Lots of big names will be there including Mondo, Emmanuel Korir, Sifan Hassan, Guday Tsegay, Shericka Jackson, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, SAFP, Marvin Bracy, Christian Coleman,Travyon Bromell and many others.
Archived Homepage For August 06, 2022
Archived Homepage For August 06, 2022
The Diamond League Returns Saturday (10 am - 12 noon ET, CNBC and Peacock in the US)
US News of Note
Full results + post-race interviews with the winners.
Which Newbury Park stud does Brosnan compare to Galen Rupp, who does he think can win an NCAA 1500 title and who will be the best pro?
On The Boards
On The Boards
NCAA Coaching News
Commonwealth Games
- MB: Mouth-watering CG 1500 final is all set as Wightman, Kerr, Cheruiyot, Kipsang, Hoare all advance- Who you got? We can't wait for this one (8:10 am ET Saturday morning, 13:10 local time)
- Jake Wightman fulfils dream as dad announces him as world champion at Commonwealth Games - Mirror Online "That’s definitely the most that it's sunk in - because that’s what I was waiting for. To be announced as that and to be like, yeah, I have actually done that."
- Colin Jackson thinks Eilish McColgan's 10,000m CG will be a career 'turning point'
World U20 Champs
Despite the loss, Tebogo called it the best race of his life. “This is the best race that I have ever run in my life so far. I’m really grateful for the performance and it’s not everybody who can run these fast times, four days in a row.” Full Thursday night recap.
- Faith Cherotich (9:16.14) CRUSHED steeple field to win U20 gold Since they 18-year old has run 9:12 this year, we wonder if she could have medalled senior Worlds.
- Meet Natalia Linares - Colombia's best hope for U20 gold - who moved away from home to try to be the best in the LJ Her talent is so big, it jumped out at a PE teacher 8 years ago.
- Hana Moll defeats twin sister and US U20 record holder Amanda Moll to win gold in PV in Colombia Hana cleared 4.35 as Amanda, who has a 4.51 pb, only managed a 4.20 for 5th.
- U20 1500 champ Reynold Cheruiyot dedicated gold to his parents who never got to compete abroad: “This gold is for my old folks,” "My ultimate dream is to become an Olympic champion,” said Cheruiyot who isn't related to Timothy Cheruiyot but is from the same county. Reynold just turned 18 on July 30 and has already run 7:39/3:34 and 13:33.
Previous World U20 Champ News
Roisin Willis joined the sub 2:00 club, broke the U20 Championships record and became the third American to win the U20 800m title since 2012 as American high school record holder Juliette Whittaker got bronze.
- World JR MB Talk Discussion: Roisin MF Willis - 1:59.13 u20 World Champion
- Tina Clayton repeated in wmoen's 100 as Jamaican went 1-2 as Shawnti Jackson was 3rd
- UW frosh Nathan Green just got 5th at World U20s. Why didn't Hobbs Kessler run World Juniors? The race was won by Kenya's Reynold Cheruiyot in 3:35.83.
- JJ Clark and Stanford Have Willis and Whittaker Next Year
Previous Commonwealth Games
Guardian says it was the loudest roar since the 2012 Olympics.
- Discussion: Eilish McColgan drops hammer in CG 10,000
- Ferdinand Omanyala (10.02) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.95) win 100s
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins 2nd CG title with 6377 It's her first heptathlon gold in 3 years.
- After WC bronze, Matthew Hudson-Smith embraces having a ‘target’ on his back in chase for triple medal haul
- BE INSPIRED: Meet Lina Nielsen - The 8th fastest British hurdler of all-time (54.73) reveals she's been battling multiple sclerosis for over a decade
US Distance News of Note
Talk about the signings on our messageboard.
*MB: Hacker (and more) to NAZ Elite
9 pm ET Friday Night: Yared Nuguse, Lots of Female NC State Alums Headline Sir Walter Miler Plus they are bringing in Larry Rawson and Colleen Quigley to do the live stream, which requires a Runnerspace+ sub.
