Fast winning pace also produces two national records and numerous seaonal bests; Rio 2016 champion Matthew Centrowitz 8th
By Mike Rowbottom for the IAAF
DOHA, Qatar - Timothy Cheruiyot led from gun to tape on Sunday evening to add a world 1500 meter gold medal to the silver he collected two...
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Eight women bettered the previous World Championship record in epic race; Hassan earned one-of-a-kind 1500-10,000m gold double!
By Steve Landells for the IAAF
DOHA, Qatar - On Saturday evening, Sifan Hassan completed the unprecedented 1500m and 10,000m double at the IAAF World Athletics...
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American Doha quartet includes 2011 world champion Simpson, Houlihan, Hiltz & Johnson
By Steve Landells for the IAAF
With major question marks against all the chief contenders, predicting the outcome of the women’s 1500m with any great level of confidence is a tricky business.
The world #1...
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American quartet includes Rio Olympic champion Centrowitz, Blankenship, Engels & Prakel in Doha, Qatar
By Mike Rowbottom for the IAAF
It seems wrong to describe Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen as a wunderkind, because even though he only turned 19 on September 19, he has the attitude – and indeed...
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“To be good for this long you have to be doing just about everything right. You can’t take shortcuts on anything.”
By Michael Sandrock, Daily Camera
Most years, the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile has been an end-of-the-season treat for Jenny & Jason Simpson, coming after the Olympic or IAAF...
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“She’s not scared of doing hard work. There’s no drama with her, you know? She’s like, ‘What are we doing today?’ You tell her what we’re doing. And she just does it."
By Sarah Lorge Butler, Runner's World
In the past three months, Elinor Purrier has set PRs in the 800, 1500, Mile and 5000...
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“It’s something I do before I go to bed every night, watch a few videos so I can dream about it or something."
By Sieg Lindstrom, Track & Field News
USATF 1500 champion Craig Engels has trained primed with motivation aplenty since the 2016 Olympic Trials. A 4th (800) and a 5th (1500) in the...
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Big goals for 2019 include U.S. record, defending USA titles and a medal at World Championships in Doha
By Ken Goe, The Oregonian / OregonLive
BEAVERTON — Shelby Houlihan beat some of the best runners in the world in 2018 and crushed the U.S. record in the 5000 meters.
It looks like a...
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