Like Sisters, Simpson & Coburn Ready To Take On Paris Together By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved PARIS (26-Aug) -- To the outside observer, Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn could be sisters. They oftentimes wear the same New Balance clothes, train together under coaches Mark Wetmore...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved LAUSANNE, SUI (25-Aug) -- With none of the Olympic steeplechase medalists entered, the men's race was up for grabs with pre-race favorites Jairus Birech and Paul Kipsiele Koech sitting second and fourth on the world list. Neither, however, would...
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...
