2013 IAAF Moscow World Track and Field Championships
Day 6, August 15, 2013
Men's 1500m Final: Kiprop Is Golden, Centro Shines Silver, and Cronje Gets Surprise Bronze as Kenyan Plan Not Executed
LRC recap and analysis of the men's 1500m final won by Asbel Kiprop with Matt Centrowitz silver.August 18, 2013
Alysia Montaño Goes For It But Comes Up Agonizingly Short as Brenda Martinez Snags Bronze; Eunice Sum Stuns Mariya Savinova For Gold
LRC recap and analysis of women's 800m final won by Eunice Sum.August 18, 2013
Jenny Simpson Wins Silver As Abebe Aregawi Holds Her Off For Gold; Mary Cain 10th
Two years ago, Jenny Simpson left the IAAF World Championships in Daegu with a gold medal in the women's 1500. This year, after the women's 1500 final was run tonight in Luzhniki Stadium, Simpson is leaving with a silver medal, but she'll leave with these championships with perhaps something more important - total respect from US distance aficionados. Jenny Simpson in our book is now the greatest US women's 1500 runner in history.August 15, 2013
The King Still Rules - Ezekiel Kemboi Hands Upstart Conseslus Kipruto His First Loss of Year; Evan Jager 5th
The future of the men's steeplechase may one day very soon belong to Kenya's 18-year old phenom Conseslus Kipruto, the 2011 World Youth and 2012 World Junior champ who had won all six of his steeples this year before tonight, but the present still very much belongs to Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi.August 15, 2013
Women's 1500 Post Race Interviews: Jenny Simpson, Mary Cain, Hannah England, Areba Aregawi, Hellen Obiri, Zoe Buckman,
Audio and Video interviews with the top performers in the 1500m final.August 15, 2013
Video of Women's 1500m Final 2013 World Track and Field Championships
Video of the women's 1500m final. USA Visitors only.August 15, 2013
Video of Men's Steeplechase Final 2013 World Track and Field Championships Moscow
Video highlights of the men's steeplechase final. USA Visitors only.August 15, 2013
Post Race Interview With Evan Jager, New Canadian Record Holder Matt Hughes and Alex Genest
Video interviews.August 15, 2013
Brigetta Barrett Survives High Jump Qualifying Scare, Then Hams it Up With Reese Hoffa
We haven't heard this in the mixed zone before: "I thought you were going to slap my butt. I was like 'girl I didn't think we knew each other like that.'"August 15, 2013
Women's 800 First Round: The Three Americans Move on As Montaño and Martinez Win Their Heats
After a night off, the 2013 IAAF World Championships resumed Thursday morning. The first event on the track was the opening round of the 800 which produced only one significant elimination as the field was narrowed down from 31 to 16.August 15, 2013
Reese Hoffa All But Gives the 2013 Shot Put Gold Medal to Ryan Whiting
Reese Hoffa with some very interesting comments in the mixed zone.August 15, 2013
Daily Schedule
| Race | CST | +04 |
|---|---|---|
| 200 Meters Quarterfinals | ||
| 200 Meters Semifinals | ||
| 800 Meters Quarterfinals | ||
| 1500 Meters Final | ||
| Final | ||
| Final | ||
| 3,000 Meter Steeplechase Final |
Outside Letsrun
NY Times Recap of Final Day of Worlds
Usain Bolt led Jamaica to a 4×100 win and Teddy Tamgho became the 3rd man over 18 meters in the triple mump.
August 18, 2013
Famed Coach Renato Canova on the Steeple Final and the Future of the Event.
Excellent, excellent read. Canova coached world record holder Saif Shaheen.
August 15, 2013
Despite Revealing Gold Medals To Russian Security Guards, Mo Farah Prevented From Entering Practice Track Area For Post-Race Massage
August 15, 2013
Associated Press on Mary Cain's 10th Place Finish
The article is on the whole day’s action, but Cain gets the most attention. It’s got a quote from former phenom and convicted doper Mary Slaney.
August 15, 2013
Wall Street Journal Profile on Mary Cain
August 15, 2013
Ezekiel Kemboi, Mahiedine Mekhissi - set for new steeplechase duel
“He (Kemboi) is my best friend off the track but my worst enemy on it” - Mekhissi
August 15, 2013
Kemboi Being Kemboi: He Wins Steeple, Reveals Shirt Supporting President Kenyatta, Clowns With Mekhissi
Mekhissi and Kemboi clowned around on the medal stand while Kipruto wanted no part of it. ”It’s good to be king.” -Kemboi said.
August 15, 2013
Kirani James Makes No Excuses in Post-Race Interview
August 15, 2013
Hungry Merritt powers to gold as James fades
“I’ve said it many times already, I was hungry. Probably the hungriest person in the field” Reuters.
August 15, 2013
Haile Gebrselassie Said He Never Thought Farah Would Be Good Enough To Medal And Beat The East Africans
“He didn’t think I had it. I still remember that clearly. People have always got their opinion. At the time he just didn’t see any Africans getting beat. I was disappointed to hear that because he was someone I saw as a role model …”
August 15, 2013
On The Boards
- WHAT DID EZEKIEL'S SHIRT SAY?!
- WC Men's Steeple Final thread
- Official 2013 Women's 1500 Final Discussion Thread: Talk about Jenny Simpson and Mary Cain Here
- J.Simpson front runs to a Silver Medal. More "sacrificial lamb" nonsense
- CONGRATUALTIONS to Jenny Simpson, But Cain WTF???????
- Why Isn't Rowbury Running 1500 Now at Worlds?
- Men's 10,000 - Rupp will have to PB to medal
- Biggest Surprise in Moscow 10,000m
- Who else got really excited when Ritz took the lead?
- RUPP: 2011, 2012, 2013: six championship races, one medal. Can we safely call the London 10,000 a FLUKE?