Bad News – These Stars Won’t Be In Doha

• RRW: Foot Injury Forces Drew Hunter To Withdraw From IAAF World Champs Hunter was running through injury ahead of and during USAs, but didn’t realize his plantar issues had actually turned into a stress fracture. There has been no official announced replacement, but Ben True is the next in line to go to Worlds.
  *MB: Tinman Elite Video Says Drew Hunter Ran USAs And Qualified For Worlds Racing Through Multiple Injuries The video says he ran through a plantar fascia tear, cuboid stress fracture and stress reactions in his 4th and 5th metatarsals.
• Wayde Van Niekerk Won’t Defend His World 400m Title In Doha Van Niekerk raced in February (a 47.28 win in South Africa), but then suffered a “minor setback” which has ruled him out of Worlds.

Zagreb And Other Recent Results *Zagreb Results

• Kate Grace (4:07.91), Phyllis Francis (51.02), Michael Rodgers (10.04) Among American Winners At Zagreb IAAF World Challenge Meet 2015 World bronze medalist Amel Tuka won the 800m in 1:44.78 over Marcin Lewandowski (1:45.28) as Taoufik Makhloufi was 4th (1:45.54).
  *MB: Justin Gatlin Pulls Up Injured In Zagreb He still finished the race in 4th place (10.29).
  *Tom Walsh Dominates Zagreb Shot Put With 21.98m
• IAAF National Championship Round-Up: Darlan Romani Dominates Shot Put With 21.21m At Brazilian Champs Paulo André de Oliveira won the 100m in a wind-assisted 9.90, Swedish champs were highlighted by throws including Daniel Stahl 69.23m discus win and Orlando Ortega ran 13.33 to win the 110H at Spanish Champs.

Bekele Will Be In Berlin

Kenenisa Bekele Added To The Berlin Marathon Field Bekele will face a good field of fellow Ethiopians including Guye Adola (2:03:46), Leul Gebrselassie(2:04:02), Sisay Lemma (2;04:08) and Birhanu Legese (2:04:15). *Discuss

*Kenenisa Bekele Instagram Video About Running Berlin

NCAA XC

LRC How Did Transgender Runner June Eastwood Do In Her NCAA Division 1 College Debut? Eastwood made history becoming the first transgender NCAA D1 cross-country competitor and was the #2 runner on her team and made an impact on the team standings.

African Games

• Kenya Sweeps The Top Three Men’s 5,000 Spots With Robert Kiprop Taking Gold In 13:30.96 Second and third were 13:31.40 and 13:31.41. Kenya also won both 1,500m titles with world U20 champ George Manangoi beating out Ayanleh Souleiman (3:38.27 to 3:38.44) and Quailyne Jebiwott Kiprop winning the women’s race (4:19.33). In the 200m, Gambia’s Gina Bass was a surprise winner with a NR of 22.58; Zambia’s Sydney Siame won the men’s race in 20.35. Kenyan domination continued in the javelin with Julius Yego winning in 87.73m.
• Tsehay Gemechu Leads Ethiopian 1-2-3 Sweep Of African Games 10,000m Gemechu took gold in 31:56.92 with her teammates Zeineba Yimer and Dera Dida right behind in 31:57.95 and 31:58.78.
• Botswana’s Leungo Scotch (45.27) And Galefele Moroko (51.30) Sweep African Games 400m Titles Ethiopia’s Mekides Abebe won the women’s steeple in 9:35.18 while Tunisia’s Abdessalem Ayouni got a surprise win in the men’s 800m with 1:45.17.
• Daily Nation: “Why Africa’s Elite Athletes Skipped Rabat” Idah Waringa writes, “Remember the ‘Would You Rather’ game that kids played back in the day? … Well, I’ll keep mine simple … if you had your pick, would you rather be King of Africa or King of the World?”
  *Previously: Three Of Kenya’s Biggest Stars (Emmanuel Korir, Beatrice Chepkoech, Hyviin Kiyeng) Were Late Withdrawals From The African Games
• Nigerian Government Paying Out Cash Rewards To Their African Games Medalists They get $3,000 for gold, $2,000 for silver and $1000 for bronze. This after some controversy over how much daily allowance the Sports Ministry was giving athletes during the Games.

Upcoming Action

• September 9-10: Team Europe And Team USA Announced For “The Match” In Minsk The meet will be a scored competition between Team USA and Team Europe. Top athletes competing for the US include Craig Engels, Hilary Bor, Ben True, Kate Grace, Athing Mu, Shannon Rowbury, Brianna McNeal, Allyson Felix and Brittney Reese. *USATF Release

_{NCAA XC Is Here}

• Runner’s World Profile: June Eastwood Running Her First XC Race Of The Season Today At The Clash Of the Inland Northwest Meet In Montana Talking about Eastwood’s training, her coach says that her times “don’t compare” to what she ran as a male NCAA athlete. Eastwood claims she isn’t the fastest on the women’s team right now.
  *Results: June Eastwood Finishes 7th In First XC Race Eastwood ran 14:33.0 for the 4k race, 19.3 seconds off the winner.
  *MB: First transgender athlete June Eastwood to compete in women’s DI XC this fall, has pbs of 1:55/3:50/14:38 
• NAU And BYU Top Two Ranked Teams In Men’s NCAA XC Pre-Season Coaches’ Poll Washington, Colorado and Iowa State are ranked 3-5.
• Colorado And New Mexico Ranked 1-2 In Pre-Season Women’s NCAA Coaching Poll Washington, Michigan and Stanford made up the rest of the top 5.
• Pre-Season Men’s D1 Regional XC Rankings
• Pre-Season Women’s D1 Regional XC Rankings

Chicago Marathon Talk

LRC 2019 Chicago Marathon Elite Field Analysis: Men’s Race Could Be Epic With Farah, Rupp & 2:03 Crew; An Extremely Shallow Women’s Race Boston champ Lawrence Cherono & Dubai champ Getaneh Molla join Mo Farah & Galen Rupp in the men’s race. Defending champ Brigid Kosgei is back, but Jordan Hasay is the only other woman faster than 2:22:56. And Amy Cragg is a scratch.

Gender Controversy News

LRC 5 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 led to questions over their genders. The Chinese Athletics Association has reportedly responded, declaring that the two runners are female.

Chicago 2019

LRC 2019 Chicago Marathon Elite Field Analysis: The Men’s Race Could Be Epic, Women’s Field Looking Extremely Shallow Defending champ Brigid Kosgei is back, but Jordan Hasay is the only other woman faster than 2:22:56. Boston champ Lawrence Cherono & Dubai champ Getaneh Molla join Mo Farah & Galen Rupp in the men’s race. And Amy Cragg is a scratch.

Chicago Press Release: Past Champions Dickson Chumba And Brigid Kosgei Lead International Field For The 2019 Chicago Marathon Kosgei comes in as the defending champion after winning in 2018 in 2:18:35 and then winning London in 2:18:20. She is joined by Betsy Saina (2:22:56) and Mexico’s Madai Perez (2:22:59). Chumba won Chicago in 2015, but will only be the fourth fastest in the field as Dubai champ Getaneh Molla (2:03:34) and runner-up Herpasa Negasa (2:03:40) lead the way along with previously announced Mo Farah. USA’s Amy Cragg, Chris Derrick and Brogan Austin have all withdrawn.

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?