The Real Winners from Worlds
An Ethiopian-American woman dominated the Coros prediction contest, while a sports professor and two teachers took home the remaining prizes.
Brosnan until Monday was the coach of the greatest boys high school XC team ever. Now he's heading to UCLA. We spoke to him about the switch on our weekly LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast. Before Brosnan, we spanned the globe talking American Track Leaguek, Commonwealth Games, World U20s and Rojo getting covid. Listen here on your favorite podcast app.
Non-Worlds/Non CG News
The adidas Atlanta Track Club has nabbed the former Illinois star.
- Mo Farah's case got a lot press but their are a lot of modern-day slaves in the UK "In 2021, 10,627 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the National Referral Mechanism, a 52% increase in referrals as compared to 2018."
- After winning historic silver medal at Worlds, South Korea HJer Woo Sang-hyeok says the pressure is off and he just wants to have fun the rest of the season No Korean had ever won higher than bronze at Worlds and that bronze came in the race walk.
Times Are Tough - Considering Donating Now
"At the age of seven, John was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a disorder that occurs when cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the deep cavities of the brain. To treat his condition, surgeons implanted a device called a “shunt” to divert the excess fluid away from John’s brain," but the shunt had to be removed and all hell has broken loose but he's still fighting. *Donate here
- After winning women's discus silver, England's Jade Lally says she is 'unsponsored, unfunded and out of options' and sets up GoFundMe so she can't keep competing this year "Despite having five jobs and a family, I have managed to get myself into two Diamond Leagues - the highest level of competition available to an athlete, competitions in America, Denmark, Switzerland, Australia and the UK." *Donate here
Previous World Under-20 Championships
Not only did he dominate, but he did it while looking back taunting his rivals for the last 20 meters. And did you know he's headed to run for Curtis Taylor & Jerry Schumacher at the University of Oregon?
Previous Commonwealth Games News
He ran 27:09.19 to beat out the three Kenyans who took 2nd through 4th. Daniel Ebenyo was second in 27:11.26.
More Commonwealth Games News
- Jake Wightman Says Seb Coe's Comments About Attempting The Hat-Trick (Worlds, CWG, Euros) Inspired Him To Run The Commonwealth Games 1500m "I was thinking: ‘Do I do the 800m [at the CWG]?’ But part of me realized pretty quickly I would hate not to be on the start line on the 1500m and challenge for the win. This is a pretty unique circumstance to come away from the worlds and Commies win in the same year."
- Lack Of Star Power Notable At Commonwealths Apparently Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is in Birmingham and was even spotted warming up, but isn't competing.
- Ferdinand Omanyala Says South Africa's Akani Simbine Is "Like A Brother" To Him He also says Yohan Blake was his "biggest hero" for a long time.
- Birmingham 2022 Chief Exec Ian Reid Says Stars Will Regret Skipping Commonwealth Games “We can’t make people come here but, if Shelly-Ann was here earlier and saw the atmosphere and the full stadium, she probably regrets it. To have 30,000 people in Alexander Stadium for every session of athletics, the atmosphere it’s created, I can’t think of anywhere for these athletes to be."
- Josh Kerr On His Post Worlds Reaction To Jake Wightman: "I wanted to make sure that Wightman felt that moment, held onto it and remembered it for the rest of his life. I owe him that from last year.”
- GB's Holly Bradshaw Pulls Out Of Commonwealth Games Pole Vault Due To Hamstring Injury She suffered a partial hamstring tear when she snapped her pole before Worlds and will likely miss the rest of the season.
- Guernsey's Alastair Chalmers Makes 400H Final Despite Having Covid A Week Ago Chalmers is a three-time British 400H champ.
Big Coaching News
Brosnan coached the best boys' XC team ever and his runners rewrote the high school record books.
- RRW: Sean Brosnan, Shalane Flanagan Headed for NCAA Coaching Jobs Still no word on what's happening with UO distance coach Ben Thomas.
