Archived Homepage For July 27, 2022

Commonwealth Games Start Thursday

GB 20-Year-Old 800m Star Max Burgin Withdraws From Commonwealth Games With Injury He developed a deep vein thrombosis in his right calf which caused him to pull out of Worlds and now the CWG.
*MB: Max Burgin dropped out of Worlds due to blood clots
GB's Dina Asher-Smith Pulls Out Of Commonwealth Games With A Hamstring Strain She picked up the injury during the 4x100 in Eugene.
After Defending His World Javelin Title, Grenada's Anderson Peters Is Looking For More Gold In Birmingham
Four Canadians Including Andre De Grasse Pull Out Of The Commonwealth Games Included De Grasse and two of his 4x100 gold medal teammates. The reason cited was the quick turnaround between Worlds and the CWG.
Team Northern Ireland Has 4 Athletes Withdraw Ahead Of Commonwealth Games
Birmingham 2022 Being Hit By A "Dozen" COVID Cases A Day
India's Olympic Javelin Champ Neeraj Chopra Out Of Commonwealth Games Due To Injury
The Guardian: 10 Things To Watch Out For At The Commonwealth Games
Trinidad And Tobago Named Hosts For The 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games

World Athletics Saying Goodbye To The Little 'q' At The Paris Games

World Athletics To Introduce Repechage Round At Paris 2024 Olympics For Events 200m To 1500m

Rather than have athletes make it out of the heats with a small 'q' based on time, they will all compete against each other in another round to make the semi-final

Athletics Weekly Says The Reaction To The Repechage Announcement Has Been "Rather Negative" Multiple athletes including Dai Greene, Mark English and Gabriela DeBues-Stafford criticized it and pointed out that it puts the athletes forced to run an extra round at a disadvantage in the semi-final
MB: World Athletics Moves Away From Small q in 2024
MB: How the hell do you pronounce ‘repechage’

On The Boards

Was Worlds In Eugene A Success?

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NBC gets good World Champs ratings and The Times of London notices Sunday afternoon’s coverage of the championships on NBC averaged 2.235 million TV-only viewers.
*MB: Great news: World Champs on NBC CRUSHES F1, beats Wimbledon in tv ratings!!!
Irish Independent: "Should athletics have brought its showpiece event (to Eugene)? Probably, is the short answer. It was worth a try."
Seb Coe wants Worlds to return to US, but not to Eugene "I want to be back in L.A. or Miami or Chicago.”
Oregonian: Eugene has mixed success, but it’s just a starting point as World Athletics looks to revive track & field in United States - oregonlive.com
NY Times: The OAC had a poor World Champs, but in the age of social media does performance matter any more? “We had kind of a rough meet,” said Ritz in the article that looks at how so many track teams are obsessed with social media now.
Los Angeles Times: Despite success at worlds, track popularity lags in U.S.
LA Times writes that USATF will have "a circuit of meets in five U.S. cities next summer that its chief executive, Max Siegel, likened to the Diamond League in the quality of its international fields. " We'll believe it when we see it.

More Worlds Medals

Dominant Women's 4x400 Win Caps Record Breaking Haul For USA Sydney McLaughlin's 47.91 leg was faster than anyone else in the race by more than a second.
US Illustrates Dominance With Men's 4x400 Win The US beat Jamaica by over two seconds.
France's Kevin Mayer Regains World Decathlon Title
Germany's Malaika Mihambo Wins Wins Second Straight World LJ Title

2022 Worlds

LRC True Grit: Athing Mu Becomes American Legend By Winning 2022 World 800m Title

Mu is the first American mid-d/distance runner to win world + Olympic titles. And she's still only 20. Raevyn Rogers and Ajee' Wilson missed the podium.

LRC Masterclass: Jakob Ingebrigtsen Dusts Field Over Final 200 to Win 2022 World 5,000m Title

Ingebrigtsen bounced back from 1500 silver to take 5,000 gold in impressive fashion.

More Sunday Talk

Was The Women's 100H Sus?

