Brussels DL *Results *TV/Streaming Information

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.

• RRW: One-Hour World Records Fall at Brussels Diamond League Sifan Hassan: “I didn’t felt good before the start of the race; I even puked. After thirty minutes of racing, I finally felt better. …When there were only two minutes left on the clock, the fun began.”
• World Athletics Recap

Brussels DL Talk On The Message Board

• 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?

British Champs *Live Results *Event Home

• Athletics Weekly: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Strikes British Championships 100m Gold At Last 32-year-old Aikines-Aryeetey ran 10.35 to finally win gold in his 12th appearance at British Champs. “I have won and I am British champion, for the first time after all these years. It bodes well for next year. I am very stubborn, I am not going away.”
• Imani-Lara Lansiquot Claims Her First British Title With 11.26 In The Women’s 100m Jessica Judd took the 5,000m in 15:37.52, Jazmin Sawyers the LJ in 6.69m, and Cindy Ofili defended her 100H title just beating out 17-year-old Lucy-Jane Matthews by .04.
• AW: Harry Coppel Wins British Champs Pole Vault With National Record Of 5.85m

Horrible NCAA News – William & Mary Cuts It Men’s Track Program

MB: W&M Cuts Men’s Track & Field – WARNING All NCAA Track/XC Programs Now At Risk So a team that has made the NCAA Men’s XC meet 26 times has cut its track program.

British Athletics Hires New Head Coach

• Former GB Sprinter Christian Malcolm Named British Athletics Head Coach The former World and European medalist has been the head of performance at Athletics Australia since January 2019 and used to be the technical lead for British Athletics’ sprint relays.
• Athletics Weekly: “Why ‘Flash’ Is The Athletes’ Choice As UKA Head Coach”
• AP: Malcolm Is The First Black Head Coach Of British Athletics
• The Telegraph: “Christian Malcolm’s Appointment Is A Risk With A Clear Message: This Is About British Athletics’ Future, Not Past” Malcolm was chosen over a couple more experienced candidates and one senior figure said, “Malcolm hasn’t had long enough to prove himself up to the task.”
• BBC: “Christian Malcolm Appointment ‘Huge’ For British Athletics”
• The Telegraph: “Christian Malcolm ‘Can Be UK Athletics’ Pep Guardiola'”

Mondo Duplantis Clears The Best Outdoor PV In 26 Years With 6.07m In Lausanne Duplantis had a duel with Sam Kendricks as both men were perfect through 6.02m, but Kendricks couldn’t get over 6.07m. Duplantis took one attempt at 6.15m, but it was getting too dark and unsafe. Sweden’s Angelica Bengtsson’s won the women’s vault in 4.72m.

More Recent Results

• MB: Kellyn Taylor Runs 31:06 At HOKA NAZ Elite Intrasquad Meet Nick Hauger split 48:56 for 10 miles during his one hour run which was an American record for 10 miles on the track. *Results
• Gerard O’Donnell Hurdled Into Irish History Books With His Fourth Straight 110H National Title With 13.96 Victory
• AW Weekly Round-Up

Weekend USA Action *Drake Results *SC Results

Ryan Crouser Has One Of The Best Shot Put Series Ever At Drake Blue Oval Classic, Lynna Irby Women’s Performer Of Meet Crouser has the 14 top throws in the world in 2020. Irby won the 200m in 22.52. Other winners included Sandi Morris (4.65m – PV), Jeff Demps (10.09 – 100m) and Kayla White (11.18 – 100m).

South Carolina TrackFest Results: Ollie Hoare Crushes Everyone Again With 3:53.35 Mile, 16-Year-Old Rheinhardt Harrison Runs 4:02.61 Free video replay of meet here set to start with men’s mile.
*Discussion Thread
*MB: Aussie Ollie Hoare runs 3:53 mile in South Carolina and wins by 5 seconds!

Sam Prakel (3:58.3) And Emily Lipari (4:29.3) Win USA Road Mile Championships At Drake Blue Oval Showcase Prakel won over Colby Alexander (3:58.8) and Joe Klecker (3:59.0) while Lipari beat out Marisa Howard (4:31.1).

MB: Sunset Tour #2 Meet: King Cheserek Wins 10k in 27:42 Cheserek won over Girma Mecheso (27:49.53) as 1,500m Olympian Ben Blankenship made his debut with 28:08.20 (5th place). Rebecca Mehra beats a good 1,500m field in 4:08.45.
*MB: Ben Blankenship 28:08 10,000m

Distance News

• MB: Ryan Hall announced that he will run his 1st Ultra Marathon Hall is running the Grand Traverse 40 mile mountain race in Crested Butte, CO on September 5.
• Conseslus Kipruto Now Targeting The Steeplechase WR After Beating COVID-19 Kipruto had to miss the Monaco DL after testing positive for coronavirus, but has now been given a clean bill of health and can resume racing.
• Cross-Country Set For A “Restricted Return” In England
• Amsterdam Marathon Called Off Due To Rising COVID Cases The race was supposed to be October 18th, but organizers called it off due to the rising number of cases reported in The Netherlands each day.

Track And Field’s Newest World Record Holder Talks To LetsRun.com

Podcast And Video Now Released
LRC Joshua Cheptegei Talks After Breaking The 5,000m World Record Cheptegei says he never doubted he’d break Kenenisa Bekele‘s 5,000 WR and now may go for the 10,000 mark. “I have a surprise. I might run a 10,000 meters very soon,” said Cheptegei. Cheptegei also reveals he’s wanted to be the GOAT since 2014, talks about why Uganda could finally be emerging as a serious distance power and discusses if a sub-12:30 or sub-26:00 are possible. “12:30 Could Be Possible, Maybe Also Sub-26:00? I Don’t Know.”
*MB: Joshua Cheptegei talks to LetsRun.com: “I have a surprise. I might run a 10,000 meters very soon.”