Kipchoge has said he wants to run all the majors but his NYC debut will now have to wait at least until 2024. Will Kipchoge ever remove the Pete Sampras-esque French Open hole on his CV and win a hilly major?
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Eliud's NYC Debut will have to wait
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- Recommended Read Excellent World Athletics Profile of Mario Garcia Romo Who Is Already Faster Than Coe, Cram & Aouita: "I thrive on the big occasions.” MGR raves about the NCAA system, talks about what it's like to share a flat with one of your biggest rivals, reveals he's focused on winning Worlds and that the best is yet to come both this year and in the future as he's purposely never maxing out in training
*MB: WA has put out an great profile of Mario Garcia Romo who reveals the best is yet to come: "I'm not training at 100% right now." - MB: Monaco Starts Lists Are Out - Men's 400h and Men's 5000 Are INSANE Mark your calendars for July 21. The big 3 are scheduled to clash in the 400h while the 5000 has 5 of the 6 fastest men in the world plus Katir in Aregawi (12:40.45), Cheptegei (12:41.61), Kiplimo (12:41.73), Haile (12:46.21), and Gebrhiwet (12:49.80).
On The Boards
On The Boards
Jonathan Gault's Retrospective On The 2023 USAs
Plus which distance group is the best in the US and thoughts on Sha'Carri Richardson's no-show in the mixed zone.
More on Tuesday's Semenya Ruling
- Recommended Read Ross Tucker explains what it decision means and talks about why Semenya should be banned from women's athletics "World Athletics (WA) presented a very strong argument to CAS in 2019. That is, a person with a DSD undergoes normal male development and this creates performance advantages, which women’s sport is meant to exclude....Whether this choice is correct depends on perspective. I would submit that women’s sport exists for biological reasons — it excludes a biological advantage that creates huge performance implications. Caster Semenya is a beneficiary of male biological development — her testosterone levels are high, because it’s normal for males, with testes, to have very high testosterone levels."
*MB: Caster Semenya is back baby! - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rules in favor of double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya in a case saying the Swiss Court did not give a fair hearing when she challenged the DSD rules "The case at the ECHR was not against sporting bodies or DSD rules - but specifically against the government of Switzerland for not protecting Semenya's rights and dates back to a Swiss Supreme Court ruling three years ago."
- Olympic champion Semenya says she is ‘elated’ after ruling in testosterone case but has ‘suffered’
Training Group News
- NAZ Elite And Head Coach Alan Culpepper Part Ways He had only been the coach for 14-months; his son, Cruz Culpepper is still on the roster. A source has said that the team expected Culpepper to move to Flagstaff where the team trains, but he never made the move, instead commuting from his home in Boulder.
*MB: Alan Culpepper officially out as coach at NAZ Elite - MB: Will Sumner to join team Rinaldi/Fast 8 TC
Random
Sprint Stuff
- Britton Wilson Signs With adidas
- Abby Steiner To Have Surgery After Missing World Champs Team Steiner revealed she's been struggling with a heel injury which will need surgery. She was planning on having it in September after Worlds, but now that she didn't make the US team, she might move the surgery date up.
- Arkansas' NCAA 100H Champ Ackera Nugent Goes Pro, Signs With Adidas
- Some Kenyans Outraged On Social Media That Sprint Star Ferdinand Omanyala Had To Wait In Line At The Airport A Kenyan politician posted, "I am very embarrassed as a Kenyan!!! How can KLM make Africa's record holder Ferdinand Omanyala queue at the international departures at JKIA??? HOW??? With my own two eyes, I saw all this unfold in front of me!!! This is utterly WRONG!!!!"
- Top 40 Greatest World Championship Moments: 30-21 At the 2019 Doha World Championships, Dalilah Muhammad set the 400H to hold off a then 20-year-old Sydney McLaughlin.
- Rai Benjamin Reveals He Won The 400H At USAs After Two Months Off With Injury He says he's waiting to see how he recovers from USAs before deciding if he wants to do the Monaco DL.
Catching Up On Some More Results From A Busy Weekend
- More From Jamaican Champs: Shericka Jackson Completed The Sprint Double With 21.71 Win In The 200m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was a distant second in 22.26. Commonwealth Games champ Rasheed Broadbell ran a 110H world lead with 12.94 to beat Olympic champ Hansle Parchment (13.12).
