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A disappointment in the 800, as some Kenyan (probably 25 years old) took the gold. Second, third, and fourth were occupied by Cas Loxsom, Robbie Andrews, and Niall Brooks (who made the final when another runner was dqed), so the future still looks extremely bright. All three of those guys are...

Wait a minute. Hold the phone. That article is dated to 2009... Why did you post it? Blake runs free, I guess.

Yee haw!!!! Catch the Jamaican cheats!!!!! I love it. That's 14 Jamaican sprinters in one year, plus a coach, plus that female sprinter that took the banned pain reliever. Jamaican superiority is a myth. I knew it!

Yep, as you know, I've been talking about Wheating for some time, and I have to say that the European season has played out brilliantly for him so far. My hope was always that he would ratchet up his game to a higher level once he started facing Kenyans instead of tactically-oriented US...

Just checked, and they've completed the 800 semis. Cax Loxsom (US) blew away every heat with his time. He's a stud, but I hope he left a little in the tank for tomorrow. Robbie Andrews advanced, but he didn't run as hard, so he may have more left. Of course, none of our boys are used to the...

Good work by Nagy. Not bad by Kaiser either, finishing fourth ahead of Nance. I feel like the US would have been better represented by Gehret and Farmer, either of whom would have done better than Nolan and Mance.

Quotes from the men's 200: Robin EREWA (GER) - 1st in HEAT 4 - 21.14 I feel nice. It was a good race. The rain didn't really affect my race. It was disturbing at the start - the false starts made me lose my concentration a bit, but I kept focused. For the next race, I will just give...

Wheating is now the 4th fastest American 1500 runner of all time, having just run the 6th fastest time. He needs to improve by just over a second to take the American record back from "American" Lagat. And he's only 22. 400--indeed, it was the wrong Borlee. Kevin's just no Jonathan. Slowest...

Wheating and Gregson! I tell you guys, there's more going on with our young mid-distance hopefuls than with our sprinter (singular, not plural, as LeMaitre is clearly all by himself without any help now that Guliyev and Pickering have totally crapped out). A few minutes ago, the young Aussie...

Speaking of Borlees fast and not-quite-as-fast, we shouldn't leave out Borlee Hot. Olivia Borlee won the Belgian championships for the 100 and 200. http://www.borlee.eu/main.php?child=1

Borlee is the man to watch in Monaco today. However, note that it is not the FAST Borlee (Jonathan). It is the SLIGHTLY-LESS-FAST Borlee, Kevin. Despite the disappointing switcharoo, I'm still hoping for a Borlee victory (I would have guaranteed it with Jonathan in the race)...

Guliyev is no longer on the start list for the Monaco 200m. Could his season be any more in the crapper? <table ="rank_table" id="mytable" cellspacing="0"> <t> <tr> <th width="45">Lane</th> <th width="260">Athlete</th>...

Jimmy, the good news is that Nagy and Kaiser looked great in their semis. The bad news is that they worked harder than their opposition and will likely be drained for the final. Anyway, Kirani James can't be beaten. He jogged in with a smile on his face, whereas Kaiser practically killed...

Wahtrin is no LeMaitre. (Just saw the 100)

Just turned on the stream and saw some 400 semi-final action. The Hungarian Nagy won the first, but the announcers were so determined that the US guy Nolan should win that they kept talking about how Nolan dominated even after he lost! In the second, semi Germany's Marco Kaiser came on like...

Hang in there, Waterbed. Sounds very much like a circulatory problem, but there are some other possibilities, too. Hopefully, your doctors figure it out soon. Anyway, I kind of know what you're going through, as I'm now having to wear a walking boot (alternating legs each week) that probably...

The site is worthless, but I do believe I saw earlier in the day that Wahtrin won his heat in 10.31

From a training site: http://speedendurance.com/2010/07/11/christophe-lemaitre-not-the-first-white-man-to-break-10-seconds/

I'm not optimistic about this one. Guliyev's been having a Pickeringesque season so far, and looks destined to finish a very distant last. On the other hand, I think we'll be a lot happier if we ignore the 100 and watch the 400, 800, and 1500. I'm predicting Borlee for an outright victory in...

It's gonna be a sweep: J. Borlee, Gillick, and K. Borlee. And Rooney will finish fourth. Actually an eight-runner sweep is not impossible, given some of the young'uns. Wouldn't that be sweet?

Hi, Jimmy, Yeah, I wasn't really being complete, as I never have really watched the hurdlers. I do watch the women's races (oh, those beautiful sinewy creatures), but I didn't look over the women's lists. Something about seeing the Laura Roeslers of the world just makes me sigh and remember...

With the IAAF World Juniors coming up this week, I thought it might be a good time to peruse the lists for youths, juniors, and u-23s. In general, European athletes seem to show up best on junior and u-23 lists, and not so well on the youth lists, where they can't compete with the peoples who...

I believe the Spanish championships are also this weekend. Some buzz building around Sergio Sanchez (distance runner). No sprinters of interest, but I have hopes for some of the mid-distance guys, especially the youngster Bustos.

From the first translated article: "I was very good, I had no pressure against those who were around me, I was as usual in my concentration (...) Maybe I'm not used to I rub at large ", he said, admitting however, a certain fatigue related to its new status and one week of solicitations...

Guys, wind legal is wind legal. No one remembers what the wind was doing when Bolt set his world records, or Powell, or Carl Lewis, or Armin Hary, or Charley Paddock. Just as long as it's legal. This bit where we add in excuse points is kind of silly. Knock of a few tenths here for the wind...