Runner's Web July 2020 FrontPage Archive

July 31, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Safety is the first priority" - Dina Asher-Smith not expecting to compete in 2020 Dina Asher-Smith is preparing for a 20-month hiatus from outdoor competition after revealing she is unlikely to race this year (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 264: Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong is a 2X Olympian and just ran a new 5K PR at the age of 35 at a Bowerman Track Club Intersquad meet. His story to where he is today is a story of faith, hope, courage and tenacity (Go Be More) Athletics: Everyone has a right to have hope - Interview with Abdi Abdirahman (BBC) Drugs in Sport: The 'real' threat to Russia’s former doping mastermind The former mastermind of Russian sports doping, Grigory Rodchenkov, gave an interview to the BBC this week with his veiled face in the dark shadow of a wide-brimmed straw hat. Now in hiding in the US, after revealing all to the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), it's a potentially life-saving precaution. Matt Majendie explains why (ESPN) Drugs in Sport: Former Olympic cyclist Johann Lienhart banned for helping son dope (Oregon Live) Athletics: Donavan Brazier will be gunning for a fast time and - maybe - a record in Friday’s Portland Track popup meet Long hours, short nights and ulcers: Portland Track defies the coronavirus to stage elite meets (Tempo Journal) BF3: Revenge of the Friendly (Daily Nation) Athletics: Athletics legend Jipcho buried in Trans Nzoia (BBC) Athletics: Safeguarding in athletics: UKA says 'a lot more work to be done' after independent review UK Athletics acknowledges there is "a lot more work to be done" regarding safeguarding after an independent review of its policies found a "lack of precision" in lines of responsibility. (Irish Times) Drugs in Sport: Russia opts to pay €5.5m fine to escape expulsion from World Athletics World Athletics warn a ban will come into effect immediately if payment is not made (WA) Athletics: How Davis and Bayi made history for Tanzania (Telangana Today) Athletics: Eliud Kipchoge signed as Kenya’s tourism ambassador KTB's CEO Betty Radier said on Wednesday that the engagement, commencing in July, will see Kipchoge promote the east African nation as a preferred tourism destination locally, regionally and internationally through various campaigns (USATF) Athletics: Norman, Didriksen earn Athlete of the Week honors (Sky Sports) Athletics: Cross-country relay proposed for 2024 Paris Olympics Each team would consist of two men and two women, with each member running two legs of the 2.5km course (TAAS) Drugs in Sport: RusAF reinstatement commission to convene August 7 The Council of World Athletics set out a second deadline of August 15 for the Russian side to pay a sizable fine of $6.3 million, otherwise RusAF will be expelled from the organization (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Northrop Doubles Down In A Unique Way Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 30, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (CBC) Athletics: This year's Montreal marathon is cancelled, public health confirms Quebec public health says there was no way to ensure health measures are respected (The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: Russia finally opts to pay £5m fine for doping offences as it seeks way back World Athletics wants to see credible plan before reinstatement - Russia’s sports minister given until 15 August to pay up (NBC) Athletics: World Athletics wants cross-country running in 2024 Paris Olympics (CBC) Drugs in Sport: Russia given 2nd deadline by World Athletics to pay doping fine World Athletics threatens vote on expulsion if $5M US not paid by Aug. 15 (CTolleRun) Athletics: Grayson Murphy - A Well That Will Not Dry Up Carrie chats with World Mountain Running Champion Grayson Murphy! They discuss her winning the world and US championships last year, having a boyfriend who is a professional Nordic Skier, her perspective on living with an eating disorder, and much more! (Spikes) Athletics: Falling Down by Eliza McCartney In 2016 I felt invincible. I was 19 years old, and could run around all day, do as much training as I like, but never get injured (EA) Athletics: Torrijos breaks Spanish outdoor triple jump record in Castellon Pablo Torrijos became the first Spaniard to surpass the 17 metre-line outdoors in the triple jump in Castellon on Wednesday (29) evening. (NewsChain) Cycling: Three-time world champion Marianne Vos signs two-year deal with Team Jumbo-Visma Three-time world road race champion Marianne Vos has reportedly signed a two-year deal with Team Jumbo-Visma (RRW) Athletics: Organizers Recommend 2021 World XC Championships Be Postponed Organizers of next year's World Athletics Cross Country Championships, scheduled for March 20, in Bathurst, Australia in New South Wales, are recommending that these championships be postponed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic (The Telegraph) Women in Sport: Female runners are being left at the starting gun as sport grapples with coronavirus restart Local leagues are slowly waking up to the deep-seated inequality in distance running - but there's still some way to go (The Star) Athletics: World U20 Champs set for August 17-22 in Nairobi * The disruption caused by the global pandemic has made it more difficult to schedule international events over the next two years but we want to give as much certainty as we can to our athletes, Member Federations, host cities and partners," —Coe * The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Yangzhou 2022 have also had a small date change, moving back one week, from March 20, 2022, to March 27, 2022 (WA) Athletics: Athletes find renewed motivation as Tokyo Olympic countdown hits one year to go - for the second time (WA) Athletics: Bathurst World Cross organisers request event delay Ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions force organisers to explore alternative dates for the 2021 World Cross Country Championships (Metro) Athletics: Q&A with Daley Thompson The two-time Olympic decathlon champion finds recollections of his first triumph in Moscow 40 years ago have become rather hazy (The Star) Athletics: Chepkoech among global champions confirmed for Monaco * Chepkoech will return to the scene of her world record clocking of 8:44.32 from two years ago * The Kenyan’s last race was a victory at the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Dusseldorf in February, where she clocked a Kenyan indoor 1500m record of 4:02.09 (Yahoo) Olympics: Olympic athletes say they face 'an epidemic' of suicide and depression in Michael Phelps' HBO documentary (Alston For Athletes) Athletics: Depression and Anxiety of the Injured Athlete - Kacie Breeding's Story (Outside Online) Endurance Sports: When Your Body Says No A lifelong runner and outdoor athlete is hit with a mysterious physical breakdown. Once the engine starts to fail, what happens to the mind? (Inside the Games) Athletics: Exclusive: World Athletics protects National Championships dates for next four years National Championships will be protected from calendar clashes until after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games following a ground-breaking agreement between National Federations and the World Athletics Global Calendar Unit (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Texas A&M’s Mills Set 440-Yard WR In 1969 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 29, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (KVRR) Athletics: Fargo Marathon Cancelled (Track and Field News) Athletics: What Will College Track Look Like On The Other Side? Texas hosted the ’19 NCAA Championships and was en route to hosting this year’s when things came crashing down. So now we’re headed to Eugene for the ’21 version - or is it too negative to ask, “Are we?”? (Daily Nation) Athletics: Rio scandal: Case adjourned over Covid-19 scare The hearing of the Sh88 million Rio Olympics scandal has been adjourned after a coronavirus infection panic at the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (Heel Striker) Athletics: Martin Hehir Interview Martin Hehir’s running career has been a steady and impressive upward trajectory ever since taking up the sport in middle school in Washingtonville, NY (ESW) Athletics: An update from the Running USA Board of Directors (Ezega) Athletics: Athlete Haile Gebresilassie Demands Justice for Destroyed Hotels (NY Times) Health and Fotness: With Eating Disorders, Looks Can Be Deceiving Distorted eating behaviors occur in young people irrespective of their weight, gender, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation (The Telegraph) Women in Sport: Could women run faster than men? Women are winning more and more ultra running events. Given the right distances, might they be quicker than men? (BBC) Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson could be Britain's best ever - Daley Thompson Katarina Johnson-Thompson could surpass Jessica Ennis-Hill and Denise Lewis to become Britain's greatest heptathlete, says multi-event legend Daley Thompson (Daily Nation) Athletics: Family of late athlete decries lack of government support (NewVision) Athletics: Kenya athletics running scared of Uganda Kenya’s discomfort about the emerging force next door was evident at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (TeamUSA) Athletics: One Year Out, An Inside Look At The Next 12 Months For Olympic Track And Field Hurdler Dalilah Muhammad (USTFCCCA) Athletics: 2020 National High School Boys & Girls Track & Field Coaches of the Year (Fast Running) Athletics: The training of Steve Ovett Matt Long perches on the shoulder of Colin Lancaster who gives a wave to his former training partner Steve Ovett - the Moscow Olympic 800m Champion (WA) Athletics: World champions Brazier, Chepkoech and Holloway confirmed for Monaco (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Crouser Family Rules NCAA Throwing Events Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 28, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (NBC) Olympics: Brazil sets Olympic bubble in Portugal due to pandemic at home (London Free Press) Drugs in Sport: Renowned London anti-doping crusader turns sights to mistreatment of athletes London-based lawyer has reputation for exposing some of the toughest issues in sports, from doping to corruption (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: "No chances" of RusAF avoiding expulsion from World Athletics, claims former sprinter Privalova Russia’s Olympic champion Irina Privalova believes there are "practically no chances" of her country’s athletics federation avoiding expulsion from World Athletics at the two-day Council meeting that starts tomorrow (Oregon Live) Athletics: Long hours, short nights and ulcers: Portland Track defies the coronavirus to stage elite meets (Runner's World) Athletics: Tracksmith Wants to Pay You to Make Running-Related Art Calling all running filmographers, photographers, poets, writers, podcasters, musicians, painters, sculptors, and creatives (The Telegraph) Athletics: London Marathon organisers hopeful of staging elite race for Olympic qualification in October World Athletics have lifted a suspension on Olympic qualification so athletes can book their spot for next year’s Tokyo Games (RRW) Athletics: Olympic Qualification Window Reopens For Road Athletes September 1 The world governing body for athletics and road running made the decision because of concern from athletes that fewer and fewer qualifying opportunities were available due to the global pandemic (The Verge) Endurance Sports: Garmin confirms cyber attack as fitness tracking systems come back online Owners of Garmin wearables are seeing their data sync again (RTE) Olympics: Olympic marathon and race walk qualifying to restart first Athletics: 2020 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Virtual Run Results Uploaded to All-time Searchable Database 2021 T-shirt Design Contest Closes July 31 (Daily Nation) Athletics: Athletics legend's family to benefit from Veterans fund The late athletics icons Benjamin Jipcho and Robert Ouko are among former sportsmen and women who will benefit from the Veterans Cash Fund for the year 2020 (Guardian.NG) Athletics: I never dreamt I could own a car, 13-year-old winner of Lagos City Marathon confesses (Daily Monitor) Athletics: Travel ban frustrates Cheptegei, Nakaayi Local and global athletics audiences were treated to great news early this month after organisers of the Monaco Herculis Diamond League Meeting announced that Joshua Cheptegei and Halimah Nakaayi would be part of their star cast (WA) Athletics: World Athletics amends rules governing shoe technology and Olympic qualification system (GQ) Ultra Running: The Real-Life Diet of Kilian Jornet, Who Dominates 100-Mile Ultramarathons and Runs Up the World’s Highest Mountains Training to race up Mt. Everest is apparently not so different from prepping for your local half marathon. (WA) Athletics: Inspired by Italian greats, Fabbri ready to take on the world’s best (AllAfrica) Athletics: Mwamba - Doping Violation Dims Kenya's Prospects of a First 1500m Record (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Vaulter Bradshaw back to Tokyo focus after spell on sidelines Pole vault star