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By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (13-May) -- There are few athletes that have achieved more --and been robbed of more-- in the sport of athletics than Edna Kiplagat. At 36-years-old, the Kenyan mother of five is back here to race the streets...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (13-May) -- The last time Boulder's Laura Thweatt traversed the hills of Central Park, she was in a boatload of pain running her way to a top American finish in her marathon debut at the TCS New...
UPDATED 24/7 Russia, Kenya may miss Rio athletics Lord Coe: Federations must show courage and stop picking drugs cheats Canadian anti-doping agency calls for ban on Russian athletes at Rio Games Kenyan athletes slam Wada decision Russia Allegedly Ran a Massive Doping Ring at the 2014 Olympics Rio Olympics: Marathoner Scott Westcott makes Games team...
By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (11-May) -- Eleven times over a 12 year period, South African athletes manager Dewald Steyn brought elite runners to the Mangyongdae Prize Pyongyang Marathon North Korea in April.  By his own reckoning, he supplied 60% of the foreign athletes...
World championships silver medallist Ihab Abdelrahman is relishing the chance to perform on Chinese soil again when he spearheads a world-class javelin field at the star-studded Shanghai Diamond League meeting this Saturday (14 May). The 27-year-old Egyptian launched himself into the athletics headlines at this meeting two years ago when...
Top 10 Fastest male marathoners on eligible courses Group running for charity nearly run down by stolen car before being set upon by driver in Melbourne More Gold than Ever in Pre Classic's Bowerman Mile Dual Olympian rapt as youth show their talent at Blatherskite Park athletics carnival Doha 2016-IAAF Diamond League 3-Minute...
More Gold than Ever in Pre Classic's Bowerman Mile (The 42nd Prefontaine Classic, a member of the IAAF Diamond League of elite international track & field meets, will be held May 27-28 at historic Hayward Field.)             Eugene, Oregon – The best mile race in the world is...
StatsCentral – All Roads Lead to Rio (International Update – Rome and Kawasaki) Tallent wins Silver: Aussie Walks Wrap Karimi, Cherono Complete Kenyan Sweep At Volkswagen Prague Marathon Complete Kawasaki IWC Results Kenya to name marathon Olympics team next week Birkinhead's 10-Point Guide To Great Shot Putting Sir Craig Reedie wants drug-cheat sponsorship money for...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PRAGUE (08-May) -- In a pair of fantastic duels over the bridges and cobblestones of the Czech capital city, Kenyans Lawrence Cherono and Lucy Karimi prevailed as champions here at the 22nd Volkswagen Prague Marathon, finishing with times of...
The always outstanding Tallent wins SILVER, as Peacock qualifies for Rio 2016 The amazing career of Jared Tallent (Vic) has continued in Rome (ITA) today, with the Olympic champion winning SILVER in the men’s 50km walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships. Adding to the one gold and two...