2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Day 2, March 8, 2014

USA's Chanelle Price Wins World 800m Indoor Gold Leading Wire-To-Wire, Poland's Angelika Cichocka Gets The Silver And Marina Arzamsova Bronze
Chanelle Price took it out really hard and hung on to win gold at 800 at the World Indoors. Wire-to-wire, pr, world-leading time for the win. Impressive. Recap, analysis, post-race video. *Post race interview with World Champion Chanelle PriceMarch 9, 2014

Womens 1,500m Final: Abeba Aregawi Dominates For Gold, Treniere Moser Misses The Medals, Heather Kampf Falls
Abeba Aregawi went out and crushed the field. There have now been 3 DQs after the race. Moving Canada's Nicole Sifuentes to bronze and Treniere Moser to 4th (and back to 5th after an appeal).March 8, 2014

Ayanleh Souleiman fulfills his promise and wins men's 1500 gold - Nick Willis 4th but then DQd
World, meet the newest mid-d star Ayanleh Souleiman. Souleiman controlled the race from start to finish, as Nick Willis came up just short of a medal, Will Leer was a non-factor and talked about a possible boycott of USAs. Recap, results, and video and a dance by Souleiman. *DiscussMarch 8, 2014

Post Indoor Worlds Video With Ayanleh Souleiman, Nick Willis, and Will Leer
Post-race video and comments from Souleiman, Willis, and Leer.March 8, 2014

Could a Little More Distance Training Earned Ashton Eaton $50,000? Eaton Wins World Heptathlon Title In Almost World Record Missing It By 1.18 Seconds
Eaton was ahead of WR pace going into the heptathlon 1000m, but came up a bit short and missed breaking his WR by 14-points. We decided to take this opportunity to talk distance running with Eaton and see what kind of a training a double-multi-event WR holder does.March 8, 2014
Daily Schedule
Race | CST | CET |
---|---|---|
1500 Meters Final | 12:00pm | 7:00pm |
1500 Meters Final | 1:00pm | 8:00pm |
Outside Letsrun
Mauro Vinicius Da Silva Defends Long Jump Title in Dramatic Fashion
IAAF recap. Da Silva was out of the medals until his final jump when he snatched gold.March 8, 2014
IAAF Recap of 60m Hurdle Final: Nia Ali Pulls the Upset
A Pr in the final got Nia Ali the upset win over Sally Pearson.March 8, 2014
Abrahamson: Is winning gold ever ‘failure’?
March 8, 2014
Valerie Adams wins third world indoor title
March 8, 2014
Kenyan paper also rips Kiplagat: "Kiplagat’s habit of chocking at the big stage continued"
March 8, 2014
Bronze is pure gold for Tom Walsh in shot put
March 8, 2014
DQ cost Nick Willis $8000
March 8, 2014
Sally Pearson: "I stuffed up out there tonight"
March 8, 2014
Day 2 IAAF Recap: A night of big surprises as Sally Pearson is beaten
Team USA's Nia Ali pulled a huge upset in the women's 60mh over Sally Pearson, but there were also stunned all over the place.March 8, 2014
Andrew Osagie full of belief entering 800 final
March 8, 2014
On The Boards
- Will Eaton break the World Record again? - 9 points ahead of pace with just 1k left!!
- Will Leer Ran Stupid
- Souleiman 3:37.52 Wins It! Willis 4th And DQed
- Womens 1500m - 3 DQs - Sifuentes Bronze?
- Heather Kamph Tripped then DQ'ed in the 1500m Final!!!!!!!!!!!
- White People Win the 60 and the 400
- How about Dwain Chambers???