- Curtis Taylor Will Continue To Coach The Sprinters, Hurdlers And Relay Teams Under Jerry Schumacher At Oregon Taylor was an associate head coach for nine seasons under Robert Johnson.
- MB: According to Sean Brosnan, Lex and Leo Young are in 13:20 5k shape.
- MB: Shalane Flanagan confirmed as Oregon assistant coach
Hmmmm.... The US Sprinters All Suddenly Got Way Better At Reacting to The Gun At Worlds?
Are you still no convinced there was something massively different with the reaction times at Worlds? This should be the nail in the coffin.
*MB: Official Devon Allen False Start / 2022 Worlds Reaction Time Discussion Thread
- Devon Allen Says He'll Race Teammates, Many Of Whom Think They're Faster Allen said, "We’ll probably get [a race in] here sometime during camp. I just don’t want to do it too early, mess around and get hurt, and then I won’t be able to practice. ...I gotta make sure I take care of myself..."
- NBCSports Philly: After just 3 days of practice, Devon Allen has learned the NFL is a whole other ball game “The (NFL) game is so different. I’m starting to realize that now after practice three.... Hopefully I can figure it out."
- Philadelphiaeagles.com: "The transition, I would say, is going well."
World U20 Champs Day 1
- Ethiopia's Addisu Yihune (14:03.05) Wins Tight Battle In Men's 5000m On Day 1 Of World U20 Champs He ran 14:03.05 to win over Eritreans Merhawi Mebrahtu (14:03.33) and Habtom Samuel (14:03.67). Kenya's Betty Chelangat won the women's 3000m in 9:01.03.
*MB: Nelson Mandela 8th in World Juniors 5000 - Botswana's Letsile Tebogo Highlights First Morning Of World U20 Champs With 100m Championship Record Of 10.00 US's Juliette Whittaker and Roisin Willis both made it through the first round of the 800m.
- US Team Breaks Meet Record In Mixed 4x400 Prelims On First Day Of World U20 Champs It's only the second time the event has been held at World U20 Champs.
- MileSplit World Under-20 Champs Day 1 Recap How did the Americans do?
- Team USATF Set For World Under-20 Champs In Cali, Colombia Starting Monday It will be the first time since 2018 that the US is sending a team to World U20 Champs.
- Previews: Distance *Sprints *Jumps *Throws *Hurdles/Steeple *Relays *Multi-Events
- Nation: Team Kenya Lands In Cali, Ready To Conquer The World Again
- World Athletics: Stars Of The Future Ready To Shine In Cali At The World U20 Championships
- World Athletics Under-20 Champs Stats Handbook
Commonwealth Games
We give you the highlights and streaming info for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The track action starts Tuesday.
- GB's Katarina Johnson-Thompson Leads CWG Heptathlon After Day One; Keely Hodgkinson Wins Her 800m Heat In 2:00.18 Laura Muir is doing the 800/1500 double and made it through her 800m heat, but GB's Jemma Reekie failed to advance. Elaine Thompson-Herah had the joint-fastest time in the 100m heats with 10.99 (SAFP and Shericka Jackson aren't competing).
- Kenya's World 800m Bronze Medalist Mary Moraa Through To Commonwealth Games Final After Winning Her Heat In 1:59.22
- Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala Wins His 100m Heat In 10.07 To Sail Through To The Semis At The Commonwealth Games
European News
- Norway Announces European Champs Team - Jakob Ingebrigtsen And Karsten Warholm Will Defend Their Titles
- Adam Gemili Splits From Coach Rana Reider Gemili lost his UK funding because he initially refused to leave Reider's group and he suggested that “relentless bad press” contributed to his poor race at Worlds where he failed to make it out of the 200m heats.
- GB Names Largest Team Ever For European Championships 115 athletes will compete which breaks the previous record of 97 from 2018.
USATF Masters / Junior Olympics
- USATF Masters Day Three - Olympian Ed Burke Sets Hammer Throw American 80-84 Age Group Record He also won the weight throw and said, “I’m a masters advocate. It’s amazing to be in a competition like this. Your heart jumps as you get ready to compete. It’s like the Olympics."
