2018 Pre Classic Diary: Christian Coleman focuses on 100 meters at Pre, Gatlin out of 100 meters

Christian Coleman, London 2017, photo by Mike Deering for The Shoe Addicts

In his first foray outdoors, Christian Coleman had planned to run both the 200 meters and 100 meters in Eugene, Oregon. But, Coleman’s team notified meet management, and it was reported by Reuter’s Gene Cherry today, that Christian Coleman will focus on the 100 meters.

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In the 100 meters, Coleman will be racing Bingtian Su, who took the silver in the 60 meters at the World Indoor Champs in March 2018, where Christian Coleman took his first global gold medal. Also in the race is 2017 Diamond League champ CJ Ujah, and Ronnie Baker, the fastest man in world in 2018, and the defending champion of the 2017 Nike Prefontaine Classic.

There will be one less in the 100 meters, as, citing precautions for a sore upper hamstring, Justin Gatlin, the 2017 and 2005 World Champion in the 100 meters, has withdrawn from the 100 meters.

World champion Justin Gatlin has withdrawn from Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic with a hamstring injury. #MakingOfChamps #prefontaineclassic #justingatlin #worldchampion #hamstringinjury #100m #sprint

A post shared by Reviving Athletics in Nigeria (@makingofchamps) on May 24, 2018 at 4:24am PDT

The men’s 100 meters has a fantastic field, as does the women’s field (Tori Bowie and Elaine Thompson) and the men’s 200 meters (Noah Lyles, Isaac Makwaala and Ramil Guilieyev, 2017 World Champion at 200 meters). The Nike Pre Classic is being held on May 25 and May 26 at the historic Hayward Field.

Always a fun time on rocky topðŸŠ. THANK YOU to everybody that came out and showed love. 38.08s wit my dawgs @rodgerdat100 @ronnie_baker14 & JGat. #JustDoIt #ProFormSports #VFL

A post shared by Christian Coleman (@_coleman2) on Apr 14, 2018 at 3:53pm PDT

To read the two pieces on updates on Sprints, please check out:

Citing hamstring injury, Gatlin out of Pre Classic 100 meters, Reuters, by Gene Cherry, May 23, 2018, https://www.runblogrun.com/2018/05/2018-pre-classic-diary-justin-gatlin-citing-hamstring-injury-out-of-the-pre.html

Gatlin out off 100m, Christian Coleman will skip 200 meters, at Pre Classic, Reuters, by Gene Cherry, May 24, 2018,
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-diamond-eugene-gatlin/athletics-gatlin-out-with-hamstring-injury-coleman-skips-200-idUSKCN1IP051?il=0

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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.

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