- Jemal Yimer (42:06) And Jesca Chelangat (47:33) Win Boilermaker 15k In Course Record Times Top Americans were Reid Buchanan in seventh (43:43) and Aliphine Tuliamuk in 5th (49:16). *Results
- Recap: Olympic Champions Yulimar Rojas And Jasmine Camacho-Quinn And World Silver Medalist Marileidy Paulino Impress At Central American And Caribbean Games In distance action, Venezuela’s Joselyn Brea had an impressive triple as she won the half marathon (1:15:04), the 5000m (15:10) and the 1500m (4:10). All three were championship records.
- A Rundown Of How Collegians Did In Their Various National Championships (Non-US) Last Weekend
Upcoming Action
- July 23: Noah Lyles, Fred Kerley, Erriyon Knighton And Zharnel Hughes Will Clash In The London DL 200m
- July 21: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone And Rai Benjamin Announced For Mondo DL On July 21 Benjamin will face previously announced Karsten Warholm and world champ Alison dos Santos in the 400H while McLaughlin-Levrone is up against Britton Wilson and Rhasidat Adeleke in the flat 400m. The men's 5000m field has also been updated with World XC champ Jacob Kiplimo, world silver medalist Jacob Krop, world 1500m bronze medalist Mohammed Katir and world leader Berihu Aregawi.
- July 18: WR Tobi Amusan Faces Olympic Champ Jasmine Camacho-Quinn And 2019 World Champ Nia Ali In The Istvan Gyulai Memorial 110H On July 18
- July 16: MB: Diamond League: Silesia start lists are out
European Under-23 Champs Start Thursday
- Keely Hodgkinson A Medal Contender In The 400m At The European U20 Champs Hodgkinson has a 52.24 PB, but faces several others who are faster including her compatriot Yemi Mary John (51.20 PB).
- Profile On Sonia O'Sullivan's Daughter Sophie O’Sullivan Who Is Racing The 1500m At Euro U23 Champs She comes in on a successful year where she set a PB of 4:08.06 and won the 1500m at the European Team Championships (division three) for Ireland.
- European Athletics Men's Preview
- European Athletics Women's Preview
Our Weekly Recap
There was a ton of great action last week outside of the US champs and we break it down for you. Plus is Oregon's future actually bright?
Semenya Wins ECHR Case
- Caster Semenya Wins Appeal At European Court Of Human Rights (ECHR) Semenya was fighting against World Athletics' rules requiring her and other DSD athletes to lower their testosterone to compete in the female category. Semenya had failed her previous two legal battles and this decision was very close as a panel of seven sided with Semenya, 4-3. This may allow Semenya to eventually challenge the previous Swiss Supreme Court or CAS rulings, but as of now, the World Athletics rules remain in place.
*MB: Caster Semenya is back baby!
- World Athletics Responds To ECHR Decision; Insists DSD Rules Will Stay In Place The case was against the Swiss Government, not World Athletics, so they are not bound by the judgement.
- Irish Times: "Still a long road for Caster Semenya despite winning discrimination ruling" This was a victory on paper for Semenya, but the decision will likely be challenged by the Swiss government in a lengthy legal process that means she's not much closer to actually being able to compete without lowering her testosterone.
Athing Mu Opts Out Of The 1500
Sinclaire Johnson, the top US finisher in the 1500 at Worlds in 2022, will take her spot.
2023 USAs
2023 USAs
Nur was great over the last 1k as Woody Kincaid's big kick was nowhere to be seen and Grant Fisher was a DNS. The women's 5000 was a carbon copy of the 10,000 with Cranny a dominant winner.
Hoppel repeated while Akins made her first team in style. Ajee' Wilson's streak of making teams ended as she finished dead last.
Day 4 MB Talk
- Official 2023 USATF Outdoors Day 4 Discussion Thread
- Copper Teare :(
- Katelyn Tuohy's last lap was amazing / Katleyn Tuohy Fastest Final 100 in field
- Katelyn Tuohy GOES HOME DEVASTATED!!!!!!!
- TUOHY IS DONE
- How many BTC athletes jump ship?
- It’s Mike Smith’s World and We’re All Living In It
- Elly Henes / Katelyn Tuohy
- Abby Steiner Doesn't Know How To Run
- Woody Kincaid on Joe Klecker: “Is it a rivalry if I haven’t lost to him?”