- Three American Records Broken On Day Two Of USATF Masters Champs
- Personal Bests Abound On Final Day Of USATF National Junior Olympic Track And Field Champs
- 55 National Champions Crowned On Penultimate Day Of USATF National Junior Olympic Track And Field Champs
- Fifteen National Champions Crowned On Day Five Of USATF National Junior Olympic Track And Field Champs
Other Distance Results
- Patrick Tiernan Wins Bix 7 Road Race Over Leonard Korir Tiernan ran the 7 mile race in 32:32 (4:39 pace) to beat Korir by 9-seconds. Fiona O’Keeffe won the women’s race in 35:58 (5:08 pace). *Results
- MB: Hobbs Kessler (3:36.99) and Morgan Beedlescomb (3:37.03) 2nd and 3rd in Italy 1500 The race was won by Italy's Ossama Meslek in 3:36.04. *Results
- MB: Diego Estrada and Kasey Knevelbaard broke German Fernandez's legendary Woodward Park course record today Estrada won the race in 14:14 over Knevelbaard (14:20) and CJ Albertson (14:29).
Previous Commonwealth Games News
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- Uganda's Victor Kiplangat Takes Wrong Turn On Way To Commonwealth Games Marathon Gold He veered off course late in the race, but had such a large lead it didn't end up mattering. He won in 2:10:55, 1:34 ahead of second place.
- Australia's Jessica Stenson Wins Commonwealth Games Marathon Gold In 2:27:31 She won by 29 seconds.
- MB: Uganda's Victor Kiplangat, Australia's Jessica Stenson win Commonwealth Games marathons
- MB: More Kenyans busted for doping? Kenya down to 1 female CG marathoner, apparently due to more positive tests
- MB: Comm games has female marathon field of????
- Shericka Jackson Skipping The Commonwealth Games Despite Being Named To The Initial Team It sounds like she's skipping to compete at the Diamond League in Silesia, Poland instead.
American Track League
In Friday night's action, Sage Hurta (4:01.79) won the women's 1500 in a MASSIVE PB while Yared Nuguse destroyed the likes of Eric Holt, Johnny Gregorek, Sam Prakel, and Evan Jager to win the men's race in 3:34.95. Plus Nia Akins (1:58) and Jonah Koech (1:44).
NCAA News
- Botswana's World Under-20 100m Record Holder Lestile Tebogo Will Run At Oregon Next Year Tebogo ran 9.94 to make the 100m semi-final at Worlds.
- TCU Hires Former 800 Star Khadevis Robinson To Lead The Track Program The multi-time US champion has been Ohio State's assistant track and head XC coach the last five years.
- Under Armour Agrees To Pay Out More Than $67 Million In Lawsuit Settlement With UCLA
- Florida Men’s Track Team Announces 8 Transfers Joining For Next Year
Worlds Post Mortem
From Max Siegel scheduling a press conference in the middle of the meet while it was going on to Galen Rupp only finishing 19th in the marathon, Rojo reveals what stunned him at Worlds.
Devon Allen Update
A controversial start deprived Devon Allen of possibly the greatest opportunity in his athletic career. What is World Athletics doing to rectify the situation? What about the possible make-up race? Devon Allen's agent gives us an update. "Not to take anything at all away from Grant Holloway, he's an amazing athlete, but as competitive as Devon is, having already run 12.84 this year, running in front of the whole crowd, running for his dad, there's no way he loses that race and we'll never get to see it."
Important Post 2022 Eugne Worlds News
- 3 of Ethiopia's 4 gold medallists in Eugene were Tigray and they can't contact their own parents thanks to an internet and telecom shutdown] “My mother and father would have been delighted,” said marathon champ Gotytom Gebreslase before bursting into tears.
