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Mack. View member profile	Jun 19 2021, 08:57 AM Post #21
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Olympic long jump silver medallist Luvo Manyonga has been banned for four years after failing to meet whereabouts criteria three times in 12 months. The South African missed a doping test in November 2019, and made two filing failures in April and October 2020. As it is a second violation of the anti-doping code by the 30-year-old, he has been given double the normal two-year ban for whereabouts failures. He was banned for 18 months in 2012 for testing positive for crystal meth. Silly man.


Mack. View member profile	Jun 19 2021, 09:02 AM Post #22
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Shelby Houlihan says she will not compete at the US Olympic trials after a failed bid to obtain an injunction against her four-year doping ban. The American, 28, was banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday after testing positive for the prohibited anabolic steroid nandrolone, which she blamed on a burrito. Houlihan is appealing against the ban.


Mack. View member profile	Jun 19 2021, 10:56 PM Post #23
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Ryan Crouser broke the men's shot put world record after a 23.37m throw at the United States Olympic track and field trials. The 2016 Olympic champion's effort broke the previous record of 23.12m that had been held by compatriot Randy Barnes since 1990. Crouser set the new benchmark with his fourth throw in Eugene, Oregon.


Mack. View member profile	Jun 20 2021, 04:08 PM Post #24
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Wayde van Niekerk has qualified to defend his men's Olympic 400m title at this summer's Games in Tokyo. The South African, 28, ran 44.56 seconds, which is inside the required 44.90secs standard, in finishing second behind Anthony Jose Zambrano in Spain. Van Niekerk set the 400m world record in winning gold at Rio 2016 but has since struggled with injury. Meanwhile, his compatriot Caster Semenya again failed to qualify for the women's 5,000m in Tokyo.


Mack. View member profile	Aug 25 2021, 01:55 PM Post #25
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah feels a new women's 100m world record is within reach as she prepares for the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Jamaican, 29, set a new world lead of 10.54 seconds at the Eugene Diamond League last Saturday - the second fastest of all time. Only American Florence Griffith-Joyner has run faster, when she set her world record of 10.49 seconds in 1988. The event takes place on Thursday. "A few years ago I was asked whether I could break that record and I said it was not possible," she said. "But for me to run a 10.54 means it is within reach, therefore it means anything is possible."


Mack. View member profile	Aug 28 2021, 12:04 PM Post #26
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	On Thursday Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the third fastest time in women's 100m history to edge out Elaine Thompson-Herah in their latest encounter at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland. Fraser-Pryce clocked a stunning 10.60 seconds to beat the Olympic champion. Jamaican compatriot Thompson-Herah registered 10.64 secs - the fastest losing time in the event's history.


Mack. View member profile	Aug 28 2021, 11:12 PM Post #27
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah set a meet record time of 10.72 seconds to win the 100m at the Paris Diamond League but Florence Griffith-Joyner's 1988 world record still eludes her.


Chartfridays View member profile	Sep 12 2021, 08:03 AM Post #28
BuzzJack Enthusiast Joined: 20 August 2021 Posts: 1,368 User: 135,527	Anyone tuning in for Great North Run this morning? A chance for someone other than Mo Farah to win the men's race.


Mack. View member profile	Sep 15 2021, 11:39 AM Post #29
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	British sprinter CJ Ujah's 'B' sample has tested positive, confirming the result of his initial test from the Tokyo Olympics. Ujah, 27, was part of the British men's 4x100m relay team which won silver at the rearranged 2020 Olympics. They will now almost certainly lose those medals.


Mack. View member profile	Sep 15 2021, 11:40 AM Post #30
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	QUOTE(chartfridays @ Sep 12 2021, 09:03 AM) Anyone tuning in for Great North Run this morning? A chance for someone other than Mo Farah to win the men's race. Yes, I saw some of it briefly on Sunday, a great win for Britain's Marc Scott in the men's race.


