2015 Athletissima Lausanne - Lausanne IAAF Diamond League
2015 Lausanne Men's Recap: Mo Farah Dominates & Nijel Amos (1:43.27) Takes Down David Rudisha
Running in his first race since the NOP doping investigation became public, Mo Farah celebrated his win as if he'd won a World title while Nijel Amos won a big battle in the men's 800 but limped off the track injured.
Lausanne Women's Recap: Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn Have to Settle for 3rd as Sifan Hassan (4:02.36) & Virginia Nyambura (9:16.99) Grab Wins in 1500, Steeple
Hassan was far and away the best over the final 100 as she won over Faith Kipyegon (4:03.38) while Simpson was third in 4:03.54. Nyambura won for the third time in four DL races with Coburn running 9:20.67 for third. Switzerland's Selina Büchel won the non-DL 800 (2:01.68) while Dawn Harper-Nelson (12.55 100h) and Allyson Felix (22.09 200) also grabbed wins.
Lausanne Women's Preview: Emma Coburn Goes for AR in Steeple; Jenny Simpson Tries to Keep Winning Streak Alive in 1500
Teammates Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson will look at a minimum to mark themselves as favorites for Worlds. Could they also get American records in the process? Shannon Rowbury will look to become just the 5th woman in history to join the sub-2:00/sub-15:00 club.
Worlds Comes Early: Thursday's Lausanne DL Meet Is Totally Loaded - 5 of The 6 Fastest 5000 Men Will Battle With Mo Farah and Caleb Ndiku in 5000; Amos, Aman, Rudisha and Centro in 800
The distance fields in this one are unreal. If you want to know who the favorite for Worlds is in the 5000 and 800, you must watch this meet.
Outside Letsrun
Christian Taylor Is USATF Athlete Of THe Week After His 18.06m TJ Win At The Lausanne DL Meet
UK Independent Opinion Column: "Mo Farah Would Do Better To Bite His Tounge"
"If Mo Farah had not already shelled out thousands for a PR firm, yesterday he’d have done well to hire one." Andy Vernon: “Like in the armed forces, you salute the rank not the person sometimes. I wanted to congratulate the performance. Whether we’re friends or not, I can appreciate a good performance but I get that reaction.”Zharnel Hughes wins 200m in 20.13 pb
Mo Farah allegedly tells team-mate Andy Vernon to 'f*** off' as spat between two reignites
IAAF: Christian Taylor topples Pichardo w 18.06 pb
Caleb Ndiku is excited to race Mo Farah but does urge Kenyan to pray for him - “Facing Mo at last. I feel much better and the pain is no more. I implore Kenyans to pray for us,”
In their only matchup before, Farah ran 3:28 for 1500.
Tyson Gay says he doesn't think he should be labelled a drug cheat
"When you put key words or a syringe by somebody's name, it manipulates someone's mind to believe you intentionally tried to do something and get away with it," said Gay. "That wasn't the case. If I would have made a decision to intentionally do something to hurt the sport I wouldn't have come back."Mo Farah returns to competitive action but is "conspicuous by his absence" at press conference
Allyson Felix says Bob Kersee will soon talk to people in charge of Olympic schedule to see if they'll make the 200/400 double doable like they did for MJ
"In my opinion, the schedule just doesn’t allow for it [at Worlds]. To me, it’s really disappointing because there are so many people who can do a 200m-400m double, and I think that we should be allowed to attempt it."Allyson Felix says Bob Kersee will watch her run in Lausanne then decide if she should double at World's
Full list of Americans competing in Lausanne
On The Boards
- More Mo Farah - Andy Vernon drama - Farah tells Vernon to "F*** off" after Lausanne win
- Gatlin 9.75 Lausanne is Bolt even going to show up for worlds?
- CENTRO!!!
- Lausanne - big let-down in distance races for American fans
- Making SFH proud - Great Asafa Powell pre-Lausanne quote: “This is the biggest race I’m going to be in for the season,”
- 2015 Lausanne 800m - What a Great Field - Amos, Aman and Rudisha + Centro!
- Will Emma Coburn follow Evan Jager in Lausanne with an AR?
- Mini World's: Mo Farah vs. Ndiku, Alamirew, Longosiwa and more in Thursday's Lausanne DL 5000
Event Recaps
Event Previews
- Lausanne Women's Preview: Emma Coburn Goes for AR in Steeple; Jenny Simpson Tries to Keep Winning Streak Alive in 1500
- Worlds Comes Early: Thursday's Lausanne DL Meet Is Totally Loaded - 5 of The 6 Fastest 5000 Men Will Battle With Mo Farah and Caleb Ndiku in 5000; Amos, Aman, Rudisha and Centro in 800