NY Times: "An Amazing World Record Runs Into a Question: Was It Too Amazing?" Michael Johnson questioned all the times in the women's 100H saying, "I don’t believe 100h times are correct. World record broken by .08! 12 PBs set. 5 National records set ...All athletes looked shocked."
Michael Jonson Accused Of "Black Racism" After Questioning Nigerian Sprinter Tobi Amusan's 100H WR Johnson responded to the backlash on Twitter saying, "The level of dumbassery coming across my feed right now is truly staggering! As a commentator my job is to comment. In questioning the times of 28 athletes (not 1 athlete) by wondering if the timing system malfunctioned. I was attacked, accused of racism, and of questioning the talent of an athlete I respect and predicted to win. Unacceptable. I move on."
The Telegraph: "Super Spikes Debate Reignited As Tobi Amusan Shatters 100H World Record" After the race it was revealed that Amusan was actually wearing adidas super spikes actually meant for 5000/10,000 runners.
MB: Something is Wrong in Eugene...WR and a lot of PB, NR and SB in one SemiFinal Hurdles Race

WTF: Tobi Amusan 12.12

World record in the semis. Discussion here: A world record in a semi-final?!
12.12, that can't be right.
Something is Wrong in Eugene...WR and a lot of PB, NR and SB in one SemiFinal Hurdles Race
Unofficial Day 10 Eugene World Championships Thread
I'm Pumped for the Men's 5000m

Mondo Ends Worlds With World Record

Worlds Final Day Live Recap Show

Saturday at Worlds

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LRC Gudaf Tsegay Closes in 59.95 To Win Her 1st World Outdoor Title In Women’s 5000

Sifan Hassan gave it a go and had the lead at 700 but Tsegay is your champion. It was a tough night for the Americans.

LRC Meet the Guy Who Stormed the Track After the Women's 5,000 at the 2022 Worlds A Trigrayan protestor ran onto the track to embrace Tsegay.

LRC Back-to-Back: Emmanuel Korir Adds World 800m Title to Olympic Crown

The unsponsored Korir used a huge final 200 to win and emerge as an all-time great in the event after Canada's Marco Arop led most of the way

Supporters Club Podcast Recapping Saturday's Action

Saturday Sprint Talk

Saturday Distance Talk

Unsponsored Emmanuel Korir!

US Shocked in Men's 4 x 100

US Pulls Shocker In Women's 4 x 100

Gudaf Tsegay Wins

World Relay News

Canada Upsets US To Win Men's 4x100m Gold Andre De Grasse on beating the US on home soil: "It felt great to do it, to spoil the party for them."
US Surprise Jamaica In Women's Huge Women's 4x100 Upset The US ran the 5th fastest time in history (41.14) to beat the Jamaican team with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson and Shericka Jackson by .04.
Allyson Felix Goes From Eating Hot Wings In "Retirement" To Running Fastest Leg For Team USA In 4x400 Heats Felix says she was eating hot wings and a root beer float at a LA restaurant when she got the call to run the 4x400.
World Bronze Earns British Men Relay Redemption After Olympic Heartbreak ...Assuming no one on this squad fails a drug test this time.
Dina Asher-Smith Could Miss Commonwealth Games After Sustaining Injury In World 4x100 Asher-Smith pulled up injured while running GB's third leg, leading them to dropping from 3rd place to 6th place.

US Sprint Stuff

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US's Defending World Champ Nia Ali Crashes Out Of 100 Hurdle Heats She was leading the race, but hit her knee on the second to last hurdle and fell. US's Alaysha Johnson also went out in the heats as she messed up her steps and DNF'd before the third hurdle.
Noah Lyles On Being An "Influencer": "Originally I thought my job was to run. No, your job is to sell shoes. And the more you do it, the more they will pay you.” Talking about the clock initially flashing 19.32 (which would have tied Michael Johnson's American record) rather than 19.31, Lyles said, "I didn’t want it to say 19.32. I wanted my own time. Nobody wants to share a record. I was just begging it to change, like: ‘Come on, don’t do this to me.’"
MileSplit Video: Sydney McLaughlin - From HS Star To World Record Holder
Runner's World: 5 Things You Should Know About Michael Norman He is coached by former Olympic champion Quincy Watts and trains with 400 hurdler Rai Benjamin.

