Archived Homepage For September 30, 2019
Archived Homepage For September 30, 2019

Day 2 In Doha

LRCNot A Typo: Sifan Hassan Wins 10,000 World Title With A 3:59 Final 1,500 The women’s 10,000 may have just been broken by the remarkable Sifan Hassan.
*MB:Sifan MF Hassan just closed the 10k with a 3:59.09 1500!!! 4:17.15 last 1600!!
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MB:Hassan could have paced Jenny Simpson to a 1500m SB at the end of that 10k

LRC Christian Coleman Is The New King Of The 100 Meters – And All That Comes With It After Usain Bolt‘s retirement, Coleman had to wait two years to officially take over as the king of track and field’s marquee event, but after a dominant victory tonight in 9.76, he is officially the fastest man in the world. *Video

LRCWorld Champ Christian Coleman Responds to Michael Johnson’s Comments: “I Don’t Necessarily Care What He Has to Say”

LRC 2019 Women’s 800 Semis: Ajee’ Wilson, Raevyn Rogers and Ce’Aira Brown All Advance To Potentially Historic Final An American woman has never won an 800-meter gold medal in the 37-year history of the IAAF World Athletics Championships. That’s likely to change in two days’ time.

LRCMen’s 800 Prelims: Nijel Amos Is A DNS As All 4 Americans Advance Once the action got underway, all of the top seeds advanced with all of the top 14 seeds advancing to tomorrow’s semifinals. All four Americans made it safely through as well.
*MB:NIJEL AMOS IS OUT OF WC

Video:Deanna Price Wins Hammer Gold

More Day 1 And General Worlds Coverage

News From The IAAF

Sprint / Field News

BMW Berlin Marathon

LRC The GOAT is Back: Kenenisa Bekele Runs Stunning 2:01:41 at BMW Berlin Marathon What a run by Bekele who just missed the world record by 2 seconds. Ethiopia’s Ashete Bekere won the race in 2:20:14 while American Sara Hall ran 2:22:16 to become the 6th fastest American of all-time and Matt Llano had a 4 year pr.

Pre-Race Article On How A Training Trip To The Netherlands “Provided The Long-Awaited Reboot” To Kenenisa Bekele’s Career Bekele spent two months in the Netherlands were he could get regular medical treatment to stay healthy, had a nutritionist prepare all his meals to lose weight, and had time to train away from his busy life as a businessman and family man to focus on training.

Day 1 In Doha

LRC Ruth Chepngetich’s Marathon Hot Streak Continues: 3rd-Fastest Marathoner In History Wins World Title In Brutally Hot Conditions You can’t always tell the story of a marathon by looking at the results, but in this one, you could. A woman who ran 2:17 earlier this year ran 2:32 today and still won by over a minute. 28 of the 68 starters (41%) dropped out of the race. These were truly miserable conditions to run a marathon but that didn’t stop Ruth Chepngetich from winning yet again.
*MB: Test of Will in Brutal Marathon Conditions-Perfect for a 40 something mother & full time nurse from Jersey Congrats to 41-year-old Roberta Groner, who was 6th.
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“Feels like temp: 109F” for WC Women’s marathon start 

LRC  Jakob Ingebrigtsen, DQed And Then Reinstated In 5,000 The 19-year-old Norwegian phenom and betting favorite for gold is out after stepping inside the rail for at least 3 steps.
*MB: Jakob Ingebrigtsen DQ’d, then reinstated in men’s 5K at Worlds 

Doping/Cheating Related Worlds Coverage

More Worlds Coverage

Before You Get Obsessed With Worlds, Take A Look At Our Weekly Recap

LRC WTW: Some Guy You’ve Never Heard Of Was On Pace To Break The 2-Hour Marathon But Came Up Short, NAU > Stanford The sub-2 hour marathon will have to wait a little longer. NAU looks primed to keep on dominating.

Our Annual Top 10 NCAA XC Countdown

Terre Haute – Men – MB: Hand them their 4th straight title right now? NAU holds out two runners, stlll DESTROYS Stanford in Terre Haute The final score wasn’t close, 31 to 51, but Stanford’s 5-man average was only 10 seconds back. *Arizona Daily Sun Recap
*Women: #5 Arkansas Edges #8 Stanford 49 To 54#3 Washington had 66 and #4 Michigan 75.

Boston:MB: They’re back baby. #13 Syracuse DESTROYS #3 Washington and #21 Arkansas in Boston

LRC 2019 NCAA Men’s XC Preview: #5 Washington Through #1 Northern Arizona Who is going to win NCAAs? One of these five teams.
*MB: And your 2019 NCAA men’s xc team champion will be …

LRC 2019 NCAA Women’s XC Preview: #5 NC State Through #1 New Mexico #2 Colorado certainly has a chance to repeat but it’s an odd year and that means UNM is the team to beat.

Previous: LRC 2019 NCAA Men’s XC Season Preview: Men’s Teams #10 Oklahoma State Through #6 Notre Dame We begin our 2019 NCAA XC countdown by unveiling the back half of the LRC top 10, which includes some big names – #10 Okla. State#9 Portland, #8 Colorado, #7 Oregon, #6 Notre Dame.

LRC 2019 NCAA Women’s XC Preview: #10 Michigan State Through #6 Washington In between those two we have #9 Oregon, #8 Michigan and #7 Stanford.
*MB: My gooodness. When did the NCAA start letting teams take pre-season altitude trips?

NAU Frosh Drew Bosley, Who Was Twice Top 10 At Foot Locker, Admits He Never Even Ran 7 Days A Week In HS

More Doha Coverage

Day 1 Distance Prelim Recaps

LRCWith One Shoe, Paul Chelimo Makes 5K Final, Calls Out LetsRun Doubters Chelimo looked very good despite only having one shoe the final mile.
*MB: Paul Chelimo calls out LetsRun: “LetsRun you never believe in me. Today I showed you. Wait for the final and you will see. “ 

LRC Women’s Steeple Prelims: Everything Goes According To Form As Coburn And Frerichs Cruise Through Courtney Frerichs enjoyed the easiest 9:18 of her career and Emma Coburn raved about the Doha setup, “The air conditioning works … I was very, very impressed with it. I think it’s gonna lead to some fast races. The track felt good, the crowd was loud. So it was a really good experience.”

LRC Women’s 800 Prelims: Ajee And Raevyn Cruise But 3 Of Top 6 Seeds Go Home Devastated, Including Hanna Green The women’s 800 heats were full of surprises but Ajee Wilson and Raevyn Rogers looked supreme.

Athlete Videos (More Here)

LRC Worlds Previews

LRC The Casual Track Fan’s Guide To The 2019 World Track And Field Championships: 6 Story Lines To Follow At Worlds Are you someone who used to be really into track and field but no longer is or maybe the kind of person who doesn’t pay attention to athletics until the World Champs? Then this is the preview for you. If you are a casual sports fan, we imagine you’ll like it as well.

LRC Who Are The Most Popular (And Least Popular) Favorites For Worlds? Here Are The Running Warehouse Prediction Contest Vote Totals Noah Lyles (99.1%) and Ajee Wilson (95.%) lead the way while Grant Holloway (37.2%) and Katerina Stefanidi (32.2%) are the least popular.

Weekend Road Action