One of the most significant events at the Doha DL was the women’s 200 meters. Elaine Thompson, the gold medalist in both the 100 meters and 200 meters in Rio, looked invincible. Nevertheless, Dafne Schippers and others will try different approaches to beating the double Olympic gold medalist.
Elaine Thompson looks flawless, running relaxed from the start, relaxed around the turn, and then took off down the straight. No one seemed to be able to fight her. Schippers made the closest attempt.
How will this race place out this season? We will have to wait and see, but the 24 year old Jamaican won her first race in Doha, and she has many more wins to come!
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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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