LANE ONE: Remarkable WADA investigation of Kenyan doping finds it “unsophisticated”
There have been entirely too many doping positives coming out of Kenya and its legendary distance-running program, leading to suspensions of stars like 2008...
ATHLETICS: U.S. jumps star Will Claye cleared in doping positive
Three-time Olympic long jump and triple jump medalist Will Claye of the U.S. was cleared from a positive test for the steroid Clenburerol, which,...
ATHLETICS: World Champion Arevalo collects Around Taihu title
Multi-day events are nothing new in track & field, but a three-day walking festival?
The Around Taihu International Race Walking Competition in Suzhou (CHN) put...
ATHLETICS: Russia sues the IAAF for reinstatement
The reinstatement of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has now emboldened the Russian Athletics Federation to demand similar treatment...
ATHLETICS: Remember Allyson Felix?
What's happened to Allyson Felix?
We didn’t see much of the six-time Olympic gold medalist in 2018; she ran just five times between late April...
ATHLETICS: World Record II: Mayer’s redemption is 9,126 in Talence!
France’s Kevin Mayer was looking for redemption for his failure at the European Championships in Berlin (GER) last month when he had no fair...
ATHLETICS: World Record I: Kipchoge glides to 2:01:39 in Berlin!
Once again, the Berlin Marathon was the setting for a historic marathon as Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge made history by lowering the world record to...
THE BIG PICTURE: More charges filed vs. Lamine Diack
The ongoing corruption case against former IAAF president Lamine Diack (SEN) expanded this last week with new charges for breaching his fiduciary responsibilities to...
ATHLETICS Preview: France’s Mayer looking for statement win in Talence
The final competition of the 2018 IAAF Combined Events Challenge comes at the annual Decastar meeting in Talence (FRA), perfectly set up for a...
ATHLETICS Preview: World marathon records in peril at Berlin
Thanks to its flat, fast course, the home of the world marathon record is the Berlin Marathon.
The 45th edition of this famous race comes...
ATHLETICS: Simpson claims seventh Fifth Avenue Mile title
No doubt about it: Jenny Simpson is the Queen of the Fifth Avenue Mile.
She used her tactical smarts once again to outfox a talented...
ATHLETICS: Americas wins 18 of 37 events and Continental Cup title
With a World Indoor Championships in March and the Commonwealth Games in April, this has been a long season for the world’s top track...
THE BIG PICTURE: Senegal’s selection for Youth Olympic Games part of an emphasis on...
“Africa is the home of many successful and prominent Olympic athletes. Africa is a continent of youth. That is why we want to take...
ATHLETICS Preview: Willis & Simpson back to defend Fifth Avenue Mile titles
The annual Fifth Avenue Mile comes Sunday, running from 80th Street to 60th Street in Manhattan and with defending champs Nick Willis (NZL) and...
ATHLETICS Preview: Good match-ups at IAAF’s outdated Continental Cup
There was enormous excitement in 1977 when the then-International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) created its first “championship”-type competition, the World Cup, held in Dusseldorf...
ATHLETICS: Crouser superb in win over Walsh in Zagreb
These “city center” competitions in the pole vault and shot put are becoming more common all the time and American Olympic shot champ Ryan...
ATHLETICS: Transfers of allegiance to win medals overstated
A recent study in the academic journal Citizenship Studies examined the transfer of allegiance crisis in track & field. The paper, by three scholars...
ATHLETICS: Semenya’s 2:30.70 at ISTAF Berlin is no. 5 ever
After seeing a crowd of more than 45,500 attend the annual ISTAF Berlin meeting in the historic Olympiastadion, it’s hard to understand why this...
ATHLETICS: Coleman and Barega historic in Brussels Diamond League
Two stunning performances took last Friday’s IAAF Diamond League Final at the AG Memorial Van Damme in Brussels from noteworthy to historic:
∙ Christian Coleman...
DOPING: Asian Games, Jarrion Lawson, Canoeing champ, U.S. wrestler
Lots of activity in the doping sector, not only new positives, but also a promise of more pressure against sports with positives at the...
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