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Here are my top eight athletes who are immortals:

1. Ryan Crouser just threw 23.07m, 75-10, and he is terribly fit and focused. 2017 champ Tomas Walsh just threw 22.58m, and Joe Kovacs, two-time WC, the men’s shot put will be tremendous.
2. Faith Kipyegon. Faith has set WRs at 1,500m, 5,000m, and miles. She will run the 1,500m/5,000m in Budapest, and I believe she is darn near unbeatable.
3. Wayde Van Niekerk. One of the most amazing stories of our sport, and his return to fitness is pretty incredible. Wayde is running controlled. I see a 43.30 win for the South African.
4. Femke Bol just ran 51.45 for the 400m hurdles. Femke has no peers. Sydney McLaughlin will not race her specialty, the 400m hurdles in Budapest. Bol will break her ER once again in Budapest.
5. Mondo Duplantis is the world record holder in the pole vault. He is a genius at his event. I predict a new WR in Budapest in the PV.
6. Jakob Ingebrigtsen will compete at the 1,500m/5,000m, and I think he has a great chance to win the 1,500m, with Josh Kerr/Yared Nuguse as the spoilers. The 5,000m is much more open.
7. Noah Lyles. Noah looks primed to take the 200m record apart. Letsile Tebogo, Zharnel Hughes, and Kenny Bednarek are ready to fly. Watch Noah Lyles; he will do something amazing in Budapest!

8. Karsten Warholm, his 46.51, with his two other 46s this season show that the Viking is in tremendous shape. Dare say a sub 46 for the Worlds? They key is to win. Karsten wants his title back.

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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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