Rio Olympic Games 2016 Coverage

During the Rio Olympics, Runner’s Tribe will be providing constant updates, news, interviews and videos from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Ryan Hall, America’s Fastest Marathoner, Slows Down BY PETER HESSLER
Stars of Oz track and field to converge on the Hunter The push towards the Rio Olympics and the world juniors in Poland gets serious this weekend for Australian athletes as the national athletics series is launched in Newcastle when the Hunter Track Classic is held on Saturday night.
Jama Aden interview: Coaching Genzebe Dibaba With Genzebe Dibaba clocking an astonishing 1500m world record of 3:50.07 last year, her coach, Jama Aden, tells Cathal Dennehy how she did it and claims the Ethiopian can run far quicker.
Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp announced through USATF.tv that he plans to run the Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles on Feb. 13.  However, he still plans to run the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, March 18 - 20. "The was no way I was going to miss that,"...
RT’s good read links is a daily updated section with the best non Runner’s Tribe reads/links from around the globe. Enjoy and feel free to email info@runnerstribe.com if you'd like us to include a great article you've discovered. TODAY'S GOOD READS 28/2/2016 THEORY OF PERVERSE INCENTIVES IN RUNNING by Toni Reavis A perverse incentive is...
We continue our look at the events to keep a close eye on at the upcoming AA Tour Meetings. After taking an in depth look at the men's 100m, we decided to focus our attention on the Australian distance stars of our sport, specifically the men's 1500m. Target 65 -...
By David Monti (c) 2006 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NOTE: Your editor wrote this story nearly 10 years ago after the 2006 USA Cross Country Championships which were held in sub-freezing conditions after a heavy snowfall in New York City's Van Cortlandt Park. This is the first competition where...
Weightman Delivers Rio Qualifier in Houston Race Report from the Chevron Houston Marathon What started off as runaways Sunday in the Chevron Houston Marathon by Poland's Artur Kozlowski and Australia's Lisa-Jane Weightman, turned into a pair of Ethiopian victories. Last year's men's runner-up Gebo Burka passed Kozlowski after the 35K mark, making...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (14-Feb) -- With a month to go before the USA Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles, defending champions Meb Keflezighi and Shalane Flanagan are leaving nothing to chance in their training, despite being the fastest qualifiers for the February...
MUNICH // A World Anti-Doping Agency report said Thursday that corruption was “embedded” at the world athletics body piling pressure on its new leader Sebastian Coe. IAAF leaders must have been aware of the full extent of doping in Russia but did nothing to stop it, and the track and...