New Zealand's Beamish passed six runners in the final 200m to win in 3:54.91 over a field that included Craig Engles (5th in 3:56.00). In the women's race, Norris lead nine women under 4:30 to win in a PB of 4:25.92, the fastest mile time in the world this year. Nikki Hiltz was second (4:26.48).
Doubt Kipchoge at your own peril as the WR holder was even more dominant today than he was in 2016 as he walked away from the field over the last 10k. Training partners's Abdi Negeeye and Bashir Abdi took silver and bronze, with Kenya's Lawrence Cherono just missing out. Galen Rupp ran with the lead group for most of the race, but couldn't respond to the break and finished 8th.
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Updated with analysis/ quotes Sifan Hassan completed her historic triple with gold in the 10,000m. One of the greatest feats ever at the Olympics.
Updated with analysis/ quotes Jakob Ingebrigtsen took down Timothy Cheruiyot for the first time on the biggest stage.
LRC recap and analysis now up. Seidel ran an aggressive race, staying with the leaders throughout to finish in third. Kenya went 1-2 with Peres Chepchirchir taking the gold in 2:27:20 over WR holder Brigid Kosgei (2:27:36). Seidel was ten more seconds back in 2:27:46.
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Updated Cheptegei was too good the final 500 as Paul Chelimo had to dive for bronze in lane 3.
updated Faith Kipyegon wins in 3:53.11 Olympic record while Laura Muir gets the silver (3:54.50) and Sifan Hassan the bronze (3:55.86).
Kenya has the world record holders in Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei, and both will be favorites for gold, but the Olympic marathon rarely goes to form. Here's what you need to know. Update: Women's marathon moved up an hour to 5 pm ET.
The only thing missing from Galen Rupp's career is the Olympic gold medal. Can he get it Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics?
The US men keep struggling on the track.
Replay of Friday's morning action here. Marathon will be on USA Network and streamed here. USA / Stream
Ryan Crouser DELIVERED big time and became the first male Rio Olympian to defend his crown while the US men's 4 x 100 came up short yet again. Jamaica's Hansle Parchment earned a shock gold in the men's 110 hurdles in 13.04 as Holloway took silver in 13.09.
Hear what Centro, Hocker, and everyone else had to say after their races in Tokyo.
Katir was a 3:36/13:50 guy at the start of the year but could end it as Olympic champion. Or could Paul Chelimo win the US's first gold in this event since Bob Schul in 1964?
Sifan Hassan might have her hands full with Letesenbet Gidey even if she wasn't trying to triple. We preview the women's 10,000m.
updated Courtney Frerichs made Steve Prefontaine proud as Peruth Chemutai of Uganda got the upset win and Emma Coburn was not a factor. Replay of all the action here
updated Emmanuel Korir put his 400 speed to good use in a tactical 800 final as Clayton Murphy and Nijel Amos were last and second to last respectively.
updated The Americans didn't have a great night, but two made the final - the most of any country and equal to Australia for which Jessica Hull set a NR.
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A day after the men produced a historically good 400h, the women did it as well. Gold #1 for McLaughlin as Dalilah Muhammad (51.58) crushed the old world record (51.90) and Femke Bol (52.03) came close.
(updated) Athing Mu delivered an American record gold medal performance on the biggest stage possible while fellow 19 year-old Keely Hodgkinson got silver and American Raevyn Rogers PRd for bronze.
Thompson-Herah won in 21.53, just .19 seconds of FloJo's WR.
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What a race. Was that the greatest race in the history of track & field?
Some fairly big names struggled, one fell, and Yared Nuguse did not start. Updated with quotes/ analysis.
Warholm's WR overshadowed everything else in Tokyo on the first session of day 5 but we still recap it here for you.
updated 12 hours after falling in her 1500m prelim on the final lap and still winning her heat, Sifan Hassan dispatched Hellen Obiri with ease on the final lap to get gold #1.
updated Kenya had not lost a men's steeple at the Olympics since man first walked on the moon.
We recap the semis of the men's 400, women's 200, and women's 400m hurdles.
Video show and podcast recapping all the track action from Day 4 in Tokyo.
Camacho's-Quinn's near-perfect season continued but she came up short in her WR quest, the men's LJ was extremely dramatic and Shericka Jackson was surprisingly eliminated in the women's 200.
Sifan Hassan, running 12 hours before the 5,000m final, fell on the final lap, picked herself up and still won her heat.
Jacobs, a converted long jumper who was born in El Paso, ran two European records in three hours, winning the final in 9.80 ahead of the USA's Fred Kerley (9.84) and Canada's Andre De Grasse (9.89).
Nijel Amos and Isaiah Jewett fell to the track, but now Amos has been put in the final. Clayton Murphy made the final with a high wire act down the homestretch.
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FloJo’s 33-year-old 10.62 Olympic record is gone as Thompson-Herah moved to #2 on the all-time list. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce earned her 4th Olympic 100m medal by taking silver in 10.74.
Ross let up at the line and missed out on the final auto spot in his heat by .03. China’s Lijiao Gong won the women’s shot put as the USA’s Raven Saunders & New Zealand’s Valerie Adams took silver & bronze.
Should Hassan pull off triple gold, it would automatically become the greatest accomplishment in the history of women's distance running. But with Faith Kipyegon, Gudaf Tsegay, Hellen Obiri, and Letesenbet Gidey standing in her way, she's no lock for gold in any event.
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His betting odds dropped big time after the run.
Athing Mu is your gold medal favorite and American great Ajee Wilson did not make the Olympic 800m final.
Jake Riley's rise to the top of the US marathoning world has not been an easy one. He's got his sights set even higher in Tokyo.
Your latest American stars share their insights.
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.
