More Results

• Dillon Maggard (13:50.38) And Kellyn Taylor (15:29.44) Win Close Races At The St. George Showdown 5,000m Maggard just beat Rory Linkletter (14:50.72) while Taylor outkicked teammate Stephanie Bruce (15:29.95).
• Switzerland’s Ajla Del Ponte Sets Big 100m PR To Run European-Leading 11.08 Her best was 11.21 coming into the meet. There was also a European lead on the men’s side as Silvan Wicki ran 10.11.
• World Atletics Weekend Recap 2015 world bronze medalist Alexandra Tavernier broke her own French hammer record with 74.94m.
• Mondo Duplantis Gets Narrow Victory Over Belgium Record Holder Ben Broeders At The Karlstad GP Duplantis cleared 5.72m on his third attempt to beat Broeders’ 5.62m.

Mass Road Race News

• The London Marathon Might Not Take Place Again Until October 2021 Organizers are expected to announce on July 28th if the race is going ahead in October, but if it is cancelled, they’re not even sure the 2021 race (which is supposed to be the UK Olympic Trials) will happen in April.
• Athens Marathon Cleared To Proceed As Mass Participation Event In November Greece is limiting races to 5,000 participants, so Athens is having two races with 5,000 runners each, one starting an hour after the first. They’re also not inviting foreign elite athletes.
• RRW: Classic Ohio Road Race to Go Forward On Sunday With Precautions The News-Herald Johnnycake Jog 5 Mile is taking precautions that include prohibiting “spitting, ‘snotting’ or projecting any bodily fluid.”

Throwback Thursday #14

LRC I Was Bored, So I Watched The Greatest Marathon Ever – 2002 London 18 years ago, the three men who held the marathon WR from 1999 to 2011 – Geb, Tergat and Khannouchi – sparred on the streets of London in an epic race and Paula Radcliffe announced herself as a marathon star. It was the marathon’s greatest day.
*MB: Throwback Thursday #14: Re-Experience The Greatest Marathon In History – The 2002 London Marathon

Russia / WADA Doping News

• Russia’s World Pole Vault Champ Anzhelika Sidorova Not Ruling Out Changing Citizenship Due To Uncertainty Over Russia’s Status Wouldn’t help her for Tokyo, though, as there is a three-year waiting period.
• World HJ Champ Maria Lasitskene On Russian Doping: “I’m tired of this mess.” Lasitskene also said she would consider changing citizenship.
• Reuters: US Threatens To Pull WADA Funding As War Of Words Escalates USADA head Travis Tygart said if WADA does not “change its way of doing business,” the agency could soon find itself out of funding and out of business.
• WADA President Witold Banka Responds To US Criticism And Defends Their Handing Of Russia Situation He actually defended the controversial decision to reinstate RUSADA in 2018 even though they hadn’t met all the criteria. He also says he has “the impression that USADA would like to take control of the global anti-doping system.”
• Russian Sports Minister Urges “Common Sense” From World Athletics In Dealing With Athletes After RusAF Misses Deadline For Fine Well, common sense would dictate that there is a penalty for missing a deadline.
• Professor At The University Of Zurich Who Co-Drafted The WADA Code Says The Rodchenkov Act Will Do More Harm Than Good Among his complaints was that the act would discourage whistleblowers from coming forward because they could be prosecuted.
• iNADO Backs US Call For Strengthening Of WADA Governance After US Report

RIP News

• Germany’s 1964 Olympic Decathlon Champ Willi Holdorf Dies At 80 Years Old He was Germany’s first decathlon champ and the first non-American winner since 1928. *AP
• Seb Coe Pays Tribute To “A Unique Spirit And Steadfast Friend” At Svein Arne Hansen’s Funeral
  *Funeral And A Life Remembered For European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen
  *European Athletics Opens Book Of Remembrance For Hansen
• USATF Mourns The Loss Of Olympians Dick Buerkle And Jim Grelle
  *RunBlogRun Tribute To Dick Buerkle

Non-Distance News

• Future Champion: Usain Bolt Unveils His Baby Daughter’s Name And Shares Photo 7 Weeks After Birth His daughter’s name is Olympia Lightning. You weren’t expecting subtlety from Usain Bolt, were you?
• Good Read: Blanka Vlasic Is Finally Ready For Retirement, But Might Still Try For One Last Olympic Games Vlasic jumped through excruciating pain to win bronze at Rio 2016 and thought she was done. However, with Tokyo 2020 postponed a year, she says she might go for it if she can get healthy.
• Shaunae Miller-Uibo May Just Run The 200m In Tokyo After World Athletics Said They Won’t Make Further Changes To The Schedule The defending Olympic 400m champ wants to do the 200/400 double, but the final of the 200m and the first round of the 400m are on the same day.
  *WA: The Current Time Table Provides The Best Opportunity For The 200/400 Double Without “Adversely Affecting Other Events” They say the timetable does allow for the double with almost 12-hours between events that are on the same day.
• Noah Lyles And Ashton Eaton Will Be Team Intel Ambassadors For Tokyo 2020