Holly Bradshaw's lockdown training inspiration came from the unlikeliest of places - baked beans (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Is the run of Kenyan doping bans concerning or a sign of progress? (Forbes) Olympics: Tokyo’s ‘Zombie Olympics’ Should Be Delayed Or Left For Dead? (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Richardson Sprints To Record Day In 2019 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 27, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (TASS) Drugs in Sport: Russian Olympic champion links Rodchenkov’s remarks to pending ruling on Russian athletics On July 29-30, the World Athletics Council will convene for a meeting where the All-Russia Athletics Federation could be fully expelled from the international organization (Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: McLeod moves to Puma Olympic 110m hurdles champion Omar McLeod announced on Friday that he is now a Puma-sponsored athlete (Mirror) Athletics: London Marathon latest amid continued uncertainty despite open letter from race chief Major marathons across the globe have already been cancelled, but thousands hoping to take part in the London Marathon in October remain in limbo (The Telegraph) Athletics: Chaunte Lowe interview: 'Everything that had the highest probability of success was what I did. That's my nature' Four-time Olympic high-jumper on breast cancer treatment and shielding when she should have been competing at Tokyo 2020 (Citizen) Athletics: Recovering Kamworor resumes light training (Guardian.NG) Athletics: At last, 2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon 10km winners to get car prizes (VMLM) Athletics: A message from Hugh Brasher, Event Director, Virgin Money London Marathon (2 Black Runners) Athletics: Ep. 15 || Marielle Hall | Running While Black | 2016 Olympian | Creating a Space for Black Female Runners (Women's Running) Olympics: What the 1980 Olympics Can Teach Us About Race Cancellations Track and field athletes at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials share how they trained and competed through the boycott—and offer advice for runners facing an uncertain outlook on the return to racing today (Sit and Kick) Athletics: Episode II "Dani Jones Signs With....." (SCMP) Athletics: Hong Kong Marathon: organisers look to April if Covid-19 claims January 2021 date * The Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association needs to make a decision next month if the event will be held as scheduled on January 24 * The 2020 showpiece was cancelled only two weeks before the February 9 race as the coronavirus outbreak first began to spread (BBC) Drugs in Sport:Russian doping: Athletes must be kept out of Tokyo Games, says whistleblower Rodchenkov No Russian athletes should be allowed to take part in the postponed Tokyo Olympics next year, says former doping mastermind turned whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov (The Telegraph) Olympics: Respect my faith so I can compete at the Olympics - Bracha Deutsch pleads for shot at Tokyo Orthodox Jewish runner ‘Beatie’ Deutsch will miss Games unless marathon race is moved from Shabbat, a day of rest for Jewish people (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Kenya's Cheruiyot ready to hunt for glory on the track again (The Telegraph) Drugs in Sport: Ben Johnson 'failed drug test covered up' in 1986, claims Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov claims it was among 14 failed drug tests covered up to ensure the Goodwill Games in Moscow was not tarnished (Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: Explosive new revelations about historic Russian doping offences will have NO bearing on their bid to be reinstated by World Athletics * Revelations about historic Russian doping offences are made in a new book * Whistleblower claimed they boycotted 1984 Olympics due to their drug problem * Russians are currently banned from competing under their flag at the Olympics (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sporty: Russian high jumper appeals against CAS decision to uphold four-year ban Russia's former European high jump champion Alexander Shustov is refusing to give up on a campaign to clear his name for doping offences, despite having already lost at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Hornbostel Left Mark As A Hoosier Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 26, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (AP) Olympics: 3 sporting trailblazers light up Stockholm Olympics in 1912 (BBC) Athletics: 'If you don't wear them, don't expect to be competitive': Irish distance runners have their say on the shoes debate "I've worked so, so hard these last few years but where the sport has moved to now is that the first question someone is asked after a marathon is 'what shoes did you wear?'" (Daily Nation) Athletics: Kipchoge Keino: How Ben Jipcho and I plotted Mexico triumph (Outside Online) Running: The Race That Tried to Heal a New York Neighborhood How America’s "#1 Runners’ Restaurant" helped bring a community and its police force closer together (Mirror) Athletics: Daley Thompson repays debt of gratitude on 40th anniversary of Moscow Olympic triumph BOA boss Sir Denis Follows defied Thatcher government’s instruction to boycott 1980 Moscow Olympics over Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan and in so doing provided Thompson with a springboard to greatness (ABC) Athletics: Running a marathon was never crazier or harder than during the 1904 St Louis Olympics (AP) Olympics: Protests, disqualifications stoked controversy at 1908 Games (USTFCCCA) Athletics: BYU’s Mann Set World Record In 440 Hurdles Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 25, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (BBC) Olympics: Super Saturday at London 2012 named greatest British summer Games moment When it comes to choosing Great Britain's greatest moment at a summer Olympic Games, there is only ever going to be one winner (Daily Nation) Athletics: Kipchoge returns favour to home fans in Nandi County (CBC) Athletics: Andre De Grasse runs a speedy 100 metres at Back To The Track Series Canadian sprinter shows no signs of slowing down during pandemic (WA) Bromell clocks 9.90 and Miller-Uibo runs 10.98 in Clermont (The Starnger) Drugs in Sport: China's "Epidemic of Doping" at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (TrackAlerts) Athletics: Miller-Uibo breaks 11secs to beat Fraser-Pryce’s mark Shaunae Miller-Uibo dipped under 11 seconds for the first time at Friday’s (24 July) Back to the Track meeting in Clermont, Florida (WA) Athletics: After injuries and quarantine, Casetta once again inspired to push for Olympic qualification (WXYZ) Athletics: 2020 Detroit Free Press Marathon canceled due to COVID-19 (SportsOttawa) Athletics: Extra time has been of the essence for hopeful third-time Olympian Bishop-Nriagu (The Telegraph) Athletics: The 1948 Olympians: Dorothy Parlett and Bill Nankeville reflect on their London Olympics experience The 1948 Olympics was dubbed the Austerity Games, with rations and an economic downturn continuing to plague Britain (The Guardian) Athletics: Sebastian Coe: 'I was prepared to die with blood in my boots for the 1500m' Forty years on from a pair of middle-distance classics at the Moscow Olympics, Coe recalls complaining telegrams, Daley Thompson’s psychology and his opinion on the boycott (Mirror) Olympics: Team GB set for Olympics history with more women than men competing at Tokyo The Olympic Games in Tokyo were postponed earlier this year but when Team GB head to the Japanese capital next summer they will have more female athletes than male ones (CNN)Athletics:Filmmaker and elite marathon runner, Alexi Pappas wants to make sure 'the complete person is happening' (EA) Athletics: Mageean and Bol set European-leading performances in Berne Competing for the first time since a brief indoor season, European indoor and outdoor 1500m bronze medallist Ciara Mageean dropped down in distance to dispatch a high quality field over 800m at the Citius Champs in Berne on Friday evening (The Guardian) Athletics: Sebastian Coe: 'I wouldn't have missed Ovett rivalry for the world' Forty years on from a pair of middle-distance classics at the Moscow Olympics, Coe recalls complaining telegrams, Daley Thompson’s psychology and his opinion on the boycott (The Telegraph) Forty years on, Sebastian Coe reflects on his victory over Steve Ovett and the 1980 Moscow Olympics 'I can’t think, in the history of sport, that there has been a more politically charged decade than the Eighties - I was actually living it' (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Auburn’s Goulbourne Makes Long Jump History Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships (Heel Striker) Athletics: Chris Derrick Chris Derrick is a runner for Nike and the Bowerman Track Club. He ran at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois and at Stanford University where he was a 14 time All-American. As a professional he won the USATF Cross Country Championships 3 times and represented the US at both the World Track and Field Championships and the World Cross Country Championships. Since 2017 he has focused on the marathon. He has personal bests of 13:08 in the 5K, 27:31 in the 10K, and 2:12 in the marathon   July 24, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Balls.IE) Athletics: Ciara Mageean Becomes First Irish Woman To Run Under Two Minutes In The 800m (RRW) Athletics: Drake Relays Officially Cancelled The 111th edition of the Drake Relays presented by Xtream was supposed to take place from April 22 - 25 in Des Moines, Iowa (Evening Standard) Athletics: Kelly Sotherton: Keep athletics innovations after pandemic - but championships must stay traditional Former Olympic heptathlete Kelly Sotherton believes athletics should look to retain some of its Covid shutdown innovations - but insists championship meetings must remain sacred (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 263: Addie Bracy Addie Bracy joins me on the show today! She runs for Nike Trail, she’s a running coach, a mental performance consultant and the co-founder of OUTrun. The inspiration behind OUTrun is to empower and connect LGBTQ+ individuals within the running community and to create an environment that is encouraging, supportive, and inclusive to all (ESW) Athletics: 2021 Los Angeles Marathon presented by ASICS Announces New Finish Line Course Change Brings the Marathon’s Finish to Century City’s Avenue of the Stars (EA) Athletics: Kate O’Connor: "Being world class in every event is one of my goals" "I want to be world class in every event" is quite an ambition for a young heptathlete. But for Kate O’Connor, the first Irishwoman to score over 6000 points in the heptathlon, she is well on her way to achieving that goal (The Star) Athletics: Uhuru, Ruto lead in mourning legendary athlete Ben Jipcho * President Uhuru Kenyatta sent a message of condolence to Jipcho's friends and family eulogising him as a national hero and pioneer athlete who helped cement Kenya's profile on the international stage as a top athletics nation * The Head of State wished the family of the highly decorated Kenyan athlete God's comfort and peace as they mourn their departed patriarch (Yahoo) Athletics: The Rush: Olympian Colleen Quigley hints at massive track & field protest for social justice (AC) Athletics: Five years later, Canadian track and field athletes are reminded of the impact of the Toronto Pan American Games Celebrating with friends and family a cherished memory for Canadian athletes (WA) Athletics: Snell and the 56-year-old tale of two missing world record plaques (NY Times) Athletics: At the Olympics in Bombed-Out London, She Forever Changed Women’s Sports The 1948 Summer Games, the first held after the war, were a celebration of improvisation, renewal and change, embodied in a Dutch track star named Fanny Blankers-Koen. (USTFCCCA) Athletics:LoJo Breaks Barriers, Records In Pole Vault Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships (BBC) Athletics: Sporting Nation: Liz McColgan's 'greatest run in British history' "The greatest run in the history of British distance running, man or woman, any time, any place, anywhere - that's the best I've seen and it's better than any I've ever read about." (Daily Nation) Athletics: Athletics legend Ben Jipcho passes on (Diamond League) Athletics: 2020 Shanghai Wanda Diamond League meeting cancelled (RRM) Athletics: BMW Berlin-Marathon overwhelmed by community feedback (Daily Mail) Olympics: We were thrilled by Daley's genius and stunned by ruthless Phelps but when it comes to our Olympic No 1... all hail lightning Bolt: The final part in Sportsmail's countdown of the 50 most stunning moments in the history of the Games * With the 2020 Olympics postponed, Sportsmail have looked at its storied past * Daley Thompson cemented himself as one of Britain's greatest with 1984 win * Micheal Phelps was a true winner but no one can knock Usain Bolt off his perch (BBC) Athletics: When Allan Wells was the world's fastest man The Olympic 100m final tends to be the place to settle the debate about the fastest man alive, but Allan Wells' coronation as the world's best sprinter perhaps only truly took place two weeks after his golden Olympic moment (The Telegraph) Drugs in Sport: