– Kenya’s former 1,500m world champion Elijah Manangoi accepting his 2-year drug ban for whereabouts failures.
LRC “I Made A Mistake”: Elijah Manangoi Does What Christian Coleman Refuses To Do, Owns Up To Missing 3 Drug Tests Jonathan Gault praises Elijah Manangoi for doing something that fellow stars Christian Coleman and Wilson Kipsang have been unable to do and something that is very rare in the year 2020 – owning up to a massive mistake. Manangoi admitted his suspension for missing 3 drug tests was his own fault. “I would like to urge my fellow athletes both in Kenya and abroad to seriously take care of their own whereabouts to avoid unnecessary sanctions, it seems simple but a slight mistake can be costly at the end. It’s shameful.”
*MB: Jonathan Gault is (rightly) full of praise for Elijah Manangoi – a guy who just got banned for 2 years
Mason Ferlic Drops Paul Chelimo To Get Big Win At XC Town USA Meet Of Champions Race In Terre Haute Ferlic put 10 seconds on Chelimo over the final 1,000m of the 8k race. Former UW star Amy-Eloise Markovc won the women’s race, outkicking NAIA sophomore Emma Wilson by 1.4 seconds.
*MB: Chelimo loses 8k by 10 sec to Mason Ferlic
High School:
LRC Why Are NCAA Indoors And NCAA XC Scheduled For The Same Weekend? And Will They Happen At All? The NCAA XC champs will be held on March 15, just two days after NCAA Indoors. Jonathan Gault spoke to several top NCAA coaches to figure out why the schedule turned out that way – and how they’re adjusting. Many coaches indicated they are likely to blow off one of the championships entirely.
*MB: Several top NCAA xc coaches indicate they are likely to blow off one of the winter champs entirely
Venues For All Four 2021 European Athletics team Championships Divisions Announced Chorzow, Poland will host the Super League.
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Caster Semenya Takes Legal Battle Against World Athletics’ Testosterone Restrictions To European Court Of Human Rights Semenya has already lost two appeals, one to CAS and another to the Switzerland supreme court. It’s unclear from this and other articles whether this case could challenge those rulings legally, but it seems Semenya and her lawyers are trying to put public pressure on WA to change its mind.
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