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Blake, Bondarenko, Suhr, Pearson highlight 10th annual NYC event June 14

Larry EderbyLarry Eder
March 15, 2014
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Yohan Blake, Bohdan Bondarenko, Jenn Suhr and Sally Pearson are the first adidas stars to be announced for the adidas Grand Prix NYC, on June 14. The adidas GPNYC is one of my favorite DL meets each year. 

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Blake, Bondarenko, Suhr, Pearson Highlight 10th-annual NYC event June 14

NEW YORK CITY (March 12, 2014)–A pair of Olympic gold medalists and two World Champions are the first headliners to be announced for the adidas Grand Prix, which this year marks its 10th year of bringing the world’s top athletes to Icahn Stadium.

One of the premier track-and-field events in the world, the adidas Grand Prix has hosted two World Records and 15 National Records in its first nine years, and its fans have had the privilege of witnessing almost a dozen performances that were the fastest ever recorded on U.S. soil.

Tickets for the event, at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, are on sale now at www.adidasgrandprix.com or by calling 1-877-849-8722.

Yohan Blake, the double 2011 IAAF World Champion at 100 meters and in the 4×100-meter relay from Jamaica, returns to Icahn Stadium after missing much of the 2013 season with an injury. Blake, a winner here at 100 meters in 2012, later that year earned silver medals at both 100 meters and 200 meters in the London Olympics as well as gold in the 4x100m. At 24, Blake is known as “The Beast,” and is tied as the second-fastest man in history at 100 meters, at 9.69 seconds, behind only training partner Usain Bolt.

“After not being able to run in New York City last year, I can’t wait to get into my blocks,” said Blake. “The opportunity to compete against international athletes in front of New York’s Caribbean community just gets my adrenaline pumping.”

Making his U.S. debut will be Bohdan Bondarenko of Ukraine, the reigning World Champion in the high jump who was honored as 2013 Male Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News magazine. Bondarenko, 24, twice last season jumped 2.41 meters/7 feet, 10.75 inches, the highest outdoor clearance in the world since 1994, and has already taken several attempts at the World Record
of 2.45m/8 feet, 0.5 inch. The 2013 IAAF Diamond Race winner, Bondarenko won 14 of his 15 competitions last year and was named the men’s European Athlete of the Year.

Jenn Suhr, a two-time Olympic medalist (gold, 2012; silver, 2008), has dominated U.S. women’s pole vaulting for almost a decade. Last year, already the American Record-holder outdoors (4.92m/16 feet, 1.75 inches), Suhr broke the World Indoor Record when she jumped 5.02m/16 feet, 5.50 inches. At 32, she owns 14 national titles and the 13 highest jumps in U.S. history. Suhr returns to the adidas

global athletics & marketing, inc.

437 Boylston Street, Floor 4, Boston, MA 02116 • Tel: 877-849-8722 • Fax: 617-536-9363 • www.AdidasGrandPrix.com

Grand Prix for the seventh time with an American Record, set in 2007, among her five victories here.

Rounding out the star-studded international quartet is Sally Pearson of Australia, also a two-time Olympic medalist: The reigning Olympic Champion in the 100-meter hurdles, she earned silver in 2008. Pearson, 27, is also the 2011 World Champion and 2012 World Indoor Champion, and in 2011 was honored as the IAAF Female Athlete of the Year.

The sixth stop on the international IAAF Diamond League circuit, the adidas Grand Prix is in its 10th year at Icahn Stadium, in conjunction with the Randall’s Island Sports Alliance. The latest news, photos and information on the event can be found at www.adidasgrandprix.com; on Facebook; and on Twitter.


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    Larry Eder has had a 51-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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