Asian Indoor Champs in Doha, February 19-21, from EME News

Aspire Stadium, Doha, photo by PhotoRun.net

DOHA (QAT): The 7th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships will take place in Doha from February 19 to February 21. Local star Mutaz Essa Barshim, the second highest high jumper of all-time, has announced that he plans to compete in the event while also revealing that the world record is very much on his mind. “I will try to beat the world record indoors and outdoors on 3-4 occasions this year, starting from the World Championships in Portland,” said the world and Olympic medallist. Asian Athletics Association and Qatar Athletics Federation President, Dahlan Al Hamad said that approximately 450 athletes from 36 Nations will compete at the championships. Qatar expect to field a full-strength squad of more than 25 male and female athletes.

Editor’s note: The World Indoors in 2010 in Doha, Qatar was my first visit to Qatar. The event was fantastic and was my first visit to see a culture of which I was and am fascinated.

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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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