Will anyone hold the SOC accountable?
by The heartbroken young woman on the bench, in the photo above, is a Swedish hero. She is one of a far from endless number of …
Category: Athletics
Evaluating SOK’s Lovisa Lindh decision with the benefit of hindsight
It has been a month and some days since Peter Reinebo of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) made it clear that Lovisa Lindh would not …
Lindh left heartbroken by decision of Swedish Olympic Committee
A few days ago Lovisa Lindh was informed by the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) that she will not be selected to compete for Sweden in …
With Tokyo looming large, the debate about DSD-athletes attains a new relevance
Last update: 13/07/2021 For the second Olympics in a row there is a lot of controversy about athletes with Differences of Sexual Development (DSD-athletes), fairness …
The NCAA Championships back at glorious Hayward Field
After missing the 2020 edition due to the worldwide pandemic, the NCAA Championships was once again back in 2021. Held at the recently remodelled and …
Jakob Ingebrigtsen: “Normally I run 181.5 kilometers a week during winter training”
Last update: 31.03.2021 Some months ago we did an in-depth article about Jakob Ingebrigtsen and on last week’s edition of the Norwegian-language podcast “I det …
Young’s old record under siege
During the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Kevin Young flew around the track in the men’s 400m hurdles final. Even as he clattered the last hurdle badly …
A prodigy’s teenage career at an end, are world records on the horizon?
Last update: 30/03/2021 Jakob is part of an exceptional feel-good story of three brothers, Henrik, Filip and Jakob who, despite coming from a Northern European …
Olympic champion and former world record holder Janis Lusis has left us
by Janis Lusis, one of the world’s best javelin throwers of all time, succumbed to cancer aged 80 on Wednesday April 29. Born in the Latvian …