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Mack. View member profile	18th September 2020, 01:55 PM Post #41
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,751 User: 12,915	Armand Duplantis produced the highest ever outdoors jump in the pole vault as he cleared 6.15m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome. The 20-year-old Swede set the world record at 6.18m at the Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow in February.


Mack. View member profile	29th September 2020, 06:22 PM Post #42
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,751 User: 12,915	Degitu Azimeraw and coach Haji Adillo Roba have both tested positive for Covid-19 and did not board a plane from their native Ethiopia chartered for this weekend's London Marathon, race director Hugh Brasher has confirmed. Azimeraw, 21, is a former women's winner at the Amsterdam Marathon. Compatriots Shura Kitata and Alemu Megertu are coached by Adillo but were not in recent contact with him and flew to the UK after negative tests.


Mack. View member profile	4th October 2020, 10:47 PM Post #43
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,751 User: 12,915	World record holder Eliud Kipchoge was beaten in the London Marathon as Shura Kitata won a thrilling sprint finish to claim an unexpected victory. Four-time winner Kipchoge was the favourite, but fell behind with two laps to go and finished eighth. Ethiopian Kitata pushed ahead of Kenya's Vincent Kipchumba on the home straight to finish in two hours five minutes and 41 seconds. Brigid Kosgei, who holds the women's world record, defended her title.


Mack. View member profile	5th October 2020, 01:40 PM Post #44
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,751 User: 12,915	New British champion Natasha Cockram says she did not expect to finish Sunday's London marathon after being injured in the build-up. The 27-year-old finished 13th overall in a time of 2:33:19, which is outside the Olympic qualifying time of 2:29:30 that she is still hoping to hit. The Welsh runner suffered an ankle injury three weeks before the race, which was won by Brigid Kosgei. "I didn't even think I'd make the start line," Cockram told BBC Radio Wales. "Just to make it to the start line felt surreal. I wasn't even expecting to perhaps finish the race - the British title was just an incredible feeling. "I wasn't sure if my ankle would hold up, but I patched it up. I hadn't run all week prior to the race. It just hurt too much. "It was just [about] going out there and hoping for the best. "There was no pressure because I wasn't the favourite to win so I just went out there and wanted to do the country proud and that's what I did." Cockram's British rival Steph Twell, who reached world finals and won a European medal on the track, also missed out on the Olympic qualifying time. The 31-year-old limped out around mile 16 as she failed to repeat her rapid time from Frankfurt last year.


Mack. View member profile	7th October 2020, 06:07 PM Post #45
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,751 User: 12,915	Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie are among the nominees for Scottish Athletics' performer of the year award. Despite limited competition across 2020, the lockdown housemates have managed to enjoy considerable success on the track. Muir is the quickest in the world over 1500m this season and set a new UK 1,000m record. Reekie lost only one 800m race all year and is fifth on the fastest times list, one place above Muir. Jake Wightman broke his own Scottish record in his only 1500m outing to make the shortlist, along with fellow middle-distance runner Josh Kerr, who has had three wins in the United States. Callum Hawkins established a new Scottish best for the 10km in January, while Steph Twell set a new Scottish record in the Frankfurt Marathon at the end of October 2019. Eilish McColgan won the Great South 10-miler event and in December set the second fastest Scottish time over 10km. Joasia Zakrzewski is also recognised for a 24-hour track run of 236.561km, which is a Scottish record.


Mack. View member profile	27th October 2020, 08:34 PM Post #46
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,751 User: 12,915	World 100m champion Christian Coleman has been banned for two years after missing three drugs tests. The 24-year-old American, who is suspended from 14 May 2020, will miss the postponed Tokyo Olympics next year. Coleman won 100m gold at the World Championships in Doha in 2019. The indoor 60m world record holder has 30 days to file an appeal against the Athletics Integrity Unit's (AIU) decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).


Mack. View member profile	28th October 2020, 12:43 PM Post #47
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,751 User: 12,915	Seems like Makhloufi is in trouble (again?) I actually like him, but this is not very surprising. https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/olympi...-paraphernalia/


Mack. View member profile	10th December 2020, 12:29 PM Post #48
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,751 User: 12,915	Nanjing will host the World Athletics Indoor Championships in 2023 after the 2021 event was postponed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Chinese city had been scheduled to host the Championships in March 2020 but that was pushed back to 2021. Nanjing will now host the event one year after the next World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 2022. "We must fully respect and carry out the pandemic prevention policy of the host country," said World Athletics.