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By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LAUSANNE, SUI (25-Aug) -- Genzebe Dibaba and Francine Niyonsaba looked smooth in their bounce-back efforts after claiming silver medals in the Olympic 1500m and 800m, respectively. Dibaba faced off against 5000m Olympic silver medalist Hellen Obiri and fourth placer...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LAUSANNE, SUI (25-Aug) -- In the rarely contested one kilometer, Djibouti's Ayanleh Souleiman ran away with a commanding win here at the Athletissima Lausanne IAAF Diamond League meeting, defeating both Olympic 1500m champion Matthew Centrowitz and 2008 Olympic gold...
Complete Lausanne Diamond League Results   (iaaf results service) 25/08/2016 Athletissima Lausanne (Pontaise), 25/08/2016 Men's results 100 Metres - Men Race 1                                       Wind: +0.3 m/s 1 Wilson , Alex                    SUI      10.41 1 Wilson , Alex                    SUI      10.41 2 Mancini , Pascal                 SUI      10.49 3 Chuard , Sylvain                 SUI      10.61 4 Clivaz , Florian                 SUI      10.63 5 di Nocera , Kevin                SUI      10.90 6...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LAUSANNE, SUI (24-Aug) -- It's a race that's positioned as the main event of tomorrow's Athletissima Lausanne IAAF Diamond League meet, the highly anticipated battle between two welterweights: newly crowned Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz and three-time world champion...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved FALMOUTH, MA, USA (21-Aug) -- Four thousand, eight hundred miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Stadium, American mile record holder Alan Webb sat watching a television set at his host family's house. Webb didn't bat an eye as...
Australian ultramarathon runner Samantha Gash has started her gruelling 3,800 km record run across India, in a bid to raise money for World Vision projects tackling barriers to quality education in India. Starting yesterday at one of the driest deserts on earth, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, she will pass through the...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved FALMOUTH, MA, USA (21-Aug) -- With steady moves and a resolute attitude, Stephen Sambu made history by becoming only the second man ever to win three straight titles here at the New Balance Falmouth Road Race. Gradually dispatching with...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved FALMOUTH, MA, USA (20-Aug) -- Kyle Merber capped off a memorable week with a photo-finish win over teammate Colby Alexander here at the Aetna Falmouth Mile, held on the eve of the New Balance Falmouth Road Race. Merber came...
Click to go to @MOSSYANDROBBO Twitter PageLive Feed: Most recent post up top. Keep refreshing as this page is updated constantly as the Aussies perform and people tweet, post etc… Hopefully, you’re watching on TV, but this is a good way to keep up to date with everything Rio athletics,...
Rio's remarkable record week The 206th IAAF Council Meeting was held today (20) and was chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe, who summed up a week of outstanding performances in the Olympic Stadium and on the roads of Rio de Janeiro. Three world records and the triple triple The athletics programme of...