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- Mantz names his New York rivals after two stress fractures
The American record holder says he plans to still be in the lead pack with 2 miles to go on Sunday.
- Valencia half produced three men's marks that counted as no record
Steven Mills tallied the odd results list behind Sheila Chepkirui's 63:51 win and Yaseen Abdalla's 59:10 debut.
- Tokyo champion Ruti Aga banned six years for forged prescription
Two years for the drug, four more for the document she handed the investigators.
- LA28 Olympic marathon cut to 70 spots per gender
The quota list closes six days before the US Olympic Marathon Trials in St. Louis.
- Jeruto negative splits Toronto, Kiptoo runs 2:08:08
Her second half was 31 seconds quicker than her first, and the men's race was still six runners inside one second at 35K.
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- Young runs 2:05:23 in Chicago on a torn hamstring
Vinny Mauri was on American record pace through 20 miles before his hamstrings seized and he stopped to stretch.
- Hurley debuts in 2:20:47, fastest ever by an American
Seventh overall and top American in her first race at the distance, and already sixth on the US all-time list.
- Kosgei and Kiplimo take 25 surprise doping tests a year
The two Chicago headliners signed up for roughly four times the testing a normal marathon pool athlete gets, with Nike and their agency paying the bill.
- Kosgei returns to Chicago, Rupp chases the US masters record
Sunday's race has a stacked international field and the deepest American lineup in years.
- Mauri calls his Chicago block a volume experiment
The treadmill clips went viral, but Mauri is framing the whole buildup as data collection.
- Boston 2027 cutoff is 5 minutes 17 seconds under the BQ
A record 25,630 runners are in for April 19, 2027, and for the first time 1,000 of the runners who missed get a lottery shot.
- Berlin produces five new US Olympic Trials qualifiers
Brendan Martin, Jacqueline Gaughan, Allie Kieffer, Katja Goldring and Gabriella Smith punched tickets to St. Louis.
- AIU bans 2:04 marathoner Kimaiyo two years for a diuretic
He told the AIU he took painkillers belonging to his wife and did not know what chlortalidone was.
- Assefa ran Berlin's last 2K on a fully torn Achilles
Her manager says the tendon was completely gone over the closing two kilometers of a 2:11:04 win.
- US women take team silver at World Half, Hurley runs 1:06:23
Hurley, Kelati and McClain finished fifth, sixth and seventh to beat Ethiopia for the team medal behind Agnes Ngetich's world record.
- Almgren ends Africa's 30-year World Half win streak
The Swede is the first non-African man to take the world half marathon title since Stefano Baldini in 1996.
- Drew Hunter runs 13:14 for the American road 5K record
The record came six days after Hunter placed fourth at the Fifth Avenue Mile.
- Merrie Mile to pay $15,000, richest US road mile
Men and women race together in Waikiki on December 12, and the top check goes to whoever crosses first.
- Nairobi lands 2029 Worlds, first in Africa and at altitude
Kasarani Stadium sits at 5,289 feet, and people are already talking about the sprint world records.
- Gabby Thomas calls herself an "equal opportunity doping hater"
The Olympic 200m champion named nobody, but said speaking up last year cost her phone calls and comments behind her back.
- Ingebrigtsen wins 5000m in 12:59.24, then skips the 1500m
Five Americans land inside 13:00.40 behind him, and Josh Kerr has to wait a year for the rematch.
- Spencer calls Ingebrigtsen a "sore loser" over Brussels pacing row
The argument Cole Hocker and Jakob Ingebrigtsen had in Brussels is now the question every miler gets asked on camera.
- Langon wins Fifth Avenue Mile in 3:45, Reekie takes third title
The American's first trip down Fifth Avenue ended with the biggest win of his pro career, and a photo finish for second.
- Kerr wins Ultimate 1500m after broadcast projected 13th
World Athletics' new win probability graphics had Kerr behind a field he then beat, and reporters had already been calling them out all week.
- Kazimierska and Werro win World Ultimate titles in Budapest
Day 2 in Budapest brought a 1500m where the top nine all broke four minutes and a 43.39 from Collen Kebinatshipi.
- Ingebrigtsen to run 5000m first in Budapest, TV2 reports
The 1500m against Josh Kerr and Cole Hocker is still an open question, and the answer may not come until Sunday.
- Ultimate Championship starts Friday, $150,000 a title
Straight finals, 8 to 16 athletes per event and no country limits in Budapest.
- Cam Myers wins Brussels 1500, Ingebrigtsen rips field
A 20-year-old Australian beat the Olympic champion and the world's best, then the post-race interview took over.
- AIU suspends 26:39 10K man Kibet, bans 2:18 marathoner Mesfin
Two road racers near the top of the sport, one case still open and one closed with an admission.
- Werro holds off Broeders-Bol by 0.06 in Brussels
Kazimierska and Balew took the other big distance wins at the Diamond League final.
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