A SUB-4:00 OVER BARRIERS? Oxford will be hosting a Bannister Miles meet on May 06 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first sub-4:00. Organizers are considering a mile steeplechase race. A big question: is anybody going to be able to run sub-4:00 with hurdles and a water jump?…
The 2027 European Games will be held in İstanbul, Turkey…
Malaysia has decided to pass on hosting the ’26 Commonwealth Games, due to cost factors. This came after the nation was reportedly offered $130 million to host the event…
Lima, Peru, will host the ’27 Pan-Am Games…
Oregon State alum Kaylee Mitchell has joined Nike Bowerman…
Jess McClain, 4th in the OT marathon as an unsponsored runner, has signed with Brooks. She will remain self-coached…
Josh Thompson has left Nike Bowerman, saying, “as I continue my journey as a Nike athlete, I carry with me the lessons learned and progress made with Bowerman. I’m thrilled to return to my home state of Nevada, eager to refine my skills and prepare for the upcoming outdoor season and a chance to earn my spot on the US Olympic team.”…
Spain’s Carmela Cardama Báez has left the On AC…
Rana Reider’s training group, which includes Olympic champions Andre DeGrasse and Marcell Jacobs, is relocating to Rieti, Italy, to prepare for the Olympics…
Slovenia’s Kristjan Čeh, the ’22 world discus champ, has parted ways with coach Gerd Kanter. Said Kanter, “This decision arises from differences in our approaches to training methodology. While it’s never easy to part ways, we both see it’s the only way at the moment moving forward.”…
Former Tennessee stars Shania Collins and Maia McCoy have transferred allegiance to Liberia, as has UNLV alum Destiny Smith-Barnett. They joined Ebony Morrison (who switched in ’21) to give the African nation a crack 4×1 squad, placing 2nd at the African Games…
Boise State fired head coach Corey Ihmels in March…
The Golden Fly series street LJ/PV event scheduled for June 01 in Geneva has been postponed because of a schedule clash with what is expected to be a large protest against the World Trade Organization…
Finnish coach Rolf Haikkola, who coached Lasse Viren to his gold medals/WRs in the ’70s, has died at age 96…
2-time heptathlon world champ Eunice Barber was attacked on a Paris train. She had asked a drunken rider to speak less loudly on his phone. He responded by punching her in the face twice. He was arrested shortly after…
Kenyan authorities have arrested a Swiss national, Bassile Samuel David Moreillon, who has been charged with operating an illegal laboratory in Iten and extracting blood from athletes without permits and licenses. Moreillon pled guilty, and faced a fine of $3000 or 3 years in jail…
Perhaps Olympic 50K walk champion Alex Schwazer is finally done fighting, after CAS rejected his latest attempt to have his 8-year doping sentence dropped…
Athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be facing more out-of-competition testing now that WA has accepted an AIU recommendation…
The results of an independent investigation into the high-powered New York prep girls running program at Saratoga Springs was released, confirming various allegations against the coaches. While none of them were apparently illegal, some raised eyebrows, such as tying a runner to a vehicle to help her improve her turnover. The district has responded by saying the coaches will need to submit coaching plans in the future…
After serving 8 years without holding elections, the members of the Kenya Athletics Commission, the ruling body for Kenyan track & field, have been booted from office by a court ruling. Jackson Tuwei, the president of the board, still serves as a WA vice-president. The complaint that led to the court ruling was filed in ’16 by 2-time Boston champion Moses Tanui…
Sweden’s Andreas Almgren, after his big NR 26:52.87 in the 10,000, had this to say about potentially making the Paris podium: “It doesn’t feel completely unthinkable, although it isn’t completely likely either.”…
If the Olympics seems like too pricey a trip for you, maybe consider an August journey to Geneva, Ohio, to see a “world championship” in the women’s decathlon? The event is set for August 03-04…
The NCAA Indoor Championships featured athletes from 48 countries. After the United States, the biggest numbers were for Jamaica (41), Great Britain (12) and Canada and Kenya with 11 each…
British sprinter Victoria Ohuruogu has been cleared of anti-doping violations relating to charges that she was coached by her boyfriend, who is serving a 3-year ban…
With the IOC having lifted its suspension of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee, Northern Arizona alum Luis Grijalva will be eligible to run in the Olympics…
Sara Hall’s 31:32.52 at The TEN shattered the old U.S. record for masters (40+) women. The old best was 33:05.03 by Jen Rhines…
Britain’s Megan Keith ran the Olympic standard for 10,000 at The TEN and indicated she is planning to compete over 25 laps at the British Trials. She said she is resigned to the notion that it might be her best event even though she finds it “pretty boring.”…
According to a survey in Finland, pole vaulter Wilma Murto is now the nation’s most popular athlete…
In July, WA will be collaborating with Asics on a conference called “The Business of Running Events,” set for Colorado Springs…
Marathoner Keira D’Amato has revealed that Scott Fauble challenged her to use the word “rodent” in a pre-Trials press conference, and she did so successfully. It was in response to her challenge that he use the word “bananas.”…
Virginia prep Allie Zealand is the daughter of an NCAA Indoor mile champion. Her mother, then Heather Sagan, won the ’02 title for Liberty…
Italian putter Nick Ponzio, currently banned for whereabouts failures, got invited to an NFL Pro Day in March, and said he hoped “this would be the beginning of something special.”…
Stanford’s Ky Robinson, it seems, wanted to get his Nationals qualifying marks out of the way early. At his school’s invitational the reigning NCAA 5/10K champ won the morning 5000 in 13:35.95, and came back in the evening to finish 12th in the 10,000 in 28:15.12…
For the first time in the 100 years since Paavo Nurmi returned from the ’24 Paris Olympics, his 5 gold medals have left Finland. They will be on display at the museum of the Monnaie de Paris, where they were originally struck…
The Yves-du-Manoir stadium in Colombes hosted the track & field events for the 1924 Olympics. This time around, the newly refurbished stadium will be host to field hockey…
In a counterpoint to the many athletes who have protested WA’s proposed change to long jump rules, Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo says she would have no problem: “I could definitely get on board with it.”…
British author Mark Ryan has written another book on the 1924 Olympics and its portrayal in the film Chariots of Fire. It’s titled Chariots Return—Saving The Soul Of The Games…
Another book for history fans is Stephen Lane’s Long Run To Glory—The Story Of The Greatest Marathon In Olympic History And The Women Who Made It Happen. It recounts the ’84 Olympic race, won by Joan Benoit Samuelson. T&FNEditor Emeritus Ed Fox has reviewed the book for this issue…
The U.S. Center for SafeSport has announced a number of changes in the way it operates so that it can increase efficiency and trauma sensitivity. The move is a response to widespread publicity given to some troubling cases and a resulting congressional investigation…
Molly Seidel is going long. Her first race since her OT Marathon DNF will be the Canyons Endurance Run in late April, a 50K…
Britain’s Channel 4 will be airing a documentary this summer that covers the Olympic preparations of Keely Hodgkinson, Josh Kerr, Morgan Lake and Jake Wightman…
Amazon Prime is putting together a documentary on the Ingebrigtsen brothers…
If you need a gold medal and cost is no object, note that the medal won by Jim Hines in the ’68 Olympic 100 is going on the auction block soon. Starting price will be $15,000. The gold he won on the 4×1 went for $33,359 in ’17…
Parker Valby, on what her message is to young female runners: “I would say just have fun with it. We’re running in circles; you can’t take it that seriously. At the end of the day, we’re like hamsters.”