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Yeah, if LeMaitre pulls a hammie or something, we're back down to ground zero. Guliyev isn't there on time yet, but he sure passes the eyeball test for the second 50 meters. If it weren't for the evidence of the clock, I would swear he's running faster than LeMaitre from 50-100 meters. That's...

Some good news from Holland. Craig Mottram, still trying to regain form after two years of Achilles tendon injuries that kept him from training, won a 1500 in 3:37 (Also, Jordan Boase showed signs of coming back from the disastrous end to his US season and won the 400. There is an interview with...

Cas Loxsom ran a PR in Canada yesterday. I really like this kid. Not only is he fast, but he runs with guts. He gets in the NCAAs or the USTAFs and he never hangs back but just guts it out right behind the leader, running a smart, tough race. He's young, but I think the sky is the limit for...

I've put some thought into this, and I think we tend to overemphasize technique on these boards. Every time LeMaitre runs, we get 30 posts saying he could knock his time into the 9.8's if he just changed the way he held his arms or something. The truth is, his technique is good enough, and at...

Oddly enough, I don't think times alone suffice for these sort of rankings. Realistically, I look at that list and I know that Kuc, Crawford, and Smyth are nothing special and will never touch those fluke times again. In fact, Crawford has probably raced for the last time. Lemaitre, on the other...

The odd thing, now that I think about it, is that the British announcers said, "nice start for LeMaitre," when the gun went off, but afterwards called it an awful, awful start. And the reaction time was excellent. I really don't think the start was a problem. It was Guliyev-disease (i.e. a...

Women's 1500 meter--finally a race to celebrate! A 1-2-3 finish. American Morgan Uceny (looking in magnificent shape and coming off a US championship) blows the field away. Mischenko second. And France's Dehiba third. A perfect sweep, with all the Ethiopians and Kenyans left in the dust (also...

Announcers "an awful, awful start for lemaitre. He's down 2 or 3 meters at 30 meters." "But his second half was astonishing." "This is why he'll be a great 200 meter specialist one day." etc. Given the usual camera angle, I probably couldn't see as well as the announcers, so it wasn't obvious...

In other results (so far), Kevin Borlee finished second in the 400 with a respectable 45.37. On the disappointing side, Jordan Boase continued the decline that started last week at the USTAFS. And David Gillick, who has absolutely fallen off a cliff this year, was Disqualified. In the 110h...

Sally Pearson just won the 100 hurdles over a handful of Jamaican man-women. Nice run. It was interesting to see the lineup. There were five Jamaicans and Americans, all with massive steroid-pumped frames and the kind of deltoids you used to only see on a heavyweight boxer. Then there was little...

I just logged in to watch on Universal Sports. It costs 3 bucks, but you get nice HD. It will be rebroadcast tonight for free on Universal Sports cable at 8:00.

Wow--watching that video all I can do is agree wholeheartedly with WL and Jack. Ramil's sheer talent is matched only by the dreadfulness of his technique. The first 50 meters compared to the second 50 meters--Jekyll and Hyde. He'll be a 200 stud eventually, but even that will have to wait...

That's some "winter" you Aussies have. All the women wearing tiny two-piece running uniforms outdoors. The only concession to the season is that the sprinters inexplicably run 60 rather than 100. Lucky!

It's hard to keep track of the little meets, but hopefully someone will get the results of the July 1, Harry Jerome Invitational. It's got a few runners to watch: Hannah Cunliffe running against professionals (!) in the 100 Cas Loxsom and Ryan Foster in the 800 And, of course, there could...

Gemili could end up being something special. A note on the last video: Gemili is in the B race (no doubt on account of his being a newcomer). If you click on the A race, it's a nice 1-2 finish for Danny Talbot and Andy Robertson.

As for Wariner, it doesn't seem to be an injury. Remember how he used to flash across the line then "gallop out" (to borrow a horse racing terms) another 50 meters, looking comfortable and throwing his hands up in the air? Now people are saying he looked really winded and completely out of...

Yeah, I was looking at the prelims column. Still a disappointing time, especially given the tailwind. I have to agree with WL's assessment. Finals 1 Effah, Sam 88 Ucac 10.29...

Various results from tonight. Another weak performance by Wariner in qualifying for the US Champ finals. He's in, but soundly beaten again with yet another slow time. Jordan Boase disappointed and did not make the finals. In Canada Connaughton finished second with a 10.45. LeBlanc was sixth...

He has straight, sandy or tannish-blonde hair: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=12394669

An article entitled "Bulgarian Sprinter Ivet Lalova Shows Great Form." You can say that again! I haven't seen a double entendre like that, since Walter Dix's victory over Tyson Gay inspired the legendary headline, "Tired Gay Succumbs to Dix." (Somehow that never gets old). The Lalova article is...

That's good news, Azerisprinter. We have trouble finding information on Guliyev, so please feel free to post anything you learn. Do you know anything about his upcoming schedule for the rest of the year? Also, will he be concentrating primarily on the 200?

In non-Lemaitre news, Chis O'Hare, the young Scot, sophomore at Tulsa, I believe, ran a 3:38 1500. Very promising time, given his youth. A young Brit, Adam Cotton, went 3:41--he's still under 20 years of age. Here in the US, Austin Mudd continues to be on fire. The high school senior just went...

Jacknyc, do you have a link that's working in the US?

And on a related note, I was curious to see what became of Morgan Milbrath, who handed Roesler her won and only defeat in four years of championship h.s. competition (during which time Roesler repeatedly swept every event from the 100 to the 800). It seems that Milbrath has become a kind of new...

I can't resist reviving the supergirl thread, and not just because she's adorable. A few days ago, I posted about her absurd 51 second relay split--the third fastest in the NCAA. It occurred to some track fans over on Track and Field News that if she lowered that time by just one second (and...