Herculis, last rehearsal before Olympics, release, note by Larry Eder

The Herculis Monaco Meet, on Friday, 20 July, 2012, will give us some insight into several matters of immediate importance.

Gatlin, Lemaitre, Gay, Rodgers, AREVA Paris, 6 July 2012,

photo by PhotoRun.net

How are the US 4 x 100m relay teams looking? Jon Drummond to RBR that US will have a relay camp prior to Monaco and that there will be some fast relay running, prior to the games.

LaShawn Merritt, photo by PhotoRun.net

Who has the edge, James or Merritt? Watch for a 400 meter men’s race that will be an epic battle as Kirani James and LaShawn Merritt battle. In the long Jump, Mitchell Watt should be impressive, as should Paul Kipsele Koech, who is running the steeplechase.

Paul Kipsele Koech, photo by PhotoRun.net

Watch for coverage from Runblogrun, on the Herculis Monaco Meeting.

Women’s Sprint hurdles in Monaco

Coffee with Larry, Episode 766, Enjoying the Herculis Monaco Meeting, the wonders of the London Diamond League!

Doha Pre-race Presser with LaShawn Merritt and Femi Ogunode

Herculis, last rehearsal before Olympics

Friday 20 July 2012 – Louis II Stadium – Monaco

Next Friday, the best athletes in the world will meet in Monaco on the occasion of the Samsung Diamond League meeting Herculis as their last stop before heading to London for the Olympics.

As an opening, USA 4x100m teams will bring their best games to test themselves before the Olympics Games, and should bring on Louis II track Tyson GAY, Justin GATLIN, and also Carmelita JETER and Allyson FELIX.

On the men’s 400m, it will look like an Olympic final as well, with World Champion Kirani JAMES, World Champion and World Leader LaShawn MERRITT, and 3rd in Daegu Kevin BORLEE; he will be join by his twin brother Jonathan BORLEE, but also Dominican Luguelin SANTOS who just won World Junior Championships this week in Barcelona and European Champion from Helsinki Pawel MASLAK.

3000SC, Paul Koech against the clock, maybe to set a new stadium record? (7.53.64) But also perhaps a surprise world junior champion Conseslus KIPRUTO that just raced in 8.06 in Barcelona.

World Champion Jesse WILLIAMS will meet European Champion Robbie GRABARZ, but NCAA Champion Eryk KYNARD is hungry for his first Samsung Diamond League meet. The best throwers in the World will gather in Monaco.

Athletes to watch, there will be the 2012 European Champion Sandra PERKOVIC of Croatia, 2008 Olympic Champion, Stephanie BROWN-TRAFTON of the USA,and Nadine MULLER of Germany.

Australian Mitchell WATT is the favorite for the men Long Jump after his win this weekend in London, but European Champion Sebastian BAYER, US Champion Marquise GOODWIN and British Greg RUTHERFORD went further than 8.30m this season and will be ready in Monaco.

For more information and tickets sales visit www.herculis.com

Author

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.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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