2016 Rio Olympics
Post-event Coverage
We Showed You The Money: LetsRun.com's Rio Olympic Betting Guide Picks Proved To Be Spectacular
Looking for proof positive that we are experts when it comes to track and field? Read this. If you followed our betting advice, you would have received at least an 80.2% return.August 23, 2016
RRW: Alan Webb Says Matt Centrowitz's Gold Represents Century Of Dedication
Webb heaps a lot of praise on Centro saying that he thinks he can get the American mile record and "it wouldn't be bittersweet" to lose it.August 23, 2016
More from Rio: Mo Farah Doesn't Like Answering Questions About Jama Aden and SAFP Doesn't Like Taking Questions About Usain Bolt
September 1, 2016
Russians Have Hacked WADA and Want You To Think Simone Biles Is A Drug Cheat Because She Takes ADHD Medicine
September 13, 2016
Who Rocked The LetsRun.com Rio Prediction Contest? A State Champion High School Coach, A Dude on His Honeymoon - The Talented Winners Span From All Over The Globe
See who the kings and queens of LetsRun.com are. Our winners hail from all over the globe. A state champion coach from the US won overall, but other winners included a woman from England, a 66 flat half-marathoner from Atlanta and a Canadian. Our runner-up made his picks just days after landing the woman of his dreams.September 30, 2016
Outside Letsrun
After Stint As Olympic Head Coach, Vin Lananna Reflects On Rio Perfromances
Lananna said he felt it was an example of "taking the Hayward Field magic and bringing it to South America." *Video Interview With LanannaAugust 30, 2016
Recommended Read: NY Times: "Legacy Of Rio Olympics So Far Is Series Of Unkept Promises"
Less than 6-months after the Games, many sites have been abandoned despite government promises there would be "no white elephants" left behind. One local complained, "The government didn't have the money to throw a party like that, and we (the taxpayers) are the ones who have to sacrifice."February 16, 2017
Recommended Read: Christoph Harting Describes What It Was Like To Follow In His Brother's Footsteps And Become An Olympic Discus Champion
Harting says that when his brother won in 2012 he told himself he was going to do it too and throw ever farther.January 30, 2017
Team USA Spends The Day At The White House With Some Track Athletes Getting Special Mention In President Obama's Speech
Abbey D'Agostino got a special shot out as Obama said she was "what the Olympic spirit and the American spirit should be all about." *NBC Sports: "President Obama: “2016 belonged to America’s women Olympians. Y’all crushed it." *AP: 1936 Olympians Receive Overdue Recognition At White House *Video, Photos, Quotes (Allyson Felix) From USA TodaySeptember 30, 2016
Kenyan Op-ed: "Olympic Shenanigans Mirror What Our Country Has Become"
The author says the problems that went down in Rio are "a microcosm of Kenya today."September 13, 2016
Bahamas Federation Defends Controversial Decision To Not Let Shaunae Miller Do The 400-200 Double In Rio
Miller is the Bahamas 200m NR holder and would have likely been a medal threat, but she did not run the 200 at the trials so was only selected for the 400.September 6, 2016
Molly Huddle Reflects On Her Race At The Olympic 10,000
She went through 5K in 14:55 and says, “It was a lonely last 5K for me and hard to reconcile trying not to get lapped while also trying to stay on pace for the American Record."September 4, 2016
Recommended Read: Olympic 400H Champ Dalilah Muhammad Is A True Symbol Of Progress For Muslim Women
While Muslim women competing in sports while fully covered were celebrated as progress, Muhammad is a practicing Muslim who competed uncovered and got little attention for it.September 4, 2016
Kip Keino Says He Won't Resign Over Rio 2016 Management Fiasco
“I understand they are looking for me, they want to arrest me. I will issue a statement (Tuesday). No, no, no (quit) for what reason?August 30, 2016
On The Boards
- Funny video: bicyclist catches Kichoge's hat as he throws it off
- Would Lagat have medaled the Rio 1500m?
- Four Paralympians Just Ran The 1500m Faster Than Anyone At The Rio Olympics Final
- So, which Olympians DIDN'T stay in the athlete's village? (Other than NOP.)
- The mens 400m world record is a joke
- How arbitrary is an Olympic Gold medal?
- TMZ-style behind the scenes in Rio - who was the jerk athlete?
- what's the benefit of not wearing a watch during a marathon?
- 3 things that bothered me re Rio T&F . . . . and props to Rupp!
- Looking for volunteers to hand me a new hat at each mile of my 5k this weekend.