This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
This is #CoffeeWithLarry for Wednesday,
February 7, 2024, where we speak on all things global athletics.
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Our topics:
1. Mohammed Ketir, ESP, World Champs silver medalist at 5,000m and bronze medalist at 1,500m, has been provisionally suspended from the #athleticsintegrityunit for missing 3 consecutive whereabouts testing. It is noted that Mr. Ketir, who recently ran the fastest mile in the world for 2024 (3:50), will appeal.
2. The Copernicus Cup, the 4th of the #WorldIndoorTour Gold meetings in 2024, entertained the Polish audience with WLs over the 3000m Selemon Barega, 60m by Ewa Swoboda, and 800m Hailitum Alemu! https://www.runblogrun.com/…/orlen-copernicus-cup-arena…
3. Really enjoyed seeing the World Indoor Tour meetings and European indoor meetings on YouTube; thanks, European Athletics and World Athletics!
4. The NB Indoor GP was fantastic. NB Indoor TV ratings had a 500,000 larger audience than the US Olympic Marathon Trials.
5. Stuart Weir wrote the review of 1972 Olympic pentathlete gold medalist Mary Peters’s new book, MY STORY, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/mary-peters-my-story-a…
6. Deji Ogeyingbo wrote on Saudi Arabia and its potential investment in track and field,
7. Oliver Hinson writes in his Five Takeaways on the 2024 Olympic Trials, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/my-five-biggest-takeaways…
Orlando, Florida
February 3, 2024, photo by Kevin Morris
8. Check out our Coffee with Larry special on NB Indoor and US Olympic Trials on February 6, 2024: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/coffee-with-larry-the…
9. Walt Murphy tells us about Genzebe Dibaba, Mal Whitfield and the Indoor track and field, on This Day in Track & Field History, February 6, 2024, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/this-day-in-track-field…
London, UK August 4-13, 2017
Photo: KevinMorris
10. Think fans did not notice #ZachPanning in #Orlando2024? Zach is our biggest trending story!
Zach Panning: From Fort Wayne to Budapest – Representing the US at the World Championships https://www.runblogrun.com/…/zach-panning-from-fort… ,
11. Cathal Dennehy wrote this piece back in August 2023, on Budapest 2023, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/putting-budapest-2023-in…
12. Here’s our feature on the 2024 NB Indoor GP! https://www.runblogrun.com/…/2024-new-balance-indoor…, #NBIndoorgrandPrix, #boston,
13. Do not miss the fastest half marathon in the world, the RAK Half Marathon, which will be held on February 24, 2024 on www.rakhalfmarathon.com!
World Athletics Championships
Eugene, Oregon, USA
July15-26, 2022, photo by Kevin Morris
See you tomorrow for #CoffeeWithLarry