Former 1500m world champion Elijah Manangoi becomes latest Kenyan to face doping sanctions Manangoi, who won the world title at London 2017, has been charged with "whereabouts failures"   July 23, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (NY Times) Athletics: Dick Buerkle, Master of the Indoor Mile, Dies at 72 After running the 5,000 meters, Buerkle, a former Villanova walk-on, devoted himself to the mile and set a record. He regretted missing the 1980 Moscow Olympics (GoDrakeBulldogs) Athletics: 111th Drake Relays Presented by Xtream Powered by Mediacom Postponed to 2021 (CTolleRun) Athletics: Karissa Schweizer - 14:26… What on Earth? Carrie welcomes elite runner Karissa Schweizer to the show! They go deep on Karissa’s recent performance at a closed Bowerman Track Club meet where she ran a 5K in 14:26, the second-fastest American 5K time ever! They also have a wide-ranging conversation around her decorated past in college, how COVID-19 has changed professional running, and much more (Daily Nation) Athletics: Athletics legend Jipcho in ICU Former Olympics 3,000m steeplechase silver medalist Ben Jipcho has been hospitalized in Fountain Hospital in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County (WA) Athletics: World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 launch virtual mass race (ESW) Athletics: Mizuno to sponsor the Honolulu Marathon The Honolulu Marathon is excited to welcome Mizuno as its new apparel sponsors (RRW) Athletics: Former World Champion Manangoi Provisionally Suspended for Whereabouts Failures Elijah Motonei Manangoi, the affable Kenyan who won the World Athletics 1500m title in London in 2017, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for whereabouts failures (Economic Times) Health and Fitness: Scientists find the secret ingredient to keep brain healthy; exercise in a pill may soon be a reality (The Examiner) Athletics: Mizzou alum Schweizer staying on track for Olympics (The Standard) Drugs in Sport: Former World 1500m champion Elijah Manangoi suspended over violating anti-doping rules Four Kenyan athletes suspended, banned over violating anti-doping rules (Cycling Weekly) Cycling: Team Ineos will change name from Tour de France 2020 to promote sponsor’s new 4×4 The team will also opt for a new colour kit to promote the vehicle (Diamond League) Athletics: Wanda Diamond League meeting in Gateshead cancelled (Xinhuanet) Athletics: Kenya's Cherono shelves dreams to 2021 marathon season (WA) Athletics: Billy Mills: Reflecting on his epic victory at the 1964 Olympic Games, racism in America and a return to Tokyo (BBC) Athletics: Wayde van Niekerk: Olympic champion wants 'untouchable' 400m legacy Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk wants to set an "untouchable" 400m world record as his legacy (Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: Sydney McLaughlin stars in Gatorade’s ‘Ready to Play Anything’ campaign The American hurdler is featured alongside athletes from the MLB, WNBA and more (Fast Running) Women in Sport: Girls Gotta Run "We want to help tenacious, goal orientated girls and women use running as a launching pad to wider successes" (Mirror) Olympics: Team GB boss says Olympics stands for something 'greater than the pursuit of medals' as pandemic lends sport new perspective "There’s 45,000 people that have died in this country. Is it time for that narrative to change to Team GB athletes being role models for the British public rather than it just being medal focused" (BBC) Olympics: Tokyo 2020: British athletes free to take a knee at rescheduled Olympics British athletes will be free to take a knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement at next year's rescheduled Tokyo Olympics (Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford to join Bowerman Track Club Six-time Canadian record-holder Gabriela DeBues-Stafford is officially a Bowerman babe (USATF) Athletics: Track is back: USATF unveils live streaming schedule for upcoming elite regional meets (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Smith Set Records That Will Last Forever Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 22, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (AP) Olympics: AP Was There: Louis, a Greek, wins 1896 Olympic Marathon From Zeus to Athens, how the modern Olympics came to be (Oregon Live) Athletics: Nike begins layoffs, shakes up leadership (CBC) Athletics: Canadian distance runner Moh Ahmed rules 1,500 metres at Bowerman intrasquad meet 2-time Olympian 3 seconds shy of Kevin Sullivan's national mark of 3:31.71 in 2000 (Track and Filed News) Athletics: The Pre Chronicles - Part 13, The Final XC Races For Oregon Here, in the 13th chapter of a long multi-part series, is how we reported the wrapup of Steve Prefontaine’s collegiate career, where he used his final season of cross country eligibility after having skipped the ’72 harrier campaign after the Olympics. We have taken the liberty of doing some stylistic updatings to mirror our modern protocol and also added an editorial comment or three (Brinkwire) Drugs in Sport: American runner Kara Goucher is dismayed after revelations of London 2012 drug trial (Inside the Games) Olympics: Russia, the United States and China - Thomas Bach's infernal triangle (VeloNews) Cycling: Women’s pro racing returns this week with three punishing Spanish races The women's peloton returns to the start line in Spain this week after four months of a dramatically different off-season (ESW) Triathlon; 2020 Editions Of IRONMAN World Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Cancelled Due To Continued Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic First IRONMAN World Championship cancellation dating back to 1978 (Runner's World) Athletics: New York Road Runners Lays Off 11 Percent of Its Workforce COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of the NYC Marathon and dozens of other NYRR-organized races ISTAF 2020 with Armand Duplantis and 3,500 fans in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium Green light for Go and ISTAF 2020: the oldest athletics meeting in the world will take place as planned on Sunday, September 13 (BNA) Athletics: Berlin's ISTAF meet to take place with 3,500 fans in September (Daily Iowan) Athletics: Former Iowa prep and current professional runner Shelby Houlihan reflects on setting new American 5,000-meter record Houlihan and Karissa Schweizer became the first American women to run a sub-14:30 in the 5000-meters and both have Iowa roots (The Telegraph) Olympics: Special report on Moscow 1980 - the Olympics that Britain almost missed Britain sent 219 athletes to Moscow but for months it was source of fierce debate prompted by Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan (AW) Athletics: How Edinburgh 1970 proved pivotal in Brendan Foster’s career The British distance running great reflects on his Commonwealth Games 1500m bronze, 50 years on from that successful debut international performance in Scotland (Daily Monitor) Athletics; Cheptegei targets 5000m WR in Monaco (Sweat Science on Outside Online) Endurance Sports: The Difference Between Effort and Pain When the going gets tough, which sensation actually slows you down? (Podium Runner) Athletics: What Counts? What Matters? Time-trial PRs aren’t the same as "real" PRs. Who cares? (AllAfrica) Athletics: Six Years, Sh300 Million Later, Mt Elgon's High Altitude Camp Yet to Be Opened (USTFCCCA) Athletics: KU’s Cunningham Captures 1500/Mile Twice Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 21, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Daily Mail) Olympics: to remain BANNED at Tokyo Games next year' as they insist gesture could be hijacked by other protests... but others vow to take a stance despite the risk of sanctions * Black Lives Matter protests have become commonplace across sport * But Olympians are banned from taking a knee in solidarity with the movement * There are fears overturning the ban could lead to other protests (BBC) Women in Sport: England Athletics deny gender split in 5,000m guidelines England Athletics has dismissed a claim that new coronavirus rules will let men run in 5,000m events - but not women (WA) Athletics: Warholm, Kipyegon, Cheruiyot and Kendricks added to Monaco fields (EA) Athletics: European champions Duplantis and Krause confirmed for ISTAF in Berlin The ISTAF in Berlin has been given the green light to go ahead on 13 September by the relevant authorities and the organisers are planning to admit up to 3500 spectators into the Olympic Stadium which played host to the 2018 European Championships (The Guardian) Athletics: Record-breaking college long jumper Tony Martin shot and killed aged 19 Track and field star shot dead outside gas station on Sunday - Recorded seventh longest jump of all time while in school (The Citizen) Athletics: Wayde van Niekerk set for a return to the track in Italy World record holder Wayde van Niekerk is among a small group of South Africans who will spend at least three months training and competing in Europe (The Standard) Athletics: Is it the shoe or the athlete: How much techno-science is too much? * Running shoe contest has now shifted to the size of the midsole * Research findings show rigid carbon fiber plates in shoe midsoles and insoles enhance performance (SportsMax) Athletics: Briana Williams runs five events, Michael Norman 9.86, as athletes run to protect contract money (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 262: Emma Benner; Meet my Production Assistant! My productions assistant, Emma Benner joins me on the show today. Emma has been working with me for the last year and half where she helps run the Sandyboy Productions Podcast Network accounts, produce podcasts, find and research guests, put together the newsletter and so much more! Emma has also joined me as a coach through the I’ll Have Another platform and we talk about that on the podcast! (Spikes) Athletics: Crossroads by Jimmy Gressier When I was young, I did not want to be a runner. I grew up in Boulogne-sur-Mer, the hometown of French football legend Franck Ribery. The goal back then was to be like him (SCMP) Triathlon:Time trial instead of mass start for triathlon selection competition as pandemic bites hard in Hong Kong * A mass start will be avoided to maintain social distancing and avoid group gatherings as revamped competition goes ahead in Plover Cove on Friday * Three fastest finishers in the men’s and women’s events will be selected for the 2020 Asian Beach Games in Sanya (BBC) Cycling: Sporting Nation: Callum Skinner on the greatness of Chris Hoy Throughout July, BBC Scotland's Sporting Nation series is reflecting on some of the greatest feats and personalities from Scottish sporting history. Here we look at Chris Hoy, a six-time Olympic cycling champion (USATF) Athletics: Season-ending elite meet plans cancelled because of safety (USTFCCCA) Athletics: 2020 USTFCCCA Track & Field Academic Awards   July 20, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (RRW) Athletics: No Annual USA Athletics Championships For The First Time In 144 Years USA Track & Field (USATF) announced today that there would be no season-ending elite meet in the fall because of safety concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic (Japan Running News) Athletics: Miura Runs Steeplechase World Lead, Ishida Breaks 5000 m High School NR to Wrap 2020 Hokuren Distance Challenge (Runner's World) Drugs in Sport: Masters Champion Gets Four-Year Ban for Failing Drug Test Distance runner Kevin Castille set numerous records after his 40th birthday (WA) Athletics: Norman blasts 9.86 world lead in Fort Worth (RRW) Athletics: Marine Corps Marathon Is Also Forced to Cancel Despite working diligently on an anti-COVID plan for this year's race, Marine Corps Marathon officials were forced to cancel the October 25 event and shift to an all-virtual edition (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Rollins Rewrites Hurdling History Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships (Falmouth Road Race) Athletics: 2018 New Balance Falmouth Road Race Winner Visits to Prepare for "At-Home Edition" Becomes First Pro Athlete to Run on New High School Track Funded by Falmouth Road Race, Inc (Iriish Times) Athletcs: Organisers ‘forging ahead’ for December’s European Cross-Country in Dublin Athlete Lizzie Lee hoping event will go ahead at Abbotstown after Dublin Marathon cancellation (Mirror) Olympics: BBC under fire after Oscar Pistorius interview included in London 2012 Olympics replay The broadcaster included footage of Pistorius in their re-run of the Olympic and Paralympic games - despite the former sprinter being convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp (Inside the Games) Olympics: Survey says just one in four Japanese in favour of holding Olympics in 2021 Fewer than one in four Japanese people are in favour of holding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics as currently scheduled next year, a survey has found (AI) Athletics: Sodium Bicarbonate study: Canadian Exercise Physiologist Trent Stellingwerff and international team reveal its benefits (Belfast Telegraph) Athletics: McGlynn clocks Northern Ireland women's 10k record as competitive running returns (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Oregon’s Eaton Stood Alone In The