Other impressive results included Marvin Bracy-Williams 9.93 & 9.96, Henry Wynne 3:34.67, Dani Jones 4:02.83 pb, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 12.43 and much more.
Archived Homepage For August 05, 2023
Archived Homepage For August 05, 2023
Lots of big names competed in this one - Some were great, some not so great
A legend speaks
Michael Johnson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast on the anniversary of his 19.32 double gold world record to share his thoughts on the sport and its current crop of stars.
On The Boards
On The Boards
A Doping Bust From Joshua Cheptegei's Camp
This Would Be A Big Loss For Worlds
And here’s the kicker – she’s not injured.
Admin Red Tape Hurting Athletes
World U18 100m record holder Christian Miller was among those kept off the team even though Americans don't need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico.
Countries Name Their Teams For World Champs
- Sifan Hassan Entered In The 1500, 5000 And 10,000 For World Champs
- Kibiwott Kandie Will Miss Worlds Due To Hamstring Injury Kandie is replaced on the team by Commonwealth Games 10,000m silver medalist Daniel Ebenyo.
- Britain Announces Slimmed-Down Team For World Championships It's their smallest squad since 2005 after UK Athletics controversially denied places for around 20 athletes
*Previous: Technical Director Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire Defends Selection Policy, Says It's Not About Cost He says they only want to bring athletes who can challenge for finals and medals. We would respond that if every country only brought athletes that they thought could make the top-8, it'd be a very small championships and there would be a lot less crazy surprise stories. - Defending Champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce And Shericka Jackson Lead Jamaican Team For Budapest
- Rhasidat Adeleke And Ciara Mageean Lead Ireland’s Largest-Ever Squad For Worlds They are sending 23 athletes.
- Ukrainian Team Prepares For Budapest World Champs With Financial Support From World Athletics
Sprint Stuff
- Outrage After Untrained Somali Sprinter Jogs 100m At World University Games Nasra Abubakar Ali ran 21.81, more than 10-seconds behind the heat winner. *Discuss
- Accusations Of Nepotism After It Was Revealed Slow Somalian Sprinter Is The Niece Of The Nation's Athletics Federation Chairwoman Somalia's athletics federation chairwoman Khadija Aden Dahir has been suspended after an investigation revealed she forged documents to allow her 21-second 100m niece to compete.
- MB: Femke Bol 23.05 for 200 meters for 2nd place at Dutch Nationals She ran a 22.88 PB in the heats.
Tracksmith Is Sending Six Athletes To Worlds
6 athletes representing Tracksmith qualified for Worlds this month, including men's 100m Cravont Charleston. How did it happen? An inside look at the Tracksmith Amateur Support Program.
Field Event News
- US Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry Gets 16-Month Doping Ban After Positive Test She says the positive test was the result of a topical medication cream she had a prescription for, but not a TUE. This is her second drug ban and she will miss both Worlds and the Olympics. *Discuss
- BBC: "Why The 'Crouser Slide' Is The New Fosbury Flop" Crouser says the trade-off with his new technique is it increases power, but at the expense of consistency.
- Two-Time World Heptathlon Champ Nafi Thiam Might Miss Worlds Due To Achilles Injury She pulled out after two events at the Belgium National Championships and hasn't yet confirmed her entry for Budapest.
2024 Trials Update
Are the mid-day start times great so it can be shown live on TV? Or too hot? We give you our thoughts.
Seb Speaks
Coe suggested changes could be coming after the 2023 Worlds. "There will be a laser-like focus on a lot of these questions, and particularly about the quality of product and having the athletes out there competing more."
Distance News
- Grant Fisher Is Doing A Ton Of Cross Training And Hoping To Salvage His 2023 Season Fisher says he's maintained "decent fitness" through cross training and is up to 85% body weight on the Alter-G treadmill. Fisher is hoping that he can either still race at Worlds (if Sean McGorty doesn't get into the 10,000 off world ranking) or at the Pre Classic at the end of the season.
*MB: Grant Fisher cross training 2.5 hrs a day - Gabriela DeBues-Stafford Reveals That Her IUD Was The Cause Of Her Recent Injury Which Has Kept Her In Pain The Past 5+ Weeks Recently her sacroiliac (SI) joints became inflamed and painful to the point she couldn't even walk. She spent weeks trying to figure out what was wrong (MRI and bone scans showed her sacrum was healthy) before finally removing her IUD. She says she was nearly pain free 90 minutes after removing it.
- Mo Farah Confirms His Last Race Before Retirement Will Be The Great North Run On September 10 He's also racing the Big Half in London on September 3.
College, High School. Youth News
- Dyestat: Sophia Gorriaran Looks To Cap Exceptional Prep Career With 800m Gold At Pan American Under-20 Champs This will be her last prep race before going to Harvard and she's hoping to become the fourth high schooler to break 2-minutes (her PB is 2:00.58 from the 2022 indoor season).
- A Round-Up Of Collegians Who Who Titles At Their Recent National Championships UW got two distance wins from Kieran Lumb in the 1500m (3:37) at Canadian Champs and Brian Fay in the 5000m (13:39) at Irish Champs. And OSU's Gabija Galvydyte won the Lithuania's women's 800m by over 10-seconds in 2:02.28.
- DyeStat: Baylor Thrower Gary Moore Jr. Pursuing Multiple Medals At Pan American U20 Champs He's competing in both the shot put and hammer throw.
- Day-By-Day Highlights From USATF Junior Olympic Champs
- Final Entries For 2023 European Under-20 Championships In Jerusalem August 7-10
Anti-Doping News
Reanalysis of his sample "resulted in varying expert opinions" but now his original 'A' sample has been deemed negative and the case is closed. WADA has said they are going to review their EPO procedures as a result of this case.
