By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved 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...
Aussie World Champs Wrap via Athletics Australia (Len Johnson's wrap from London publishing later today) A leap of 7.93m (w: +0.6) has seen Fabrice Lapierre (NSW) place 11th in the final of the men’s long jump on what was a tough day at the track for Team Australia at the 2017 IAAF...
Usain Bolt Loses His Last Ever World Champs 100m Race. The good news is, it was a seasons best for the great man.
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine, USA (05-Aug) -- New year, same story for Mary Keitany here at the TD Beach to Beacon 10-K. For the second year in a row, Keitany blitzed a new course record in dominant fashion, proving once...
IAAF World Championships London 2017 – If you don’t have Eurosport try here -> http://www.watchathletics.com/schedule/watchlive/2573 if that doesn't work try some others here- http://www.watchathletics.com/schedule/watchlive/2573 Yesterday's wraps - https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/farah-wins-third-straight-world-10000m-title-in-dramatic-fashion/ https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/millar-enjoys-100m-experience-and-mccartney-into-pole-vault-final/ https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/long-jump-final-awaits-lapierre-as-buckman-moves-to-1500m-semi-final-in-london/
Tom Walsh and Jacko Gill both automatically qualified for the final of the shot put with their first round attempts in the qualification groups at the 2017 IAAF World Championships. Walsh was out to a season’s best of 22.14m, just seven centimetres short of his New Zealand national record, and...
Athletics New Zealand 2017 World Champs London update Joseph Millar in round one of the 100m started from lane five in the fourth of six heats and finished fifth in 10.31, 0.07outside the time needed to qualify as one of the six fastest outside the first three in each heat. Millar...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LONDON (04-Aug) -- With the deafening roar of over 60,000 spectators as a backdrop, Britain's Mo Farah delivered the goods at London Stadium yet again, beating back a concerted challenge from Africa's best to win his third straight world...
The men’s long jump final awaits Fabrice Lapierre (NSW) after he soared 7.91m (w: +0.6) to progress to the medal round on day one at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London (GBR). Opening his account with 7.67m (w: -0.3), Lapierre hit his best mark with his second attempt to ensure his...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE, USA (04-Aug) -- Behind a pair of chic Nike sunglasses, one could tell that Joan Benoit Samuelson was beginning to tear up. The day was finally here, when four generations of America's top marathoners would congregate...