Decathlon Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships (The Standard) Drugs in Sport: From life on the fast lane to the bin, how Asbel Kiprop’s world came down crashing (Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: Oxford professor who invented 'wonder drug' given to British athletes ahead of 2012 Olympics admits surprise UK Sport would 'muck about' with substance in run up to London games amid calls for inquiry * British Olympians took part in a trial for 'wonder drug' before the 2012 Olympics * 'DeltaG' was given in drink form to guinea pigs ahead of the London games * Professor Kieran Clarke, who invented the drug, said she was unaware UK Sport conducted the Team GB study * She said she would have been 'very surprised' if UK Sport 'mucked about' with the substance in Olympic year * Politicians and sportspeople have called for an inquiry into UK Sport's behaviour (Daily Mail) Olympics: UK Sport leaders were 'arrogant and controlling' with an 'obsessive focus on medals', reveals insider on Team GB's London 2012 Olympic bosses * Mail on Sunday told about 'a bit of a culture of fear' in UK Sport in 2014 * UK Sport accused of being unable to countenance criticism in a report * A number of athletes and UK Sport former employees have come forward (Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: 'We no longer see who is the hardest trained... we're seeing who is willing to take the most risks': American runner Kara Goucher is dismayed after revelations of London 2012 drug trial and slams athletes taking 'shortcuts' * Kara Goucher has admitted her shock after the Mail On Sunday's investigation into drug trial involving British athletes in 2012 * The American long distance runner helped bring down Mo Farah's former coach Alberto Salazar over anti-doping * She said the revelations that athletes had used ketones were 'disheartening' * Goucher revealed she refused them in 2016 as she didn't know if they were legal * She admitted her disappointment over athletes who continue to 'take shortcuts'   July 19, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (TeamUSA) Olympics: Track & Field Legend Edwin Moses Reflects On “Horrible Price” Athletes Paid Due To The 1980 Boycott (BBC) Athletics: Dame Kelly Holmes: Cypriot radio, a lucky loo & pain - the inside story of 2004's double gold At Athens 2004, Dame Kelly Holmes became only the third woman in history and the first Briton since Albert Hill 84 years earlier to win the 800m and 1500m Olympic double. This is how she did it (AW) Athletics: 15-min contact window could allow mid-distance race return in England British Milers’ Club hopes to hold 800m, 1500m and 3000m races in "a more normal style of racing" from August (Daily Nation) Athletics: Rush to prepare Nyayo stadium for Kip Keino Classic (Daily Nation) Athletics: Kipchoge to the rescue of female athletes (WA) Athletics: Crouser throws 22.91m, Bol breaks Dutch 400m hurdles record (Brinkwire) Drugs in Sport:American runner Kara Goucher is dismayed after revelations of London 2012 drug trial (Oreogon Live) Athletics: Portland Track makes magic happen in popup meet alongside the McKenzie River (EA) Athletics: Bol scorches to world 400m hurdles lead of 53.79 in Papendal Reigning European U20 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol continued her remarkable ascent by slashing another significant chunk off her recently set lifetime best on Saturday afternoon (Inside the Games) CWG: Birmingham 2022 faces tough questions in wake of Black Lives Matter movement   July 18, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (CBC) Cyclng:Canada's Michael Woods posts Stage 5 victory of virtual Tour de France Ottawa native boosts confidence after breaking leg in March crash (Varsity) Athletics:Illness and Fame: What do you do when your Olympic dreams fall through? Recounting the story of her sister’s illness, Miranda Stephenson discusses the double-edged sword of childhood sporting success (AW) Athletics: Races capped at socially-distanced 1500m under new England Athletics guidance Governing body releases lengthy document on a return to restricted track and field competition in August (London Free Press) Athletics: Damian Warner employing new strategies to work toward dream of Olympic gold (USATF) Athletics: Houlihan’s speedy 5,000m earns her USATF Athlete of the Week honors, Wilma Rudolph wins throwback honors (Irish Examiner) Olympics: Tokyo 2020 cancellation would cost much more than staging Games, organisers warn (Southern Times) Athletics: Montsho: Age ain’t nothing but a number (Boonville Daily News) Athletics: Mizzou alum Schweizer staying on track for Olympics (BBC) Athletics: Jake Wightman: Missing Rio a 'big motivator' to make Tokyo Olympics Scotland's Jake Wightman aims to banish the disappointment of missing Rio 2016 by making his Olympics debut in Tokyo - and marking it with a medal (BBC) Athletics: Rewind: 'We've witnessed greatness' - the moment Ennis-Hill won gold in London BBC Sport looks back to the moment Jessica Ennis-Hill sealed heptathlon gold with an inspired 800m victory on Super Saturday at the London 2012 Olympics Jessica Ennis-Hill: A personal guide through the magic of Olympic gold (WA) Athletics: Four world champions added to Silesia line-up Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands, the 2015 and 2017 world 200m champion, 2017 world javelin champion Johannes Vetter of Germany, Swede Daniel Stahl, the 2019 world discus throw champion and the man he succeed, Lithuanian Andrius Gudzius, will all competing at the event for the first time (Inside the Games) Athletics: RusAF not planning to hold urgent Presidential election The Executive Committee of the crisis-stricken Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) is not planing to hold an urgent election to select a new President (AW) Athletics: CJ Ujah among sprinters announced for British Championships Ashleigh Nelson and Ojie Edoburun are also set to compete at the behind-closed-doors event in Manchester (WA) Athletics: Wanjiru scorches to convincing 10,000m victory in Abashiri (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Heavenly Twins” Reach New Heights In Pole Vault Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 17, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (BBC) Athletics:Lord Coe elected as member of International Olympic Committee World Athletics president Lord Coe has been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (Reuters) Triathlon: World Championships to move forward in 2020 (Women's Sports) Athletics: Brenda Martinez Gets Creative at Home During the Pandemic Training hard and pouring herself into woodworking projects has gotten Brenda Martinez through the tough months of the COVID-19 quarantin (Spikes) Athletics: Mixed Emotions by Magnus Kirt It should have been the best moment of my career, but it was one of the most worrying (The Telegraph) Olympics: Athletics Association to fight against rule banning taking a knee at Tokyo Olympics The new body representing athletes wants to follow the example of Premier League football and stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter (ITU) Triathlon: Tokyo 2020 confirms the competition schedule for the Games (Register-Guard) Athletics: A dozen UO track and field athletes are moving on (RRW) Athletics: Elite Track Returns To Boston Area Tomorrow The first elite outdoor track meet in the Boston area in over a year will take place on Saturday when the MVMNT Race Series makes it's debut (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 260: Duane Solomon Duane Solomon recently announced his retirement from track and field after a long and successful competitive career. He is an 800 meter runner who is currently the 3rd fastest American in the distance with a time of 1:42:82. Duane competed in the 2012 London Olympics, placing 4th in a race where the World record was set, making his finish the fastest 4th place finisher ever in the Olympic games. He also competed in the 2007 and 2013 World Championships. Duane was known to be a front runner throughout his career and in this episode explains why he loves to race that way (Greenville News) Athletics: Olympian Sandi Morris makes auspicious debut on 'backyard' pole vault facility (The Independent) Drugs in Sport::Christian Coleman’s anti-doping violations show ‘lack of respect’, says USA teammate Christian Taylor Taylor, who is the president of the new Athletics Association, has little sympathy with Coleman’s position as the world’s fastest man prepares for a possible two-year ban from the sport (WACO Tribune-Herald) Athletics: Versatility, endurance marked Francie Larrieu Smith's Texas Sports HOF running career (USADA) Drugs in Sport: U.S. Track and Field Athlete Kevin Castille Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation (Irish Times) Athletics: Sonia O’Sullivan: Frank O’Mara still an inspiration after all these years Former World champion using discipline of his athletic training in battle with Parkinson’s disease (Daily Nation) Athletics: Obiri's managers insist on honouring Monaco race (Sweat Science on Outside Online) Health and Fitness: A New Theory on Exercise's Anti-Cancer Effect The ability to sustain a high rate of energy burn for a prolonged period of time may help ward off cancer (BBC) Athletics: Tom Bosworth: 'We must challenge online abuse' Racewalker Tom Bosworth, the only openly gay man on the British athletics team, says that online abuse will "grow and grow" unless it is called out (Inside the Games) Athletics: Russian teenage pole vault star seeks nationality switch to Belarus Russia’s teenage pole vault star Matvey Volkov has confirmed his intention to switch nationality to represent Belarus, following the Russian Athletics Federation’s (RusAF) failure to meet a deadline set by World Athletics to make a payment as part of reinstatement process (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Thomas Gives NCAA Meet First 7-Footer Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 16, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (CTolleRun) Athletics: Elise Cranny - I Can Do That, Too Carrie chats with Elise Cranny, one of the brightest young stars in American distance running! They chat about her recent 14:48 5K, how she got into the sport, her first injury as a pro, running 1 Million Miles for Justice with the Bowerman Track Club, and how she is finding the courage to be authentic (RRW) Athletics: Colorado To Hold State 10-K Road Running Championships On Sunday Bucking the trend of cancelled road races, USATF Colorado will hold their state 10-kilometer road running championships on Sunday hosted by the Colorado Springs Classic 10-K (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Sharp using canine companion 'Bowie' to fuel Tokyo mission Lynsey Sharp says her new puppy has stopped lockdown from feeling like Life On Mars (BBC) Drugs in Sport: Deajah Stevens banned for Tokyo Olympics after missed anti-doping tests USA Olympic 200m finalist Deajah Stevens has been banned for the Tokyo Games in 2021 for missing anti-doping tests (The Athletics Association) Athletics: Track and Field athletes unite to formally establish the independent Athletics Association and set out their initial obJectives (BBC) Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson & Adam Gemili join Athletics Association board British Olympians Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Adam Gemili have joined the board of a new independent body designed to fight for the rights of track and field athletes (Cyxcling Weekly) Cycling; Geraint Thomas confirms his schedule for racing return The 2018 Tour de France champion also shared his experiences of lockdown (EA) Athletics: Korte clocks 12.80 in Lahti; Petrova sets European lead in Plovdiv Annimari Korte continued her unbeaten start to the 2020 campaign with another victory over a high quality domestic field at the Lahti Games on Wednesday (15) evening (BBC) Women in Sport: Eilidh Doyle: Caster Semenya treated worse than drug cheats Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya has been treated more harshly than drug cheats by athletics' governing body, says British Olympian Eilidh Doyle (NZ Herald) Athletics: Dame Valerie Adams never had a Barbie growing up. Now she's become one (China.org) Athletics: World champ Cheruiyot schemes to seize Diamond League in Monaco (Watch Athletics) Olympics: Are the Tokyo Olympics Going to Go Ahead in 2021? What fate awaits the Tokyo Olympics in 2021? Costs continue to mount and fears of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic are increasing, threatening to disrupt proceedings yet again (Outside Online) Health and Fitness: Your Fitness Tracker Might Be Able to Predict COVID-19 The pandemic is prompting activity-tracking companies to pivot from personal to public health (Daily Mail) Cycling: Jess Varnish LOSES long-running legal battle with British Cycling after her appeal against result of employment tribunal is dismissed by court * Jess Varnish made allegations of bullying and sexism against Shane Sutton * She took British Cycling to employment tribunal, arguing she was an employee * That would've allowed her to sue for wrongful dismissal and sex discrimination * She lost initial case and has now had her appeal dismissed by the court this week (Fast Running) Endurance Sports: The Rise and Flight of HOKA Fast10’s Alex Bampton looks into the