Tag: Eliud Kipchoge
HEARD AT HALFTIME: How high can Mondo go? Plus a new heart for Greg...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The amazing world-record performance by Mondo Duplantis of Sweden (and...
LANE ONE: The top stories coming in 2020, part 1: Showdowns coming in Tokyo!...
The calendar has turned and we are now in the Olympic year of 2020. But although the Tokyo Games will be the top story...
GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: With gold haul from world meets, Biles and Dressel get...
Courage was the key word on the international sports scene in 2019.
Competitive courage, like the grit alpine skier Lindsey Vonn showed in making her...
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2019, from no. 10 to no. 6, and...
As 2019 comes to a close, there were people, places and events that made a bid impression in this pre-Olympic year. We’ll bring you...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Lananna restored to USATF Presidency by Court of Arbitration for Sport
Hours before the opening of the 2019 USA Track & Field Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ordered that...
ATHLETICS: 2020 Diamond League schedule announced; Vaporfly shoes studied; Flanagan retires
With the close of the World Championships in Doha on 6 October, you would think that things would slow down a little for the...
VOX POPULI: “Hire Jill Ellis” and a new way to think about 1:59:40!
From our readers:
● On Tuesday’s 2-0 loss by the U.S. men’s National Team to Canada:
USSF should hire Jill Ellis to coach the men. She...
TSX REPORT: Which marathon was better? 1:59:40 or 2:14:04? Plus a historic Worlds for...
= TSX REPORT ~ 14 October 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: Two marathon milestones in two days, but which was better? 1:59:40 or 2:14:04? Kipchoge or Kosgei?
The...
LANE ONE: Two marathon milestones in two days, but which was better? 1:59:40 or...
The greatest weekend in the history of marathon running came and went with two astonishing and historic performances in two completely different settings:
● The...
ATHLETICS: He did it! Kipchoge finishes INEOS 1:59 Challenge in 1:59:40.2!
After all the planning and all the hype, the time came for running and Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge was ready And he delivered!.
He completed the...
ATHLETICS Previews: Kipchoge tries for sub-2 marathon Saturday; Chicago Marathon on Sunday
Kenyan superstar Eliud Kipchoge’s attempt to break the 2:00 marathon barrier comes on Saturday – weather permitting – in Vienna (AUT) is what is...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Lyles to run only 200 m at USATF Nationals; Rakhimov resigns...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Ending considerable speculation, Noah Lyles and his coach confirmed that...
ATHLETICS Panorama: NBC’s Masback says Swiss unlikely to overturn Semenya decision
During Sunday’s Prefontaine Classic telecast on NBC, host Leigh Diffey asked analyst Craig Masback what he thought the outcome of Caster Semenya’s appeal of...
ATHLETICS Panorama: White runs world-leading 10.96; U.S. Conference Champs this weekend; another sub-2:00 try...
The U.S. collegiate season is reaching its peak beginning this weekend with a mass of conference championships across the country. The early meets have...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Tough times for Jamaican track … off the field?
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Uneasy signs for the sport in Jamaica, where this weekend’s Jamaica...
ATHLETICS: Kipchoge runs second-fastest marathon ever to take fourth London Marathon title
He is the finest marathon runner of all time. That’s about all you can say about Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, who essentially led from start...
ATHLETICS Preview: Unbeatable Kipchoge looks for fourth London Marathon title
The usual preface to any marathon is that it’s “unpredictable.” Not when Eliud Kipchoge is running.
The Kenyan star finally claimed the world record last...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 18 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of the week (so far) in the turbulent world of international...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Six win streaks of note carry into 2019, and is the IAAF...
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) pays a lot of attention to statistics and it’s good that they do. Because of it, they...
LANE ONE: The top Olympic-sport stories of 2018, part II: Nassar overshadows all
As 2018 fades away, what were the top stories of the year in the Olympic Movement, both in the U.S. and worldwide? We found...
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