Breakfast Club: October 12, 2020
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Elite racing returns in bubbles
Driven by demand, athletic competition has begun again (with varying degrees of success) through testing and "biobubbles" which isolate players and staff. Bubble systems for millionaire professional athletes evokes the dystopia of a Black Mirror episode, but it's the future of athletics for the near future. (ESPN, Irish Times)
The London Marathon, reduced to an elites-only affair, required athletes to enter a "biosecure bubble" for a week in a hotel outside London. Athletes were extensively tested and confined to the bubble's 40 acres of open space for training. (London Marathon)
Californian Sara Hall snatched second-place in a thrilling sprint past Ruth Chepngetich. After moving up through the field, Hall pulled back a whopping 40 seconds from Chepngetich in the last 1.25 miles. (Twittter, Runner's World)
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