International Sprint News

GB's World 400m Bronze Medalist Matt Hudson-Smith Reveals He Attempted Suicide Last Year Hudson-Smith says he's gone through three years of "absolute hell."
Shaunae Miller-Uibo Is Done With The 400m After Getting Her Missing Title She now wants to focus on the 200m.
Cathal Dennehy: Sarah Lavin Relishes "Living The Dream" At World World Champs After Injury Woe
*Sarah Lavin Survives Hurdles Scare To Make World Semi-Final
Dina Asher-Smith Pays Tribute To Inspiration Grandmother Asher-Smith says she's been dealing with the grief of losing her grandmother a couple months ago.

Worlds Field Event Updates

Australia's Kelsey-Lee Barber Successfully Defends World Javelin Title She threw a world leading 66.91m to beat US's Kara Winger and Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi.
Grenada's Anderson Peters Retains World Javelin Title With Dominant Series In Eugene He had three throws over 90 meters (with a best of 90.54m) to win over India's Olympic champ Neeraj Chopra (88.13m).
China’s Feng Bin Gets Surprise World Discus Win She beat out two-time Olympic and world champ Sandra Perkovic and US's Olympic champ Valarie Allman.
Portugal’s Olympic Triple Jump Champion Secures His First World Title With World Leading 17.95m
US's Hammer Throw World Champion Brooke Andersen Donates Singlet To Museum Of World Athletics

Worlds Friday

50.68!

LRC Sydney McLaughlin Runs 50.68 to Destroy 400m Hurdles World Record & Win 2022 World Title

McLaughlin took a ridiculous .73 off the 51.41 record she set at USAs in June.

Norman Gets Gold

LRC Day 8 Worlds: Michael Norman & Shaunae Miller-Uibo Are Golden As All Three American Women Make 800 Final

Plus Kara Winger wins USA’s 1st-ever women’s javelin medal in her 5th and final Worlds.

Friday Worlds Talk

World Relay Updates

Allyson Felix "Comes Out Of Retirement" To Run The 4x400 Heats For Team USA Felix said, "The coaches asked if I was available and there was no way I’d turn the team down."
Andre De Grasse Will Run On Canada 4x100 In The Final After helping Canada finish second in their heat De Grasse said, "I'm feeling good. I like our chances tomorrow."
New York Post: "World’s Sexiest Athlete Alica Schmidt Suffers Heartbreak At World Championships" The German sprinter failed to qualify for the mixed 4x400 final, but will run again on the women's 4x400.
Marvin Bracy Anchors Team USA To A World Leading 37.87 In World 4x100m Heats
Team USA Leads All Qualifiers In Women's 4x100m Heats With 41.56

Doping News

Top US Decathlete Garrett Scantling (4th In Tokyo Last Year) Missing Worlds Due To Doping Suspension Scantling is suspended for a potential tampering violation due to his actions during an investigation into his third whereabouts failure."
2:05:19 Kenyan Marathoner Philemon Kacheran Out Of Commonwealth Games After Failing Drug Test
Indian Sprinter Dhanalakshmi Sekar And Triple Jumper Aishwarya Babu Out Of Commonwealth Games After Failing Drug Tests

LRC Noah Lyles (19.31) Breaks Michael Johnson’s 200m American Record to Lead US Sweep at 2022 Worlds

Kenny Bednarek got the silver and Erriyon Knighton became the youngest track medallist in history.

Shericka Jackson runs 21.45 (#2 time ever) and becomes 1st sprinter to medal at 100, 200, & 400

What a way to win your first gold.

LRC The American 800 Stars Go 3 for 3, The Men's 800 Final Is Set, and Abdihamud Nur Goes Pro & Beats The World Leader

Plus we explain why Sam Parsons was the happiest man at Hayward Field and how Woody Kincaid has been cursed in 2022.

Thursday Talk in Eugene

MB: Noah MF Lyles 19.31 for #3 all-time as Americans sweep the medals with Kenny Bednarek 2nd (19.77) and Erriyon Knighton 3rd (19.80).
NOAH LYLES 19.31 4th fastest time ever and the third fastest athlete ever
How close to the women's 200m WR will the women run tonight?
Noah Lyles 9.16 final 100. Wow.
Is Algeria the Morocco of 2022? What's up with those two unknown Algerians winning two heats
SAM MF PARSONS
Just noticed Bednarek wears two dangling earrings one on each ear..
jakob wtf
Kincaid Fall?
Fred Kerley Tweeting About 5K
OAC Bombing @ Worlds?
Props to Jonathan Gault for asking the verboten question
Luis Grijavla has BALLS
Nur has signed with Nike

