– Ultra runner Adam Campbell, who survived a lightning strike during the Hardrock 100 Mile this past weekend and went on to finish 3rd.
Crazy story. Hudson is the head of HSI, agent to many former sprint stars. *Discuss Here
Russian Anti-Doping Agency Investigating Coach Viktor Chegin, Who Has Coached 17 Athletes Banned For Doping The investigation is in response to an online campaign led by Aussie Olympic medalist Jared Tallent.
LRCDavid Rudisha Is Really Back, Ajee Wilson Keeps Rolling, Silas Kiplagat And Chris O’Hare Impress, And The Consistent Leo Manzano?The non-Emma distance action was pretty good with Rudisha crushing the field @ 800.
LRC Glasgow Day 2, Sprints & Field Events: Michelle-Lee Ahye Keeps Winning And Dafne Schippers Is The Netherlands’ Version Of Ashton Eaton Ahye remained perfect in the 100 while Schippers won the 200 over Allyson Felix and set two national records in the span of two hours. There were also wins for Christian Taylor (triple jump), Jeff Henderson (long jump) and Blanka Vlasic (high jump).
Glasgow Photos: Day 2, Day 1
Plus Emma Coburn Photo Gallery:
USADA Trying To Get John Drummond’s Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed It seems likely that this will happen. According to this article the statements made by Travis Tygart and Tyson Gay come from a court affidavit not released to the public and the inquiry into Drummond only became public when he filed his suit against USADA.
All of that and more, including wise words of wisdom from David Rudisha who says "Don't spoil your kids."
Truly Shameful: Athletics Canada Not Taking Anyone To Commonwealth Games In Men’s 1,500 Even Though Nate Brannen Has Run Fast Enough Brannen ran 3:38 this year, which beats the Commonwealth 3:40 standard, but not AC’s stricter 3:37 standard. Brannen has a 3:34 PR and made the Worlds final last year and projects to get sixth in the final. Why wouldn’t you want to send him?
RIP:Alice Coachman Davis, The First Black Woman To Win An Olympic Gold Medal, Has Died At Age 90 Davis won gold in 1948 in the high jump with an American record of 1.68m. She won 10 straight US national titles from 1939 to 1948. She overcame many challenges as an African American living during a time of legalized segregation.
IAAF Profile On Dawn Harper, Who Is The World Leader In The 100H In 2014 And Is Making A Comeback In The Diamond League Points Tally It’s 2014, but there is still mention of how she was overshadowed by Lolo Jones when Harper won gold in 2008 and Jones hit a hurdle and missed the medals.
Day 2: LRC Emma Coburn Takes Down Jenny Simpson’s American Record, Runs 9:11.42 In Glasgow Emma Coburn‘s torrid 2014 continued as she set her fourth PR of the year in the steeple but this one was historic for her and many others in the race. Read all about it.
*LRC Exclusive: Emma Coburn Speaks After Setting American Record In Glasgow A focus on competition, not time, gave Coburn the AR.
*MB Talk: Emma Coburn 9:11.42 American Record – THANK YOU
*Video Of Emma’s Run
*Coburn Now Dominates All-Time US List With 5 Of The 6 Fastest US Steeple Times And 7 Of The Top 14 A bit overlooked, Stephanie Garcia is now 4th on the US all-time list behind Coburn, Jenny Simpson and Anna Willard as she ran 9:24 in Paris and then again in Glasgow.
LRCGlasgow Day 1 Distance Recap: Sifan Hassan Wins Again, Hagos Gebrhiwet Returns To Form, The Americans Struggle Mightily In The 5,000 And Jordan Hasay PRsJordan Hasay was dead last in the 1,500 but was an American bright spot as she still PRed by over 2 seconds. The American men struggled big time in the 5,000. *Day 1 TV Photos
LRC Sprint/Field Ashton Eaton Celebrates, Yohan Blake Leaves In A Wheelchair, McCorory Over Richards-Ross, Big Throws By Americans, Alonso Edward Is Back In Glasgow The sprint and field action was interesting to say the least.
Friday Glasgow Talk On The Message Board: Official 2014 Glasgow DL Discussion Thread
1,500: JORDAN HASAY with 3-sec PR over 1500m
5,000: DOWN GOES LAGAT… to Cam Levins over 5000m!!!
*Lagat 13:27.08 is this it for him?
*LAGAT, LEVINS, MEAD, SOI, LONGOSIWA, ALAMIREW, ROP, etc. all racing in Glasgow on Friday!
Sprinting: Down goes Blake! Down goes Blake! Down goes Blake!
*Glasgow DL: Proof that Drug-Testing works
*Jamaican sprinters’ funk – off the sauce with JADCO’s feet to the fire?
LRC LetsRun, Meet Sydney McLaughlin – The 14-Year-Old Who Nearly Beat An NCAA Champ Last Week But Is Too Young For World Jrs!
*DyeStat.com’s Doug Binder: “Is the process for selecting the U.S. junior team fair?”
*MileSplit: Introducing The World Juniors Snub Team Trentavis Friday ran a HS record with 10.00 in the prelims, but won’t go on the 4 x 100 because he false started the final.
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