- 3 Americans have run 12:46.96-12:54.99 in the last year - none of them running 5k at Worlds
- SEAN "TWO TEAMS*" MCGORTY
- Sinclaire Johnson
- PREDICTION - Sha'Carri drops the 200, Abby Steiner makes the team
- Joe Waskom's hair
- Cranny - Surprised
- Will Sumner to join team Rinaldi/Fast 8 TC
More US Champs Coverage - Sprints
- Gabby Thomas Runs The 6th Fastest 200m Ever To Beat Sha'Carri Richardson To US Title She ran 21.60 to Richardson's 21.94. Erriyon Knighton won the men's 200m in 19.72 over Kenny Bednarek (19.82) while Rai Benjamin ran a quick 400H in 46.62. In the women's 400H, 2015 world silver medalist Shamier Little beat 2019 world champ Dalilah Muhammad, 53.34 to 53.53
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Scares US 400m Record With 48.74 World Lead To Win USAs It was the fastest time since 2019 and just missed Sanya Richards-Ross' 48.70 American record. Nia Ali won the 100H in 12.37 over former WR holder Keni Harrison (12.42). Bryce Deadmon won the men's 400m in 44.22 while Sha’Carri Richardson's wind-aided 21.61 (+2.6) in the 200m prelims was #6 all-time under all conditions.
- Daniel Roberts Wins Third US 110H Title, Just Edging D2 Star Cordell Tinch Roberts won 13.05 to 13.08. Grant Holloway won his semi in 13.10, but didn't run the final (he has a bye to worlds as the defending champ) and Devon Allen was a DNS in his semi as he's dealing with an injury.
- High School Junior Mia Brahe-Pedersen Was 7th In The 100m At USAs She ran 11.08 and has a chance to be selected for the relay pool for Budapest. She also made the 200m final and finished 8th.
- USA Today Picks Their Winners And Losers From US Champs They weren't too interesting with their "losers" as Devon Allen was the only individual they singled out and he was a scratch with injury.
More US Champs Coverage - Field
- Reigning World Champions Ryan Crouser (Shot Put), Katie Moon (Pole Vault) And Brook Andersen (Hammer) All Victorious In Return To Hayward Field Crouser won his 4th straight title while Moon added to her world lead with 4.90m. Other field event winners on Sunday were Valarie Allman who won her fifth straight discus title, Tara Davis-Woodhall in the LJ, JuVaughn Harrison in the HJ.
- Recent Grad Hana Moll Finishes 3rd In USA Champs Pole Vault With A New National High School Record Of 4.61m She isn't likely to go to Worlds though as she would need to get in based on world ranking.
- Chris Nilsen Captures His Third Straight US Pole Vault Title As KC Lightfoot And Sam Kendricks Finish Outside The Top-3 Nilsen cleared 5.91m to win while Kendricks and Lightfoot tied for 4th on countback. Other field event winners included Rudy Winkler (hammer), Maggie Ewen (shot put), Marquis Dendy (LJ), Curtis Thompson (javelin).
UK Champs Day 2
- Katie Snowden Gets Shock 1500m Win Over Laura Muir At UK Champs Snowden closed the gap on Muir's surge and outkicked her in the last 100m, 4:09.86 to 4:10.24. In the 800m Keely Hodgkinson ran 1:58.26 to win over Jemma Reekie (1:58.93). Jessica Warner-Judd won the 5000m in a tactical 15:53.
- Dan Rowden Wins Close Three-Way 800m Finish At UK Champs Max Burgin went out hard at the front, but was run down by Rowden and Ben Pattison at the end with finishing times of 1:45.13, 1:45.15 and 1:45.16.
- Zharnel Hughes Completes UK Champs Sprint Double With A Wind-Aided 19.77 (2.3m/sec) Victory In The 200m The time would have been a British national record if it hadn't been slightly wind-aided. (The 19.87 record is from 1994 by John Regis.)
- Zharnel Hughes Reveals He Pushed Himself So Hard In A Workout Earlier This Year That He Had To Go To The Hospital “I push myself tirelessly. I ended up in hospital because I couldn’t breathe, my sugar dropped a little bit but I’m here, excited and running fast. ...I didn’t pass out but I couldn’t recover properly and every time I tried to get up I couldn’t stand up for long."
- Daryll Neita Wins UK 200m Title In 22.25
Day 3 USAs
Day 3 USAs
Has the US found two new potential steeple stars? Plus learn about 31-year old journeyman who just made his first team.
