Coffee with Larry, Mr. Thomas Bach needs to know, Russia and Belarus coming into Paris 2024 will totally compromise Paris. Why does he not get it?

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This is #CoffeeWithLarry for Wednesday, January 3, 2024.

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Our topics;

1. Thomas Bach wants to leave a legacy as the leader of the Olympic movement.
2. Bach wants to bring Russia and Belarus back into the party, and he knows most of Europe will lose their absolute minds and the Ukraine will not be happy.
3. In any parallel universe, what Russia did under Mr. Putin was wrong.
4. Seb Coe will keep World Athletics standing up to IOC, and that has to make Mr. Bach absolutely lose his charming disposition.
5. German media just kicks Mr. Bach for funzies.
6. Until Russia and Belarus get out of Ukraine, they should not be allowed to play games on the global village playground.
7. US do not get it, mostly because many Americans slept through History and Science classes.

European Indoor Championships, artwork by European Athletics

8. Living in Poland, Germany, France, Baltic states, you get it!
Russia is just a big bully.
9. PM Orban in Hungary uses the power he has, a country of 9 million in Central Europe got huge kudos on World Champs in Budapest!
10. Americans really need to appreciate the problems in Europe because they end up affecting US.
11. In Dec. 1941, 71 percent of Americans were against getting involved in the War in Europe.
12. Putin expects Americans to do their isolationist stuff once again and Europeans to fall apart. That is how he wins.
13. The Olympics are about bringing the world together, but there has to be a basic standard.

See you tomorrow, #CoffeeWithLarry.

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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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