PeteFromLeeds View member profile	Sep 15 2021, 04:26 PM Post #31
Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon Joined: 6 May 2016 Posts: 23,872 User: 23,247	I really feel for the relay teem who might end up losing their medals after all this now (and maybe even for CJ, who knows whether he was aware he was taking a banned substance or not)


Mack. View member profile	Sep 23 2021, 12:12 PM Post #32
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Kenyan marathon runner Mary Keitany has announced her retirement at the age of 39 because of a back injury. Keitany holds the world record for a women-only marathon with a time of two hours 17 minutes one second, which she set when winning her third London Marathon in 2017. She also won the New York Marathon on four occasions.


Mack. View member profile	Sep 29 2021, 02:34 PM Post #33
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Former Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford has been named in one of the Great Britain bobsleigh squads that will attempt to qualify for the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.


Mack. View member profile	Sep 30 2021, 01:28 PM Post #34
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	An investigation has been opened into two Belarus coaches who allegedly tried to force an athlete to fly home from the Tokyo Olympics. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she was taken to the airport in Tokyo against her will after criticising her coaches. The sprinter received police protection after voicing fears for her safety and was later granted asylum by Poland. The International Olympic Committee and World Athletics have now opened a "formal procedure" into the matter.


Mack. View member profile	Oct 5 2021, 01:19 PM Post #35
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	QUOTE Athletics Kenya president, Jackson Tuwei, has confirmed that his nation has submitted a bid document to host the 2025 World Championships. Tuwei feels that Kenya's history of producing world-class athletes gives them a real chance of becoming the first African host of the global showpiece. "We feel like Kenya is the spiritual home of athletics," he told BBC Sport Africa. Kenya has a rich history in middle- and long-distance athletics, boasting 60 World and 34 Olympic champions while also currently holding eight women's and nine men's world records. Reports suggest that Olympic host city Tokyo also put in a bid ahead of Friday's deadline.


PeteFromLeeds View member profile	Oct 5 2021, 09:30 PM Post #36
Buy yourself a car, and a house in Devon Joined: 6 May 2016 Posts: 23,872 User: 23,247	Interesting to hear - would be great to see an African nation host a big contest like that! Of course the question is whether they have the infrastructure to support it.


Mack. View member profile	Oct 6 2021, 12:27 PM Post #37
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	British 5,000m record holder Eilish McColgan would be wary about doing training runs after dark. McColgan's fellow distance athlete Charlotte Purdue spoke on Monday about how the abduction and murder of Sarah Everard in March has reinforced her stance about running at night. And the 2018 European Championships silver medallist echoed that. "I'd be very hesitant about running in the dark. It will be the same for women all across the world," McColgan said. "I'm in the fortunate position of being a professional athlete and being able to train 24 hours a day. My partner actually cycles along with me most days so I never really feel unsafe. "I can choose my times but other women can't do that. We travel all over the world so there are always going to be places you are a little bit unsure of."


Mack. View member profile	Oct 6 2021, 12:47 PM Post #38
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Scottish team at the Commonwealths will feature all our best-known athletes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/58789138


Mack. View member profile	Oct 7 2021, 03:02 PM Post #39
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been charged with three offences by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). She was suspended during the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for a human growth hormone following an out-of-competition test on 19 July. The 32-year-old later tested positive for another banned substance, recombinant erythropoietin (EPO), which increases red blood cell count. She has also been charged for not co-operating with the AIU's investigation. The AIU alleges Okagbare "failed to comply with a formal requirement to produ


Mack. View member profile	Oct 14 2021, 10:42 PM Post #40
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,603 User: 12,915	Police in Kenya have arrested the husband of record-breaking long-distance runner Agnes Tirop who was stabbed to death at her home. Emmanuel Rotich, who was detained in the coastal city of Mombasa, will face charges once investigations are completed, an official said. Ms Tirop, 25, was found dead on Wednesday in the western town of Iten, a training centre for top athletes. She had finished fourth in this year's Tokyo Olympic 5,000m final. In 2019, she had won the 10,000m bronze at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.