Hot Action Set For Torun Wednesday *Streaming Info *Live Results

World Steeple Champ Beatrice Chepkoech Vs. Genzebe Dibaba Over 3,000m At The Copernicus Stop In Torun, Poland Recent 8:32.55 runner Lemlem Hailu is also in the race. The men’s 1,500m has Selemon Barega vs. Marcin Lewandowski vs. Bethwell Birgen while world indoor champ Adam Kszczot and GB’s Elliot Giles will face off in the 800m. Grant Holloway in the 60H highlights non-distance action.

More From The Weekend

• AW Weekend Round-Up In Kingston, Jamaica, Zharnel Hughes won the 200m in 20.43 as Olympic champ Elaine Herah-Thompson won the 60m in 7.31, running into a headwind. At the Ukraine National Indoor Champs, Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the HJ in 2.00m and took three close attempts at 2.05.
• European Weekend Recap:Simon Ehammer Recaptures His Swiss Indoor Heptathlon Record With World-Leading 6092 Points At Swiss National Champs Jente Hauttekeete broke the world indoor U20 heptathlon record with 6062 points. At Greek Indoor Champs, Eleni-Klaoudia Polak got an upset win in the women’s PV over Olympic champ Ekaterini Stefanidi.
• Anzhelika Sidorova Wins Russian Indoor Champs For The 8th Time In A Row With 4.75m

2021 NBIGP Is In The Books *TV*Results

LRC Donavan Brazier (800), Bryce Hoppel (1,000), & Elle Purrier (2-Mile) All Break American Records At 2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix The 2021 NBIGP lived up to the hype.

The Rest Of The Meet
LRC NBIGP Recap: Olli Hoare (3:32) Wins Fast 1,500 As Sam Tanner (3:34) Breaks NCAA Record, Ajee’ Wilson Returns & More What a meet. Olli moved to #7 on the all-time indoor 1,500 list and as Sam Tanner broke the NCAA 1,500 record with his 3:34.72 in third. There were also wins for Justyn Knight (2-mile) and Heather MacLean (1,500), while Ajee’ Wilson made a surprise season debut and won the 800. In the sprints, Trayvon Bromell looked good in winning the 60 (6.50), while Noah Lyles didn’t look quite as good in winning the 200 (20.80). In the headline matchup of the day, Michael Norman edged training partner Rai Benjamin, 45.34 to 45.39, to win a 400 that came down to the wire.

International Results

• Gudaf Tsegay Sizzles To 1:57.52 World Lead In France The time puts the recent 1,500m WR setter 9th on the all-time list. In a close men’s 1,500m, Getnet Wale edged out Lamecha Girma by .06 to win in 3:35.54.
  *MB:Gudaf Tsegay runs 1:57.52 indoors!!
• Patrick Mathenge Wambui Breaks National Corporate Half Marathon CR With 60:12 Japanese XC champ Takashi Ichida was 2nd (60:19).
• Jacko Gill Equals His 21.52m PR To Beat Tom Walsh (21.45m) Again At The Porritt Classic Shot Put Valerie Adams won the women’s competition with 18.68m.
• WA International Round-Up:Poland’s European Champ Michal Haratyk Dominates Orlen Cup Shot Put With 21.83m Sam Kendricks won the PV with 5.86m and Mike Rodgers took the 60m in  6.52.
• Former World 800m Champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse Wins 600m At IFAM Gent Meeting In 1:16.61 Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli took the 3,000m in 7:44.17.
  *Ireland’s Nadia Power Wins IFAM 800m In 2:02.83
• GB Athletes Take Advantage Of Rare Invitational To Achieve European Qualifying Times Pieres Copeland won the 1,500m in 3:38.55 over Andy Butchart (3:42.82) while Holly Archer won the women’s race in 4:10.03.

More NCAA Results

• Charlie Hunter Breaks Andrew Wheating’s Oregon 800m Record With 1:45.59 The time also puts Hunter #5 on the NCAA all-time indoor list.
• Colorado’s Sage Hurta Runs NCAA-Leading 4:31.80 Mile At Iowa State Classic She dominated the race by 16 seconds.
• Arkansas Women’s DMR Runs NCAA-Leading 10:53.77 At Tyson Invy The time is also #2 on the Arkansas all-time list. Also setting an NCAA-leading time was Katie Izzo, winning the 3,000m in 8:57.78.
• MB:BYU Put’s 3 under 13:30 in WA! Conner Mantz won in 13:28.99, just ahead of Casey Clinger and Brandon Garnica.
• KC Lightfoot Breaks His Own Collegiate PV Record Again With 6.00m At The Texas Shootout And at the Tyson Invitational, Texas A&M women’s 4 x 400 (which included Athing Mu) broke the NCAA 4 x 400 record with 3:26.27 (also #9 on the world all-time list).
• North Carolina A&T Puts Four Men Under 46 Seconds In The 400m At The Tiger Paw Invy
• USTFCCCA Weekend NCAA Round-Up Arizona State’s Turner Washington threw 21.85m to break the collegiate shot put record and Florida State’s Isaac Grimes moved to #5 on the NCAA LJ list with a world-leading 8.33m.

Admin News

• Former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi Turns Down Offer To Become New Head Of Tokyo 2020 After Yoshiro Mori Resigns We imagine not everyone will be jumping at the chance to try and organize an Olympic Games during COVID.
• WADA Sanctions Force Russian Athletics Federation President Peter Ivanov To Resign Ivanov was in the position for less than three months, but under the terms of the CAS decision, Russian government officials can’t serve on sports bodies until December 2022.
• More Than 200 Athletes Sign Letter To UK Athletics Calling For Abusive Coaches To Get Lifetime Bans UKA responded by saying it understood the concerns raised but lifetime bans “can be susceptible to strong and robust legal challenge.”

Non-Distance News

• Olympic Head Yoshiro Mori To Resign After Sexist Comments Saying Women Talk Too Much Mori’s comments really struck a nerve as Japan has a very serious gender equity problem. Japan is only ranked 121st in the world in gender-equity.
• Recommended Read:Arthur Price III, LSU Hurdler, Writes A Fantastic Piece About How Hard It Is To Lose A Parent “Losing a parent changes you. In a way, it forces you to leave a past self behind. From that moment on, things are never quite the same.” If you like this piece, you’ll love his memoir which is coming out soon.
• On Running Gets Into Sprinting By Signing NCAA Runner-Up In 400 Chloe Abbott The 50.98 400 runner, who is also known as “Chloe B” in the singing world, has released a video to celebrate the occasion.
• Meet Britain’s 400H Champ Jessie Knight, Who Teaches Elementary School 3 Days A Week And Has A 55.27 PR An interesting read. She was so shy as a kid before finding athletics some people thought she was deaf.
• NBC Plans First Live Morning Broadcast Of Olympic Opening Ceremony From Tokyo
• Yaroslava Mahuchikh Wins The Ukrainian Indoor High Jump Title With A 2.00m Clearance Before Three Close Attempts At 2.05m.