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BYDGOSZCZ 2016 – IAAF WORLD UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS Australia’s 55-strong team ready to take on world The wait is over for Australia’s 55-strong team for the IAAF World Under 20 Championships, with competition set to launch at Bydgoszcz 2016 today and continue through Sunday 24 July. Boasting the Rio 2016 bound Kurtis...
Full Monaco Diamond League Results (iaaf results service) 15/07/2016 Herculis Monaco (Stade Louis II) Men's results 200 Metres - Men Wind: +0.1 m/s Pts 1 Edward , Alonso PAN 20.10 10 2 Lemaitre , Christophe FRA 20.24 6 3 Martina , Churandy NED 20.29 4 4 Brenes , Nery CRC 20.33 3 5 Iizuka , Shota JPN 20.39 2 6 Forte ,...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (10-Jul) -- In a memorable final day of the 2016 USA Olympic Trials at Historic Hayward Field, three of the most dominant Americans won in the distance disciplines, putting a firm stamp of success on their quest...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (09-Jul) -- The first time Bernard Lagat went to the Olympics, the world was getting over the drama of Y2K, George W. Bush was President of the United States, and 'N Sync topped the music charts with...
The IAAF Doping Review Board has today agreed that Russian long jump athlete Darya Klishina meets the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in International Competition as a neutral athlete under Competition Rule 22.1A. The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh (chair), Sylvia Barlag and Antti Pihlakoski, has...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (08-Jul) -- With supreme tactics and a knack for making the right move at the right time, Evan Jager solidified his position as America's top steeplechaser today, winning the Olympic Trials race in 8:22.48 here at Historic...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (08-Jul) -- A short 36 months ago the Brooks Beasts Track Club was in its infancy, a three-person squad based in Seattle with hopes of competing on the global stage. Since then, the Beasts have grown rapidly...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (07-Jul) -- In every Olympic Trials there is a race that is remembered for its pageantry and magnificence, heartbreak and triumph. In 2008 it was the men's 800m; in 2012 the women's 5000m. Tonight, as the rain...
By Chris Lotsbom; @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (07-Jul) -- Once a year Ben True has a race from hell, one that he deems disastrous and forgettable. In 2015 it came at the USA Cross Country Championships in Boulder, Co., where he was up front before...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (06-Jul) -- Wearing the Nike Bowerman Track Club uniform for the first time here Monday, Courtney Frerichs felt like everything had come full circle at the USA Olympic Trials at historic Hayward Field. Cruising easily through here...