Week That Was

LRC Weekly Recap: Geoffrey Kamworor Gets His World Record (and Emotional), Woody Kincaid, USA vs Kenya vs Ethiopia  Kamworor ran fast, Jordan Hasay didn’t. Shannon Osika and Elise Cranny keep improving and yes Woody MF Kincaid.

Kenyan News: Kamworor Takes Down The WR

MB: World 1,500m Champ Elijah Manangoi Will Not Defend His Title In Doha Due To An Ankle Injury The timing of the announcement is surprising as when his brother made the team a few days ago he said, “We really thank God because going to the World Championships as two brothers is a great achievement for our family.”

Geoffrey Kamworor Breaks Half Marathon World Record With 58:01 In Copenhagen Kamworor ran splits of 13:53 (5k), 27:34 (10k), 41:05 (15k) and 55:00 (20k) to break the record by 17 seconds. Five other men finished inside 60 minutes with Bernard Kipkorir taking second in 59:16. 2018 Tokyo Marathon champ Birhane Dibaba won the women’s race in 65:57 to beat out Evaline Chirchir (66:22). *Discuss

Kenyan Trials *Results

• IAAF Recap Of 2019 Kenyan Trails World Junior silver medalist Ng’eno Kipng’etich surprisingly won the 800 over Emmanuel Korir.
  
• Does Track Have A Popularity Problem Even In Kenya? Classy Fields But Empty Terraces At The Kenyan Trials Elias Makori writes, “A world class field, brilliant weather, free stadium and high adrenaline action. But the terraces at the Nyayo National Stadium still remained largely empty …”
• Citizentv.co.ke Recap Young guns earn Kenya tickets for Doha Worlds.
  *MB: Did a 19-year old threat just arrive for Ajee Wilson in Kenya’s Jackline Wambui? 
• Tearful Pre-Race Pep Talk By Elijam Manang’oi Motivates Younger Brother George Manang’oi To Qualify For Worlds In 1,500 Timothy Cheruiyot crushed the field.
• Top Two In Kenyan Trials 5,000 Await To See If They Can Go To Worlds As They Haven’t Taken Enough Drug Tests Neither of them has broken 13:10 for 5,000. The winner of the Trials was a total unknown guy best known for serving as the Monaco 1,500 rabbit earlier this year.
• Steeplechase Women Cross Line Holding Hands At Kenyan Trials In “Sign Of Unity” Beatrice Chepkoech, Hyvin Kiyeng and Celliphine Chespol were timed at 9:45.15, 9:45.20 and 9:45.24 respectively.
  *Hyvin Kiyeng: “I think we will … probably sweep the medals … we cannot allow the title to go back to America.”
• Emmanuel Korir Wins 800m Semi To Advance To The Final While Michael Saruni Misses Out Korir won his heat in 1:46.6. Saruni struggled in his semi, only finishing 5th (1:47.2).
• Michael Kibet Gets Surprise 5,000m Win At Kenyan World Champs Trials Kibet ran 13:26.83 to win over Kenyan national champ Daniel Simiyu (13:27.95).
  *2nd Article Some top names that finished outside the top 3 included Olympic 10,000 silver medalist Paul Tanui and former world indoor champ Caleb Ndiku.
• Nicholas Chirchir Hoping To Reclaim Kenya’s World 400H Title In Doha The late Nicholas Bett made history as the first Kenyan to win a sprint Worlds title in 2015. Chirchir is the only Kenyan qualified in the 400H.

News From The Caribbean

• Bahamas Association President Says They Are In Jeopardy Of Not Sending A Team To Worlds Due To Lack Of Funds They say they proposed a budget of $116,000, but were only granted $25,000 by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture.
• Veronica Campbell-Brown’s Statue To Be Unveiled On October 20th In Jamaica
• Trinidad and Tobago Team Named For Doha 2019 World 200m bronze medalist Jareem Richards, 2012 Olympic javelin champ Keshorn Walcott and former world 100m bronze medalist Kelly-Ann Baptiste lead the squad.

Countries Start To Name Their Teams For Doha

• Briana Williams Named To Jamaican World Team Despite Still Being Provisionally Suspended In Doping Case Her trial is set for September 23-25, so will end just two days before the start of Worlds. JAAA head Warren Blake said, “The window is really very tight, but we firmly believe in the principle of innocent until proven guilty …” But we wonder if they’d be this accommodating for a less high profile athlete? *2nd Article
• Sprint Stars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson And Omar McLeod Lead Jamaica’s Team For Doha
• Ethiopia Select Team Of 37 For World Champs Muktar Edris will try to defend in the 5000, Yomif Kejelcha and Almaz Ayana in the 10,000s, Genzebe Dibaba in the 1,500, Hagos Gebrihwet and Selemon Barega are listed in both the 5k and 10k.
• Long Jumper Jazmin Sawyers And Sprinter Imani-lara Lansiquot Added To GB’s World Champs Squad Lansiquot got in thanks to Dina Asher-Smith getting an auto spot by winning the Diamond League final.
• Japan Announces Doha World Championship Team Yuki Kawauchi is in the marathon squad.
• Australia Names Team Of 57 Athletes For Doha 2019

The US All-Time 5,000m List Has 3 New Additions

LRC Recap Woody Kincaid Burns Up Nike’s Famed Wooded Track With 12:58 PR For 5,000 13:00 for Lopez, 13:01 for Centro. What a run by the Bowerman crew.

Thread: Woody Kincaid 12:58, Lopez Lomong 13:00, Matthew Centrowitz 13:00 at Nike Track in Beaverton
*MB: The next American sub-13:00 5k runner is……..Woody Kincaid???

Ken Goe’s Recap: “Woody Kincaid, Lopez Lomong And Matthew Centrowitz Get The Olympic 5k Standard On A Surreal Night”

An LRC Exclusive

LRC How Does The Whereabouts System Work For A Professional Athlete? We Asked Jenny Simpson To Explain It Simpson explains everything she has to do to file her whereabouts information and doesn’t believe it’s that much of a burden: “If you miss three tests, it’s either because you’re cheating or because you’re an idiot.”
*MB: Jenny Simpson’s account of how testing works is troubling 

More Colorado News Denver Post‘s John Meyer Looks At How Runners And Cyclists Are Increasingly Fighting On The Colorado Trails