relatively new history of his sponsor Hoka One One and asks why they’ve burst onto the running and triathlon scene in recent years (AW) Athletics: Competing and officiating in the ‘new normal’ Olympic discus thrower Jade Lally was among those to compete at the first official UK athletics meeting after lockdown (EA) Athletics: Pozzi, Lalova-Collio and Tortu poised to star in Savona The Meeting International Citta di Savona on Thursday (16), a European Athletics Outdoor Area Permit Meeting, will feature not only the best of Italy but also a smattering of European stars across the programme (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Lindgren Had No Peer In NCAA Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 15, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (EA) Athletics: 50 Golden Moments: Muir's European indoor double-double Great Britain’s Laura Muir became just the second female athlete to win a 1500/3000m double at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade and she successfully defended both titles on her home track in Glasgow in 2019 Athletics: Cancellation of SSQ Insurance Quebec City Marathon, a healthy invitation from Brunet, scheduled for October 2-4, 2020 Unfortunately, amid the uncertainty of the next few months due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing public health risks, Quebec Running Events Corporation and event producer Gestev have been forced to cancel the 2020 marathon Athletics: Cancellation of SSQ Insurance Quebec City Marathon, a healthy invitation from Brunet, scheduled for October 2-4, 2020 (VeloNews) Cycling: Tour de France outlines how it will organize race in COVID era More restrictions for fans and media, but officials are not planning on a race 'behind closed doors.' (Macleans) Athletics: Listen to Donovan Bailey Twenty-four years ago, the nation was unwilling to hear the Olympic hero’s message. It matters more than ever as Canadians finally confront their country's own racist history. “We can’t afford to blow this moment," he says (Sport Business) Triathlon: Former ATP chief Kermode appointed vice-chair of Professional Triathletes Organisation (Xinhuanet) Athletics: Olympic champ Kipruto to launch season at Monaco Diamond League (BBC) Athletics: Eilidh Doyle: Scot targets 400m hurdles at Tokyo Olympics Eilidh Doyle says the Tokyo Olympics being pushed back a year could be a "blessing in disguise" as she targets a place in the 400m hurdles (NY Times) Health and Fitness: How Exercise May Bolster the Brain Exercise prompts the liver to pump out a little-known protein that appears to rejuvenates the brain, a new study found (The Star) Athletics: oungster Cherop keen to meet world record holder Chepkoech * It is a disappointment for me as an upcoming runner. I was prepared for the competition but it's unfortunate it was postponed - Cherop. * Tartar, a school that has produced top football players in the country is well known in football but Cherop is optimistic to bring change at the school, to embrace athletics as a sport (Reuters) Athletics: Even in retirement Eaton looks to push performance boundaries (Daily Mail) Athletics: 'It will be difficult for her, she will be in comparison with me': Usain Bolt says he would understand if his daughter, Olympia Lightning, chose NOT to follow his path into athletics as he opens up on his early days as a father * Sprinter Usain Bolt's daughter, Olympia Lightning, was born in May * The 33-year-old Bolt has opened up on his first days and months as a father * Bolt said he would support her if she ever wanted to pursue a sporting career Olympic and double-Commonwealth champion believes the whole point of the Black Lives Matter movement is to receive support from individuals who want to show their solidarity rather than force anyone to do i (ESPN UK) Drugs in Sport: Banned Olympic medalist Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez loses appeal, now charged for false evidence (Track and Field News) Athletics: The Pre Chronicles - Part 12, The Summer Of ’73 Here in the 12th chapter of a long multi-part series, is how we reported the career of Steve Prefontaine in our pages after his final outdoor NCAA Championships in June. We have taken the liberty of doing some stylistic updatings to mirror our modern protocol and also added an editorial comment or three (USTFCCCA) Athletics: UCLA’s Acuff Ascends To Record Heights Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 14, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Runner's World) Athletics: The 2020 NYC Marathon Is Going Virtual. Here’s What You Need to Know There will be four pricing tiers, two of which that get you entry into future NYC Marathons (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Rooney rolling back the years thanks to lockdown break Thanks to an injection of time and youth, sprinter Martyn Rooney no longer feels so old (WA) Athletics: Follow all the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold action during 2020 (CBC) Olympics: Tokyo Olympics could boost chances of Sapporo landing 2030 Winter Games City scheduled to host marathon, race walk events at 2021 Summer Games (BBC) Athletics: Manchester Marathon: October event cancelled because of coronavirus This year's Manchester Marathon has been cancelled because of coronavirus concerns (Jamaica Star) Athletics: Athletes looking to skip Europe With the 2020 athletics season in a topsy-turvy state because of the coronavirus pandemic, a number of coaches are leaning towards their athletes skipping the European circuit (EA) Athletics: Mihambo to open outdoor season at German Championships Reigning world and European long jump champion Malaika Mihambo will open her outdoor season at the German Championships in Braunschweig on 8-9 August (NYRR) Athletics: Third Annual Virtual TCS New York City Marathon to Take Place from October 17 - November 1 (Irish Examiner) Drugs in Sport: No excuse for missing drug testers, says Lizzie Lee (Evening Standard) Drugs in Sport: Time running out to nail the drugs cheats who shamed London 2012 One hundred and 40 athletes have been disqualified from London 2012, with another 10 doping cases set to emerge from those Games before the end of the month (The Telegraph) Athletics: Chicago Marathon cancelled, leaving London the last 'major marathon' standing in 2020 With Berlin, Boston, New York City being cancelled, the only 'World Major Marathon' to take place so far was Tokyo in March (Irish Independent) Drugs in SPort: Doping cases making athletes lose belief, claims Scullion (AW) Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Laura Muir set for Monaco Johnson-Thompson is among five more world champions announced for the Wanda Diamond League meeting in August Athletics: 2020 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Transitions to a Virtual Race Working closely with the City of Toronto and Mayor John Tory, event organizers Canada Running Series have made the decision to cancel the 2020 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon due to Covid 19 (Globe and Mail) Toronto Waterfront Marathon cancelled due to COVID-19 (USTFCCCA) Athletics: “Invincible” Randy Matson Dominates The Throws Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships (WA) Athletics: Five more world champions confirmed for Monaco (Chicago Tribune) Athletics: The Chicago Marathon, scheduled for Oct. 11, is canceled for just the 2nd time in its history (Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago marathon canceled because of the coronavirus Organizers and city officials cite the challenges of staging a large-scale event during the pandemic (BBC) Chicago Marathon cancelled because of coronavirus concerns October's Chicago Marathon has been cancelled because of coronavirus concerns, organisers said on Monday   July 13, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Globe and Mail) Drugs in Sport: President of Russian Athletics Federation resigns amid doping scandal stalemate (RRW) Athletics: As Expected, Chicago Marathon Is Cancelled In a joint announcement from Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and the event's long time executive director Carey Pinkowski, officials said that the event just wasn't feasible, citing "the challenges of staging an event of this scale at this time and out of concern for the safety of event participants, volunteers, event staff and spectators." (EA) Athletics: Meadows: "If women see other women as leaders, they will believe it's possible" Jenny Meadows, now 39, retired from competitive athletics at the end of 2017 after an international career spanning almost two decades. She was the 2011 European indoor 800m champion and also won medals at the European Athletics Championships, World Athletics Championships and World Indoor Athletics Championships (WA) Athletics: Bubka reminisces on 35th anniversary of 'mission impossible' six-metre vault (RTE) Athletics: 'Never say never' - Lizzie Lee on weighing up Tokyo 2021 having originally ruled out Olympics this year (Runner's World) Athletics: Athens Marathon given go ahead for November Runners will be split into two waves (Cycling Weekly) Cycling: ‘You wouldn’t doubt him to do the right thing’: Will Team Ineos take Chris Froome to the Tour de France 2020? With Froome set to leave the team, Sir Dave Brailsford has big decisions to make (Newsday) Athletics: Lewis wants Olympic medallists to receive Olympic Order (Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: Visa worry for Ja student athletes in US (Jamaica Observer) Athletics: Williams decides to delay professional debut due to COVID-19 Briana Williams' first season as a professional athlete will have to wait until 2021 as the World Athletics Junior sprint double champion took the decision to sit out this season due to concerns about the novel coronavirus pandemic and safeguarding her health (Sweat Science on Outside Online) Endurance Sports: What We Learn When Humans Race Against Horses The hotter it is, the closer we come to the ever elusive goal of besting the horse—which supports the evolutionary "born to run" hypothesis (ThreePointStart) Athletics: Harvard Heptathlete - Meet Zoe Hughes (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Texas’ Reid Unrivaled At 400 Meters Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships (ThreePointStar) Athletics: Imani Lansiquot: From King’s Hospital to King’s College London   July 12, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (EA) Athletics: Del Ponte and Wicki set European leading 100m times in Bulle Ajla Del Ponte, who was part of the Swiss team to finish fourth in the 4x100m relay at the World Championships in Doha last October, continued her breakthrough individual campaign at the Meeting de la Gruyere in Bulle on Saturday (Heel Striker) Athletics: Ajla Del Ponte jla Del Ponte is a Swiss sprinter. She started track and field in 2009, competing mainly in jumps. She switched to sprinting in 2013 and in 2014 she qualified for the World Juniors in Eugene, Oregon (Inside the Games) Olympics: Bach says cancelling Tokyo 2020 would have been easier option for IOC International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said it would have been easier to cancel Tokyo 2020 instead of postponing the Games to next year (Track Alerts) Athletics: Fraser-Pryce runs 100m world lead as Jamaican stars return to track in Kingston Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a world-leading 11 seconds flat in an unfavourable 2.2m/s wind at Saturday’s (7 July) Velocity fest held at Jamaica College (WA) Athletics: Area in Focus: postcards from Africa We conclude our Area in Focus series look at Africa with a selection of images which show how athletes from the area have dealt with the coronavirus pandemic (CBC) Athletics: Moh Ahmed shatters his own Canadian 5,000 metre record 29-year-old Moh Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., ran the 5,000 metres race at the Portland Intersquad Meet in 12 minutes 47.20 seconds, bettering his previous mark of 12:53.16 set last summer in Rome (Daily Mail) rugs in Sport: 'They are playing with people's lives, a failed drug test could be the end of someone's career': British Olympians speak out against use of ketones and the legacy of London 2012 * The Mail on Sunday launched an investigation into UK Sport's use of Ketones * British athletes have expressed concern about the use of the substance * UK Sport said it wasn't on WADA's banned list in 2011 before London 2012 * It couldn't be guaranteed that it would comply with anti-doping rules in 2012 (The Telegraph) London 2012 Olympians used in ‘secret project to test experimental substance’ Athletes signed no-disclosure agreements and were allegedly given no guarantees it would not breach anti-doping rules (USTFCCCA) Athletics: For The Helds, The Javelin Is A Family Affair Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 11, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (ITU) Triathlon: Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Marc Austin on enforced retirement aged 26 For the latest World Triathlon podcast we have 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Marc Austin talking about the excitement of a home Commonwealth Games in 2014, hitting the podium on the Gold Coast four years later and the sad news he received during lockdown that the previous 12 months of testing had failed to