More Worlds Sprint Stuff

Ben Bloom In The Telegraph: "Athletics Still Haunted By World Records Set By 1980s Dopers" Bloom writes, "No female world record has come close to being broken in any track distance (discounting hurdles) from 100m to 800m since 1988. Field events are little better, with the high jump, long jump, discus and shot put world records also untouched since the 1980s."
Fred Kerley Won't Run On US 4x100 Due To Injury He only finished 6th in his 200m semi-final after grimacing with pain down the final straight.
The Telegraph: "How Doping Scandal Split The British Relay Team" The 4x100 team lost their Olympic silver from last year due to CJ Ujah's failed drug test. Then they barely qualified for worlds. Can they still compete for a medal?
Double NCAA Champs Joseph Fahnbulleh Gives His World 200m Final "A B Minus At Best" He missed out on a medal by .04.
Michael Johnson Says 2022 Bronze Will Be As Satisfying As 2019 Gold For Dina Asher-Smith Johnson writes, "This time, the caliber of the competition she was getting into was so much higher."
Former Olympic Heptathlon Champ Jessica Ennis-Hill: "Dina Asher-Smith And Katarina Johnson-Thompson Are Proof That, Sometimes, Gold Isn't Everything" Both British women failed to defend their world titles from 2019.

Wednesday at Worlds

LRC Norah Jeruto Wins Her 1st Steeplechase World Title In Style - 8:53.02 Championship Record

In a historically fast race, no one was faster than Norah Jeruto of Kazakhstan as the US medal streak was snapped at 4 global champs in a row.

LRC Disaster: All Four US Men Eliminated in Round 1 of 800, Including Defending Champ Donavan Brazier

Only one US man ran well and he ran really well but was controversially DQd. On the plus side, all three US women made the 5000 final.

RRW: In A Difficult Moment, Canada's McBride Shows Incredible Grace A collision involving a current Mississippi St. star and an ex-one resulted in one going down hard to the track.
Caster Semenya gets eliminated without being noticed at World Championships She was eliminated after running 15:46.12.
*MB: Sifan Hassan had no idea Caster Semenya was in the 5000 in Eugene “Caster Semenya ran the 5,000?” Hassan asked again. “ I had no idea. I didn’t even know she was here. Did she make it?”

Wednesday Worlds Talk

Non-LRC Worlds Coverage

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Non-LRC Worlds Coverage

Seb Coe stands strong & vows to save women's sports: ‘Biology trumps gender’

*MB: Seb Coe deserves MEGA PROPS: "Biology trumps gender.... I’m really over having any more of these discussions with second-rate sociologists"

Jake Wightman will let gold medal sink in before turning attention to Commonwealth Games
Shericka Jackson and Stephen Francis say last year's disaster in 200 has her ready for tonight's final
AW: Keely Hodgkinson is now running full-time and going for gold in Eugene “For me I went to university to basically move out and try to live as close to a full-time athletics life as I could. Now I actually can do that. I’m in a good position. I’m really thankful for that. Uni probably wasn’t for me. If I wasn’t an athlete I probably wouldn’t have gone.
Timothy Cheruiyot not surprised by his lack of medal in Eugene as he missed a bunch of time with a hamstring injury “I was suspecting I will post such results because I missed training for a few months before the Championships because of a hamstring injury," said Tim C.
Mo Farah’s story draws horror, understanding in Somalia

Tuesday at Worlds

LRC Dreams Become Reality: Jake Wightman Stuns Jakob Ingebrigtsen to Win World 1500m Title

Wightman lived every miler's dream by outkicking the Olympic 1500 champ with 200 to go, becoming the first Brit to win the 1500 at Worlds since 1983. Wightman closed in 54.84, to Ingebrigtsen’s 55.24. In Tokyo, Jacob clocked 54.42 for the final 400m. You can watch the BBC broadcast and hear Steve Cram describe Wightman's win here.

SC Full Podcast Breaking Down Jake Wightman's Win & dos Santos win in the 400h Get daily breakdowns of each day's action in your podcast feed when you wake up frustrated as you were unable to find the race on US tv.

Alison dos Santos runs 46.29 and wins 1st gold over Benjamin (46.89) as Warholm fades to 7th and Trevor Bassitt snags bronze

Dos Santos said he was going to celebrate at a highly recommended local pizza joint and he's even splurge on soda.

