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February 28, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Track and Field News) Athletics: Texas Qualifier - A Fast 10K For Konstanze Klosterhalfen A track-debut 31:01.71 gave Konstanze Klosterhalfen both an Olympic qualifier and a German Record (Runner's World) Athletics: The Reinvention of Ryan and Sara Hall How running’s power couple pulled off their mind-boggling transformation—while raising four (!) kids (RRW) Athletics: Out Of The Fog, Seidel Blasts 1:08:29 Half-Marathon At Atlanta Speedway Exact one year after her surprise second place finish at the USA Olympic Marathon Team Trials here, Molly Seidel of Flagstaff, Ariz., once again laid down an impressive performance in the Atlanta area (CGTN) Athletics: Xiamen Marathon granted World Athletics Elite Platinum Label (Daily Nation) Athletics: Form Four student Rono lights up Nyayo meet * Athletics Kenya director in charge of competitions, Paul Mutwii, disclosed that the dates for the two events still remain the same. "We have realised that we shall face logistical challenges having these events outside Nairobi," said Mutwii. "We want to use electronic timings so as to give opur athletes the opportunity to qualify for the Olympics." (WA) Athletics: Mu breaks World U20 indoor 800m record in Fayetteville (Japan Times) Athletics: Kengo Suzuki dethrones Suguru Osako to set new Japan marathon record (The Reporter) Athletics: Women First 5k race to take place in Addis (Runner's World) Athletics: Track and Field Basics: What You Need to Know to Watch the Sport Here’s everything you need to know about the events that make up track meets (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Greene Came Up Clutch In 1989 Long Jump Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 27, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Track and Field News) Athletics: Focus On The U.S. Men’s 1500 Scene Many of those who chased Matthew Centrowitz across the line in a close ’18 USATF meet figure to be major players again this time around (Runner's World) Athletics: Why Recent Pro Race Times Have Been So Fast It’s not just the shoes. But they certainly help (Daily Nation) Athletics: Red-hot Kibiwott Kandie wins 10,000m at Nyayo * Kandie, the half marathon world record holder, occasionally surged to the front before retreating in the race the 10,000m second heat that saw a pack of seven men battle at the front. * Shadrack Kiphirchir then took the pack of five athletes into the last six laps in a single file with Kandie in third place before the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) man surged to the front with four laps to go (Outside Online) Athletics: Will Puma Finally Break Through in Running? Between a new wave of sponsored athletes and their forthcoming racing shoes, the legacy running brand wants a bigger piece of the action (Oregon Live) Athletics: UO legend Bill Bowerman ‘ran them off,’ but the Hollywood filmmakers returned, made sex-fueled track movie in Eugene "Personal Best" reached the movie theaters in February 1982. It premiered in Eugene, with Bill Bowerman in attendance (Runner's World) Athletics: Why Recent Pro Race Times Have Been So Fast It’s not just the shoes. But they certainly help (USATF) Athletics: USATF announces updated 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field competition schedule (USTFCCCA) Athletics: SMU’s Dean Starred In The Javelin At NCAAs Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 26, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Glone and Mail) Athletics: Canadian athletes struggling to find competition as they try to qualify for Tokyo Olympics (Track and Field News) Athletics: Powerful Oregon Featuring Milers Galore Cooper Teare (3:50.39) & Cole Hocker (3:50.55) are the two fastest Ducks this year (Dyestat) Athletics: Requirement To Wear Masks In Cross Country Competition Is Not Backed By Common Sense In A Sport Where Processing Oxygen Is Essential, Requiring Masks For Racing Is Wrong (AW) Athletics: Marilyn Okoro moves on to her next gold medal hunt Announcing her retirement from competitive athletics, the former British 800m No.1 says helping others has given her a new goal to chase (SportBusiness) Athletics: Singapore exits proceedings for World Marathon Majors status (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 303: Nicole Monette – 2nd at the Hoka One One Carbon x 2 100K; Mom of three & full time Physical Therapist Nicole Monette took second place at the Hoka One One Carbon X 2 100K in Chandler Arizona last month. She is the mother of three – three young kids, ages 18 months, 4 and 7 and a full time Physical Therapist (The Guardian) Athletics: 'She's world-class': Niamh Emerson brings Ennis-Hill gang back together The brilliant 21-year-old heptathlete said she is already feeling the benefits of having Jessica Ennis-Hill as her mentor and Toni Minichiello her coach (The Telegraph*) Women in Sport: Why women's sport cannot ignore the 'alarm bell' of missing periods Bobby Clay was tipped to be athletics’ next big star - but was diagnosed with osteoporosis at 18 after years of overtraining and undereating (Scoop NZ) Athletics:Titanic Battles Set To Mark Sir Graeme Douglas The battle of the titans between New Zealand’s fastest men and two of the country’s strongest will be among the highlights of an action-packed evening of top-class athletics at the Trusts Arena in Auckland on Saturday (KGW8) Athletics: Olympian Ashton Eaton now works at Intel - and he's a new dad! The 2-time gold medalist is back in school pursuing a degree in engineering, and recently volunteered to help kids for Intel's National Engineers Week Athletics: Chemtai Salpeter to run the Tuscany Camp Half Marathon The 32-year-old Israeli runner, who was the second fastest woman in the world in 2020 over the classic distance of the marathon, is using this race as an important part of her preparation ahead of bidding for a marathon medal at this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo (CBC) Athletics: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford ready to 'get back at it' in 1,500m at Texas Qualifier Toronto runner not concerned about recurrence of Achilles, plantar fasciitis issue (WA) Athletics: As world record-setting son’s rise continues, Helena Duplantis relishing the joy in the art of coaching (The Star) Athletics: Athletes to continue training despite postponed Africa x-country meet * Athletics Kenya have written a letter to CAA requesting them to clarify on which precise date Lome would be in a position to host the event * AK has also requested the continental body to clarify about the possibility of a change of venue * Forty-two athletes currently in camp at Kigari Teachers Training College, Embu will continue training at least until CAA clarifies on AK's queries (USATF) Athletics: Slade breaks prep sprint record to earn USATF Athlete of the Week honors (Times-Colonist) Athletics: Royal Victoria Marathon not ruling out live race in October (The Guardian) Athletics: British athlete Sarah McDonald reveals assault while training Runner says man on moped ‘grabbed her bum’ on canal towpath in Birmingham (BBC) Athletics: Elliot Giles out, but Morgan Lake in for European Indoors In-form Elliot Giles has withdrawn from next week's European Indoor Championships, but high jumper Morgan Lake is among six athletes added to the Great Britain team (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Cal’s Williams Set World Record In 1936 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 25, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (The Telegraph*) Athletics: British runner Sarah McDonald reveals she was assaulted while training McDonald spoke out on Instagram about the assault in Birmingham. (Forbes) Athletics: Puma Diving Heavily Into Remaking Running Shoe Lineup Puma has a long history in performance footwear. And the brand’s presence in track and field has remained steady - Usain Bolt, anyone? - but Puma has placed a newfound focus on road running, creating new technologies and releasing five fresh silhouettes March 9 that work to rebuild the category from scratch (RRW) Athletics: A Year After The Marathon Trials, Atlanta Gets Back To Racing This Weekend One year ago on Saturday the Atlanta Track Club (ATC) staged the largest-ever edition of the USA Olympic Team Trials Marathon on the streets of Atlanta, a joyous and raucous celebration of elite running which determined America's Tokyo Olympic marathon team (USTFCCCA) Athletics: NCAA XC National Athletes of the Week (The Voice) Athletics: Olympian out to give youngsters a chance: ‘Sport should not be about what you look like or how much money you have’ The British heptathlete’s motivation to set up the Katarina Johnson-Thompson (KJT) Academy stems from her personal journey growing up in Liverpool (Daily Mail) Women in Sport: Caster Semenya takes her battle against testosterone regulations to European Court of Human Rights after losing appeals with CAS and Swiss Federal Supreme Court... as double Olympic 800m champion insists 'all we ask is to be allowed to run free' * Caster Semenya has continued her case against the World Athletics' regulations * The rules state athletes with differences of sexual development must take hormone-suppressing medication to compete between 400m and a mile * Semenya was unsuccessful when she challenged those requirements * But she has now taken her fight to the European Court of Human Rights (The Telegraph*) Caster Semenya launches appeal to European Court of Human Rights in final effort to defend 800m Olympic title Semenya is not giving up hope of competing in the 800 metres at Tokyo 2020 (CBC) Athletics: Holloway breaks world indoor 60m hurdles record American broke Briton Colin Jackson's record by 0.01 seconds (CTolleRun) Triathlon: