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We get you ready for a busy weekend with compelling races all over the globe. Farah needs to hit the 27:28 Olympic standard in the 10,000 at the European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham, while McLaughlin & Simpson return to action at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville (Sunday, 5-7 p.m. ET, ESPN2). Plus Sifan Hassan headlines a stacked Hengelo meet. MB: Weekend preview: Jenny Simpson, Sydney M and Mo Farah return, might Sifan Hassan go for the 10k WR? ....
Joe Klecker comes from a running family. His mom won the 1992 Olympic Marathon Trials and his dad set the 50 mile world best. Can he continue the family tradition at the Trials? ....
The Tokyo Olympic standard is 15:10.00. Canadian teammate Julie-Anne Staehli, who d dipped under the Olympic standard a week earlier, finished sixth in a personal best 15:01.85. Mohammed Ahmed of Hamilton, Ont., won the men s 5,000 is 13:18.49, rebounding from the 1,500 earlier in the day, from which he dropped out before finishing. With COVID-19 restrictions in Canada, numerous Canadians are in the U.S. either trying to achieve Olympic standards or fine-tuning before Tokyo. Van Buskirk, who hadn t raced in more than a year due to injuries, had been training in Flagstaff, Ariz., before flying to L.A. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2021. ....