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The Adjusted Diamond League Season Ends With World Leads and National Records

Article added September 28, 2020 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: TAYLOR DUTCH

The final stop on the 2020 Diamond League tour supplied another round of incredible performances. The COVID-adjusted Diamond League season came to a close with several world-leading times, national records, and career bests on Friday in Doha, Qatar. Three-time world champion Hellen Obiri ran her second world-leading time this year. The Kenyan distance star finished the women’s 3,000 meters […]

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Caster Semenya Loses Latest Legal Battle in Swiss Supreme Court

Article added September 14, 2020 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: ANDREW DAWSON

This might completely take away the two-time Olympian’s chance of defending her 800-meter title in Tokyo. Caster Semenya lost her appeal against track and field’s rules that put a limit on female runners’ natural testosterone levels. A Swiss federal court delivered the decision on September 8 that likely ends the two-time Olympic champion’s chances of defending her […]

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How Increased Screen Time During COVID Is Affecting Your Mental Health

Article added August 25, 2020 Categories Featured Columns, Featured News, Health

Written By: JORDAN SMITH

Less exercise and more screens may lead to higher depressive symptoms, a preliminary study finds. A recent preprint study, published on Cambridge Open Engage, found that people who reported lower exercise levels during coronavirus than their previous exercise habits also reported a decline in their mental health. Participants in self-isolation reported screen and sitting time that increased by 20 to […]

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Joshua Cheptegei Is Pursuing Greatness

Article added August 25, 2020 Categories Featured News, Motivation, News

Written By: ANDREW DAWSON

Will We See the Newest World Record on Strava? A Q&A With Joshua Cheptegei We all saw Cheptegei stop his watch at the finish of his world-record 5,000 meters. Time to give him some kudos? Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei broke his fourth world record at the age of 23. In a year turned upside-down by the coronavirus pandemic, […]

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Joshua Cheptegei Breaks the 5,000-Meter World Record in Monaco

Article added August 17, 2020 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: TAYLOR DUTCH

The runner from Uganda took down a world record that stood for 16 (!) years. Amid the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Joshua Cheptegei still managed to produce a bright spot when he broke the world record in the men’s 5,000 meters. At the Monaco Diamond League meet on August 14—the first completely in-person Diamond League event […]

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