Tuesday's MB Talk Regarding Worlds

LRC The Data Keeps Pouring In and It Continues To Look Bad For World Athletics and Great For Devon Allen

Another sprint event has largely been run since the Devon Allen DQ. We've analyzed the men's 200 data and it reaffirms our belief that something is amiss with the start reaction times in Eugene.

British Mid-D At Worlds

Good Read: Max Burgin Taking An "Old School" Approach To Training Burgin is coached by his father and they "put an emphasis on intensity and short recovery" as well as what Burgin describes as "monster hills."
Keely Hodgkinson Thinks Max Burgin Can Become GB's First World Outdoor 800m Champion “If he’s healthy and gets through the rounds okay then I think he’ll be walking away as world champion. He has an aura around him right now. But it’s funny because he’s really the sweetest guy.”
Video: Jake Wightman's Dad Commentates As He Wins World 1500m Gold
Jake Wightman: "Whatever happens in the rest of my career, I'm a world champion." Wightman talks about having his dad announcing in the stadium and his mom crying after he won.

Worlds Non-Distance News

Eleanor Patterson Joins Exclusive Australian Club With World High Jump Gold She became just one of ten Australian world champions. She cleared 2.02m to win on countback over Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh.
AP: For Ukrainian High Jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, World Silver Feels Like Gold
*Pre-Meet Article In NY Times By Jere Longman On Yaroslava Mahuchikh's Experience As A Ukrainian Refugee
Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh Wins Gold, Sets Championship Record (71.13m) In Men's Discus
Erriyon Knighton, Noah Lyles Set To Renew Rivalry In Men's 200m Final On Thursday

Olympic News

USATF Launching New Series Of Track Meets In The US To Try And Boost Track's Popularity Before The 2028 Los Angeles Games They want to bring track from the 8th most popular sport to the 5th. Right now they are behind football, baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming, tennis and motor racing.
MB: Upon further review, Jim Thorpe is your sole 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon champion He originally won both events, then was DQd as he'd played minor league baseball, then re-instated in 1982 as a co-champion and now is your only champion.
Start Date For 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Announced (July 14)
British Olympic Committee Discussing Potential 2036 Or 2040 Olympics Bid With Thomas Bach
Japanese Authorities Investigating Payments Of Almost $300,000 Made To Tokyo 2020 Board Member

Monday at Worlds

LRC Faith Kipyegon the GOAT Wins Global 1500m Title #4 at 2022 Worlds

Kipyegon sprinted away from silver medalist Gudaf Tsegay to win in 3:52.96. Laura Muir took bronze as Sinclaire Johnson was the top American in 6th.

LRC Soufiane El Bakkali Adds 2022 World Title to 2020 Olympic Steeplechase Crown, Jager 6th

El Bakkali was clearly the best in a mad sprint as his 8:25 winning time was easily the slowest ever at Worlds. Evan Jager was top American in 6th.

SC Day 4 Reaction Podcast: Kipyegon is the GOAT, El Bakkali FTW, Jager & Johnson 6th, USA Women's Marathoners Impress

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Worlds Field Event Medals

Ryan Crouser Shakes Off Joe Kovacs' Challenge To Win Shot Put Gold Crouser is the WR holder and two-time Olympic champ, but this was his first world title.
Katie Nageotte And Sandi Morris Go 1-2 In Pole Vault For Team USA They both cleared 4.85m, but Nageotte won on count back.
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim Wins Third Consecutive World High Jump Title With 2.37m
Belgium's Two-Time Olympic Heptathlon Champion Nafissatou Thiam Win's Her Second World Title With 6947 Points
Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas Wins Third Straight Triple Jump World Title US's Tori Franklin won bronze.
The San Diego Union: US's Brooke Andersen Goes From Soccer Player To World Hammer Champion
DyeStat: Anna Hall And Tori Franklin Earn Long-Awaited Medals For US Women (Both Won Bronze) Hall wins first us heptathlon medal since 2001 as Franklin became the first American woman to medal in the triple jump.
GB's Katarina Johnson-Thompson Frustrated At Failure To Challenge For Medals As She Finishes 6th In Heptathlon

