Ekaterina Stefanidi, photo by PhotoRun.net
Tom Walsh, photo by PhotoRun.net
The Birmingham DL presser featured Mutaz Essa Barshim, gold in HJ, Tom Walsh, NZ, gold in shot put, Aikaterina Stefanidi, gold in PV and Dafne Schippers, gold in 200 meters. Geoff Wightman managed the presser, and it was a fun twenty-six minutes with a few questions from yours truly.
Dafne Schippers, photo by PhotoRun.net
How relaxed athletes are after the big stress-a global championships! Mutaz speaks on his dream of a WR (probably go for it in 2018), Tom Walsh speaks about why he is so tough in shot put, Ekaterina Stefanidi tells us what her real first name is and Dafne Schippers speaks about 8 races in ten days!
Mutaz Essa Barshim, photo by PhotoRun.net
Looking forward to a fine competiton tomorrow!
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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