– Excerpt from an open letter from the William & Mary women’s track and field team to the W&M administration threatening to boycott competition unless the men’s team is reinstated.
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
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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
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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
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.
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