2017 Lausanne Athletissimo Diaries: Dafne Schippers and Sarah Atcho

This was a fun interview. An established European sprint star, and a new shining star in the rough.

Dafne Schippers, photo by PhotoRun.net

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Dafne Schippers, who is the finest European women over 200 meters and 100 meters, as well as 2015 Beijing World Champ over 200 meters, 2015 Beijing silver medalist over 100 meters and 2013 Moscow bronze medalist over heptathlon.

In Europe, Dafne is 2014 European outdoor champ (Zurich) gold in 100m, 200m, 2016 European Outdoor gold (Amsterdam ) over 100 meters and 4x100m relay. In 2012, (Helsinki), Dafne had the silver medal in the 4×100 meters. A converted hepathlete, Dafne loves to race, and believes her hep strength helps her in the sprints, her passion.

Sarah Atcho (left), Swiss 4×100 meter team, Amsterdam European Champs, 2016, photo courtesy of All-Athletics.com

The 22 year old Swiss athlete has already competed in the Olympics on the 4×100 meters. This year, she has qualified for the 200 meter as an individual with her 22.92 on 18 June. Sarah is competing in the big leagues for the first time at Lausanne. She knows she is running against the best in the world, and now is the time to deliver on her promise.

Sarah seemed to understand the enormity of her task. She will have her day in Lausanne tomorrow and if she does well, she will be a fine sprinter in Europe for years to come. Sarah is competing in the 200 meters against Dafne Schippers tomorrow night.

A fun presser, here is the video and audio.

Author

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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