The crowd was on its feet! First, Mutasz Essa Barshim cleared 2.42 meters by some centimeters! Then, less than four minutes later, Bohdan Bondarenko put his long, lean body over the bar, the place went nuts. When the announcer told the crowd of ten thousand that they had just witnessed history, it was, well, fantastic!
For Bohdan Bondaranenko and Mutasz Essa Barshim reaching for the stars, and clearing 2.42 meters, a first in athletics history, RunBlogRun gives them our Global Athletes of the month for June 2014!
Special thanks to The Shoe Addicts for producing this video for RunBlogRun. The Shoe Addicts are the digital partners of RunBlogRun & Fortius Media Group, LLC.
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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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