Willis and Walsh hit straps ahead of World Champs
On two different continents on Saturday morning (NZ time), two of New Zealand’s Rio Olympic bronze medallists had their final hit-outs for the IAAF World Championships starting in thirteen days.
The situations for Nick Willis and Tom Walsh couldn’t have been more different.
Willis has had...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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LONDON (05-Aug) -- With an astonishing performance which raised eyebrows across social media, Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana crushed the field in the women's 10,000m here at London Stadium at the 16th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Ayana, the 2016 Rio...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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FALMOUTH, MA, USA (19-Aug) -- Craig Engels of the Nike Oregon Project earned his first victory as a professional here at the Aetna Falmouth Mile, while Brooks Beast Hannah Fields snagged a personal best of 4:28.32 in a tight...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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BERLIN (21-Sep) -- While Kenenisa Bekele, Eliud Kipchoge and Wilson Kipsang battle each other for the world record at the front of Sunday's BMW Berlin Marathon here, Ryan Vail of Portland, Ore., will running several minutes behind waging his own personal...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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MANCHESTER, CONN. (23-Nov) -- Under brilliant blue skies here this morning, Paul Chelimo and Buze Diriba shook off the near-freezing temperatures and rallied to win the 81st Manchester Road Race, America's most competitive Thanksgiving Day race, with powerful sprint...
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(11-Dec) -- Reigning TCS New York City Marathon women's champion Shalane Flanagan will lead a top-quality American elite field into battle at the 2018 Boston Marathon, John Hancock announced today. The 122nd edition of the race will be held...
Although the local benefit runs we’re all familiar with are fantastic events, as participants, we get in a nice 5K or 10K race while raising money and awareness for worthwhile causes, often ones impacting our immediate communities. But what if this local run concept was extended to numerous sites...
By Steven Mills, @trackside2018
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BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (02-Mar) -- With four athletes qualifying by right plus four non-automatic spots across the two heats, the qualifying conditions for the 3000m final were benign on the second day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships here. In...
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games 5000m medallist Zane Robertson has pulled out of the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team.
A groin injury picked up earlier in the year forced the Kenyan-based Kiwi to miss several weeks of training at a key stage of his preparation for the Games and while he...
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