Dede Griesbauer - Stay In The Game Longer Carrie chats with 3-time Ironman Champion Dede Griesbauer as part of UCAN’s Stay In The Game Longer series! They chat about how she got into sports, the ups-and-downs of her career, how she’s built grit and tenacity, why she’s driven to push herself with ultra endurance races, and much more! (Razorbacks) Athletics: No. 1 Razorbacks contend for seventh consecutive SEC Indoor championship (Yahoo) Athletics: The 10 young Americans bound to become household names at the Tokyo Olympics (Track and Field News) Athletics: Madrid WIT- Grant Holloway Breaks Vintage Hurdle Record A 7.29 by Grant Holloway finally snipped 0.01 off the WR set by Colin Jackson back in ’94 (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Coghlan Made History In Back-To-Back Years Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 24, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (RRW) Athletics: After A Quiet Year, Kipyego Gearing Up for Tokyo Olympics A year ago on Saturday, 2012 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist Sally Kipyego qualified for her first United States Olympic team, taking third at the USA Olympic Team Trials Marathon in Atlanta (Sportico) Olympics: TeamUSA Sues Puma Over Olympic Trademark ‘Declaration of War’ The IOC's top sponsors are the only ones allowed to use official marks from specific Olympic Games. In the four-year cycle ending in 2016, those sponsors paid the IOC more than $1 billion (WA) Athletics: Holloway breaks world indoor 60m hurdles record in Madrid (CBC) Athletics: Harry Jerome, attacked for being Black on his 1st day of school in 1950s, gets new track named after him The new Harry Jerome Oval at West Vancouver Secondary School will cost $5 million (Jamaica Gleaner*) Athletics: ‘Respect the rules’ - Warnings issued as athletics set for weekend return (The Star) Athletics: First AK track and field weekend meet cancelled * AK Nyanza North chairman Joseph Ochieng said the Vice-Chancellor Julius Nyabundi has given them verbal approval on Monday but on Wednesday, a dean asked for letters of approval from the Ministries of Sports, Health and Education which were not immediately available. * Initially, the event was supposed to be held at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) but was moved Maseno in Kisumu County after the hosts refused to stage the event (WA) Athletics: Cheptegei, Duplantis and Kosgei nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards (TASS) Athletics: Russian track and field athletes bound to skip European championship in Poland next month The 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be hosted by Poland’s Torun on March 4-7 (Track and Field News) Athletics: T&FN Interview - Matthew Centrowitz The ’16 OT winner, Matthew Centrowitz will likely be favored to cross the line first again in June (EA) Athletics: Thiam, Mayer and Urena headline combined events entry-lists for Torun 2021 Olympic and European heptathlon champion Nafissatou Thiam from Belgium and world decathlon record-holder Kevin Mayer from France have both accepted their invitations to compete at the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships from 4-7 March (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Henderson Set 400-Meter Records In 2005 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 23, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (RRW) Athletics: After Trials Disappointment & COVID, Llano Ready To Race In Atlanta On a Monday last September Matt Llano was on an easy training run in Flagstaff when he unexpectedly began to struggle (GQ) Triathlon: Alistair Brownlee’s been doing triathlons in his garage (WA) Athletics: Energised by world indoor 1500m record, Tsegay sets sights on next target (WA) Athletics: Chairman of the boards puts the record(s) straight (Irish Examiner) Athletics: Welcome to the age of the super shoes The six fastest 800m indoor times in history by Irishwomen were all run in the past month (Daily Nation) Athletics: Kenya's Olympics Marathon team named * Kenya won both the men and women’s Olympics marathon titles with disgraced Jemimah Sumgong going for the women’s gold medal at the 2016 Olympics.Sumgong has since been banned for a doping offence. * Mutwii disclosed that they will liaise with the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) on how best to prepare the team (Watch Athletics: Grant Holloway headlines star-studded field in Madrid (BBC) Athletics: UK Athletics chief Joanna Coates wants life ban for abuse coaches Coaches found guilty of physical or sexual misconduct should receive a mandatory lifetime ban from the sport, says UK Athletics' boss Joanna Coates (CBC) Athletics: Happier, fit and on new poles: Alysha Newman targets indoor Canadian record Olympian enjoying life again on, off pole vault runway after ending relationship (The Morning Shakeout) Athletics: Podcast: Episode 149 with Keith Kelly "I was a running nerd in high school. I mean, I’m talking posters on my wall of Steve Cram and Steve Ovett and I desperately wanted to be good at running. And that desperation meant that I didn’t have the best running form and I was missing some things but I could will myself to win races and I could will myself to black out basically because I was like, ‘This is my opportunity to get to the United States and to get to the college system.’ And then you get to the college system and then you realize, ‘OK, wow, I’m not that good because there are so many guys that are good so I’m gonna have to get ready to hurt myself to get really, really good at running in the college system.’ And then you get to that level, and then—for me, after that—it was constantly breaking so I could never really go as deep as I wanted because I would break. But I don’t know where the desire to win comes from other than the desire to just feel like I’ve done my best and to know that when it’s all said and done that I can’t really have any regrets…The ability to go hard and to hurt yourself, yeah, I think some athletes have it better than others—and I would put myself, maybe I could at times, go fairly deep—and I don’t know really where that comes from. I think it’s one of those things where it was more of a desire just to know I’ve done my best, and if my best wasn’t good enough, which in many times it wasn’t, that’s OK, because then I could walk away and be like, ‘Well, that’s as good as I am.’ And I think knowing that can give any athlete a little sense of peace or a sense of calm." (EA) Athletics: Spanovic bounds out to 6.75m to win Balkan indoor title Serbia’s Ivana Spanovic is seeking a record fourth successive long jump title at the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the elder stateswoman of the event is rounding into form at just the right time (Track and Field News) Athletics: Sam Tanner Balancing Olympic Dreams & NCAA Goals A 3:34.72 gave Sam Tanner both a Tokyo qualifying time and a Collegiate Record (AW) Athletics: Distance running legend Dave Bedford’s top 20 races Steve Smythe remembers a British legend and chooses 20 of his best or most famous competitions (USTFCCCA) Athletics: 2021 NCAA DI Women’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index - Week 5 2021 NCAA DI Men’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index - Week 5 (Greek Reporter) Athletics: Stylianos Kyriakides: The Legendary Marathon Man Who Ran for Greece (Daily Mail) Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be '100 per cent' ready for Olympics despite concerns over achilles injury, insists UK Athletics head coach Christian Malcolm * Johnson-Thompson has been troubled by an achilles injury * World champion heptathlete picked up the problem at the end of last year * UK Athletics head coach Malcolm has played down fears that the injury is serious (BBC) Athletics: European Indoor Athletics: Elliot Giles, Tiffany Porter in GB squad Great Britain will send a 41-strong squad to next month's European Indoor Championships in Poland (NAL) Athletics: Four questions for the American Track League and New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Enough of this "ROC" farce - Russia’s real punishment is being guilty until proven innocent (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Fight On, Clancy: Edwards Doubled Up With MRs Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 22, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Fast-Women) Athletics: Molly Huddle on making the Olympic 10,000 team: ‘This will be a really big challenge’ (WA) Athletics: Holloway takes centre stage in Madrid (The Reporter Ethiopia) Athletics: Ethiopian middle distance athletes shine Over the past half a century, Ethiopian long distance athletes have made history time and time again. Dominating the track, long-distance and cross-country disciplines for the past 50 years, athletes representing Ethiopia alongside Kenya are the usual winners in the disciplines (Track and Field News) Athletics: ATL IV - Notable Laps From Allyson Felix & Jaylen Slade Felix hasn’t run a lot of indoor 200s in her career, but her 22.59 PR was impressive at age 35 (The GuardiN) Athletics: Super spikes are causing a seismic shift – so why won't athletes admit it? Records are being smashed but the runners involved are reluctant to admit the difference the new technology is making (Runner's World) Athletics: Heather MacLean Didn’t Realize Running Could Be a Career. Now She’s One of the Country’s Best The young pro, who has won two of her last three races, is learning to believe she belongs (AW) Athletics: Holly Mills scores 4557-point pentathlon in Manchester Multi-eventer moves to fifth on the UK all-time list, while Sophie McKinna improves indoor shot put best to 18.54m in Loughborough (Irish Times) Athletics: Irish athletes turn Elite Micro Meet into festival of national records English and