Justin Gatlin, photo by PhotoRun.netGatlin to run in Brazil this weekend
RIO DE JANEIRO (BRA): The fifth edition of the Mano a Mano street sprint at 100 m will be held this weekend at the Jockey Club Brasilero here. Main attraction will be Olympic and World medalist Justin Gatlin on the men side and first female Brasilian with sub 11 and last year winner Rosangela Santos. On Saturday the Brazilian qualification races will be staged and on Sunday the international ones. In the men final also Isiah Young from USA is confirmed. Brazilians Paulo André de Oliveira, Bruno Lins, Derick de Souza Silva and LuÃs Gabriel Pereira da Silva will fight on Saturday for two lanes for Sunday.
In women qualification Evelyn Santos, Franciela Krasucki, Geisa Coutinho and Andressa Fidelis will fight for places for Sunday. Also a race for paralympians will be staged.
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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.
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