confirm; a genetic heart problem made early retirement essential (Citius Mag) Athletics: Elise Cranny On How She Went From Injured To 14:48 for No. 7 U.S. All-Time for 5,000m (WA) Athletics: Africa’s sprinters navigate the pandemic ahead of the Tokyo Olympics (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Kipchoge sub-two hour marathon pacer given two-year ban over whereabouts failures Kenya’s Alex Korio Oloitiptip has been banned for two-years after three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period (NY Daily News) Athletics: Olympian Sandi Morris builds own pole vault pit to continue training during coronavirus shutdown, will host meet (Runner's World) Athletics: Jordan Hasay: Healthy and Holding Steady at 98 Miles Per Week She’s spent her quarantine tending to weaknesses and establishing a base for her next marathon—whenever that may be (Inside the Games) Athletics: Athens Marathon cleared to proceed as mass participation event in November The Athens Marathon - and the postponed Athens Half Marathon - have been cleared to take place later this year, with social distancing restrictions (Runner's Wolrd) Athletics: Shelby Houlihan Shatters Her Own American Record in the 5,000 Meters She runs a sizzling 14:23.92, bettering her 2018 mark (WA) Ahmed and Houlihan smash North American 5000m records in Portland (Oregon Live) Shelby Houlihan crushes her own U.S. record in the 5,000 in a Bowerman Track Club intrasquad meet (NY Times) Athletics: Running Past an Olympic Dream When Kyle Merber’s plans to reach the Tokyo Games were derailed by the pandemic, he realized how much the singular pursuit had been holding him back (CBC) Athletics: Moh Ahmed shatters Canadian 5,000 record to crack all-time top-10 list Hamilton, Ont. runner won a race in Portland, Ore., in 12 minutes, 47.20 seconds (BBC) Athletics: British Championships: Eilish McColgan & Jake Wightman confirm participation Scots Eilish McColgan and Jake Wightman have confirmed they will compete at this year's British Athletics Championships in Manchester (USATF) Athletics: Ashford’s 100m record earns her USATF Throwback Athlete of the Week honors (RRW) Athletics: National 5000m Records for Houlihan, Ahmed In Portland Both Shelby Houlihan and Mo Ahmed improved on their national 5000m records in Portland, Ore., tonight at the Portland Intra-Squad Meet II organized by the Nike Bowerman Track Club (Globe and Mail) Athletics: The world record that wasn’t: A too-rare moment of sports levity Noah Lyles had started from the wrong line. He’d run only 185 metres of a 200-metre race. (Herald Live) Athletics: Paris Marathon delayed again, until November 15 (Runner's World) Endurance Sports: How Long-Term Endurance Exercise Impacts Your Genes Running over a long period of time "teaches" your muscles to be more efficient, new research shows (Runner's World) Multisport: The New York City Triathlon Is Now a Virtual Duathlon Due to Coronavirus This is the second year in a row the event has been canceled (RRW) Athletics: Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing $125K From Army Ten-Miler A former civilian employee of the Army Ten-Miler road race in Washington, D.C., Darryl Gale, has pleaded guilty to stealing about $125,000 in vendor funds from the race, the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced on June 25 (USTFCCCA) Athletics: The 440-220 Double Is So Nice, McKenley Did It Twice Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 10, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Elle) Athletics:The University of Texas Changed My Life. Now I Want to Change Its Racist Traditions Four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross confronts her alma mater's controversial fight song (RRW) Athletics: Classic Ohio Road Race to Go Forward On Sunday With Precaution The race, first held in 1977, has developed a detailed plan to reduce COVID infection risk and has received approval from the Lake County General Health District to go forward (OC Register) Athletics: Can even Noah Lyles save track and field? Weltklasse meet marred by mistake in marquee event (Runner's World) Athletics: Noah Lyles’s Stunning 200M at the Inspiration Games ... Was Actually 15 Meters Short Lyles joined Allyson Felix, Andre De Grasse, and other athletes in this virtual, global meet (NY Times) Running: With Pandemic Keeping Them Apart, Runners Embrace Virtual Races Marathons and meets are canceled, so runners are using tech to stay connected and compete. (NBC) Athletics: Usain Bolt, sleep-deprived dad and budding cyclist, would unretire if the man in charge called (Inside the Games) Athletics: Canadian pole vaulter Newman to return to action at the Livestream Games Alysha Newman has said she is relishing a return to action when she is one of 10 athletes to compete at the Livestream Games in the women's pole vault (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 259: Mary Cain Mary Cain joins me on the podcast today! Mary was the youngest American athlete ever to represent the United States at a World Championships meet after competing in the 2013 World Championships at 17. While still a high school student she was recruited by the well known coach Alberto Salazar to run with the Nike Oregon Project. During her time there, she won the 1500m at the US Indoor Championships and won the 3000m at the World Junior Championships (WA) Athletics: For Kenyan sprinter Odhiambo, lockdown is almost business as usual (The Guardian) Athletics: Noah Lyles smashes Bolt's 200m record – then discovers he only ran 185m Lyles’ 18.90sec appeared to break Bolt’s 19.19 world record - Race organisers started 200m world champion from wrong line (Irish Times) Athletics: Game Changers: The Irish brother who became the Godfather of Kenyan running Colm O’Connell’s goal is to nurture and inspire next generation of distance runners (Diamond League) Athletics: Felix shines at Inspiration Games (Japan Running Newsd) Athletics: Koech and Maeda Run Year's Best 10000 m Times in Fukagawa (CBC) Athletics: Andre De Grasse victorious in return to track at 'remote' competition Canadian sprinter wins 100-yard dash from Florida as part of Inspiration Games (The Telegraph) Athletics: Exclusive: London Marathon may not take place again until October 2021 Organisers fear not only will the 2020 edition be cancelled, but that it may be impossible to stage the 2021 event in its usual April slot (BBC) Athletics: Noah Lyles: 200m 'world record' ruled 15m short American Noah Lyles briefly appeared to have set an astonishing new 200m world record of 18.90 seconds in the Inspiration Games, before it was revealed he ran only 185m Felix beats Olympic champion Miller-Uibo at Inspiration Games American legend Allyson Felix beats Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo and world bronze medallist Mujinga Kambundji over 150m at the Inspiration Games (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Davis Rolls To Collegiate Record In 1989 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 9, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Lindsey Hein) Health and Fitness: Ashley Keller, Glow Body PT Ashley Keller is a personal trainer with Glow Body PT, providing challenging and gentle prenatal and post natal workouts for women (CTolleRun) Athletics: Mechelle Lewis Freeman - No More Blinders Carrie welcomes Mechelle Lewis Freeman back to the show! This time, they talk about motherhood, being wives, distance learning, and life in general. They share a spirited discussion around racial injustice, diversity in the running world, leading the next generation, and Mechelle’s idea of street races at major marathons (Runner's World) Athletics: How Is the Coronavirus Affecting College Running? Programs eliminated, budgets slashed, fall seasons suspended. It’s a perilous time for cross country and track (Spikes) Athletics: A Promise by Anthony Zambrano After I won the medal, I made a promise. I had just finished second in the world 400m final in Doha, and one of the first people I spoke to was my mother. She was at home in Colombia and, as you can imagine, it was an emotional phone call. (Esquire) Athletics: Justin Gatlin Could’ve Been a Contender The American sprinter, 38, won the Olympic gold in the 100-meter dash sixteen years ago. He had a shot at doing it again at this year’s Summer Games, in Tokyo. The world had other plans (Outside Online) Endurance Sports: What It Feels Like to Die from Heat Stroke Your head is pounding, your muscles are cramping, and your heart is racing. Then you get dizzy and the vomiting starts. Heatstroke kills thousands of people every year. This is what it feels like—and how to know when you’re in danger (Inside the Games) Triathlon: Coach and captain banned for life following death of triathlete Choi Coach Kim Kyu-bong and team captain Jang Yun-jung have been handed life bans by the Korea Triathlon Federation (KTF) after team-mate Choi Suk-hyeon took her own life (WA) Athletics: Excitement building for Nairobi’s Kip Keino Classic (Glasgow Times) Athletics: Brothers In Arms: Marathon man Derek Hawkins hoping to join Callum at Tokyo Olympics (EA) Athletics: Lewandowski to challenge Polish 2000m record in Bydgoszcz Marcin Lewandowski will attack the long-standing Polish 2000m record at the Irena Szewinska Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Meeting, in Bydgoszcz on 19 August (Daily Monitor) Athletics: Cheptegei targets 5000m WR in Monaco (Register-Guard) Athletics: Former UO track star Raevyn Rogers is back in Oregon with big goals in mind (Cycling News) Cycling:Team Ineos will not renew Chris Froome’s contract The four-time Tour de France winner will be changing teams at the end of the season (Miirror) Athletics:Katarina Johnson-Thompson reveals how she lost and rediscovered her drive in lockdown "The most important thing I’ve learnt is if it’s out of your control, then don’t dwell on it. I take that into competitions, now I’ve had to apply it to my life as well" (CBC) Athletics: Track and field adapts for storied 7-venue Inspiration Games on Thursday Andre De Grasse to race 100-yard dash in Florida as lone Canadian in competition (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Dillard Hurdles To NCAA, World Glory Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships Zurich Diamond League "Inspiration Games" - Zurich, Switzerland   July 8, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Sweat Science on Outside Online) Endurance Sports: The Athlete's Guide to Boosting Iron Three new studies explore iron patches, injections, and dose frequency (EA) Athletics: Sutej clears world leading 4.75m at the Slovenian Cup Tina Sutej made an excellent outdoor season’s debut in the pole vault at the Slovenian Cup in Ljubljana on Sunday (RRW) Running: Storied Mountain Race Switches to Unusual One-Month Format Earlier this year organizers of Sierre-Zinal, one of mountain running's most storied races, realized that they could not meet the Swiss government's stiff anti-COVID requirements for live sporting events and that they were facing cancellation. (BBC) Athletics: Inspiration Games: Allyson Felix and Shaunae Miller-Uibo meet in hi-tech event A high-tech race between American legend Allyson Felix, Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Swiss star Mujinga Kambundji headlines Thursday's innovative Inspiration Games (Reuters) Drugs in Sport:Belarus would consider Russian athletes who wish to switch allegiance (NY Times) Health and Fitness: What’s the Best Exercise for You? Twins Can Provide an Answer Almost everyone responds to the right exercise program, but the right program is not genetics-dependent (TASS) Drugs in Sport: Russian sports body promises court battle if national athletes’ neutral status yanked The World Athletics Council is set to decide on the future of Russian athletes’ participation in international tournaments on July 29-30, as announced earlier (Mirror) Athletics: Bianca Williams receives Met Police apology after racial profiling claims Bianca Williams has received an apology from the police after she accused them of racial profiling following a stop-and-search in which she and her partner were handcuffed (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Banka begins series of meetings with athletes to improve engagement with WADA World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka has begun a series of meetings with athletes to improve engagement with the global watchdog (TRack and Field News) Athletics: The Pre Chronicles - Part 11, His Senior Outdoor Campaign Here in the 11th chapter of a long multi-part series, is how we reported the career of Steve Prefontaine in our pages from April through his final outdoor NCAA Championships in June. We have taken the liberty of doing some stylistic updatings to mirror our modern protocol and also added an editorial comment or three (Running Shoes Guru) Athletics: A First Look at the New Super Shoe From Adidas, the Adizero Adios Pro While the entire world had their eyes on the Adizero Pro, Adidas was secretly working on another super shoe called the Adios Pro (The New Times) Athletics: RAF issues reassurance about Peace Marathon, October 4 set as tentative date (Runner's World) Running: New York Road Runners Hosting a Virtual Race to Support Black Lives Matter Through the free race, NYRR will donate up to $100,000 to nonprofits confronting systemic racis (BBC) Athletics: Concerns grow for Wilson Kipsang's well-being Concerns are growing from friends and the public for the well-being of Kenyan marathon ace Wilson Kipsang (Canadian Running Magazine) Women in Sport: Caster Semenya, Olympic champion and soon-to-be mother The 800m champion and her partner have been dropping hints for a few weeks now, and a maternity photo confirmed that they're expecting (WA) Athletics: Leading Czech athletes prepare for Ostrava’s Golden Spike Spotakova, Ogrodnikova, Vadlejch and Stanek all confirmed (ESPN) Olympics: How Olympic sports are fighting for survival at the collegiate level (Vogue) Athletics: “My Entire Life Had Been Building Up To The 2020 Olympics”: How Team GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson Rediscovered Her Purpose (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Simpson Sprints To All-Time Mark In 1929 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 7, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (BBC) Athletics: Bianca Williams: Met refers British sprinter stop-and-search The Met has referred itself to the policing watchdog over the controversial stop-and-search of a British sprinter in west London (The Guardian) Chrissie Hynde condemns 'aggressive' police stop of black athletes in London Pretenders singer writes to the Guardian over treatment of couple trained by Linford Christie (Nassau Guardian) Athletics: Shaunae Miller-Uibo may run just the 200m in Tokyo (Globe and Mail) Health and Fitness: (NBC) Athletics: Allyson Felix, Noah Lyles headline Inspiration Games; TV, stream info (RT) Athletics: Russian pole vault champ Sidorova says she could CHANGE CITIZENSHIP amid uncertainty surrounding national team (MIrror) Athletics: Usain Bolt unveils baby daughter's name as Olympic icon shares adorable pictures The Olympic hero and his partner have so far kept the name secret, after Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness announced the news of the birth seven weeks ago (Diamond League) Athletics: Where To Watch The Zurich Inspiration Games (RRW) Athletics: J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Series Cancelled For 2020 The largest road race series in the world in terms of annual participants, the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Series, has been cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Triathlete) Triathlon: Ironman Says It Will Adjust Pro Worlds Slots And Prize Money Pro purses and World spots will reflect how many pros are able to compete in a race—when there are races again (VeloNews) Cycling: Tour de France safety protocols might not be as dramatic as many expect Prudhomme says ASO will use similar safety measures introduced after terror attacks in 2015 (RRW) Athletics: Moen To Attack European One-Hour Record Norway's Sondre Nordstad Moen will make another attempt at breaking the European one-hour record at a special race in Kristiansand on Friday, August 7 (EA) Athletics: Sondre Nordstad Moen gets ready to attack the European one hour record Norway’s Sondre Nordstad Moen will continue taking aim at Europe’s distance running records when he attacks the long-standing continental one hour mark on home soil in Kristiansand in exactly one month’s time on Friday 7 August (Citizen Digital) Athletics: AK lobbies EU embassies to save Kenyan athletes from Diamond League blockade (VeloNews) Cycling: echnological doping department cut at UCI Jean-Christophe Péraud axed as UCI motor doping detective due to budget cuts (SCMP) Athletics: National security law: three-time Olympian Tyrone Smith calls on World Athletics to axe Diamond League meet in China * Bermuda star calls on world governing body to ‘use its influence and help end human rights violations in Hong Kong’ * World Athletics responds saying it can’t let political situations dictate where it hosts events (Mirror) Athletics: Former Olympic sprinter fears for BLM momentum in wake of Bianca Williams' stop-and-search British Athletics acknowledges “hugely distressing footage” and promises to provide “any support required” to 200m star (The Morning Shakeout) Running: Episode 119 with Devin Kelly "So many of my relationships with anything or anyone in life that I care about the most is a relationship of high highs and low lows. There’s something deeply human about a relationship with anything that can offer you the greatest joy in your life and also the greatest sorrow or greatest pain. Running grounds me toward that more viscerally perhaps than anything else. It’s a reason why I keep doing it. It more than anything serves as a sort of…I don’t want to say a metaphor for life because it is life, but as a way for me to understand life. So to deny it that is to deny it it’s ultimate complexity and I have to acknowledge that they’re are going be days that running makes me feel more joyful than anything and there are going to be reasons that have to do with running that are the reasons that make me feel maybe ashamed or maybe scared or maybe deeply sad—and that’s hard, but it’s real." (YNA) Triathlon: Triathlon body bans coach, athletes at center of abuse scandal (Runner's World) Athletics: USATF to Accept Times Run Between April 6 and November 30 for Olympic Trials Qualifying But World Athletics still won’t budge on the Olympic qualifying window (RT) Drugs in Sport: ‘None of it is true’: Russian biathletes sue Rodchenkov for libel over years-long doping scandal (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Ritchie Doubles Down In The Throws Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 6, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Runninfg for Real) Athletics: Molly Seidel: Achieve Your Goals By Letting Go Of Them (Inside the Games) Athletics: Caribbean National Olympic Committees (CANOC) President Brian Lewis has called for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reinstate two African American athletes 48 years after they received a life ban for a podium protest (Capital FM) Drugs in Sport: Kipsang squares blame on Athletics Kenya, ADAK after doping ban Former Marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang says his four-year doping ban is down to the poor relationship he has with Athletics Kenya (AK) and the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya Athletics: Nutrition Before Resistance Training This is an excerpt from Nutrition for Sport, Exercise, and Health by Marie Spano,Laura Kruskall & D. Travis Thomas. (Voice Online) Athletics: Sprinters plan to sue Met over stop and search Bianca Williams and her partner, Ricardo dos Santos, were travelling with their three-month old son when they were detained by police over the weekend (BBC) Athletics: Bianca Williams: 'I've never had to experience anything like this', says British sprinter after police stop car British sprinter Bianca Williams said she had "never had to experience anything like this", after being stopped by police in her car in London (Running for Real) Athletics: Molly Seidel: Achieve Your Goals By Letting Go Of Them (Sports Illustrated) Women in Sport: Idaho Banned Trans Athletes From Women's Sports. She's Fighting Back By suing the state, Lindsay Hecox, who hopes to run for Boise State, has found herself on the leading edge of the battle for transgender rights—and become the face of a court case that could have nationwide implications (I-RUN-FAR) Athletics: Age-Old Runners: Magda Boulet (Burn It All Down) Athletics: Black Women Athletes Take Action (Rungrl) Athletics: The Power of Representation in Distance Running (Daily Monitor) Athletics: Team Matooke trio smash first ‘virtual’ Comrades Marathon (Irish News) Athletics: Eamonn Coghlan: new crop of athletes, including Mark English and Ciara Mageean, can restore Ireland to its rightful place (OC Register) Athletics: USC’s Anna Cockrell finds her voice outside the facade of perfection Track and field standout continues to make strides one year after opening up about depression in a graduation speech (Runner's World) Athletics: Yes, It’s Okay to Take a Month Off from Running If Des Linden can do it, so can you (BBC) Athletics: Bianca Williams: Athlete accuses police of racial profiling after vehicle search British sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner have accused the Metropolitan Police of racial profiling and acting violently towards them (The Telegraph) British sprinter Bianca Williams accuses Met Police of racial profiling after being forcibly removed from car in front of three-month-old son Williams and her partner, Portuguese 400m record holder Ricardo dos Santos, were detained on Saturday afternoon in west London (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Three-For-Three: Woodruff Made It Look Easy Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 5, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (The Star) Athletics: No regrets dumping football for the track, says 400m schools champion Oketch *I used to play as a winger but we used to reach Sub County level. However, since I decided to focus on athletics, I have even graced the East Africa games in Arusha,” she told the Star on Sunday * Oketch was looking forward to defend her titles at regional and national levels but schools were closed and all public gatherings suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Flawed Rodchenkov Act risks a return to anti-doping chaos (Olympic Channel) Athletics: Noah Lyles runs wind-assisted 9.93s on 100m seasonal debut World 200m champion beat Justin Gatlin in Showdown in Otown heats but both men skipped the final as Shaunae Miller-Uibo completed 200m/400m double in Florida (The Guardian*) Athletics: PE sport premium finally gets confirmation for the coming school year £320m funding gets thumbs-up after campaigners’ calls - Farah, Cockcroft and Tuilagi signed letter to the government (Mirror) Athletics: Linford Christie accuses police of institutional racism after athletes were stopped and restrained British Olympic 100m champion demands an explanation on behalf of his clients for what he condemns as an abuse of police powers (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Banka defends WADA over handling of Russia crisis and US criticism World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka believes time has shown the watchdog made the correct decision to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in 2018, while he has again defended the organisation from American criticism (MileSpli) Athletics:John Lester Wins Independence Day Showdown With Late Move (WA) Athletics: Karamarinov: ‘I never cease to be amazed by the strength of our athletes’ We continue our Area in Focus series with an interview with European Athletics interim President Dobromir Karamarinov, who spoke with World Athletics a few hours after attending the funeral of EA President Svein Arne Hansen, which took place near Oslo on 1 July. (Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: Two-time London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang hit with FOUR-YEAR ban for anti-doping violations... and he claimed that he missed a test as he was caught in traffic due to a lorry crash - even though it happened three months later! * Wilson Kipsang had four whereabouts failures between April 2018 and May 2019 * Three missed tests or filing failures in a 12-month period triggers a charge * He was ruled to have tampered with the investigation by giving false evidence (USTFCCCA) Athletics: The Tie Goes To The Runner(s) Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 4, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (WA) Athletics: With lockdowns easing, Europe's athletes eager to get back on track (NY Times) Running: With Fewer Races, Runners Can Broaden Their Horizons (AW) Athletics: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce shares lockdown experience The Jamaican sprint star says time out has been tough but that it has also helped her to put things in perspective (Citizen Digital) Athletics: Q&A with Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie (CBC) Drugs in Sport: Russia says World Athletics freeze is a blow to track and field athletes Sanction a result of unpaid $5M US fine for breaking anti-doping rules (Runner's World) Athletics: Taylor Ewert, Nico Young Named Gatorade Track & Field Athletes of the Year Even with shortened seasons, these two had extraordinary performances to cap off their high school careers (The Independent) Drugs in Sport: Wilson Kipsang banned from athletics for four years after fabricating story about landslide The former marathon world record holder submitted a photo claiming to show a road traffic accident which caused him to miss an anti-doping test, but the incident was found to have happened three months later (Eurosport UK) Drugs in Sport: Sprinter Thomas cleared by AIU in whereabouts failure case American sprinter Gabrielle Thomas's provisional suspension for allegedly failing to make herself available for anti-doping tests has been lifted, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday (The Conversation) We must pay attention to Canada’s #MeToo moment in sports (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Ottey’s Audacious Quadruple In 1983 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships Marathoners Jake Riley And Jared Ward To Clash In Virtual 5k On July 4th The race will be broadcast for free at 10AM ET on Instagram   July 3, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (AW) Athletics:England team leader role was made for me, says Kelly Sotherton Three-time Olympic medallist plans to use her athlete mentality to succeed on the latest step in her sports administration journey (Daily Nation) Drugs in Sport: ADAK arraigns banned athlete in court Long distance runner Florence Jepkosgei Chepsoi, who is under suspension for doping has been charged in court for presenting fake medical documents in her defence cas (Stuff NZ) Running: Garth Gilmour: the author who was a key figure in the New Zealand jogging boom (Runner's World) Running: Faced With Fundraising a Second Time, Boston Charity Runners Cry Foul >BR>Many nonprofits are telling their runners that if they want to race in 2021, they’ll have to do additional fundraising (Lindsey Hein) Athletics: Episode 257: Diane Nukuri Diane Nukuri joins me today on the show! Diane grew up in Burundi and competed in her first Olympic games at the age of 15 in Sydney. She is a three time Olympian and in 2016 she placed 5th at the NYC Marathon (The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: Wilson Kipsang, former marathon world record holder, banned for four years The Kenyan has been banned for anti-doping whereabouts failures and using a fake photo of a traffic accident to justify one of them (CBuffs.com) Athletics: Record-breaking Effort By Former Buff Coburn Also Aided Colorado Charity (Inside the Games) Triathlon: South Korean triathlete takes own life after suffering abuse from coaches South Korean triathlete Choi Suk-hyeon has taken her own life after enduring years of physical and verbal abuse from her coaching staff (RT) Drugs in Sport: ‘I’m TIRED of this MESS’: World high jump champ Maria Lasitskene could QUIT Russia over $5mn fine fiasco (BBC) Athletics: Kirsty Law: Women athletes under pressure to retire earlier Women athletes come under pressure to retire earlier than they should, says discus thrower Kirsty Law (RRW) Athletics: Olympics-Bound Marathoner Riley Signs with On Jake Riley, the surprise second-place finisher at the 2020 USA Olympic Team Trials Men's Marathon last February, has signed a sponsorship agreement with On, the Swiss maker of running shoes and apparel (USATF) Athletics: Ryun’s mile record earns him USATF Throwback Athlete of the Week honors (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: "High probability" RusAF will be expelled following missed deadline, RUSADA chief warns Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Yury Ganus believes there is a "high probability" World Athletics will expel the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) after the organisation missed a deadline to pay a fine (EA) Athletics: 50 Golden Moments: Mayer breaks European heptathlon record in Belgrade The sudden and surprise retirement of world and Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton from the United States at the age 28 on 3 January 2017 season left a gaping chasm to be filled in the men’s combined events (Runner's World) Running: Is It Safe to Run in Groups Again? Answers from experts to your most frequently asked questions (Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: Russia risk blanket ban on their track and field athletes at Tokyo Olympics after missing deadline for paying state-sponsored doping fine * World Athletics confirmed that the disgraced body failed to pay £5million * The governing body has reacted by standing down the doping review board * The Russian Taskforce that oversaw proceedings was also stood down (TASS) Drugs in Sport: Russian athletics body RusAF’s debt to World Athletics soars to $6.31 million In March 2020, the World Athletics Council ruled to fine RusAF $5 million for an alleged attempt of the previous administration to forge official documents of high jumper Danil Lysenko, the deadline to repay the fine was set for July 1 (AQW) Athletics: Injury taught me a lot about myself, says Laura Muir Time out proved the Scottish star’s mental strength (USTFCCCA) Athletics: He’s Great: LSU’s Davis Soars To History Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 2, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (NBC) Athletics: Galen Rupp excited for what's in store at Tokyo Olympics (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Kenyan runner facing criminal charge after allegedly falsifying medical records A Kenyan long-distance runner is facing a criminal charge, accused of presenting false documentation to the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (TrackSmith) Athletics: Workouts for Show, Miles for Dough By Nick Willis (CTolleRun) Athletics: Keira D’Amato - It’s My Bonus Life Carrie chats with elite runner Keira D’Amato! Keira is not only a full-time realtor and mom, but she’s also super fast (she just ran 15:04 for 5K and finished 15th at the Olympic Marathon Trials in February)! They chat about her comeback to the sport, balancing work and running, and how she comes up with her patented Strava joke of the day! (Cycling News) Cycling:Giro d'Italia to enforce spectator social distancing with sound emitting wristbands 'If things are looking good in July, the Giro will be held like it always is' says race director Mauro Vegni (Keir Radnedge) Drugs in Sport: Russia is letting down its athletes, says Coe after RusAF defaults on fine (RT) 'We recognize these are difficult times': World Athletics delays decision regarding potential Russia expulsion (USATF Foundation) Athletics: USATF Foundation Statement Regarding Gwen Berry 2020 Grant Athletics: Natasha Wodak and Justin Kent crowned champions in the virtual 2020 Canadian 10K Championships Canadians can try to beat the winning times of 28:52 and 32:41 to win prizes (Yahoo) Athletics:: U.S. Olympian Gwen Berry alleges USA Track and Field Foundation punished her for protest (Daily Mail) Athletics: 'I want to win at the Olympics but if it's not safe then it's not worth it': British sprint star Dina Asher-Smith at peace with postponement of Tokyo 2020 Olympics as she targets delayed gold medal... and admits McDonald's was first stop after Games were put back * Dina Asher-Smith is determined to win Olympic gold but only when it is safe * The sprint star bought McDonald's when she heard Tokyo 2020 was postponed * Asher-Smith is the 200m world champion and among top contenders for Tokyo * At just 24, she holds the British records for both the 100m and 200m events (Daily Nation) Athletics: Huge blow for Kenyan athletes as EU travel ban continues (BBC) Olympics: Usain Bolt, Alistair Brownlee and Jessica Ennis-Hill: Reflections on covering the Olympics for BBC Sport Sometimes it's the big stuff you remember: the nights when everyone else was there, when all around was bedlam and joy and happy disbelief (Bases) Athletics: Endurance expert takes on marathon challenge A scientist who has worked with runners, including Eliud Kipchoge and Paula Radcliffe, is preparing for his own endurance challenge - running his first sub-three-hour marathon at the age of 50 (Daily Nation) Athletics: Despite triple hurdles, Kibet still has eye on the big prize (RRW) Athletics: Marathoners Riley, Ward To Clash Remotely In 5-K on July 4th Although they'll be over 300 miles apart, marathoners Jake Riley and Jared Ward will be competing head-to-head in a special remote running competition called the Virtual 5-K Challenge presented by KT Tape on Saturday, July 4 (Runner's World) Health and Fitness: Do Your Wounds Take Forever to Heal? Your Genes Could Be the Reason Tripping on a trail or road run happens. A new study suggests your genes could influence how fast or slow your scrapes heal (Track and Field News) Athletics: Phyllis Francis Working On Her Medal Collection The gold she got for winning the World Champs 400 in ’17 is high on Phyllis Francis’s honors list (Oregon Live) Athletics: Time trials and intrasquad meets won’t grow the sport (USTFCCCA) Athletics: Scott Neilson Is NCAA T&F’s Mr. Canada Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships   July 1, 2020:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]   (Japan Running News) Athletics: Dec. 20 Mie Matsuzaka Marathon's Inaugural Running Canceled (Outside Online) Athletics: Will New Endorsement Rules Ruin College Running? The regulations will allow collegiate runners to market themselves for profit (WA) Athletics: World Athletics eyes mass participation boost and doubling of sponsors in four-year plan (Irish Examiner) Athletics: Eamonn Coghlan: 'There was no division between black and white when it came to athletics' (Olympic.org) Athletics: High jump champion Blanka Vlasic ready for retirement - or a fifth Olympic Games (USATF) Athletics: Update: USATF will accept marks from USATF sanctioned events during the period of 4/6-11/30/20 (TeamUSA) Athletics: My Responsibility: Olympic Champion English Gardner Shares Personal Experiences As A Black Athlete In America (CBC) Athletics: CBC Sports Panel on Racism: Speaking Out Olympians Anson Henry, Brandon McBride, Aaron Brown, Damian Warner, Khamica Bingham, Christabel Nettey, Melissa Bishop-Nriagu speak candidly to CBC Sports about their experiences with racism (UISATF Foundation) Athletics: Stephen A. Schwarzman Increases 2020 Support to $875,000 – 100 Track & Field Elite Athletes Receive New Grants (Montreal Gazette) Athletics: Father of man who died after Montreal Marathon calls for improvements (ESW) Triathlon:USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships to Return to Tempe in 2021 The Arizona city previously hosted Collegiate Club Nationals in 2013, 2014 and 2019 (Triathlete) Triathlon:Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Ironman Over Lack Of Refunds While athletes are frustrated with a lack of information and options, they might not have legal recourse (Dyestat) Athletics: Leo's Learnings - Episode 1 - Ce'Aira Brown Leo interviews HOKA ONE ONE athlete Ce'Aira Brown. In a wide-ranging interview, Brown goes in detail on what it means to be an African-American athlete in the United States, what she runs for, moving back to Pennsylvania to train with Olympian Ajee' Wilson and much more (EA) Athletics: Jakob and Filip Ingebrigtsen set 800m PBs in Oslo One evening after Henrik Ingebrigtsen coasted to a world leading 5000m time of 13:19.65, Jakob and Filip Ingebrigtsen both came away with 800m lifetime bests at the Boysen Memorial in Oslo, a European Athletics Area Permit Meeting, on Tuesday (Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Olympic champion Bartoletta slams Coleman over attitude towards whereabouts failures American three-time Olympic champion Tianna Bartoletta has hit out at her compatriot Christian Coleman for his attitude towards a provisional anti-doping suspension (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Lavillenie to miss Diamond League's Zurich leg with fractured thumb (RRW) Athletics: Fast Times At Special Nike Bowerman Track Club Meet Last Night With the official track season in the United States on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nike-sponsored Bowerman Track Club held a closed competition at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon, last night to test their fitness (Runner's World) Women in Sport: High Levels of Exercise Linked to Very Early Pregnancy Loss If you’re trying to get pregnant, research suggests paying attention to how much you’re working out could prove beneficial. (Women's Running) Athletics: You Don’t Know Shelby Houlihan Her game face on the track is the stuff of nightmares, but after Shelby Houlihan is done beating everybody, this Olympian just wants to be friends (Runner's World) Athletics: Grayson Murphy’s Yoga Flow Provides Both Mind and Body Benefits The ultrarunner practices regularly to focus on gratitude and prevent injury (Track and Field News) Athletics: The Pre Chronicles - Part 10, What’s In Store? Here, in the tenth chapter of a long multi-part series on the career of Steve Prefontaine as it appeared in our pages at the time is an unbylined feature that bridged the March and April months of his senior year at Oregon. We have taken the liberty of doing some stylistic updatings to mirror our modern protocol (Podium Runner) Athletics: Inside Lane: How Keira D’Amato Is Breaking All the Rules Keira D’Amato shares the training and mentality that has led to Olympic-level time trials in the midst of quarantine as she aims toward 2021 (Runner's World) Athletics: Northern Arizona Elite Sweeps Team Boulder in Virtual Two-Mile Race These two teams found a way to compete despite race postponements and cancellations (The Telegraph) Women in Sport: Caster Semenya welcomes UN report calling for revoking of sporting regulations that pressure DSD athletes into medical procedures Semenya thanked the UN High Commissioner 'for highlighting the discrimination and harm faced by women and girls in sport' (TASS) Drugs in Sport: Russia’s track-and-field body RusAF asks World Athletics for delay in debt repayment In March 2020, the World Athletics Council ruled to fine RusAF $5 million for an alleged involvement of the previous executive administration’s attempt to forge official documents of high jumper Danil Lysenko (USTFCCCA) Athletics: A Crowning Moment For Rogers In 2017 Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships Canada Day Road Races - Kanata, ON ***CANCELLED***

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