McPhillips set new 800m personal bests as Healy shines in 400m race (Balls.IE) Athletics: Ireland's German-Born Pole Vault Record Breaker Has High Ambitions (USTFCCCA) Athletics: NAU Men, New Mexico Women Battle Tested at Battle Born Challenge (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Sternberg Reached New Heights In 1963 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 21, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Runner's World) Athletics: Bowerman Track Club Runners Rewrite All-Time Lists in the 10,000 Meters at The Ten Ten athletes got under the Olympic standard at the California track meet on Saturday night (BBC) Athletics: Eilish McColgan gets closer to mother Liz's record in California Eilish McColgan just missed her mother's Scotland record with a new personal best in The Ten 10,000m race (GoLobos) Athletics:Lobos Claim First Place at the Battle Born Collegiate Cross Country Challenge (USTFCCCA) Athletics: NAU Men, New Mexico Women Battle Tested at Battle Born Challenge >BR> (AW) Athletics: Jacob Fincham-Dukes impresses on day one of Britain’s Euro trials Long jumper moves to fourth on the UK indoor all-time list with 8.08m leap as athletes seek standards for Torun (Daily Nation) Athletics: Olunga, Jepchirchir declared most Outstanding Sports Personalities of 2020 * The 26-year-old Olunga was declared the Most Valuable Player at the 2020 Japanese J1 League where he was the top scorer with 28 goals with his club Kashiwa Reysol to earn the golden boot * Jepchirchir, 27 recaptured the world half marathon title with victory in Gdynia, Poland on October 17 * Her time of One hour, 05 minutes and 16 seconds was enough to see Jepchirchir bettering her own women’s only half marathon world record by 18 seconds within six weeks (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Williams Went Back-To-Back With CR In 1996 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 20, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Canadain Running Magazine) Women in Sport: The best running-after-pregnancy comebacks Returning to sport after childbirth is a steep challenge — here are some of the women who've made it look easy (Balls.IE) Athletics: Mark English Smashes Irish Indoor Record During Thrilling 800M Race (The Times*) Athletics: Nike ‘super shoe’ shelved over fears they could have undermined Bolt’s legacy (Track and Field News) Athletics: Craig Engels Ready To Move Up At Least A Spot From ’16 OT An almost-Olympian in Rio, Craig Engels comes into this Olympic year as the reigning national 1500 champ (ATC) Athletics: Olympian Molly Seidel Headlines Half Marathon at Atlanta's Marathon Weekend (BA) Athletics: The Line-Ups Are Assembled For The British Athletics European Indoor Selection Trial Event (NBC) Athletics: Wayde van Niekerk moves from famed coach, heads to U.S. Wayde van Niekerk, who won the 2016 Olympic 400m in world-record time, is leaving South Africa and his longtime coach, 79-year-old Ans Botha, to join Noah Lyles‘ training group in Florid (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Kimobwa Ran Into Record Book In 1977 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships The Ten - San Juan Capistrano, CA February 19, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (TCSAmsterdamMarathon) Athletics: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to prolong title sponsorship until 2025 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and sports organisation Le Champion have extended their long-standing business relationship with another five years. TCS has been title sponsor of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon since 2011. The company will keep the naming rights for the marathon up to and including the 2025 edition, the year of the event’s 50th anniversary. The renewed TCS - Le Champion partnership revolves around further integration of the digital technology surrounding the TCS Amsterdam Marathon to enhance the experience of runners and spectators alike. The 45th TCS Amsterdam Marathon is scheduled for Sunday, 17 October 2021 (Inside the Games) Olympics: Russian athletes to participate at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 under name "ROC" (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 302: Steph Bruce, Alysia Montaño, Sara Vaughn – Motherhood and Running Panel for the Donna Foundation Steph Bruce, Alysia Montaño and Sara Vaughn joined me for the fearless mother runner panel to support the Donna Foundation last month and I’m airing it on I’ll Have Another podcast today!! This conversation is heavily focused on motherhood and running and I hope you enjoy it! (RRW) Athletics: Seidel's Olympic Journey Goes Through Atlanta (Again) Gripping the steering wheel of her Audi Allroad while driving on an Arizona highway three days ago, Molly Seidel spoke breezily on her cell phone about what it's like to go fast (Podium Runner) Athletics: How to Run to the Top, and Stay … and Stay … and Stay There Secrets of long-term excellence as a runner, from Nick Willis, Deena Kastor, and others who might qualify for an Elite Longevity Hall of Fame (Face2Face Africa) Athletics; Why this African-American athlete moved to Rwanda to start a sportswear business (Crotia Week) Athletics: Croatian athletics legend Blanka Vlašic announces retirement (AW) Athletics: Britain’s Euro trials: Who, what and when? A guide to the action in Manchester, Loughborough and Lee Valley this weekend as athletes try to qualify for the European Indoor Champs in Poland (The Telegraph*) Drugs in Sport:Fake medical records and staged car accidents - how Russia covered up doping violations for its top athletics star Five former members of the Russian Athletics Federation have been banned for four years for helping Danil Lysenko avoid doping checks (BBC) Danil Lysenko: Five Russian athletics officials banned for anti-doping violations involving high jumper Former Russian athletics president Dmitry Shlyakhtin and four other senior officials have been banned for four years for anti-doping rule breaches. (Track and Field News) Athletics: TeeTee Terry Is Used To Heavy Workloads The quick-starting TeeTee (Twanisha) Terry is already a grad student, but has 2 years of outdoor eligibility remaining (CBC) Drugs in Sport: Olympic champion cleared of doping charges with strong evidence of altered samples 2008 race walk gold medallist Alex Shwazer was banned 8 years, missed 2016 Games (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Florida’s Taylor Set All-Conditions TJ Best In 2011 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships RAK Half-Marathon - Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirate Postponed to 2022 Tel Aviv Samsung Marathon - Israel February 18, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (CTolleRun) Athletics: Elle Purrier St. Pierre - Building Off Of Confidence Carrie welcomes American record holder Elle Purrier St. Pierre back to the show! They chat about her recent accomplishment of setting the 2 mile American Record almost exactly one year after setting the 1 mile American Record! They also catch up on her life during COVID, married life, her new mentality, goals for 2021, and how it feels to be one of the best in history! (RRW) Athletics: Kipchoge's Next Marathon To Be In Hamburg Kipchoge, 36, will take place in the specially-arranged NN Mission Marathon, an elite-only race which will allow only about 100 highly qualified athletes to take part (CBC) Olympics: Female former Olympian picked as new president of Tokyo 2020 Games Seiko Hashimoto replaces Yoshiro Mori, who resigned after making sexist remarks (Tri247) Triathlon: Flora Duffy partners with Hammerhead to support kids in sport 9X World Champion Flora Duffy And Cycling Tech Innovators, Hammerhead, Team Up To Support Kids In Sport (NY Times) Drugs in Sport: Fake Doctors, Fake Documents: How a Russian Doping Lie Fell Apart With investigators closing in, the high jumper Danil Lysenko needed a paper trail to support his story. Top Russian track officials provided it by creating a fake hospital. (RRW) Athletics: Persistence Pays for Minnesota Distance Ace Bethany Hasz With quiet determination and classic Midwestern grit, Bethany Hasz of the University of Minnesota has methodically climbed through the ranks of distance runners in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference to reach its top echelon this year (WA) Athletics: Kipchoge's final pre-Tokyo marathon outing set for Hamburg (The Sportsman) Eliud Kipchoge's The Star Attraction At Hamburg Marathon The elite-only race in April will provide the Kenyan with the perfect opportunity to bounce back after a poor showing in London (Track and Field News) Athletics:Allyson Felix Sets Season Debut At American Track League; Ryan Crouser To Attemptto Best His Shot Put World Record (CBC) Athletics: Athletics Canada hopeful its athletes will have competitive opportunities ahead of Tokyo Olympics B.C. runners Butterworth, Kelly confident athletes will be ready for Sumer Games (The Guardian) Athletics: Sebastian Coe 'excited' after Elliot Giles breaks GB 800m record in super spikes Giles clocks 1min 43.63sec, second-fastest time in history - Coe had held the British indoor 800m record since 1982 (BBC) World Indoor Tour: Elliot Giles claims British record with second-fastest indoor 800m in history Great Britain's Elliot Giles ran the second-quickest indoor 800m in history as he set a new British record at the World Indoor Tour in Torun, Poland (Watch Athletics) Giles sets the second fastest 800m time in history in Torun (WA) Giles triumphs in Torun in 1:43.63, second-fastest indoor 800m time in history (Oceania Athletics) Athletics: Oceania Athletics Championships 2021 Cancelled Faced with the continuing uncertainty regarding the global pandemic, Oceania Athletics is not in a position to offer a suitable venue