Potential Catastrophe Avoided

Technology strikes again at 2022 #WorldAthleticsChamps when a cameraman decides to enter the race in men’s Steeplechase.
.@WorldAthletics #trackandfield
Not a good look for .@USTrackFieldFDN
Steeplechase is hard enough. pic.twitter.com/aPA40DQYY8
— King Tubby (@TeslaNotBoring) July 19, 2022

MB: STEEPLE MF CAMERAMAN

More Worlds News

Josh Kerr Ahead Of 1500m Final: "I never have any fear." “You’re going to watch me play hopefully the best game of chess I’ve done in my life. I am ready for anything. I’m ready to go out and run a PB so wherever whatever happens, happens and I’m just gonna give it my all. Hopefully I can go out there and be better than I was last year.”
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Fixes Wig Mid-Race But Still Qualifies 200m Heats She said that it is one of 10 wigs she packed for Eugene and she has different hair stylists "install them" for her.
Adam Gemili Blames "Relentless Bad Press" Over Coach Rana Reider For Failing To Get Out Of 200m Heats “There has been a lot of bad press around my set-up and me and it's been relentless, every week there’s been something and it's just taken its toll. Afterwards Gemili tweeted an apology for hitting out at the press.
Laura Muir Feels Relief With 1500m Bronze After Coming Back From "The Most Significant Injury" She's Ever Had She was on crutches in February with a stress reaction in her femur and didn't run for two months.

Day 4 MB Talk

Previous Worlds Coverage

LRC Was Devon Allen Screwed? There's At Least A 99.9% Chance That He Was

The data is in and there is something MAJORLY wrong with the reaction timing equipment here in Eugene. Devon Allen was screwed. World Athletics needs to make amends. At a minimum, an exhibition race with him and Grant Holloway and anyone else who wants to show up needs to be held.

Women's Marathon

LRC Gotytom Gebreslase Wins 2022 World Marathon Title as American Women Go 5-7-8

Sara Hall (2:22:10), Emma Bates (2:23:18 pb), and Keira D'Amato (2:23:34) posted the best finish ever by a US women's marathon team at Worlds.
*MB: LIVE NOW W Marathon

Pre-Race: RR Wash Post: She’s 37. A mom of two. And America’s fastest female marathoner. She’s 37. A mom of two. And America’s fastest female marathoner.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen listens to the Letsrun podcast. Why don't you?

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Fatalities Might Be Down, But COVID Is Still Killing Dreams

Olympic Champ Andre De Grasse Withdraws From World Champs 200m As He Still Deals With Symptoms From COVID De Grasse failed to make the 100m final after getting COVID for the second time less than three weeks ago. He still plans to run the 4x100.
Japan's World Champs Team Rocked By COVID As Eleven Members Test Positive Three of Japan's marathoners, Kengo Suzuki, Mao Ichiyama and Hitomi Niiya, weren't allowed to compete due to their positive tests.
GB High Jumper Morgan Lake Missing Worlds After Testing Positive For COVID

World Champs Drama

Rana Reider (Coach Of Medalists Marvin Bracy And Trayvon Bromell) Warned By Police After Being Caught In Athlete Warm-Up Area Without Accreditation Reider was denied accreditation because he is being investigated by US Safe Sport over sexual misconduct allegations.
Irish Athletes Were Furious With Athletics Ireland For Breaking Their Own Selection Criteria For Some Athletes And Rejecting World Invites For Others Athletics Ireland rejected world ranking invites for several athletes, but accepted invites for two shot putters to help World Athletics fill their "quota" in that event.
Cuban Javelin Thrower Yiselena Ballar Rojas Defects Before World Champs She won bronze at the U20 World Cup last year.

More Sprint Coverage

Devon Allen Says He'll Try Not To React So Fast Next Time "Track and field is so difficult, because you train your whole year for one competition that lasts 12 seconds, 13 seconds. And that's that. It's kind of like your identity is based all on that one competition, which is frustrating. But it happens. I'll learn from it, and I'll make sure I just kind of react not as fast next time."
Michael Johnson Praises SAFP's Longevity Over 100m "The 100m is arguably the most difficult event to repeat as champion, and she's done it five times."
Dina Asher-Smith "Gutted" And "Upset" Not To Get On Podium After 4th Place 100m Finish She equaled her 10.83 British record, but it wasn't enough to beat the Jamaicans.
Video Interview With Devon Allen: "Nothing I can do."

