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The Rings - Edition 6
🇨🇦@Moh_Speed and @justyn_knight could redefine Canada’s image on the track
🏃🏽♂️@ReidCoolsaet retires, but not really
🇺🇸 A US Trials predictions pod feat. @caela_fenton (recorded pre-Houlihan and Jager news)
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OK I have questions. How can you be denied appeal like that? That is a crucial right.
Are the AIU delays documented here just normal bureaucracy?
And finally, what is 5ng/ml? Do I really have to start freaking out every time I visit a food truck?
NEW: The Rings - Edition 4
This weekly newsletter contains:
@Cyresy_10’s podcast with 5,000 specialist @bennyflanagan
Why Canada’s ongoing quarantine rules could ruin 🇨🇦 trials
Thoughts on Canada’s marathon team
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⚪️Marathon Team: Picked.
🔴@bennyflanagan: Track Nerd. ⚪️Quarantine: Too Long.
The Rings - Edition 4
Via @theXCorg
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Sneak peak of part of my weekly newsletter The Rings with @theXCorg.
I chatted with @bennyflanagan of the @ReebokBostonTC.
I swear, it was before I knew @TheTerminalMile had Ben on the show this week too (@michael_rochus 1, Cyr 0).
This pod and more coming out this afternoon.
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Team 🇨🇦 selected - 2021 Olympic marathon
Women
@MalindiElmore, @DaynaPidhoresky, @tasha_wodak
Men
@TrevorHofbauer, @CamLevins , Ben Preisner (get Twitter, Ben!)
State of marathoning in 🇨🇦: We're leaving 2:26 runner Rachel Cliff and 2:10 runner Tristan Woodfine at home... wow.
Athletics Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced @TeamCanada's marathon team and the men’s 50km race walkers nominated to compete at Tokyo 2020. Two distance runners have also earned early nominations in the 10,000m. Meet the nominees: bit.ly/3ivgr7B
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New Edition of The Rings, my weekly Olympic running newsletter.
In Edition 3:
🔴Are we funding the right athletes?
🔴A storm is brewing in the steeple
🔴A chat with @CamLevins
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Man... @jastaehli has absolutely grinded her way to SUB-15.
15:02 3 weeks ago
15:01 2 weeks ago
14:57.50 today.
Oh, and 🇨🇦 @aseccafien beat Staehli by one spot, also in a PB: 14:57:07.
Four Canadian women under 15 this year... this is nuts.
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Holy.. @gstafford13 is on🔥in Portland.
1:58.70, wins over a stacked field, and gets her 3rd (!) Olympic standard (also qualified for the 1,500 and 5,000).
She is now the fourth-fastest 800m runner in 🇨🇦 history.
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That 8:22:00 3,000m steeplechase Olympic standard is elusive.
A pair of 🇨🇦 athletes, @JohnGay96 (8:23) and @queendesgagnez (8:24) knocking at the door at tonight’s Portland Track Festival.
So far, only Matt Hughes is qualified for Tokyo in the event.
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Barely three days removed from running Olympic standard, 🇨🇦@CamLevins reflects on his marathon journey.
We talk about his recent race in Austria, the advice he took from @trackjenny, and Korean dramas.
Full pod here, via @theXCorg 👇
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🚨NEW - The Rings: Edition 2
In this week’s newsletter, @Cyresy_10 and @mdfdoyle pod about which six marathoners @AthleticsCanada should bring to Tokyo.
Then, why Dick Pound’s suggestion that athletes get priority access to vaccines has aged well.
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Joshua Cheptegei attempted to break Daniel Komen's 3,000m WR of 7:20.67.
He was on pace at mile (3:55), then fell off. Closed in 65 to run 7:33.
Cheptegei has 5,000m and 10,000m WRs.
Conclusion: Komen's record pace (58.7 sec/lap) is TOUGH - maybe toughest in distance running.
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Introducing: The Rings
A weekly newsletter about all things Olympic track and field from a 🇨🇦 and 🌍 angle.
The first edition includes a podcast with @jastaehli, and a qualification system breakdown that hopefully rivals @EvanDunfee's.
Via @theXCorg 👇
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Nearly a 20-sec PB for @bennyflanagan at @sound_running track meet.
Fifth-fastest 🇨🇦 ever over 10,000m.
Flanagan is still 21 sec off Olympic standard, but this result will help him climb World Athletics ranking.
So far, @Moh_Speed is the only 🇨🇦qualified for Tokyo in 10,000m.
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HUGE run for @aseccafien at last night’s @sound_running 10,000m.
31:13.94 FTW (🇨🇦 record)
CONTEXT
🔴Olympic standard: 31:25
🔴Seccafien’s previous PB: 31:45
🔴Previous 🇨🇦 record: 31:41.59 (by @tasha_wodak, who predicted her record would fall last night.)
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1/4
The @sound_running track meet happens tonight and tomorrow in Los Angeles, California.
People can watch here: soundrunning.run/live
It's the first meet of the American Track League.
Three 🇨🇦 storylines to watch out for:
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This finish😍🙌
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🚨🚨 Golden Games W5000m
@jastaehli absolutely SMASHES her PB. Wins the race in 15:02.34.
Natalia Hawthorne third in 15:05.91 - a 13-sec PB.
Both dip way under Olympic standard of 15:10.
🚨🚨 Golden Games M5000m
@kieran_m_lumb finishes second in 13:25.86, just shy of a personal best.
He still chases the Olympic standard of 13:13.00.