and destination that would allow all 20 Member Federations of the Oceania Region to participate (Toni Reavis) Athletics: Gauging A Runner’s Mechanics There was some back and forth on social media last fall regarding the efficacy of using new technologies like wattage meters or other stride measuring metrics in training (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Johnson Led 1-2-3 HJ Sweep By Arizona In 1985 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 17, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (The Guardian) Athletics: How a ‘technicality’ could rule out one of Australia's top Olympic medal hopes Oliver Hoare has run the eighth fastest indoor 1500m time in history, but his spot on the team for Tokyo remains uncertain (CitizenTV) Athletics: Obiri eyeing double events at Tokyo Olympics (WA) Athletics: Despite fan-free atmosphere, world’s best still motivated to perform in Torun (KeirRadedge) Drugs in Sport: Four-year athletics bans upheld on former top Russian officials (The Spokesman-Review) Athletics: Expectations high for 2022 USA Track and Field national championships at The Podium in Spokane AfricaNews) Athletics: Long grounded by Covid, Ethiopian athletes hope to be fit for Tokyo (The Star) Athletics: Chepkoech sets sights on victory at World Indoor event in Torun * World indoor 3,000m bronze medallist, Bethwell Birgen face off with world 5,000m silver medallist Selemon Barega of Ethiopia in the men's 1,500m event. * Collins Kipruto, won the event last year in 1:45.86, has been entered for the 800m, where he will line up against world indoor champion Adam Kszczot of Poland (The Star) Athletics: Jeruto privileged to make mixed relay team with athletics legends * Alongside Jeruto, the mixed relay team to the Africa Cross Country Championships includes Hellen Obiri, Timothy Cheruiyot, Abel Kipsang, Newton Kipkirui and Jarinter Wawia. * She described the mixed relay team as definite candidates for a gold medal in Lome (AW) Athletics: Grant Holloway has world record in his sights in Torun US sprint hurdler is among the main attractions at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in Poland this week (USTFCCCA) Athletics: NCAA & NJCAA ITF National Athletes of the Week (The Telegraph*) Athletics: Exclusive: UK Athletics rocked by claims of sexist culture among top coaches Reaction to report detailing lack of opportunities for female coaches - plus analysis of yet another issue for chief executive Joanna Coates (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Fresno State’s Robinson Equaled WR In 1957 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 16, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (The Star) aAthleitcs;Kirwa gushes over cross country team's prospects in Lome * "There are those who may choose to drop out of the team to participate in other races or injuries may occur. Once we know of any changes, we will let you know," Kirwa said. * Elsewhere, Rodgers Kwemoi - one of those to fly the Kenyan flag in West Africa - wants nothing but the gold medal at the continental showpiece (TASS) Drugs in Sport: World Athletics to decide by Feb 22 on Russia’s participation in European championship The 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be hosted by Poland’s Torun on March 4-7 (The Guardian) Athletics: UK Athletics chief Jo Coates promises to end 'jobs for the boys' culture Coates vows to help women coaches succeed at highest level - These networks must fade away or be dismantled’ (BBC) Women in Sport: UK Athletics: Some female coaches experience sexual harassment, report finds Many female coaches working in UK athletics have experienced "negative" encounters with male coaches and there have been incidences of "sexual harassment and degradation", a new report has found (AP) Olympics: Tokyo Olympics to pick Mori replacement; is a woman likely? (UKA) Athletics: Statement by Joanna Coates regarding the findings of the Female Coaching Network (The Morning Shakeout) Athletics: Podcast: Episode 148 with Colin Bennie "There were definitely a number of times where I found myself just trying to analyze every single aspect of what I was doing different from the year before, or what I wasn’t doing different from the year before, and why there were any of these discrepancies in how I was running and I think that was the only stretch of time where I let myself get to that point because I realized that it definitely was an unfortunate sort of spiral to find yourself in because the more you think about, ‘Oh man, what am I doing wrong?’ or ‘What do I need to be doing better? Maybe that’s why I’m not running so fast.’ There’s no shortage and no way to stop yourself from finding more and more things that you can fix—or convince yourself need fixing—even when maybe all it’s coming down to is you’re spending way too much time in your own head and not just letting the training do what it’s supposed to do and go along for the ride because sometimes it’s really all you need to do." (Gulf News) Athletics: World record breaker Chepkoech ready to lift the limits after Monaco Run Kenyan ready to push limits after Monaco triumph (Box ScoreNews) Athletics: Legends Corner: Maria Mutola When it comes to women legends in athletics, Mozambique's Maria Mutola, has her seat on the front row (AW) Athletics: Ask The Athlete with Steve Cram The British supermiler answers your questions on training, commentating and taking on Jakob Ingebrigtsen in a 1500m race (TASS) Athletics: Pole vaulter Sidorova wins Russian Indoor Athletics Championship The athlete is now an eight-time champion of the event (RRW) Athletics: NCAA Cross Country Championships to Air on ESPN Through 2023 One of the world's greatest team running competitions, the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, will be broadcast live by ESPN on Monday, March 15 (Track and Field News) Athletics: A Monster Rash Of Collegiate Record Action Anchored by frosh superstar Athing Mu, the powerful Texas A&M foursome rumbled to a new collegiate indoor standard in the 4×4 (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Johnson Set 1500 MR After Thrilling Duel Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 15, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (ITU) Triathlon: World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi moves date to November, closing the 2021 season (The Telegraph*) Athletics: Exclusive: Another setback for British athletics hopes as Dina Asher-Smith pulls out of indoor season Sprinter has ditched her pursuit of a morale-boosting European indoor title and will not race until the outdoor season in May >BR> (USTFCCCA) Athletics: 2021 NCAA DI Women’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index - Week 4 2021 NCAA DI Men’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index - Week 4 (USATF Fooundation) Athletics: USATF Foundation Awards First Maternity Grant to Marathoner, Aliphine Tuliamuk (EA) Athletics: Hauttekeete breaks world U20 record in Frankfurt Reigning European U20 decathlon champion Simon Ehammer recaptured his Swiss indoor heptathlon record in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday (14) with a world leading total of 6092 points (TASS) Athletics: Russian sports chief hopes to see national track and field athletes at Olympics this year Due to the currently suspended membership of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (RusAF) with World Athletics Russian track and field athletes have no right for participating in international tournaments even under the neutral status (WA) Athletics: Tsegay sizzles to 1:57.52 world lead in Val-de-Reuil, Haratyk dominates shot put in Lodz (Women's Running) Athletics: If the Shoe (Contract) Fits: What’s Behind Pro Runner Sponsorship Shakeups Elite runners make most of their money by signing with shoe and apparel brands. Here’s why so many are changing allegiances this year (Keeping Track) Women in Sport: oanna Harper On Sporting Gende?r? Joanna Harper walks us through Sporting Gender, and we discuss the reckoning of the human rights side of the issue of including Trans and DSD women in sport vs the intricacies of the sports physiology involved (Outside Online) Athletics: Why Running’s Fastest Amateur Just Went Pro A full-time realtor and a mother of two, 36-year-old Keira D’Amato hasn’t given up on her Olympic dream (Capital FM) Athletics: Eliud Kipchoge Launches New Collection by Nike (SuperSport) Athletics: Tsegay follows world record with 800m personal best (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Weekend Roundup (ITF): Collegians Demolish The Record Book (EA) Athletics: Müller becomes an Official Partner of the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships (AW) Athletics: Beatrice Chepkoech breaks world 5km record in Monaco World steeplechase record-holder sets another global mark with 14:43 at the Monaco Run, while Joshua Cheptegei clocks 13:14 (NBIGP) Athletics: Brazier continues New Balance Indoor Grand Prix victory series as four area and eleven national records fall in 2021 edition (USATF) Three American records highlight 2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (Gulf Times) Athletics: I’m looking at creating history and winning This year, the two-time high jump World champion Mutaz Essa Barshim has an opportunity to win the one medal he does not have yet - an Olympic gold (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Bohni Soared To Pole Vault MR In 1983 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 14, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Times-Colonist) Athletics: Melissa Bishop won't let rare Victoria snow stop her quest for Tokyo gold (Runner's World) Athletics: Three American Records and 10 National Records Fall at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Elle Purrier’s indoor two-mile American