Joe Waskom 2nd, Cole Hocker 3rd. Waskom doesn't have the Worlds standard but after Saturday his ranking should be high enough to go to Budapest.
Cory McGee was 3rd, edging Sinclaire Johnson by .01, but Johnson could go to Worlds if Mu focuses on the 800 only.
Day 3 MB Talk
- Official 2023 USATF Outdoors Day 3 Discussion Thread (+11 pm ET live reaction show)
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 48.74!
- Sha'Carri 21.61 in prelim!!!!!!!
- Congrats HILTZ for WINNING the 1500m not coming second
- Should we all apologize to Bobby Kersee and Athing Mu? Mu 2nd in 1500 at USAs.
- Ron Warhurst got Threshhold'd
- Will Sumner goes pro
- Centrowitz says he'll never run the 5k because there's no "glamour" or "hype" around the event
- Is Krissy Gear even clean?
- Wiley post-race interview with Jonathan Gault
- Sinclaire Johnson
- Here is the police report where it says Lauren Johnson told the cops Nick Johnson had prescriptions for both EPO and testosterone
Kenyan World Trials Day 2
- Timothy Cheruiyot Smokes 1500m Field In Sprint Finish The 2019 world champ ran 3:34.01 to beat world indoor 1500m bronze medalist Abel Kipsang (3:34.30) and world under-20 1500m champ Reynold Kipkor (3:34.34). Nelly Chepchirchir dominated the women’s race 3:59.77. – the fastest time ever at altitude according to World Athletics.
- World Athletics Full Kenyan Trials Recap: Ferdinand Omanyala Dominates 100m In 9.85 (0.8m/s) 800m wins went to Emmanuel Wonyonyi (1:44.09) and Peninah Mutisha (1:59.55). Irine Kimais won the 10,000m (31:52).
- World Silver Medalist Jacob Krop Wins Kenyan Trials 5000m In 13:15.72 Over Commonwealth Games 10,000m Silver Medalist Daniel Ebenyo (13:16.05)
- Former Olympic And Two-Time World Champ Conseslus Kipruto Misses Kenyan Team For First Time Since Before 2013 Kipruto was a DNF saying he hit his knee on a barrier and couldn't continue. He hasn't raced much this season with a DNF and an 8:17 win before this. Simon Koech won the race in 8:22.55 while WR holder Beatrice Chepkoech won the women's race in 9:09.43.
UK Champs Day 1
- Zharnel Hughes Defies Torrential Storm To Win British 100m Title In 10.03 Reece Prescod was 2nd (10.14) and "world's fastest accountant" Eugene Amo-Dadzie was 3rd (10.18).
- Dina Asher-Smith Dodges Curve Balls To Regain Her British 100m Crown After the race was delayed because of rain affecting the electric equipment, Asher-Smith won easily in 11.066 over Imani Lansiquot (11.26). In the women's PV, Molly Caudery got an upset victory over UK record holder Holly Bradshaw and moved to #2 on the UK all-time list with 4.71m.
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson Targeting Return To World Heptathlon Podium After Finishing 4th In British Champs 100H She ran 13.34, her best time in four years. British record-holder Cindy Sember won the race in 12.98.
More Non-USAs Action
- Joseph Deng Breaks Australian 800m Record With 1:43.99 In France He broke his friend and training partner Peter Bol's record by .01. But Deng was actually stealing it back as he previously owned the NR when he ran 1:44.21 in 2018 to break the then 50-year-old record. At the same meet, Bol stepped up to the 1500m where he finished second, running a PB of 3:34.52 ahead of 17-year-old Cameron Myers (3:35.01).
- World Athletics National Championships Round-Up
Non-USAs Results
It's the fastest time in the world this year, beating the 10.71 Sha'Carri Richardson ran at US Champs. Two-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah didn't make the world team as she finished 5th after dealing with injury this season. Rohan Watson won the men's race in 9.91.
- Karsten Warholm Storms To A 46.76 400H Win At Norwegian Championships It was the 7th fastest time in history (Warholm has four of the top seven).
- Arkansas' Ayden Owens-Delerme Wins Decathlon Gold For Puerto Rico At The Central American And Caribbean Games (8281 Points)
- MB: Julien Wanders 3:54.8 in Barcelona
Kenyan World Champs Trials Day 1
- Double WR Holder Faith Kipyegon Going For 1500/5000 Double At Worlds She won the Kenyan trials 5000m in 14:53 and has a wildcard entry in the 1500m.