- MB: Ken Goe: Vin Lananna's ideas are "too big, too bold, too risky" for Max Siegel and USATF We still can't believe that Max Siegel scheduled a press conference that took place while the competition was going on. Talk about a lack of planning and sending the wrong message - that track prelims aren't worth watching.
- World Athletics Championships in Eugene drew more than 18 million viewers across NBC Sports platforms It peaked at 3.2 million at the end of Sunday night and was the 2nd most-watched sports competition of the weekend.
Commonwealth Games Marathon is Saturday
- Men's CG men's track & field preview Some of these fields are SUPER loaded.
- Women's CG women's track & field preview
- Doping? Kenya down to just one athlete in women’s marathon at CGs No formal new suspensions have been announced, however.
- A look at the Australian field event "chicks" leading the way for Australia “I don’t know the answer to why, but it’s bloody awesome seeing three chicks of similar age... coming top three in the world is incredible. Go us!” said WC pole vault bronze medallist Nina Kennedy said, smiling.
- Local UK sportswear brand MG Sportswear steps up and outfits entire Nigerian Commonwealth Games kit after team let down by original supplier When the owner first got the call, he thought it was a prank.
- Team Canada preview for CGs and how to watch in Canada
- Dina Asher-Smith will run Euros despite pulling out of CG
LRC Podcast
The US sprinters brought it in Eugene, the US distance runners didn't, and World Athletics blew it by not admitting their error and giving Devon Allen a second chance.
NCAA News
- Oregon Ducks coaching staff still not known, some Duck sprinters have transferred out Sprint coach Curtis Taylor was still wearing Duck gear at Worlds last week.
*MB: Oregon Women's Head Coach Out - another female coach out
*SC And the new Oregon director of ops is going to be.......... (this name may blow your mind). We share the latest hot rumor with our SC members. - Texas A&M hires former Texas head coach Mario Sategna as an assistant Sategna competed under Pat Henry when he was in college at LSU.
The Latest Distance News
- 70 years ago, Emil Zatopek pulled off maybe the greatest track accomplishment in Olympic history - gold in the 5000, 10,000, & marathon
- Q&A with Jake's Wightman's dad and coach Geoff talks about Jake's future plans and reveals some coaching advice he got from the disgraced Alberto Salazar.
- Sydney Marathon announced as 3rd and final Abbott World Marathon Majors candidate race The other two are Cape Town’s Sanlam Marathon and China’s Chengdu Marathon.
- Juliette Whittaker, Roisin Willis hope to go 1-2 at World Jr like Sammy Watson and Aaliyah Miller did 6 years ago
Sprint News
- Noah Lyles felt like Worlds should have been marketed better “I feel the ball’s been dropped a little bit, not going to lie. I feel there could have been way more advertisement on America’s side. This is an immaculate meet. This is by far the best track and field meet that America has had in years. And I’m watching these immaculate performances, and I’m like, ‘The crowd is here, yes. But gosh darn it was this not put together well.’ All the times are happening late at night. I’m still barely seeing much presence outside of what NBC is doing. Yes, people are talking about it. But people are late."
- 100h WR holder Tobi Amusan has learned a lot from previous struggles “I don’t think there is a track and field event which can teach humility quite like the sprint hurdles,” Amusan said. “You can be the fastest in the field but one mistake can spell the end for your race. A hurdler should never go into any race with any level of complacency or arrogance. It teaches you to be humble.”
- Ande de Grasse says he may shut down season as he's not feeling fully healthy but relishes winning 4 x 100 with his family "It felt really good to win gold with these guys. Because I know them on a personal level, we have that team chemistry, we've been together for so long. They're family to me . . . and we hang out together
Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony Was Thursday
- Prince Charles and Duran Duran open up 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games ‘far from irrelevant’, insist organisers Did you know the LGBTQ+ community is criminalized in a majority of the Commonwealth countries?
- Neeraj Chopra pulls out of Commonwealth Games with hamstring injury, was also scheduled to be flagbearer His medical team has advised a month's rest.
What's Next For Sydney McLaughlin?