record was just one of many highlights in New York (The Sportsman) Gabby Thomas Comes Close To History In Action-Packed NYC Meet (WA) Athletics: 14:43! Chepkoech breaks world 5km record in Monaco (BBC) 5km road world record: Beatrice Chepkoech sets new women's mark in Monaco Steeplechase world champion Beatrice Chepkoech has broken the women's 5km road world record, finishing the Monaco Run in 14 minutes 43 seconds RRW) Athletics: Brazier, Hoppel & Purrier Set American Records at NBIGP What was the fourth of six gold-level meetings of the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour was held for the first time at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., because the event's regular home in Boston, the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, was converted to a COVID mass-vaccination site (BBC) Athletics: World Indoor Tour: Noah Lyles wins as Charlie Grice and Amy-Eloise Markovc set British records World champion Noah Lyles won the 200m at the World Indoor Tour in New York, as Charlie Grice and Amy-Eloise Markovc both set British indoor records (USATF) Athletics: Spokane Selected to Host 2022 USATF Indoor Championships (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Frerichs Broke Steeplechase Records In 2016 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 12, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Razozbacks) Razorbacks set pair of collegiate leading times in Tyson Invitational (The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: Former British Cycling doctor Freeman facing two anti-doping charges Charges relate to ordering banned testosterone - Freeman understood to have contested part of the charges (GoDucks) Athletics: Teare Breaks Mile Collegiate Record at Tyson (CBC) Athletics: Barbara Howard's trailblazing running career was cut short by war. Then her story was all but forgotten Vancouver-born Howard was 17 in 1938 when she became the first Black female athlete to represent Canada (Track and Field News) Athletics: Saturday On Staten Island - Sydney McLaughlin In The 60H Sixteen months have passed since Sydney McLaughlin - the World Champs 400H silver medalist and the event’s second-fastest all-time - toed a startline (NBIGP) Athletics: World Athletics Championships medalists McLaughlin, Lyles and Bromell return to New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Feb. 13 (BBC) Athletics: Noah Lyles undeterred by Tokyo Olympic restrictions World 200m champion Noah Lyles says he will go to the Tokyo Olympics "no matter what" with athletes set to be subject to a raft of Covid rules (3Wire Sports) Olympics: 83-year-old guy out, 84-year-old in: very definition of missed opportunity One of my favorite memories of Gianna Angelopoulos, the dynamic businesswoman who rescued the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, came the year before, at an International Olympic Committee session in Prague (USTFCCCA) Athletics: URI’s Black Rolled To NCAA’s 1st 10K Title Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships New Balance Indoor Grand Prix - Boston, MA Live TV Coverage on NBC from 4:00PM to 6:00PM EST February 12, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (RRW) Athletics: World Champion Brazier To Open Season Tomorrow at NBIGP Reigning World Athletics 800-meter champion Donavan Brazier's 2021 campaign got off to a false start two weeks ago when the Nike-sponsored athlete was forced to scratch from the second leg of the American Track League after coming in contact with a person infected with the novel corona virus (Track and Field News) Athletics: "I’m A Man Of The Mile," Says Ben Blankenship International veteran Ben Blankenship isn’t entertaining any thoughts about moving up in distance (BBC) Sports: Coronavirus: Athletes urge prime minister to save sports facilities A coalition of athletes, celebrities and health bodies have written to the prime minister asking for the "fullest possible support" to help sports and exercise facilities survive the pandemic (USATF) Athletics: Mu’s U20 record earns her USATF Athlete of the Week honors Continuing a series of stellar performances in 2021, Athing Mu (College Station, Texas) won the fan vote by the narrowest of margins to earn the 4th USATF Athlete of the Week award for 2021 after bettering the American U20 record in the women’s 400m (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 301: Ellie Pashley - 2:26 Marathoner, 8th place in NYC & Olympic hopeful for Team Australia Ellie Pashley is an Australian marathoner you are going to want to start following if you aren’t already. Ellie placed 8th at the 2019 NYC Marathon and has a PR of 2:26 in the marathon. She ran on the Worlds team in Doha in the 10k and has hopes to run in Tokyo in the Olympics in either the 10K or the Marathon this year (NBC) Athletics: Noah Lyles, more world champions set for New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on NBC (RRW) Athletics: Working Together, Alabama Distance Duo Chelangat & Tyynismaa Rising Fast Just six days ago University of Alabama teammates Mercy Chelangat and Amaris Tyynismaa were competing in the 3000-meters at the South Carolina Invitational in Columbia (AI) Athletics: Melissa Bishop-Nraigu focusses on her Tokyo Olympic medal run with a cross-country move (The Star) Athletics: Nyokaye, Simba brace for battle in search of Team Kenya slots to Africa Cross * "I’m looking forward to a top six finish," said Sammy Nyokaye. * "We want to restore Gusii region’s lost glory in athletics," said Dickson Simba (Olympic Channel) Women in Sport: Caster Semenya: Seven things you should know about the double Olympic champion The two-time Olympic gold medal winning runner has been unbeaten for years. But did you know the South African's first sporting love was football? (The Star) Athletics: AK reveal grand plan to improve Kenya's fortunes in 10,000m * The 10,000m has been Kenya's biggest weakness having last won an Olympic gold medal in 1968 through Naphtali Temu at the Mexico Olympics. * A total of 42 athletes will be selected on Saturday to join a three-week Team Kenya residential training camp at Kigari Teachers' Training College, Embu as they step up their preparations for the African Cross Country Championships in Lome, Togo (AP News) Olympics: Mori is gone but gender issues remain for Tokyo Olympics (Kawowa Sports) Athletics: Joshua Cheptegei opts out of national cross country event for World Record Attempt (Global News) Athletics: Hamilton’s Around the Bay road race goes virtual for 2021 amid pandemic Tokyo Olympics Chief Expected to Resign Over Sexist Comments Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, had complained that women cause meetings to run long by talking too much. His exit would further complicate the delayed Games" target="_news">(NY Times) Olympics: (USTFCCCA) Athletics: The Bowerman: 2021 Men’s Mid-Indoor Watch List (Runner's World) Athletics: Races Going Virtual for a Second Year Due to COVID-19 Many events have recently announced they’re canceling in-person registration for the sprin (USTFCCCA) Athletics: O-H-I- Oh, Reynolds Was Fast! Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 11, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (EA) Athletics: Seven expected highlights across Europe this weekend (Spikes) Athletics: Walk Tall - by Arthur Price III Losing a parent changes you. In a way, it forces you to leave a past self behind. From that moment on, things are never quite the same (CTolleRun) Athletics: Khadevis Robinson - There Are No Minor Moments Carrie chats with 2x Olympian Khadevis Robinson! They chat about KD’s story in the sport, the ups and downs of his career, the journey of life (and how we are in control of it), the importance of having a mentor and coach, and much more! (WA) Athletics: Influential figures on the contribution of women to science in athletics (Fast Running) Athletics: Push Vs Pull Coaching The ghosts of Harry Wilson, Peter Coe and Jimmy Hedley guide Matt Long and Darren Reevell along he continuum of push-pull coaching (SI Live) Athletics: New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at Ocean Breeze Athlete Profile: Local elite runner Olga Kosichenko takes on world’s best (Daily Nation) Athletics: Japan-based Karoki in town, eyes fourth national title * The 30-year-old Karoki said he is in good shape and ready to rumble at the Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi. * He arrived in the country on Monday from his base in Japan (RRW) Athletics: Hamburg Marathon Goes All Elite For 2021 Given the dearth of quality marathons available to top athletes in the first half of 2021, Global Sports Communication has teamed up with NN Running Team and MHV Running Events to organize a special elite-only marathon in the northern German city of Hamburg (CBC) Athletics: New rules announced for Canadian Olympic track and field trials Only about 60 per cent of athletes worldwide have qualified for Tokyo this summer (USTFCCCA) Athletics: The Bowerman: 2021 Women’s Mid-Indoor Watch List (The Star) Athletics: Karoki vows to disrupt Kamworor-Kandie duel at national cross country meet * The Japan-based runner expects heated race at the trials considering it is the first major race for many athletes * "We need to improve on our finishing in the last bend - 200m. That is why the Ethiopians and other nationals have reigned supreme over us in the past," Karoki said (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Fynes Won NCAA Titles For Two Programs Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 10, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Sweat Science on Outside Online) Athletics: How Your Body Does (and Doesn’t) Adapt to Cold Unlike heat training, repeated exposure to cold doesn’t necessarily help you handle winter weather better (NY Times) Athletics: Running Is a Total Body Affair