- Mary Moraa Breaks Her Own National 400m Record To Win Kenyan Trials 400m In 50.38 She wants to run the 400-800 double at worlds and already has a wildcard entry in the 800m as the 2022 Diamond League champion.
- Nation: "Kenyan Athletes Taken Aback By New Anti-Doping Protocols" All Kenyan athletes competing at the World Trials had blood and urine samples taken the night before the meet started. Previously samples were only taken from the top athletes after competing. AIU official Thomas Capdevielle said, "Instead of running all over the country, most of the top athletes are here, hence it's convenient for everyone."
- Nicholas Kimeli Wins Kenyan 10,000m Trials To Book World Championships Ticket The world champs 5000m 4th placer ran 27:20 to beat Commonwealth Games 5000m silver medalist Daniel Simiu (27:30). World Half silver medalist Kibiwott Kandie finished 4th (27:47).
- Olympic 800m Champion Emmanuel Korir Pulls Out Of Kenyan World Trials Due To Injury Korir still has a wildcard entry to Worlds thanks to winning the 2022 Diamond League, but has been in poor form all season.
- Kenyan Media: "Hottest Female Kenyan Athletes - Faith Kipyegon And Laventa Amutavi Catch The Eye, But Who Else Makes The List?"
- Nation: "Kenya’s Japan-Based Legion Ready To Fight For Budapest Slots"
Day 2 USA Coverage
Day 2 USA Coverage
The Tracksmith-sponsored Charleston, who has no shoe sponsor, was running his first US final. Richardson overcame a slow start to win in 10.82.
The 800 semis always provide drama and that certainly was true on Friday night as both of Stanford's freshman phenoms failed to advance, Will Sumner got the job done, Nia Akins looked amazing and a surprise men's semi winner, Wes Ferguson, was tossed out.
Day 2 MB Talk
- 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships Official Day 2 Discussion Thread (+ live video show at 12 midnight ET)
- Roisin Willis pulls out of 800 semi's
- Sha’carri just let her crazy out
- I'm not back, I'm better." - Sha'Carri
- Heat of Death in Women's 800 Semis
- HS JUNIOR MIA BRAHE-PEDERSEN MAKES 100m Final
- Sha’Carri held secret meeting yesterday with the other athletes?
- WES FERGUSON DQd in 800
- OMG dismal attendance at Haywards Stadium, McDonalds refuses to stay open, Skin Head Parking Patrols
- A woman with a 34:01 10k PB will be heading to Worlds over Natosha Rogers
More Day 2 USAs Coverage
- Anna Hall Repeats In Heptathlon, Harrison Williams Wins Decathlon Williams scored 8,630 points (tied for #3 in the world this year) while Hall won comfortably with 6,677 points.
- Sha'Carri Richardson After Winning US 100m Title: "I'm not back, I'm better."
- Vashti Cunningham Wins Her 13th US High Jump Title With 1.91m Donald Scott beat out Will Claye in the TJ with 17.22m.
- Video: Trayvon Bromell Is Shutting Down His Season And Will Undergo Surgery He ran 10.14 to finish 6th in the 100m final.
Prediction Contest
USAs start Thursday but for our distance finals only prediction contest you have until Saturday evening to get your picks in.
UK News
- Athletics Weekly: 10 To Watch At UK Champs This Weekend Can "the world's fastest accountant" Eugene Amo-Dadzie make GB's world team after his 9.93 breakthrough last month?
- GB's Accountant Sprinter Eugene Amo-Dadzie Talks About What Got Him To Give Sprinting Another Try In His Mid-20s He says for a long time he "was just content with thinking that I could have made it," but one day when walking past a local track meet with a friend his friend asked why he had never taken sprinting seriously. Amo-Dadzie says, “That was the moment something in my mind switched and I didn’t have an answer for him. I didn’t have any reason to give him as to why I’d never tried it.”
- British High Jumper Laura Zialor Was Shocked She Had To Crowdfund Money For Her Surgery After UK Athletics Would Not Pay For It She ruptured her Achilles competing at the European Team Championships a couple weeks ago.
