– Jake Wallis Simons, writing in The Telegraph about the David Rudisha documentary “100 Seconds to Beat the World: Father, Son and the Holy Coach,” which debuted Tuesday in the UK to rave reviews. Here’s how you can watch it for free.
MB:Official 2014 World Junior Discussion Thread
Day 1: LRC M 10k: Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei Comes Back In The Final Lap To Win 1st Gold Of Games Over Kenya’s Elvis Cheboi Cheptegei, whose 27:56 PR was 34 seconds better than anyone else in the field, did all of the work after taking the lead from Japan’s Keisuke Nakatani just after four miles and he was rewarded with the victory. Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Mekonnen, who won the Dubai Marathon in 2:04 in January, was listed on the entries when they came out on Sunday but did not start. *RRW*IAAF
*MB:Kenyan press quotes David Monti saying of men’s 10k winner, “Is he (Cheptegei) really under 19?”
LRC 800 Heats And 1,500 Semis: Sabrina Southerland Is Only American To Advance As Patrick Joseph Just Misses Out Southerland was a comfortable third in her heat of the women’s 800 while Joseph missed an auto spot into the finals of the men’s 1,500 by just .36 seconds. Grant Fisher and Raevyn Rogers struggled and failed to advance.
Full Coverage in 2014 World Juniors Special Section.
Superstar Sprinter Kaylin Whitney Got Her Start In Athletics In As A Two-Year Old In A “Jolly Jumper” Her mom talks about Whitney being an active child whom she would always have to chase in store parking lots.
Highlights From Pre-World Junior Champs Press Conference Includes quotes from Mary Cain and Trayvon Bromell.
US’s 4 X 800 World Indoor Record And Mary Cain’s 1,000 World Junior Record Ratified By IAAF So too was Jamaica’s 4 x 200 from World Relays.
We span the globe in The Week That Was.
*MB:Apples to oranges: Webb ran 3:46 solo
It’s time the IOC put the athletes’ interests first.
Tracksmith: New Premium Performance Running Brand Launches Tracksmith, a performance running brand that celebrates the style and culture of the sport, launched this morning. Friend of LRC, Matt Taylor, the man behind the Usain Bolt iPhone game and chasingtradition.com, and the former Global Head of Marketing for Running & Training at Puma, is one of Tracksmith’s founders. He wanted to create a different type of brand that celebrates the grace, style and tradition of the world’s oldest sport, with products designed and manufactured in America (mostly in New England). Good luck to Matt. Check it out at www.tracksmith.com.
England 400 Hurdler Meghan Beesley Pulls Out Of CGs With Stress Fracture
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