Nike Talks World Indoors 2018, Week Eight, Day One: Erik Kynard,Jr., wants a big jump at Birmingham

Erik Kynard has been around the HJ since his jumping at the World Juniors in 2008, where he jumped 2.10 meters.

His experience in 2011 in Daegu, where he was 14th, gave him that hard earned experience on the elite side of the sport as a senior athlete.

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In 2012, Erik Kynard, resplendent in his American theme socks, challenged Ivan Ukhov, the Russian master of the high jump. Ukhov took gold in London, with Kynard right behind him, taking silver with a leap of 2.33 meters.

Erik Kynard, Jr. photo by PhotoRun.net

Erik Kynard was mentored by famed coach Cliff Rovelto, and his pbs of 2.37m outdoors (2015 USATF Oudoors) and 2.33 Meters indoors (Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2011) show his ability to be in the fight in each global championship he attends.

In 2016, Erik took the bronze at Portland World Indoors. Erik placed sixth in the Olympic Games in 2016, at in London, no heighted.

His season has gone well in 2018, with a fifth straight win of the indoor title in Albuquerque on February 17, 2018.

Birmingham is the focus and with his jumping going well, it will be a handful fighting for three medals.

Erik Kynard, Jr. should be right there.

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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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