- Zharnel Hughes Talks About Learning From Training With Usain Bolt When He Was Younger And Being A Licensed Pilot Coach Glen Mills (who coached Bolt and Hughes) sees similar traits between them and has been able to help Hughes overcome the "apparent disadvantage" of starting slower because he's taller.
- AW: Five Takeaways From The English Schools Championships
Day 1 at USAs
Day 1 at USAs
Kincaid and Cranny were incredible over the final 200m to win the US titles. 3rd placers Natosha Rogers & Sean McGorty don't have the standard and will have to wait to see if they're headed to Worlds.
Reigning US champ Cooper Teare was eliminated from the 1500 on day 1 in a shock upset as Matthew Centrowitz made the final and Yared Nuguse was sublime. In the women's 1500, Addy Wiley looked great and Athing Mu PR'd. Will Sumner returned to form in the 800 where Nia Akins looked fantastic. Courtney Frerichs fell but advanced in the steeple.
Richardson's time was the fastest by an American in 12 years.
Day 1 USA MB Talk
- 2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships Official Day 1 Discussion Thread (+ live video show at 12 midnight ET)
- Jerry S is right? Teare is a 5k guy? Cooper Teare goes home devastated!! Drew Hunter outleans Teare for final spot!!
- I HATE to admit it, but Wiley is a superstar
- Colleen Quigley DNS
- Klecker hates Kincaid
- Sorry OAC, the Bowerman Babes Still #1
- Engels is DONE
- An Ode to Nuguse's 3:35
- How early does Grant Fisher have to make the move to beat Woody tonight?
- Simeon Birnbaum had to be the one to take the pace so heat 2 didn’t run 3:55
- Men’s US 1500m Final Predictions contest:
- Bowerman sucks
- USATF.TV on runnerspace plus crashes in final two laps of women's 10k final
- Kincaid FTW
More US Champs Coverage
- USA Champs Field Event Recap: Tori Franklin (TJ), Maddie Harris (Javelin), Sam Mattis (Discus) Win Titles
- Trayvon Bromell Limped Off Track After Finishing 2nd In His 100m Heat
- Olympics.com: "Britton Wilson's Journey From Adversity To Dominance And Chasing The 400m Double" She'll just run the 400m at USAs, but says, "I feel like I can't choose just one event. I definitely want to keep doing both of them and trying out the double at some more bigger meets one day."
- HSer Mia Brahe-Pedersen Advances In First Round Of Women's 100m She finished third in her heat (won by Sha'Carri Richardson) and had the 6th fastest time of the day with a PB of 11.05.
Sponsorship / Going Pro
- MB: Three-Time NCAA Champ Dylan Jacobs Goes Pro With On
- Florida's 7-Time NCAA Champ Jumper Jasmine Moore Turns Pro, Signs With Puma She set the NCAA TJ record winning NCAAs last month.
- Arkansas'/Jamaica's NCAA Triple Jump Champ Jaydon Hibbert Signs NIL Deal With Puma
Get Banned
- Dominican Republic's Two-Time Olympic Triple Jumper Ana José Tima Gets 3-Year Doping Ban She loses all her results since January 2022 including her 10th place finish at Worlds last year.
- New Zealand Olympic Pole Vault Coach Jeremy McColl Gets 10-Year Ban For "Serious Misconduct" He was accused of harassment and making inappropriate sexual remarks to athletes who were minors. He coached Eliza McCartney to an Olympic bronze at Rio 2016.
Paris 2024 News
- InsideTheGames: More Than 1000 Arrested After Riots Spread Across France
- IOC Confident That Paris 2024 Will Be A Success Despite French Riots The Paris mayor said, "We're still a year away from the Games. We shouldn't get our calendars mixed up."
- David Lappartient Elected President Of France's Olympic Committee He takes over after the previous president unexpectedly resigned last month and the Paris Olympic organizers' headquarters was raided by police last week.
Bummer: No Wightman Vs Ingebrigtsen Rematch
Wightman said, “As a result of my injury, I’ve had to deal with several more set backs as I prepared to race this Summer. I’ve always felt as though time has been on my side to overcome my problems fully, however it has finally run out. This means I’m sadly going to be unable to compete at Worlds which has been really gutting to come to terms with.”
*MB: WIGHTMAN OUT OF WORLDS
International News
- Karsten Warholm "Pissed Off" About Stockholm DL Protesters Who Disrupted The 400H Race By Running On The Track With A Banner Warholm was running in lane 8 so was unaffected, but most of the field had to run through the banner near the finish.