We can thank our heads and shoulders - and not just our knees and toes - that we evolved to run as well as we do. (ACLSports) Athletics: Okagbare with 2nd fastest time in the world, Amusan wins in Metz (Eevening Standard) Athletics: Gudaf Tsegay and Jakob Ingebrigtsen smash 1500m records as British stars impress in Lievin (The Guardian) Athletics: Laura Muir six seconds back as Gudaf Tsegay smashes 1500m world record Ethiopian records 3min 53.09sec to shatter record - Muir finishes second in a UK record time of 3:59.58 (USTFCCCA) Athletics: El Moutawakel Had Legendary Year In 1984 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 9, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (The Telegraph*) Athletics: Laura Muir sets new 1500m British indoor mark but Gudaf Tsegay triumphs in world record time Muir became the first British woman to break the four-minute barrier but Tsegay obliterated the field - and the clock - in 3min53.09sec (BBC) Athletics: Tsegay smashes 1500m world record to beat Muir Watch as Gudaf Tsegay breaks the world indoor 1500m record by over two seconds, running 3:53.09 to beat Laura Muir, who broke the British indoor record to finish second at the World Athletics Indoor Tour event in Lievin, France (USTFCCCA) Athletics: NCAA & NJCAA ITF National Athletes of the Week (CNN) Athletics: Steeplechaser Colleen Quigley discusses mental health, modeling and 'hunger' for Olympic success (WA) Athletics: Global champions take on world record-holders in Lievin (Inside the Games) Athletics: Campaign to include women's decathlon at Paris 2024 launched by US athlete American track and field athlete Jordan Gray has launched a campaign for a women's decathlon event to be included at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (TeamUSA) Athletics: Carmelita Jeter's Journey To Become The Fastest Woman Alive Was A Team Effort (TrailRunningSpain.com) Athletics: Eliud Kipchoge: New EK Clothing Line By Nike (Track and Field News) Athletics: Hobbs Kessler - The Making Of A Miler At home, Kessler gets all kinds of support from many-time sub-4:00 miler Nick Willis, who finished a place ahead of him the record race (The Morning Shakeout) Running: Podcast: Episode 147 with Rajpaul Pannu "Running, for me, is an act of a rebellion. There’s subtext in which if there’s a BIPOC person on the starting line and you see a picture of them in a sea of people, I feel like you’re really giving a narrative that goes against the grain in terms of what society is expecting of you or how society views you. So running, for me, is my personal act of rebellion. It is something that goes against the grain as to what you do as a first generation Indian-American. From our background, there is a huge emphasis on education in the sense of becoming a doctor, becoming an engineer—and doing something that I feel like juxtaposes that in a sense of what people expect out of you is rebellion to me." (WA) Athletics: How to follow and watch the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Lievin (Inside the Games) Duplantis and Lavillenie play it again at World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Liévin The poker players of men’s pole vault, where the stakes are already sky high this year, are set to play it again in the northern French city of Liévin tomorrow in the third of this season’s World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meetings (AW) Athletes ready to light up Liévin Fields feature Britain’s new world U20 indoor record-holder Keely Hodgkinson and Jemma Reekie in the 800m, Laura Muir in the 1500m and five six-metre-plus vaulters (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Princeton’s Bonthron Beat WR Holder In 1934 NCAA Mile Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais - V, France February 8, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Trck and Field News) Athletics: An Out-Of-The-Blue HS Mile Record For Hobbs Kessler James Randon was just one of several pros that high schooler Hobbs Kessler beat in chopping more than 20 seconds off his mile PR (NBC) Women in Sport: Francine Niyonsaba, Olympic 800m silver medalist, moves to 5000m after rule change (CBC) Olympics: Too much money at stake for Tokyo Games to be cancelled, says Olympic expert Cancellation could have trickle-down effect on smaller countries, women's sports (Phys.org) Drugs in Sport: Rapid, reliable on-site drug detection using wearable sensor (Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: Stafford sisters post near-historic results on back-to-back days A day after Lucia Stafford ran the second-fastest 1,000m in Canadian history, her sister Gabriela ran a 3,000m PB (Hartford Courant) Women in Sport: Transgender advocates say inclusion recommendations from panel of ex-Olympians, pro athletes amount to discrimination (USATF) Athletics: Third American Track League meet yields world leads, new high school record (CGTN Africa) Drugs in Sport: Two Kenyan athletes banned for four years for doping violations (Dyestat) Athletics: Athing Mu Taking Memorable Start to Texas A&M Career All in Stride Freshman focused on having fun and enjoying team environment during exceptional first month of Aggies’ career, which includes 600-meter collegiate record, personal-best 800 and second-fastest 4x400 relay split in history (BBC) Athletics: 'I train six times a day, I always have to win' Dutee Chand is one of South Asia's fastest sprinters. The 25-year-old national 100m champion is India's first openly gay athlete and has risen from a humble background to become one of her nation's most promising sportswomen (SI Live) Athletics: New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at Ocean Breeze Athlete Profile: Craig Engels and home field advantage? (Evening Express) Athletics: Runners to find out if they have won a place in biggest London Marathon ever Thousands of runners will find out on Monday if they have been lucky in the ballot for this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon (Runner's World) Athletics: Runners Set Historic All-Time Marks, PRs, Olympic Trials Standards at Prickly Pear Invitational It was a standout night for Bowerman Track Club runners, who won every event (Athletic Live) Canada's Gabriela Stafford-Debues won the Prickly Pear Invitational 3000M in 8:38.51 Stafford-Debues recently oined the Nike Bowerman Track Club (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Georgia’s Irby Doubled Down, Set 400 MR Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 7, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (The Star) Athletics: Kinyamal praises track rivalry with Rotich * Commonwealth Games 800m champion Wycliffe Kinyamal believes his rivalry on the track with Ferguson Rotich means more medal haul for the country * He clocked 1:46.09 to finish second behind Rotich in Heat 3 of the 800m race at Saturday’s third leg of Athletics Kenya Relay Series at Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi * Rotich described Kinyamal and all the other runners as worthy opponents who had stretched him to the limit (Inside the Games) Olympics: Inaction on Mori's sexist comments undermines both Tokyo 2020 and IOC (Daily Nation) Athletics: Kiplimo cruises to victory in Nairobi Cross Country meet * Victor Chepkwony (Langáta), who was fresh from finishing sixth at Kenya Prisons Services Cross Country Championships, romped home first in men’s under-20 8km race in 24:42.23 to see off Jackson Kikana (Njiru) 25:00.00 and Onesmus GItau (Westlands) 25:50.03. * Peter Kibui (Embakasi) won boys’under-18 6km race in 19:10.1 where Peter Kamau (Langáta) and Alex Kiprotich (Langata) settled second and third in 20:15.9 and 21:56.5 respectively (Daily Nation) Athletics: Chebet wins fourth Nairobi Cross Country title * Sandra, who trains at Lemotit Camp, Londiani, Kericho, is also eager to represent Kenya in 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympic Games later this year * Trizah Cherotich from Langáta won women’s Under-20 6km race in 21:25.6, beating teammate Dorcus Chepkemoi (21:49.0) and Westlands’ Regina Wambui (22:26.9) op second and third places respectively. Mirriam Chemutai was untouchable in girls’ under-18 5km contest (EA) Athletics: Duplantis and Bradshaw clear 6.03m and 4.85m respectively in Rouen Sweden’s Armand Duplantis regained the world lead at the Perche Elite Tour in Rouen with a 6.03m clearance on Saturday (6) evening to extend his winning streak to eighteen competitions (AW) Athletics: Marc Scott runs fast 3000m at Prickly Pear Invitational British champion clocks 7:36.08 in Arizona to move to fourth on the UK all-time list (Loop Jamaica) Athletics: VCB finishes second in 60m on return after two-year absence (Outside Online) Athletics: Want to Improve Your Running? Focus on Recovery. The combination of a training plan and recovery monitoring from the WHOOP fitness tracker led runners to their best 5Ks—while reducing injury risk (WA) Athletics: Ratified: Hailu’s world U20 indoor 1500m record of 4:01.57 (CBC) Athletics: Canadian runner Philibert-Thiboutot works to regain world-class form in Paris bubble He races 1,500m Sunday before attempting Olympic standard Feb. 26 in 5,000 (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Weir Wouldn’t Be Denied In Throwing Events>/A> Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships American Track League #3 - Fayetteville, AR February 6, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: 'Not a scrap of evidence' that Freeman doped a rider, tribunal told Freeman’s QC says client’s Testogel explanation is the truth - O’Rourke claims GMC’s case is ‘increasingly desperate’ (AW) Athletics:Quest for gender equality in athletics Women have been gradually achieving parity with men in athletics over the past century and here the AW editor charts some key moments in history (Daily Nation) Athletics: Rotich