*MB: Sport Integrity Australia clears Peter Bol, says his A sample should have been recorded as negative
- Outside: "Shelby Houlihan Is Ruffling Feathers During Her Doping Ban" Houlihan has received a lot of attention during her ban for doing unsanctioned races like the beer mile and low-key road races. Beermile.com co-founder Chris Robertson said, “We got a lot of emails from both sides. People who loved seeing Shelby race and thought it was amazing and people who hated us for it."
Coaching News
Brosnan, who coached the greatest boys' HS distance team in history at Newbury Park, has confirmed to LetsRun.com that he won't be returning for a 2nd year at UCLA. "I'm disappointed. I'm bummed. I'm upset. I don't want to pretend like [I didn’t want to stay]. I wanted to be there. And I wish they would have kept me," said Brosnan.
US Results - USATF 7 Mile Champs
Simbassa won in 32:34 (4:39 pace) over Clayton Young (32:52), Reid Buchanan (32:57) and Leonard Korir (33:00). Taylor ran 36:32 (5:13 pace) to beat out Aliphine Tuliamuk (36:38) and Ednah Kurgat (36:55).
- Johnny Gregorek (3:53) And Tigist Ketema (4:28) Win The Guardian Mile This was Gregorek's third consecutive win. *Discuss
- John Reniewicki Wins Pro Mile In 4:00.86 At Under Armour Sunset Tour Baltimore Event
This Week's Pod
40 Yrs Ago History* Was Made
Kratochvlova ran a negative split WR and since then no woman without male levels of testosterone has come within a second of it.
*AW: The WR record that has stood the test of time: Rather than being celebrated it is mired in controversy Kratochvílová, who is now 72, has always denied knowingly taking drugs. Instead, herself and her coach, Miroslav Kvac, insisted the performances were down lots of physical work during her upbringing on a farm, huge amounts of weight training and large amounts of vitamin B12.
Kiptum to Chicago
Kelvin Kiptum, Conner Mantz, Emma Bates, and Galen Rupp were among the notable names announced by Chicago on Tuesday.
UK Athletics Won't Be Sending Full Team To Worlds Yet Again
- British athletes accuse UKA of ‘stealing’ World Championships chance At least 19 British athletes will be told they cannot take their place at the sport’s showpiece event despite qualifying through the world rankings including Joshua Zeller who was 5th at Worlds last year. “UK Athletics make us feel like the shittest athletes in the world,” said Lina Nielsen, Britain’s No 2-ranked 400 metres hurdler. “I feel like I am being robbed.”
*MB: Brits refusing to bring invited athletes to Worlds - British athletes are considering legal action against UK Athletics after missing out on a place at the World Championships due to strict selection rules
RIP
- 1999 Boston And NYC Marathon Champ Joseph Chebet Is Laid To Rest In Kenya Two-time Boston winner Moses Tanui was among those to speak at his funeral.
- University Of Wyoming Thrower Nathan Reid Dies In A Car Accident
- Soviet Union 1980 Olympic 4x400 Gold Medalist Remigius Valiulis Dies At Age 64 It is the only time the Soviet Union or Russia has won the Olympic gold in the event.
The London DL Was Fantastic
Nuguse's win was the first by a US man in a DL 1500/mile since 2011. Brit Jemma Reekie got a big 800 win in 1:57.30 after Keely Hodgkinson withdrew.
WHAT. A. MILE. Kipyegon did it again and everyone else in the field ran a pb as 7 national records fell.
Hagos Gebrhiwet won a stacked 5k in 12:42, and Karsten Warholm broke the DL 400H record again with his 46.51.
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Withdrew From Monaco Due To Knee Pain Coach Bobby Kersee said it was "nothing serious."
Lucerne
Pretty good and Worlds is even more interesting. Dalilah Muhammad got beat in the 400m hurdles.
Karsten Warholm Q&A
Recently Alex Geula sat down with Karsten Warholm and his coach, Leif Olav Alnes, at the IK Tjalve club in Oslo to understand Warholm's beginnings, his career, and the sprint side of Norwegian training.
Yet Another Big Drug Bust
Amusan joins Blessing Okagbare and Michael Saruni as former UTEP stars to have been suspended in the last two years. Her and Saruni's agent has not responded to many LRC requests for comment.
- MB 100H WR holder Tobi Amusan says she is being charged with whereabouts violations
- MB: Former NC A&T sprinter Grace Nwokocha says Tobi Amsuan's suspension and hers is because people are trying to bring "Africans down""What I can sense here is that they are trying to bring Africans down because they look down on us too much,” said Nwokocha who is also suspended.
Doping News: Amusan Misses Her Third Test
(link fixed) Amusan says that she is clean and was tested within days of her third missed test. She is fighting her ban in an arbitration hearing which will decide whether or not she'll be at Worlds.
- Doping Suspect Nabbed At Kenyan Airport With Assortment Of Prohibited Substances Officers seized about 800 boxes of various drugs and injections that she was trying to bring into the country.
Rojo's Latest Exclusive
Jakob Ingebrigtsen will enter Worlds after running two straight 1500 pbs, but should he be nervous as the 1500 is often cruel to the fastest man in the field? After his latest pb, Jakob raved about his rabbits, before saying there is no difference between the Diamond League and Worlds even though Worlds doesn't have rabbits.
His Arrest Got A Ton of Pub, But the Not Guilty Verdict Almost Zero
Aden was finally cleared in Spanish court but he still may not be out of the woods with the AIU.
Kipchoge Speaks
Kipchoge addressed the media on Saturday and also said he would rather win 3 Olympic golds than all 6 World Marathon Majors.
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.
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.
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.
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
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