*MB: Stockholm DL 400m Hurdles Protesters?
*MB: Good video interview - Karsten Warholm says he got cardiac issues from thumping his chest hard before races - World Athletics Is Looking Back At The 40 Greatest World Championships Moments - Here's 40 To 31 The list starts out with Hicham El Guerrouj's first world title in the 1500m in 1997.
- Karsten Warholm Vs World Champ Alison Dos Santos Set For Monaco DL On July 21 Other world champs announced include Soufiane El Bakkali in the steeple and Shericka Jackson in the 200m.
- Heptathlon Stars Nafissatou Thiam And Katarina Johnson-Thompson Added To London DL Long Jump Field (July 23)
Happy July 4th
Defending women's champ Senbere Teferi was possibly going to set a new CR but she made a wrong turn and ended up third as Fotyen Tesfay (30:44) won. In the men's race, for the first time in history, the top 3 men all were given the same time (27:43) as Charles Langat won.
*Peachtree 10K lead woman at finish followed motorcycle off course, finished fourth 8
Distance News - Another Big Kenyan Doping Bust
Two of the violations are for using prohibited substances and two are for tampering with results after he blamed the failed tests on a medical treatment.
*MB: Titus Ekiru provisionally suspended by AIU
NCAA News
- Q&A With Vin Lananna About Coaching At The University Of Virginia He talks about the track season and the difficulties of having a well-rounded track program and looks ahead to hosting the 2023 NCAA XC Championships.
- MB: Daniel Simmons (runner-up at NXN) commits to BYU
- Jaydon Hibbert And Julien Alfred Win Bowerman Award Fan Vote
- MB: Portland State coach quits after being hired last week after "change of heart"
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Distance News
Houlihan is banned from sanctioned races, but the Beer Mile World Classic isn't affiliated with USATF or World Athletics. They don't have any drug testing or anti-doping rules, but decided to not to let her run in the women's championship section.
*MB: Shelby running beer mile world classic
The Most Untalented 3:29 Guy Ever?
Is Nordås the least talented runner to break 3:30 in history? He thinks so, "I can guarantee you I'm the slowest sub 3:30 guy in history." Text highlights from his appearance on the LRC Track Talk podcast.
Valby Nabs Nike NIL Deal
The NCAA 5000 champ is the first female track and field athlete to sign an NIL deal with Nike.
Early Release Pod For Our SC Members
In a great candid talk, Nordås talks about his incredible breakthrough in 2023, what he thinks about the LRC doubters who say the improvement is too good to be true, his relationship with Jakob Ingebrigtsen and much more. This interview will also be put at the end of our regular podcast at the end of the week but if you want instant access, join the SC today.
Paywall lifted!
Paywall lifted!
The Latest JG Feature
What links Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the NAU cross country team, and Sebastian Coe? Double threshold training, which is having a moment in 2023. Note, most of this article is behind our SC paywall for 72 hours (until Saturday).
Doping Polls are Baaack!
When track and field fans walk into a bar or go on a run, doping is often the topic of conversation. With that in mind, we want your thoughts on which current track and field stars you think are clean and which you think are dirty.
Doping Polls are Back
One of the worst things about track and field is you're not sure what you're watching is real. We polled you whether you think the world records are dirty or clean.
Woody Speaks
Woody Kincaid is charting his own path in the running world for the first time as a professional. He opens up why he left Bowerman, his desire for American records, and a lot more including Shelby Houlihan.
How do you explain the ridiculous indoor distance times?
Are all the fast times merely a product of supershoes? Or is it something more? We spoke to coaches Dathan Ritzenhein, Jason Vigilante and Dave Smith to figure it out.
Nuguse Dreaming of Olympic Gold
Yared Nuguse surprised the world by getting one American record last weekend. By the time, the winter is over, he may have 3. Nuguse joined the LRC podcast to talk about his dreams, goals, training with the OAC, and his unorthodox start in the sport.
Kipchoge loving the LetsRun Shirt in Berlin
Your latest American stars share their insights.
American Record Holders
American Record Holders
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.
Best of Jon Gault
Best of Jon Gault
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
LetsRun Classics
LetsRun Classics
‒Mario Garcia Romo talking in a World Athletics profile about why he thinks the best is yet to come. *Discuss