Ostrava flash-back, from Alfons Juck, EME News

Usain Bolt in Ostrava (2011), photo by PhotoRun.net

Ostrava flash-back

Nine questions for Jenny Simpson!

Coffee with Larry, April 3, 2024, Boston less than two weeks from now, Shoe brands that do well in challenging times, and Shoe brands that, well, just do not seem to get it!

World Athletics has not done enough to milk the brand of Usain Bolt

STATS: 3 World leads, 4 meet records, 15 000 spectators. 2nd oldest meet record broken by Sharika Nelvis at 100 m hurdles (12.55 -1.7). Grazyna Rabsztyn ran 12.65 in 1980 and afterwards it was twice equaled (in 2003 by Bridgette Foster-Hylton and in 2012 by Tiffany Porter).

RUDISHA: Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha assured that the injury he sustained during the 600m in Ostrava is not serious. He tweeted, “Its just a thigh muscle spasm not very serious problem. With few days of good care I hope to be back onto training.”

ZELEZNY: The meet director was happy with quality of javelin men competition mainly with 8 athletes over 80 m. “Pity that we had such a bad weather. Despite that the throwers showed top results and that means they were in top shape and also the event looks to be improved for this season.”

WEATHER: The worst weather since nineties with 10 degrees and rain the whole meeting. Despite that the spectators filled the stadium.

BOLT: From his 7 appearances as per weather 2015 was the worst, also first time in 2006 was similarly cold but no rain, in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 solid but not hot, in 2010 during 300 m rain. “I will return every year until end of my career,” he said for local media.

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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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