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WITH MURRAY'S WIN AT WIMBLEDON, ATHLETICS DROUGHTS COME TO MIND By Chris Lotsbom (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with Permission) Photo by Jeff Johnson CLEVEDON, ENGLAND (09-Jul) -- On the seventh day of the seventh month, seventy-seven years after the last Briton won the Men's Wimbledon …

  World Marathon Majors Introduces Tougher Anti-Doping Penalties for Elite Athletes Elite Athlete Contracts Revised to Include Suspension of Payment and Repayment of  Prize Money for Athletes Found in Violation of Anti-Doping Code   TOKYO ‰ÛÓ World Marathon Majors (WMM) members Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York have …

OLYMPICS HELP ATHLETES BULK UP ON TWITTER FOLLOWERS By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) (16-Aug) -- The London Olympics not only provided athletes a chance to perform their best on the world stage and win medals and set records, but also gave …

MURRAY READY TO REPLACE AILING RADCLIFFE IN OLYMPIC MARATHON By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly all rights reserved (used with permission) LONDON (29-Jul) -- The big shoes left empty by the ailing Paula Radcliffe at next Sunday's Olympic Women's Marathon are likely to be filled by a tiny …

Sub-2:20 Performers Lucy Kabuu and Florence Kiplagat to Clash at 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Kenyan Women Look to End 10-Year Winless Streak in Chicago CHICAGO – The Bank of America Chicago Marathon today announced that two of the fastest female marathon runners in the world will compete in …

TWO RUSSIAN GOLD MEDALISTS DISQUALIFIED, BANNED FOR DOPING By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) (03-Jul) -- In a stunning development, three Russian athletes, two of whom had won European Championships gold medals in 2010 and 2011, were banned today by their federation …

Remarkable Roster of Olympians and World Champions to Run NYRR New York Mini 10K 40th Anniversary Race on June 9   U.S. Olympic Marathon team member Desiree Davila, reigning world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat, and 2011 ING New York City Marathon and 2012 NYC Half champion Firehiwot Dado lead a …

  Makau Takes WMM Lead as Kiplagat Moves to Fifth   It was Kenya’s day at the BMW Berlin Marathon today as Patrick Makau broke Haile Gebrselassie’s world record to leap to the top of the 2010/11 World Marathon Majors standings while Florence Kiplagat moved to fifth on the women’s …

  World Marathon Majors Establishes Position on World Records within Women’s Road Running Performances   BOSTON – September 20, 2011 Background: At the 2011 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, the IAAF Congress passed a motion to change the standard by which women athletes …

by Thom Gilligan   I always thought that setting a world record in the marathon was serious business. Haile Gebrselassie has my complete admiration for his 2:03:59 romp in Berlin. I had the good fortune to be an eyewitness in the finish line grandstand in London in 2003 when Paula …