Archived Homepage For October 27, 2020
Archived Homepage For October 27, 2020

Huge News: Christian Coleman Banned For 2 Years

LRC Christian Coleman’s Ban For Missing Three Drug Tests Is Upheld; World’s Fastest Man Will Miss the 2021 Olympics Coleman received no sympathy from a World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal, which concluded: “the Athlete’s attitude to his obligations can fairly be described as entirely careless, perhaps even reckless.”
*MB: Christian Coleman BANNED until May 2022 as AIU Tribunal upholds his ban for 3 missed drug tests

Pro Distance News

International Distance News

Sprint Stuff

Marathon-Related News

Why Isn’t There A Movie About Her?

Recommended Read Wyomia Tyus: Still Fighting For Recognition As The First Back-To-Back Olympic 100m Champ Did you also know she protested racial inequality before John Carlos and Tommie Smith?

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Salwa Eid Naser Cleared

LRC Analysis Why Was Salwa Eid Naser Cleared? Everything You Need To Know About Her Whereabouts Case On 4 different occasions in a 365-day span, drug testers were unable to test Salwa Eid Naser, the third-fastest woman in history at 400, and yet she’s been cleared to compete. Find out why here.


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Might Bolt Unretire?

LRC With Christian Coleman Banned, Who Is the Men’s 100-Meter Favorite for the 2021 Olympics? Noah LylesAndre De GrasseTrayvon Bromell? …Usain Bolt? We break down the contenders for the biggest prize in track & field and determine Noah Lyles may have benefitted the most from Coleman’s ban.

Does This Really Surprise Anyone?

2012 Olympic 1500m Champion Taoufik Makhloufi Reportedly The Target Of A French Doping Investigation Apparently a bag with documents belonging to Makhloufi was found along with drugs and syringes.
*MB: Taoufik Makhloufi reportedly subject of French doping investigation

Random Running Stuff

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Pacific Road Running

NCAA News

HS News Top Three NJ Boys HS XC Teams Clash At Holmdel – CBA Wins In A Rout

More Distance Stuff

You Don’t Stop Running Because You Get Old; You Get Old Because You Stop Running

Former Irish Olympian Tommy Hughes Runs 2:30:02 To Break World M60 Marathon Record He was the overall winner at the Down Royal Marathon in Northern Ireland, taking more than 6-minutes off the previous age-group WR.
*Hughes Says he’s Been Running 100 Mile Weeks And Could Have Been Two Minutes Faster If It Hadn’t Been So Windy

High School News

Post-Season Reflections From The GB Mid-D Roommates

Field Event News

Tokyo Olympic News

A New Fall Classic? *Free Stream

LRC HOKA NAZ Elite Wins Inaugural Michigan Pro Ekiden In 2:10:11 In his first event in the HOKA NAZ Elite singlet, Tyler Day ran a 28:46 opening leg to give his team the lead and they never gave it back.
*MB: Official Michigan Pro Ekiden Prediction Thread

2:11:46 Wins Canadian 42.2k Relay Event An all women’s team that included the national record holders in the 10k (Natasha Wodak) and marathon (Malindi Elmore) ran it 2:22:39.

African Road News