– Diamond League chief executive Petr Stastny and Olympic long jump champion Tianna Bartoletta talking about the changes to the format of the LJ for the Stockholm Diamond League which will see a one-jump final with the top three jumpers from the first five rounds.
LRC Members Stockholm Post-Race Video Reaction Show Also available as a podcast in the members only podcast feeds.
LRC Karsten Warholm Just Misses 400m Hurdles World Record, Runs 46.87 After Hitting Final Hurdle Warholm had to settle for the 2nd-best mark in history. He now is the first man to record two sub-47 clockings.
*MB: 400h – WARHOLM 46.87 Warholm just missed the WR after brushing the last hurdle.
LRC 2020 Stockholm DL Recap: Brazier & Cheruiyot Keep Rolling As Reekie & Muir Lead Scottish Mid-D Sweep Karsten Warholm scared the 400m hurdles world record as part of a historic 400 hurdles/400 flat double and Donavan Brazier and Timothy Cheruiyot continued their winning ways as the 2020 Diamond League season continued at the BAUHAUS-Galan in Stockholm on Sunday.
*MB: Stockholm DL Live Discussion
*MB: OFFICIAL NBC SPORTSGOLD MADPOSTING THREAD
2020 London Marathon Elite Fields Released
LRC Breaking Down The 2020 London Marathon Field Which Features 3 Of The 4 Fastest Men Ever The 2020 London Marathon field is out and it’s amazing as usual. We tell you who is in, who is out and along the way we wonder when Galen Rupp will next race as he’s not in the race although the London field does include Americans Jared Ward, Molly Seidel and Sara Hall.
*MB: London Marathon elite fields 2020
*Official Press Release
LRC Joshua Cheptegei Runs 12:35.36 To Break 5,000-Meter World Record In Monaco Move over, Kenenisa Bekele. The world record now belongs to Joshua Cheptegei.
LRC Full Meet Recap Rest Of Monaco: A Crazy Fast 1,500, Brazier & Hoppel 1-2 In 800, Kipyegon Scares WR, & Hassan Drops Out What a meet. A European record for Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 1,500, a near world record for Faith Kipyegon in the women’s 1k, a 1-2 finish by Americans Donavan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel in the 800, and much more.
VIP OnlyMonaco Joshua Cheptegei 12:35.36 Video Recap ShowWhat a track meet!
Monaco On The Boards:
Results:Cory McGee (2:00.16), Edward Cheserek (13:21.78) And Lauren Paquette (15:10.01) Highlight McGee beat Rebecca Mehra (2:01.09) and Emma Coburn (2:01.10) while Cheserek won over Sam Atkin, Oliver Hoare and Joe Klecker. Kellyn Taylor (15:11.50) was a close second in the women’s 5,000. *Discuss
DyeStat Recap: Late Surges Lead To Personal Bests For Cory McGee And Lauren Paquette, Edward Cheserek Sets Meet Record At Sunset Tour
Sunday: MB:Official 2020 Pikes Peak Marathon Thread — 8/23/20 Starting at 9:00 A.M. Eastern/7:00 Mountain
Josh Kerr Wins Big Friendly 800m In 1:46.69; Ben Blankenship Takes 3,000m In 7:50.13 Kerr won handily over Drew Windle (1:49.63) while Matt Centrowitz was back in 4th (1:50.62). Chanelle Price time trialed an 800m with male pacers in 2:00.12 while Sam Prakel (3:39.05) and Eleanor Fulton (15:40.64) won the men’s 1,500 and women’s 5,000.
LRC 25 Years Later: A Look Back At One Of The Greatest Nights In Distance Running History At the 1995 Weltklasse Zürich meet, Moses Kiptanui became the first man under 8:00 in the steeplechase and Haile Gebrselassie took over 10 seconds off the 5,000m world record. It was the Golden Age of one of Europe’s finest meets. A quarter century later, those who were there reflect on the famous night.
*MB: Sub-8 and 12:44.39 at 1995 Weltklasse Zürich: A look back at one of the greatest nights in distance running history 25 yrs later
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LRC Donavan Brazier Keeps Win Streak Alive, Runs 1:15.07 For 600m In Hungary Brazier had to come from way down in the last 100 to win the race and run down Puerto Rico’s Wesley Vázquez.
*MB: Donny Braz to Take Down a 34 Year Old World’s 600m Best?
LRC VIP Joshua Cheptegei Video Chat With LetsRun.com Cheptegei spoke to us Tuesday afternoon for 45 minutes about his shocking run. LRC Supporter’s Club members can watch the interview now. Join the LRC Supporters Club to get bonus content, enhanced access, and huge savings on running shoes. We’ll edit the zoom and release it as a podcast next week.
LRC How Joshua Cheptegei Became The World’s Fastest Distance Runner – A Look Back At His Career After 5,000m World Record He first made noise on the senior level by having the biggest blowup we’ve ever seen in a race. Since then he’s won 2 world titles and broken 4 world records.
16-Year-Old Rheinhardt Harrison Runs 4:01.34 At Music City Distance Carnival He broke Edward Cheserek‘s sophomore class record (Harrison is a rising junior) and finished 7th in the race which was won by Harvard grad Kieran Tuntivate in a Thailand NR of 3:57.87.
MB: Music City Distance Carnival Discussion Thread The best times of the night came in the 1,500m where Aussie Oliver Hoare (3:34.63) and Cory McGee (4:03.64) were the winners. McGee just beat Emma Coburn by .18. Michael Saruni won the 800m in 1:46.13. and Ce’Aira Brown took the women’s race in 2:00.31.
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