- Sydney McLaughlin Will Race At Her First Diamond League Meet In Three Years At The Monaco DL On August 10
*World Athletics: "McLaughlin Among 10 World Champions Keen To Maintain Momentum In Monaco"
- AP: After Running Fastest Split On Worlds 4x400, People Are Wondering What Sydney McLaughlin Will Do Next She split 47.91 (a time that would have placed 7th in the 400m final) and hinted that she could run the flat 400 or 100H in the future.
- The Guardian: "The Sydney Project - How Elite Athletics Traps McLaughlin But Also Sets Her Free" An, um... interesting analysis of McLaughlin's mentality and outlook towards sport and her place in the track and field world.
More Post Worlds News
- The Oregonian: Eugene Charms Athletes, Fans As Unlikely World Champs Host An overall positive take on Worlds in Eugene.
*Old Hayward Field Records Vs New The new Hayward Field has only been going since 2021, but already had most of the records. - Fan Vote Open For The World Champs "Fair Play Award" One of the five moments shortlisted for the award was Noah Lyles "losing" his spikes to a young fan in a rock/paper/scissors game.
- Cuba's Olympic Bronze Medal Discus Thrower Yaimé Pérez: Defects While On The Way Back From World Champs She was the second athlete to defect during Cuba's trip to Worlds and a physiotherapist did as well.
- Alan Abrahamson Talks To A Family Of Four That Did Their Family Vacation At Worlds The 16-year-old and 14-year-old boys weren't that into it. One said, “It was a little better than I thought it would be. but I would rather still be at home with my friends.”
- NBC Reports 2022 World Champs Was Watched By More Viewers Than Any Previous Worlds, But Still Less Than Last Year's Olympic Trials The last day of Worlds was just the fifth-most watched sports event of the weekend in the US.
- Kenyan Media On World Champs: "Kenya Needs To Go Back To Drawing Board After Dismal Show" They write, "Kenyan athletes largely failed to live up to their billing at the Oregon22 championships in Eugene."
More Commonwealth Games News
- Australia's World Javelin Champ Kelsey-Lee Barber Tests Positive For COVID, But Still Expects To Compete At The Commonwealth Games The javelin isn't until August 7th and apparently the CWG has some "controversial" COVID rules which allow countries more leeway with COVID. If they had the same rules as Tokyo 2020 she would have been ruled out instantly.
- Wales' Adele Nicoll Is A Bobsled World Cup Medalist As Well As Well As The UK's Top Shot Putter She's hoping for a shot put medal at the Commonwealth Games. On doing both sports she says, “The events look very different from the outset, but essentially they are power events which involve strength and speed and that’s the kind of athlete I am."
- Unnamed Indian Sprinter Will Miss Commonwealth Games After Failing Drug Test Five Indian athletes have tested positive ahead of the CWG.
- Dina Asher-Smith On Missing CWG: "I love racing in front of a British crowd and was so excited to return to Birmingham, so I’m sad that I won’t be there.”
- Opinion: "Do the Commonwealth Games still matter in 2022?" Apparently "the plan is to downsize [the CWG] considerably after Birmingham 2022."
- Birmingham 2022 Chief Claims COVID Positives "Relatively Low" Fewer than 3% of athletes/officials at the CWG have tested positive.
NCAA News
- Illinois Hires NCAA Title-Winning Coach Petros Kyprianou Kyprianou was the former head coach at Georgia, coaching them to two NCAA titles (women indoor, men outdoor).
- MB: Oregon Women's Head Coach Out
- NCAA DI Cross Country Regional Sites Announced Through 2025
Admin News
- World Athletics Sets Up Competition Manipulation Watchlist To Combat False Qualifying Marks The AIU received referrals to investigate 17 suspicious marks during the qualifying period for the Tokyo Olympics.
- Allyson Felix Joins IOC Athletes’ Commission IOC athletes’ commission has a mix of members that are elected and those appointed directly by IOC president Thomas Bach. (Felix was appointed.) *World Athletics article
High School / Youth / Masters Stuff
- Colin Sahlman Named Overall (All Sports) Gatorade Male Athlete Of The Year He's the first boys XC or track athlete to ever be chosen for the all-sports award.
