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LRC 2020 Memorial Van Damme Recap: Mo Farah Breaks One-Hour World Record, Mondo Duplantis Clears 6.00m Again Mo Farah had accomplished a lot in his career but before tonight he’d never held a track world record.

LRC Sifan Hassan Breaks One-Hour Run World Record at 2020 Memorial Van Damme The battle between the WR holder in the mile and marathon ended up being pretty entertaining even if the pace they were running was modest compared to their own lofty standards.

Brussels DL Talk on The Messageboard

• Official Brussel DL Discussion Thread
• Fair or foul? Brigid Kosgei gets DQd for stepping on rail in 1 hour world record attempt
• Mo Farah Will FAIL in His Quest to Break the One Hour Record
• Is Mo Farah now the GOAT. Farah gets his first WR, taking Haile G’s last track record!
• Why is that strange man running in lane 3 in Brussels.
• Jakob is running the 1500 in Brussels. Will he go under 3:30 again?

WADA Vs USA Drama

• Reuters: US Threat To Pull WADA Funding Could Leave Americans Out Of Olympics Several governments have urged WADA to introduce legislation that would find the US non-compliant with the WADA code which would keep US athletes out of international competition. It sounds like they couldn’t do this under current rules though.
• WADA President Witold Banka Reacts To US Funding Threat; Says WADA Is “Not For Sale” Banka hit back at the US and said he wouldn’t let WADA get sucked into “political attacks and games.”

Bolt And Covid

• Opinion Piece From The Jamaican Observer: “Usain Bolt Should Have Known Better” This writer criticizes Bolt as being “reckless and dangerous” for having a big birthday party ignoring coronavirus regulations.
• Kevin Hart Slams NBC For Mistaking Him For Usain Bolt NBC say a technical error put Hart’s picture instead of Bolt’s on a story about Bolt having coronavirus. Hart joked, “I must of gotten really fast & tall overnight.”

Olympic News

• Tokyo Governor Claims Coronavirus Situation Improving As Preparations Continue
• Olympic Flame Unveiled Near Tokyo National Stadium It will be on public display until November 1.
• Tokyo Olympics Marathon Course To Be Measured By End of Year, Test Event Planned For Sometime In Spring
• Los Angeles 2028 Unveils Digital Logo With “Ever-Changing A” To Highlight The “Infinite Stories” At The Games

BBC: Athletes Who Break Coronavirus Rules Could Be Excluded From British Champs

NCAA XC News

• DI NCAA Considering A Winter XC Season Starting In January A source has said that NCAA coaches recently voted in favor of having a shortened XC season from January to mid-March with apparently March 15th and March 16 as potential dates for a rescheduled D1 NCAA XC Champs. However, athletes would not be able to compete in both XC and indoor track.
• Julie Culley Talks About Her Decision To Leave Her Position As Georgetown Track And Field Coach Culley left her position to be the sports marketing manager at Brooks. Culley said the decision was about trying “something new and exciting and different” and also allow her more time with her family (she has two young sons).
• SEC, ACC And Big 12 Discussing XC Tri-Conference Proposal
  *SEC Establishes New Start Dates, Formats For Fall Seasons

International Weekend Results

• Fast Mid-D Action Highlights Gothenburg Grand Prix As GB’s Daniel Rowden Wins 800m In 1:44.74 GB’s Melissa Courtney-Bryant won the 1,500m in 4:05.07 over Jessica Hull (4:05.47) and Austrailia’s Stewart McSweyn took the 5,000m in 13:09.83. Raevyn Rogers won the 800m in 2:01.24. *Results
  *Athletics Weekly Recap
• Phil Healy Still Undisputed As Fastest Irish Woman After National 100m/200m Double Win Sean Tobin bounced back from his tough 2nd place 1,500m finish last week to win the 10,000m in 29:35.14.
• Elliot Giles (3:41.29) And Adelle Tracey (4:12.62) Win 1,500m At British Milers’ Club Gold Standard Meeting
• Leonardo Fabbri Throws A European-Leading 21.99m Shot Put At Italian Championships European indoor champion Gianmarco Tamberi won the HJ with 2.28m. At the Polish Championships, Michal Rozmys upset Marcin Lewandowski in the 1,500m – 3:53.09 to 3:54.13.
• Ivona Dadic Defies Tough Conditions To Set World Heptathlon Lead With 6419 Points At Austrian Championships
• World Athletics Weekend Round-Up
• MB: Recent results form Australia’s Matthew Ramsden: 4:55 2000m with a 53 final lap, 13:16 5km.
• Callum Wilkinson Breaks British 10,000m Walk Record In Dublin

Distance News

• Donavan Brazier Ends His Season Early Due To Plantar Fasciitis Problem Brazier had been running through it for a while as Pete Julian says it was the type of injury that “not bad enough to stop but not good enough to bring fuzzy happiness.”
• Good Read: Mo Farah And Bashir Abdi Talk About Their Upcoming One Hour World Record Attempt Haile Gebrselassie has the current record of 21,285 meters which he set in 2007. Farah’s and Abdi’s attempt is set for September 4 in Belgium.
• Emily Sisson Running The NYC Virtual Marathon She doesn’t know her route yet, but said she’ll probably run with music while her husband rides next to her on a bike.
• European Athletics Looks Back At When Seb Coe Won His First International Title At The 1977 European Indoor Championships Coe led the race wire-to-wire, winning in a championship record of 1:46.54.
• Shannon Rowbury Talks About Coming Back From Giving Birth And How “Having A Child Isn’t A Death Sentence” Includes video interview with Alysia Montano interviewing Rowbury.
• 77-Year-Old Scottish Former Commonwealth Games 10,000m Champion Loses His Leg 77-year-old Lachie Stewart had to had to have the lower half of his leg amputated due to complications with diabetes.