July 01, 2024
6 Takeaways from Super Sunday at the 2024 US Olympic Trials
In the span of 60 minutes on Sunday, six meet records fell in the track events, including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's 50.65 WR in the 400 hurdles.
June 30, 2024
Women's 10K: Weini Kelati Wins Olympic Trials; Parker Valby, Karissa Schweizer Looking Good for Paris
Kelati, who won her first US track title, is guaranteed a spot at the Olympics while Valby & Schweizer are likely to qualify via world ranking.
June 28, 2024
OT Women's Steeple: Val Constien Wins Instant Classic as Marisa Howard Stunningly Makes the Team
June 26, 2024
Olympic Trials Week 2 Preview: Is It Kelati's Year? New Faces in Steeple, Can Fisher or Hocker Complete the Double?
We preview the women's 1500, 10k, and steeple and men's 800 and 5k as the second half of the Trials kicks off on Thursday.
June 25, 2024
Nia Akins Dominates Women's 800 at 2024 Olympic Trials after Athing Mu Falls & Misses Team
Allie Wilson & collegian Juliette Whittaker rounded out the team after Mu's devastating fall at the 200m mark.
June 24, 2024
Cole Hocker Wins 1500 in Trials Record of 3:30.59 as Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler Punch Their Tickets To Paris
Cole Hocker blasted past Yared Nuguse with 250m to go to win the Olympic Trials in a record 3:30.59 as a PR brigade was set behind him.
June 24, 2024
5-Minute Recap, Olympic Trials Day 3: Noah Lyles Golden
Noah Lyles gets all the attention winning the 100m, but Kenneth Rooks put on an impressive performance in the steeple, Quincy Wilson set another high school record in the 400 and made the final, Kendall Ellis captured the 400m, and Athing Mu and Raevyn Rogers made the 800 final but Ajee' Wilson didn't for the first time since 2012.
June 23, 2024
Olympic 1500m Qualifying Explained: Which Men Need the Standard in the Trials Final?
We explain what all 12 men in the field for Monday's final need to do in order to qualify for the Olympic 1500 meters.
June 22, 2024
Grant Fisher Wins 2024 US Olympic Trials 10K as Woody Kincaid & Nico Young Clinch Paris Spots
After finishing 2nd, 2nd, and 4th the last three years, Fisher finally won the US 10k title, taking off with 1k to go and using a 4:06 final 1600 to break the field.
June 21, 2024
Sophomore Quincy Wilson Runs 44.66 to Break High School 400m Record at 2024 Olympic Trials
Wilson took down a 42-year-old record and won his heat with the second-fastest time of the day. He also broke Justin Robinson's world U18 record of 44.84.
June 21, 2024
Matthew Centrowitz Withdraws from 2024 Olympic Trials Due to Hamstring Injury
The 2016 Olympic 1500m champion had been seeking to make a fourth straight Olympic team and is in Eugene, but felt he was not in a position to be competitive due to the injury.
June 20, 2024
Olympic Trials Men's 1500 Preview: Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler, Teare, Waskom, Centro...Who Goes Home Devastated?
Plus can Matthew Centrowitz make a 4th Olympic team at his final Trials?
*MB My Predictions for the US Men’s 1500 Olympic Team
June 18, 2024
Olympic Trials M10K Preview: Can Grant Fisher Finally Win It? Does Nico Young Make the Team?
The first final of the 2024 US Olympic Trials features four studs -- Fisher, Young, Woody Kincaid, Paul Chelimo -- vying for three spots to Paris.
*MB: Official US Olympic Trials Men's 10k thread: Jon Gault says Woody Kincaid is your winner, do you agree?.
June 17, 2024
Bob Schul, America's Only Olympic 5,000m Champion, Dies at 86
Competing against legends Kipchoge Keino and Ron Clarke in the 1964 Olympic final in Tokyo, Schul used a 38.7-second final 300m to win an iconic gold medal. His daughter confirmed his death to LetsRun.
*MB: RIP: Bob Schul - America's only Olympic 5000m gold medallist - has died at age 86.
June 14, 2024
Kenyan Olympic Trials Day 1: Faith Kipyegon Is Back, Mary Moraa Is Beaten, Reynold Cheruiyot Wins 1500 Thriller
Kipyegon crushed 10k WR holder Beatrice Chebet by 6 seconds while Moraa lost to Lilian Odira and Reynold Cheruiyot edged out Daniel Munguti and Timothy Cheruiyot.
June 12, 2024
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Crushes 1500 Field to Win Record 6th European Title
Ingebrigtsen completed the 1500/5k double for the third straight Euros and set a meet record of 3:31.95.
- Official final day of 2024 Euros Discussion Thread (Jakob races 1500 at 4:26 pm ET)
- Neither Jake Wightman or Josh Kerr will run in the European Championships
- Where are the scaredy cats Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr? Jakob Ingebrigtsen wins 1500m European Championships.
- Ingebrigtsen just toyed with all of Europe... (1500m)
- Gjert Ingebrigtsen's Instagram post
- British 1500m team: who will make it?
June 12, 2024
Here's Why World Athletics Added Leonard Korir to 2024 Olympic Marathon Field
WA told LetsRun: "Following a thorough analysis of athletes intending to participate in more than one event -- it was determined that the quota would allow for some additional athletes to participate in the marathon."
June 08, 2024
Parker Valby Wins 2024 NCAA 5,000m Title to Complete Unprecedented Distance Sweep
Valby is the first woman in collegiate history to win five NCAA distance titles in the same academic year and did it in style by running 14:52.18 to break the collegiate record.
June 08, 2024
Maia Ramsden and Juliette Whittaker Complete Indoor/Outdoor Doubles as Doris Lemngole Takes Down Olivia Markezich in Steeple
Ramsden is the first woman to sweep the indoor mile/outdoor 1500 titles in the same year since 2010 and the first to repeat as 1500 champion in 20 years.