- World Athletics Looks At Some Of The Top Teenagers Who Will Be At World Under-20 Champs After Competing At Worlds In Eugene
*Entry List For World Under 20 Championships In Cali, Colombia Starting August 1 - USATF National Junior Olympic Championships Day 1 Recap *Day 2 Recap
- USATF Masters Outdoor Championships Start Today In Kentucky
- USTFCCCA High School Track & Field Coaches of the Year – State-By-State
Paris 2024 News
More Post Worlds Stats / Assessments
- Michael Johnson Gives His Five Highlights From Eugene 2022 He says the men's 400m was "one of the best moments" for him because of the stories behind the athletes.
- World Champs Final Medal Table Standings The US dominated with 13 golds and 33 medals overall. Ethiopia, Jamaica and Kenya were next with 10 medals total each (Ethiopia had 4 golds).
- How Did NCAA Athletes Do At World Champs? There were several medalists including Trey Cunningham's silver in the 110 hurdles.
*USTFCCCA: Collegians Shine At 2022 World Athletics Championships
*How Did Bowerman Award Winners/Finalists Do At Worlds?
- NY Times: American Track Athletes Showed Up. Did American Fans?
- Did You Know There Was A "Team Trophy" At Worlds This Year? The US dominated the scoring with 328 points. Jamaica was second with 110, Ethiopia 3rd with 106 and Kenya 4th with 104. Go here for full scores.
- Cathal Dennehy: "No Medals, But Irish Athletes Proved They Can Mix With The Best In Eugene"
- The Telegraph: "Jake Wightman Stars For GB At World Champs That Prove A Step In The Right Direction"
- How Much Prize Money Was Up For Grabs At World Champs? Individual medal winners got $70,000 for gold, $35,000 for silver and $22,000 for bronze. It scales down until 8th place which got $5,000.
- The Guardian Shares Their Top Photos From Worlds
Meet Gary Martin's Coach
Streleckis was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March but didn't let that stop him from engineering one of the most memorable seasons in prep mile history.
Looking Ahead To The Rest of the Year
From world record chases to era-defining rivalries, here are the eight stories Jonathan Gault will be following closely throughout the 2022 track season.
Are The Marathon Trials In Trouble?
As USATF searches for a bidder for the 2024 Trials, those in charge of recent Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston and Atlanta believe the Trials' financial model is unsustainable. Will anything change?
Ross Tucker Speaks
We paid one of the top sports scientists in the world to analyze the Shelby Houlihan doping case and CAS ruling. He has 2 pieces for us, the piece above is an opinion piece where he answers our questions. In a 2nd more technical piece, Ross goes through the CAS decision step by step and outlines in clear terms exactly what Houlihan argued and why he thinks CAS ultimately (correctly) ruled against her.
The new and improved LetsRun.com forum is here. Read about the new features. Or just check them out yourself.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen listens to the Letsrun podcast. Why don't you?
Your latest American stars share their insights.
American Record Holders
American Record Holders
Keira D'Amato, the new American record holder in the marathon, was joined by Deena Kastor, who held the record for 15 years.
Sisson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast after she became the first American to go sub 67 in the half marathon on a record-eligible course. Podcast highlights above. Full pod here.
Woody Kincaid joined us after he broke the American record indoors at 5000. He talks above why he left the Bowerman Track Club. Podcast highlights and link to full podcast here.
Coogan's New Balance Boston team had 3 Olympians in 2021 and 2022 could be the biggest year yet for the program with 2 new additions and the TRACK at New Balance coming on March 1st.
Danny Mackey has taken the Brooks Beasts from an unproven club to the Olympic podium in its first decade.
Dathan Ritzenhein is the first of the top pro coaches to sit down and talk about his club heading into the 2022 campaign.
Best of Jon Gault
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