Out Doing The 10,000m At Worlds Chicago is on October 13th and the Doha 10,000 is on October 6th. Farah gets an automatic entry as the defending champ and said, “Anything is possible. I’m a reigning champion. I get an automatic spot. There’s nothing I have to do. I just thought why not?”

Assorted Admin/Other News

Phil Knight Drops To #2 On List Of Top 25 Most Influential People In Oregon Sports For 2019 Jerry Schumacher was #16 on the list. Lopez Lomong was in the “near misses” list.
Nigerian Athletes Reject Ministry Of Sports’ African Games Daily Allowance They say they won’t settle for less than $150 a day which is what they received at the 2015 African Games.
Former Distance Runner Zara Hyde Peters Named New CEO Of UK Athletics Peters was the British Triathlon CEO from 2008-2014. She takes over at UKA for Niels de Vos, who left last year.
NCAA Reprimands Texas A&M-Commerce For Misconduct At DII Champs Apparently an assistant coach and athletes engaged in inappropriate and unsportsmanlike behavior. The coach and one athlete ware suspended from the next two NCAA champs and the school had to pay $3,000.
Need A Job?IAAF Seeking Candidates For Independent Member Of Athletics Integrity Unit Board Appointments Panel So they’re looking for someone they can hire for a panel to look for other people for a board. Sounds efficient.

Kenyan 10,000 Trials Are In The Books

Geoffrey Kamworor And Agnes Tirop Win 10,000m Titles At Kenyan Championships Kamworor ran 27:24.76 to just win over Rhonex Kipruto (27:26.34) and former world U20 champ Rodgers Kwemoi (27:26.92). The women’s race was even closer as the top three finished within 1.3 seconds of each other. Tirop ran 31:25.00 (fastest-ever 10,000m at altitude) to Hellen Obiri‘s 31:25.38 and Rosemarry Wanjiru‘s 31:26.22.
*MB:Rhonex Kipruto and Hellen Obiri are beaten at Kenyan 10,000 Trials – Kamworor and Tirop FTW