warns world champ Brazier ahead of Tokyo Olympics * Rotich (Golazo) affirmed, who the two-lap king is with an impressive one minute and 45.64 seconds as he waved to appreciate the cheering fans, relegating Kinyamal (Kaptagat) to second place in 1:46.09 * Rotich disclosed that training has picked up well having opted to start preparations early this time around unlike previous seasons * After the third leg, the athletes now will turn their focus to World Relay Championships national trials due March 26 to 27 at Nyayo National Stadium (Daily Nation) Athletics: Mkungo, Cherop win Coast Region Cross-Country Championship titles * The 5km girls under-18 event saw Maria Shali emerge victorious in 23:14.16 minutes followed by her older sister Agnes Mwashigadi who time 23:54.22. * Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja, who was in the stadium, awarded the twelve-year-old Shali with a cash prize of Sh10,000, while Agnes got Sh5,000 (Daily Nation) Athletics: Kibet, Chepng'eno win North Rift Cross Country * Representing his home county of West Pokot, Kibet emerged victorious in senior men's 10km race as his team bagged the top eight positions * Kibet and Daniel Simiu got off to a brilliant start setting a fast pace in the first lap but the latter, who already had a wild card for national championships, withdrew in the second lap as Kibet opened up a 100m gap to cruise to victory * In senior women's race, Chepng'eno staged an upset to beat 2017 World Cross Country champion Irene Cheptai to the title (BBC) Drugs in Sport: Brianna McNeal says she is 'clean' and proclaims 'tampering' innocence Olympic 100m hurdles champion Brianna McNeal says she is "clean" despite her provisional suspension from athletics for breaking anti-doping rules (Daily Nation) Athletics: Omanyala barred from relays as Kinyamal, Rotich face-off at Nyayo * The third leg, which is scheduled for the Nyayo National Stadium, is the final event and will pave way for the World Relay Championships national trials due March 26 to 27 at the same venue. * Also in the same heat is the 2011 Africa Junior 800m silver medallist Jeremiah Mutai and 2016 World 800 champion Kumari Tak (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Pitt’s Sowell Atoned With 800 Meet Record Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships Vegas Golden Night & Day - Las Vegas, Nevada February 5, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] Athletics: World leads by Christina Clemons and Malaika Mihambo in Berlin Two world leading marks were among a number of fine performances at the ISTAF INDOOR in Berlin’s Mercedes-Benz Arena on Friday evening (RRW) Athletics: Two Oceans Marathon Cancelled Cape Town's premier running event, the Two Oceans Marathon scheduled for Easter Saturday, April 3, has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic (AW) Athletics: Ajeé Wilson makes welcome return to action The US 800m star is on the comeback trail, writes Elliott Denman, and about to hit the track for her first competition in 12 months (ESPN) Athletics: Ted Metellus named race director of TCS New York City Marathon (Eurosport UK) Drugs in Sport: Kenya's distance runner James Kibet handed four-year suspension for violating anti-doping rules Kibet became the latest Kenyan athlete to be sanctioned in recent years, joining a list that includes 2008 Olympic 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop, former Boston and Chicago Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo and 2016 Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong. The AIU argued it is the athlete's "personal duty to ensure no prohibited substance" enters his body (Track and Field News) Athletics: A&M Frosh Athing Mu Cranking Out Record Times Following recordbreaking runs in the 600 and 800, Athing Mu cranked out a 50.02 in the 4×4 (USATF) Athletics: Hoppel’s swift 800 earns him USATF Athlete of the Week honors (ColleenQuigley) Athletics: Open Letter to the BTC It’s been over five years since you welcomed me into your fold as a newly graduated 22-year-old, bright-eyed and clueless about the professional running world (Lindsey Hein) Running: Episode 300: Rajpaul Pannu - 2nd place at the Hoka One One Carbon2X 100K, 3rd fastest all-time American Rajpaul Pannu placed second at the Hoka One One Carbon x2 100K, making him the third fastest All Time American in the distance. Rajpaul runs with the Hoka One One Aggies and is also a full time math teacher. He debuted the marathon in 2:17 at CIM and went on to run in the Olympic Trials in 2020 (RunnerSpace) Athletics: (The Star) Athletics: Kibet, Kiprop centre of attraction at North Rift cross country show * Kibet said he is ready to bring home the Olympic Games 5,000m title last won by a Kenyan in 1988 through retired John Ngugi. * Kiprop’s coach Ian Kiprop, based at Brother Colm O’Connell training camp in Iten, said his athlete has done what it takes to be on the podium when that day comes (Outside Online) Athletics: Will Major Marathons Actually Come Back This Fall? Signing up for a race right now is a weird mix of optimism and being in denial (CityA.M.) Triathlon: Alistair Brownlee interview: Olympic triathlon champion targeting world's first sub-seven-hour Ironman and golden hat-trick in Tokyo Alistair Brownlee did his first triathlon aged eight and trains three times a day, almost every day. Friday is “easy day”, when he swims and works out in the gym. When he’s not training, he enjoys riding his mountain bike. “I don’t like sitting still,” he says (Glasgow Times) Athletics: Eilish McColgan half-marathon debut down drain and UAE training camp ruined through Covid chaos (SportsMax) Athletics: Six months out from the Olympics, Kirani James unsure when he will open his season (The Star) Athletics: Kosgei tips Jepchirchir, Chepng'etich to break her world marathon record * Brigid Kosgei believes Peres jepchirchir and Ruth Chepng'etich are prime candidates to break her marathon world record of 2:14.04 * She has set her eyes on the Tokyo Olympics after the cancellation of the RAK Half Marathon. * Kosgei has been appointed as the new brand ambassador for Stanbic Bank Breitbart) Women in Sport: ‘What Planet Are You From?’–Rand Paul Denounces Biden Transgender Sports Policy During a confirmation hearing Wednesday of the Senate committee that oversees education, the Kentucky senator asked Miguel Cardona if he thinks it is “fair” to allow boys claiming to be transgender to participate in girls’ sports, and about how it affects girls competing in these athletic events (EA) Athletics: Seven events to follow across Europe this weekend (RTE) Athletics: Athletics Ireland announce elite level 'micro meet' (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Florida State’s England Kicked To 1500 CR Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships ISTAF Indoor - Berlin, Germany February 4, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (CTolleRun) Athletics: Stephen Lease - Moving Meditation Carrie chats with Stephen Lease! Stephen and two of his high school friends took a leap and started Goodr, a sunglasses company by runners for runners. They chat all about the company, how to build an awesome company culture, Stephen’s background in running, and why his running is what he calls "moving meditation." (ATimeAndAPlace) Athletics: A Time and a Place Follow six Olympic Marathon hopefuls from Northern Arizona Elite as they prepare for the Olympic Trials Marathon from their home base in Flagstaff, Arizona (AW) Athletics: No shortcuts for Dina Asher-Smith The 200m world champion is leaving nothing to chance as she prepares for the biggest year of her career so far (The Telegraph*) Olympics: The Olympics is not fit for purpose - it should be scrapped and reinvented I am loath to soak the rag that extinguishes the flame, but we must consider its future; it is brutally out of line with the world around it (Global News Wire) Athletics:The MuscleTech Brand Names Marathon Legend Ryan Hall as its Official Run Coach Hall, who ran the fastest marathon ever by an American, will be developing specific training plans for the MuscleTech community and Team MuscleTech (Daily Nation Prime*) Athletics: Brigid Kosgei: How Eliud’s INEOS Challenge inspired me to world record * The Nation Sport team of Elias Makori, Jared Nyataya (photojournalist) and Bernard Rotich spent some time in Kapsait to soak in the ecosystem around Kenya’s women’s world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei * In our final instalment today, coach Erick Kimaiyo and Kosgei plot for the world record (The Times UK*) Drugs in Sport: UK Athletics committee to examine Charlie Grice’s decision to work with former Salazar assistant (Daily Nation) Olympics: Tokyo 2020 boss faces resignation calls over sexist remarks * Mori, an 83-year-old former prime minister known for public gaffes, told the Mainichi Shimbun he was sorry for his "thoughtless" remarks, which prompted calls for him to step down * Mori is reported to have said Wednesday that "board of directors meetings with many women take a lot of time", according to the Asahi Shimbun daily * Tokyo 2020 has not responded to a request for comment on Mori's remarks, but has called a press conference for later Thursday that is expected to address the row (SportsMax0 Athletics: Briana Williams to open season at New Balance Grand Prix Feb. 13 (The Telegraph*) Athletics: It's ridiculous, no one cares about our welfare': Will GB's Olympic hopes be hit by lack of indoor athletics? The Tokyo Games is less than six months away, but for most British athletes the chance of starting their race preparations remains on hold (Fast Running) Athletics: Sweeten The Distance David Chalfen considers the debate surrounding equalising cross country distances for men and women (AW) Athletics: Jamie Webb among winners in Ostrava Oliver Bromby