Rooks stunned the world by nearly winning the gold medal in the steeple at the Olympics. Up next on Sunday is his first Diamond League meet ever (and only one expected this year).
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Ingebrigtsen crushed Hocker over the final 200 to win in 3:27.83 as Americans Hocker (3:29.85) and Hobbs Kessler (3:30.47) finished 2nd and 3rd.
Olympic champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran 1:41.11 in the 800 to move into a tie for #2 on the all-time list and scare David Rudisha's world record. Rasheed Broadbell handed Grant Holloway his first defeat of 2024 and US 800 champ Nia Akins, who competed in a logoless kit in Lausanne, has officially left the Brooks Beasts. We broke down Lausanne down right after the meet, click on the video to hear LRC's post-meet analysis.
If you missed the action from Thursday's Athletissima Lausanne Diamond League meet, you can catch up by watching the major events here.
We break down the return of the Diamond League, Noah Lyles calling it a season, and are joined by Mike Scannell, the coach of Grant Fisher.
Conner Mantz & Clayton Young lead the US men's field, while Hellen Obiri will defend her women's title. Is the title of World #1 at stake in the men's race?
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The Olympics produce the most incredible highs and lows. Which athletes overachieved and overachieved in the Paris track and field action?
Almost no one who emerged from the repechage made the final in Paris. World Athletics president Seb Coe admits, "It was an IOC creation. It wasn’t something that we chose ourselves."
One final look back at Paris, a look ahead to LA and we pay respects to Usain Bolt's 100m world record and ponder how Tyreek Hill could do in a race vs Noah Lyles.
MB: New docuseries on Ingebrigtsens coming out on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 20 - Born To Run You can watch the trailer above.
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For the first time since 2014, neither Eliud Kipchoge or Kenenisa Bekele will be in the men's race as they are getting old and recovering from the Olympics so new stars will shine. Can what former half marathon WR holder Kibiwott Kandie get the job done? What about the fastest debutant in history Tigist Ketema for the women?
*MB: 2024 BMW Berlin Marathon Elite Fields Released - And for the first time since 2014, neither Kipchoge or Bekele will be there
ASICS Falmouth Road Race elite fields released - Ben Flanagan, Jake Riley, John Korir, Emma Bates, Edna Kiplagat, and Everlyn Kemboi are in it The race is Sunday.
Was this the best Olympic track & field competition ever? Why did the US men run so well? Plus the greatest unanswered questions from Paris 2024 and why Jakob Ingebrigtsen should not abandon the 1500m.
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Hassan set an Olympic record of 2:22:55 just 37 hours after earning bronze in the 10,000, outkicking Assefa by 3 seconds. Hellen Obiri took bronze in 2:23:10 as Trials third-placer Dakotah Lindwurm was the top American in 12th (2:26:44).
What a final night of track and field. Emmanuel Wanyonyi put on a masterclass in the men's 800 and was still nearly beaten by Marco Arop as Bryce Hoppel had to console himself with an American record. World record scares in both 4x400s, plus a jump-off in the high jump.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Faith Kipyegon are nearly untouchable in the 5000 and 1500 respectively and they showed that as Grant Fisher picked up medal #2 from Paris. Plus, Georgia Bell and Jess Hull's breakout years ended with Olympic medals.
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Tola, who was only named to the team less than two weeks ago, was sensational as he went 64:51/61:35 go get the win. Americans Conner Mantz (2:08:12, 8th) and Clayton Young (2:08:44, 9th) were fantastic. Kenenisa Bekele was 39th (2:12:44). Eliud Kipchoge was DNF.
Mantz (8th, 2:08:14) and Young (9th, 2:08:44) ran strong and surprisingly fast on a very tough Paris Olympic course.
Chebet edged Italy's Nadia Battocletti by .10 to win a tactical 10k, Benjamin blew away Karsten Warholm in the home straight, and the US women won 4x100 gold but the men faltered at the Olympics again.
Wilson said he was not 100% and credited his teammates for propping him up, while Hoppel is full of confidence and ready for a big PR in the final. We'll be doing out show tonight earlier - 5:30 pm ET as need to sleep for the marathon.
*Friday Aug. 9th Track and Field Morning Session Thread?!!
SML did it again with WR #6, running 50.37 to win the 400 hurdles as Femke Bol got bronze. Letsile Tebogo ripped a 19.46 for 200m gold as a COVID-stricken Noah Lyles was 3rd.
It took 3:56 to make the final in the second heat and there is an NCAA athlete in the final but her name isn't Maia Ramsden. Plus we'll tell you who our "Cole Hocker" is in this race.
Kenneth Rooks is now an American distance legend thanks to a huge gutsy race that results in him winning the sivler medal behind Olympic legend Soufiane El Bakkalli who repeated.
Hall's time ranks him #4 all-time and silver medalist Matthew Hudson-Smith's 43.44 is #5 as an American outkicked a Brit for gold in Paris for the second straight night.
We'll break down the crazy silver medal from Kenneth Rooks and the gutsy run from Quincy Hall. To get our bonus shows as a podcast, join our SC tonight.
We give you the higlights of the semifinals of the men's 110 and 400m hurdles, and the women's 400.
A total of six men fell across three different incidents in the 5k. Four of the six were advanced, but neither Nur nor 2021 silver medalist Moh Ahmed were put in the final.
The top four broke the Olympic record as Josh Kerr took silver, Yared Nuguse bronze, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen was 4th. Hocker and Nuguse (3:27.80) both smashed the American record.
The 4th fastest man in history did not run poorly tonight. In fact, despite serving as the unofficial rabbit for 1425 meters, Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran faster than when he won in Tokyo and only 1.51 seconds slower than when he was running behind rabbits in Monaco, but he lost to three different men who stepped up their games as Cole Hocker had the greatest close ever in a sub-3:29 race. What can Jakob try moving forward to get back on the podium?
Men's 1500m On The Boards:
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It was the first medal for On ever on the track. Plus, what would Dathan advice Jakob to do in the 1500?
For the most part, the runners' post-race comments were more interesting than the racing on the track, although it should be noted that 3:53 runner Birke Haylom was awful and ended up in the repechage round. Hull has an interesting theory as to how she’s been able to improve so much and Robert Johnson asked Nikki Hiltz some nuanced questions about how Hiltz’s participation in sport as a trans athlete differs from Lia Thomas’.
According to the Ugandan head coach, they have pulled out because they "were unable to recover in time" from the 10,000m on Friday where Cheptegei won and Kiplimo finished 8th.
Keely Hodgkinson executed a brilliant front-run to win 800 gold in a negative-split 1:56.72 while Beatrice Chebet outkicked Faith Kipyegon in the final 100 to win the 5k.
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.
