Emma Coburn does not get her AR for 9:11.42: no doping controls, from EME News/RW

Emma Coburn, photo by PhotoRun.net

INDIANAPOLIS (USA): USATF will not ratify Emma Coburn’s 9:11.42 clocking from the Glasgow Diamond League as a US 3000mSC record as she did not submit a doping control at the event, report Runnersworld. USATF records keeper Bob Hersh explained: “When we inquired as to whether [a drug test for Coburn] was done, it wasn’t. “There’s not much you can do about that after the fact. “Since we started this requirement four years ago, this is the first time that we’ve ever had to reject a record because there was no doping control.”

(Editor’s note: Emma Coburn had a wonderful season last year. I was lucky enough to see all of her steeplechase races with the exception of Shanghai. It is a shame that Emma’s 9:11.42 will not be ratified, but my guess is that she will go sub 9:10 this season. Emma Coburn is racing the 2000 meters on Saturday, February 7 at the New Balance Indoor GP. )

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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