Sunday PM At Worlds

LRC Day 3 PM Recap: A Mouth Watering Men’s 1500 Final Is Set As Devon Allen DQ Overshadows American Gold Rush + SAFP the GOAT

Grant Holloway repeated as 110 hurdles world champ as the US went 1-2-3 in the men's shot put with Ryan Crouser claiming his first world title. Plus Jakob Ingebrigtsen reveals he listens to the LetsRun podcast.

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LRC 2022 World Athletics Championships Betting Guide and Odds

Want to make some money? Or at least try to make some money? Our betting guide tells you where the gambling value is for Worlds.

LRC Noah Lyles: "I’ve been saying this for years: when I’m on the relay, we ain’t losing... we might break the world record"

Noah Lyles said Team USA has been practicing more than ever and the team won't lose with him on it.
*Noah Lyles is pumped to have his brother on the 4 x 100 team with him How someone who was 5th in the 200 got on the 4 x 100 is something we'd like to know but we are happy they are practicing. "It’s an exact 180, I would say, one being on home soil, two having my brother, three having my whole family here. Everything that I didn’t have in Tokyo, I now have here at this world championships,”

LRC A 5-Minute Guide to the Marathons at the 2022 World Championships

Stars like Geoffrey Kamworor and Ruth Chepngetich are running. Who will win? With ideal conditions, could the times actually be fast? And can Galen Rupp medal? Plus meet one of the coolest stories of Team USA - Colin Mickow - the financial analyst who works a full-time job and runs 140-150 mpw.

LRC Women's 800 Preview: Can The Americans Produce A Historic Sweep Of The Medals?

Team USA took home two 800 medals in Tokyo but with Ajee' Wilson back in form can they make an unprecedented sweep of all three on home soil in 2022?

Worlds Is Less Than 10 Days Away

LRC Counting Down the 10 Most Exciting Stories at the 2022 World Championships

Can Grant Fisher medal? Can Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce win global titles 14 years apart? And how about a Noah Lyles-Erriyon Knighton rematch? Worlds is going to be sick.

MB: It's less than 10 days to 2022 Worlds. Here are JG's top 10 storylines. What events are you most into?

Meet Gary Martin's Coach

LRC Meet Gary Martin's Coach: Paul Streleckis Had Never Coached a Sub-5:00 Miler. Then Gary Martin Entered His Life.

Streleckis was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March but didn't let that stop him from engineering one of the most memorable seasons in prep mile history.

Looking Ahead To The Rest of the Year

LRC The Eight Most Interesting Track Storylines to Follow in 2022

From world record chases to era-defining rivalries, here are the eight stories Jonathan Gault will be following closely throughout the 2022 track season.

MB: Here are the 8 storylines I'll be watching most closely in track in 2022. What are yours?

Are The Marathon Trials In Trouble?

SC Are the US Olympic Marathon Trials Broken? Examining the Business Model of America's Greatest Marathon

As USATF searches for a bidder for the 2024 Trials, those in charge of recent Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston and Atlanta believe the Trials' financial model is unsustainable. Will anything change?

Ross Tucker Speaks

LRC Sports Scientist Ross Tucker Weighs in on the Shelby Houlihan Case

We paid one of the top sports scientists in the world to analyze the Shelby Houlihan doping case and CAS ruling. He has 2 pieces for us, the piece above is an opinion piece where he answers our questions. In a 2nd more technical piece, Ross goes through the CAS decision step by step and outlines in clear terms exactly what Houlihan argued and why he thinks CAS ultimately (correctly) ruled against her.

Discussion: Sports Scientist Ross Tucker breaks down the Shelby Houlihan case for us

LRC An Improved LetsRun.com Forum Is Here

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World Athletics To Introduce Repechage Round At Paris 2024 Olympics For Events 200m To 1500m

LRC True Grit: Athing Mu Becomes American Legend By Winning 2022 World 800m Title

LRC Masterclass: Jakob Ingebrigtsen Dusts Field Over Final 200 to Win 2022 World 5,000m Title

LRC Gudaf Tsegay Closes in 59.95 To Win Her 1st World Outdoor Title In Women’s 5000

LRC Back-to-Back: Emmanuel Korir Adds World 800m Title to Olympic Crown

LRC Sydney McLaughlin Runs 50.68 to Destroy 400m Hurdles World Record & Win 2022 World Title