claims 60m success while Tina Sutej soars to pole vault meeting record at the Czech Indoor Gala (ESPN) Olympics: No cheering, no bars, less intimacy part of 'playbook' rules for Tokyo Olympics safety " (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Wheeler Won An All-Time 400H Classic Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 3, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (RRW) Athletics: Much-Anticipated RAK Half-Marathon Cancelled Organizers of the 15th edition of the RAK Half-Marathon --scheduled for Friday, February 19, in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates-- announced this morning that the race had been cancelled due to the pandemic and will not be held again until 2022 (Mirror) Olympics: Full list of rules for Tokyo Olympics athletes as fans banned from cheering Japanese Olympic chiefs have outlined rules ahead of this summer's postponed games that will require regular testing among athletes while also prohibiting fans from cheering (Cambridge Independent) Athletics: Ireland indoor champion Louise Shanahan strikes the balance between elite athletics and quantum physics at Cambridge University (BBC) Athletics: After careful consideration, the 2021 Eugene Marathon will shift to a fully virtual event in late April of 2021. Britain's Laura Muir will not attempt to win a European Indoor double for the third year running as she focuses on preparing for the Tokyo Olympics. (Eugene Marathon) Athletics: COVID-19 updates After careful consideration, the 2021 Eugene Marathon will shift to a fully virtual event in late April of 2021. (The Guardian) Women in Sport: The menstrual month: how to exercise effectively at every stage of your cycle The physiological changes that take place around a woman’s period can affect her training. Experts assess when to take it easy - and when you should go hard (Jerusalem Post) Athletics: New format announced for Tel Aviv marathon due to coronavirus Multiple routes and tracking app to be used on February 19 amid pandemic, with motto of ‘All running together separately’ (RT) Athletics: Ukrainian teen sensation Mahuchikh clears the bar at 2.06m, threatening to dethrone Maria Lasitskene in women’s high jump (Gulf News) Athletics: Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon 2021 postponed World record holder and reigning champion Yeshaneh was set to compete (USATF) Athletics: 2021 USATF Youth Indoor Championships Canceled he World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed it will not appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision in its case with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (AW) Athletics: Laura Muir to miss European Indoors Reigning 1500m and 3000m champion will sit out championships in Torun next month as she directs all of her energies towards the Olympics (NBC Los Angeles) Athletics: LA Marathon Rescheduled Again Due to Coronavirus The race is now scheduled for sometime in the fall. (USTFCCCA) Athletics: NCAA & NJCAA ITF National Athletes of the Week (Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: Washington freshman runs 3:59.53 mile, joins father on list of sub-4 runners Cruz and Alan Culpepper are just the 13th father-son duo to have both broken the four-minute barrier (USTFCCCA) Athletics: It’s Good To Be King: Cheserek Reigned At NCAAs Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 2, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (Japan Running News) Athletics: 'Official Announcement for Cancellation of the 23rd Nagano Marathon' (Tri247) Triathlon: PTO adds support to Australian National Triathlon Championships (Japan Running News) Athletics: 60+ World Record Holder Yugeta Plans to Run Nagoya in March At Sunday's Osaka International Women's Marathon 62-year-old Mariko Yugeta ran 2:52:13 for 48th, massively improving her own women's 60+ world record of 2:56:54. "It was hard, but I'm glad I could improve my best," she said post-race. (The Morning Shakeout) Athletics: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-146-with-nathan-martin/ "I like pushing myself and that’s one thing about running, too: You can argue, there’s not a crazy amount of technical stuff—like when you get into some of those track events like hurdles and stuff, it’s crazy technical—but, you know, it’s that idea that it’s your will versus what your body’s kind of telling you, right? Or, in some cases, like you’re fighting against somebody else. So just being able to get into a race and say, ‘You know what, it’s time to go,’ and just test your body is what I gravitate towards—and don’t get me wrong, sometimes I do that and I’m like, ‘Why in the world did I do that? I am in so much pain,’ but a lot of the time it’s just awesome that I have the opportunity to do that. I’m not necessarily a person who’s going to back down from somebody. Sometimes I’ll be cautious, like, ‘OK, this is not the right time to be making these moves.’ But, you know, when it comes down to the last little bit of the race, if I have something in me, I’m going to push hard and I’m going to try and dig as deep as I can to finish." (CBC) Athletics: Hurdler Sage Watson says pandemic-weary world could use Tokyo Olympics 'The world needs these Games ... mental health is at an all-time low' (BBC) Athletics: Covid: Female athletes 'harassed' while training outdoors A number of female Welsh sprinters have been verbally abused by strangers as they train in public (The Guardian) 'People heckle me': top female runners speak out on abuse on streets Athletes who cannot access usual facilities in lockdown talk of harassment while out training (The Star) Athletics: Kwemoi eyes shock RAK Half Marathon win despite elite start list * Kwemoi wants to make up for the pain of finishing third at Sunday's Discovery Cross Country Championships in Eldoret * However, he will have to upstage an elite line-up including world half marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie, world half marathon champion Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda and former world record holder Geoffrey Kamworor (The Star) Athletics: Expectations high for Lemotit athletes ahead of Nairobi meeting * Lemotit Athletics Camp coach Paul Kemei confident that his athletes will excel at the Nairobi Cross Country Championship * Kemei will enlist 10 female athletes to participate at the event to be held on Saturday at Nairobi West Prison grounds * He thanked Athletics Kenya for its gallant efforts to keep the camp afloat during the coronavirus pandemic (The Irish News) Athletics: Review of 'broad brush' approach to grassroots sport needed: Ciaran Kearney (CBC) Athletics: Break out your sneakers: Manitoba Marathon planning for limited in-person races in 2021 Organizers plan blend of in-person, virtual races for Labour Day weekend (De Zeen) Athletics: Nike reveals hands-free GO FlyEase trainer Sportswear brand Nike has released the laceless Nike GO FlyEase trainers, which can be put on and taken off without using your hands to replace "antiquated" shoes with laces (AW) Athletics: Ask The Athlete with Holly Bradshaw British pole vault record-holder answers your questions and talks misconceptions, street meets and more! (Fast Running) Athletics: World u/20 record for Hodgkinson – weekend roundup Keely Hodgkinson sets a new U20 800m indoor world record, Elliot Giles wins over 800m and Andy Butchart sets new a Scottish Indoor Record as racing in Germany and Vienna gives us a much needed competition fix (USATF) Athletics: USATF Board elects new officers, welcomes new board members (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Texas’ Turner Soared To Triple Jump Greatness Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships February 1, 2021: [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd] (USTFCCCA) Athletics: 2021 NCAA DI Women’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index - Week 2 2021 NCAA DI Men’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index - Week 2 Top-10 Marks of the Week (WA) Athletics: 800m standouts Vasquez and Sanchez lead Puerto Rico’s Olympic hopes (The Guardian) Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson says injury will not affect Olympic plans KJT suffered achilles injury late last year - Dina Asher-Smith wins second race in three days (Eurosport UK) Injured heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson out until March with Achilles problem Team GB Olympic hopeful Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be out of action until March after picking up an Achilles tendon injury in training. However, the 28-year-old is still on track to recover in time to feature at the Tokyo Games this summer, where she is one of her country's best medal prospects (The Star) Athletics: Kamworor targets new world half marathon record after injury return * Former World Half Marathon record holder Geoffrey Kamworor wants to sassault the current world record of 57.32 held by countryman Kibiwott Kandie. * He described Kandie as a great man and hardworking athlete with a bright future ahead of him (The Star) Athletics: Seasoned athletes shocked as Kiprop, Cherotich steal show * "This was the hardest race I have ever competed. Competitors in today's race know each other very well and beating them wasn't an easy task," - Kiprop. * "This winis worth celebration. I looked at the starting line-up and I was discouraged but after 8km mark, I stepped forward and that paid-off well," - Cherotich (The Guardian) Athletics: Dina Asher-Smith chalks up her second victory in three days Sprinter runs 7.12sec to win 60m in Düsseldorf - ‘The European championships will be exciting’ (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Stanford’s Rothert Starred In The Shot Put Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships | |
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