LRC Day 8 Worlds: Michael Norman & Shaunae Miller-Uibo Are Golden As All Three American Women Make 800 Final

LRC Noah Lyles (19.31) Breaks Michael Johnson’s 200m American Record to Lead US Sweep at 2022 Worlds

Shericka Jackson runs 21.45 (#2 time ever) and becomes 1st sprinter to medal at 100, 200, & 400

LRC The American 800 Stars Go 3 for 3, The Men's 800 Final Is Set, and Abdihamud Nur Goes Pro & Beats The World Leader

LRC Norah Jeruto Wins Her 1st Steeplechase World Title In Style - 8:53.02 Championship Record

LRC Disaster: All Four US Men Eliminated in Round 1 of 800, Including Defending Champ Donavan Brazier

Seb Coe stands strong & vows to save women's sports: ‘Biology trumps gender’

LRC Dreams Become Reality: Jake Wightman Stuns Jakob Ingebrigtsen to Win World 1500m Title

Alison dos Santos runs 46.29 and wins 1st gold over Benjamin (46.89) as Warholm fades to 7th and Trevor Bassitt snags bronze

LRC The Data Keeps Pouring In and It Continues To Look Bad For World Athletics and Great For Devon Allen

LRC Faith Kipyegon the GOAT Wins Global 1500m Title #4 at 2022 Worlds

LRC Soufiane El Bakkali Adds 2022 World Title to 2020 Olympic Steeplechase Crown, Jager 6th

SC Day 4 Reaction Podcast: Kipyegon is the GOAT, El Bakkali FTW, Jager & Johnson 6th, USA Women's Marathoners Impress

Day 4 MB Talk

LRC Was Devon Allen Screwed? There's At Least A 99.9% Chance That He Was

LRC Gotytom Gebreslase Wins 2022 World Marathon Title as American Women Go 5-7-8

LRC Day 3 PM Recap: A Mouth Watering Men’s 1500 Final Is Set As Devon Allen DQ Overshadows American Gold Rush + SAFP the GOAT

Recommended Read The Washington Post: U.S. DOMINATES track championships but Devon Allen is disqualified

LRC 2022 World Athletics Championships Betting Guide and Odds

LRC Noah Lyles: "I’ve been saying this for years: when I’m on the relay, we ain’t losing... we might break the world record"

LRC A 5-Minute Guide to the Marathons at the 2022 World Championships

LRC Women's 800 Preview: Can The Americans Produce A Historic Sweep Of The Medals?

LRC Counting Down the 10 Most Exciting Stories at the 2022 World Championships

LRC Meet Gary Martin's Coach: Paul Streleckis Had Never Coached a Sub-5:00 Miler. Then Gary Martin Entered His Life.

LRC The Eight Most Interesting Track Storylines to Follow in 2022

SC Are the US Olympic Marathon Trials Broken? Examining the Business Model of America's Greatest Marathon

LRC Sports Scientist Ross Tucker Weighs in on the Shelby Houlihan Case

LRC An Improved LetsRun.com Forum Is Here

American Record Pod: Yared Nuguse and Wood Kincaid Open Up

Webb, Ritz, and Hall

Madeline Manning Mims

Frank Shorter

LRC American Marathon Record Podcast: Keira D'Amato and Deena Kastor

LRC Emily Sisson - The Next US Marathon Superstar?

LRC Woody Kincaid - On His American Record and Leaving Bowerman

LRC New Balance Boston's Mark Coogan

LRC Brooks Beasts' Danny Mackey

LRC OAC's Dathan Ritzenhein

The Rise of Syracuse: How a Cross Country Powerhouse Was Built From Scratch in 10 Years

26:59: The Story of Chris Solinsky's American Record and Upset of Galen Rupp

The Summer of Webb: An Inside Look at Alan Webb’s Magical 2007 Season

Dreams Become Reality: Jake Wightman Stuns Jakob Ingebrigtsen to Win World 1500m Title

Wejo Speaks: Why I Sucked in College

Escorting Paula - How LRC Co-Founder Weldon Johnson Paced Radcliffe To Her 1st World Record

American Strong: How American Teamwork Helped Meb Keflezighi Win Boston

LRC's Robert and Weldon Johnson Named as Two of “The 50 Most Influential People in Running”

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