by Larry Eder
This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on track & field!
This is Coffee with Larry for Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
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Our topics:
1. Glasgow was fantastic!
2. #ChaseJackson won the US’s first medal in Glasgow in the women’s shot put, where she took bronze.
2. #RyanCrouser, winning the Men’s shot put in 22.77m, taking the only World Champ he had never won.
3. On Saturday, #AlexisHolmes took the bronze in the 400 meters, right behind #FemkeBol and #LiekeKlaver, who had taken the gold and silver, Femke setting a WR.
4. #KatieMoon took bronze in the women’s pole vault. Moon, an Olympic champion and twice WC champion, followed #MollyCaudery in W pole vault gold and #ElizaMcCartney, NZ, who took silver.
5. In the Women’s 3,000m, #ElleStPierre surprised many with her win, unleashing a US medal rush from 800 m to 3,000 m.
6. In the Mens 3,000m, #JoshKerr gave #BritAthletics its first gold of the championships. #YaredNuguse gave the US its second medal in 3000m that night, with #SelemonBarega taking the bronze.
7. On Sunday, #ShelbyMcEwan took the silver for the US in the HJ. #HamishKerr took the gold in the HJ, giving Oceania golds in both Men’s and Women’s HJ (#NicoleOlyslagers won the HJ over #YaroslavaMahuchikh.
8. #MondoDuplantis needed three attempts at 5.85m in the Men’s Pole Vault. By that time, #SamKendricks, US, was leading with 5 straight first-attempt clearances.
9. In the Women’s 4x400m, #Netherlands‘ #FemkeBol anchored her home country for the gold medal, with #USA taking the silver. #BritAthletics took the bronze in an NR.
10. In the Men’s 4x400m, #Belgium, #AlexanderDoom who had won the 400m over #KarstenWarholm, took gold from #USA Men’s 4x$00m, which included #NoahLyles on leg 3.
11. Great broadcasting from the WA global team, including #RobWalker; here’s our story on the Man who was made for commentating! https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/rob-walker-i-was-born-to-do-commentary.html
11. #BryceHoppel won the Men’s 800 meters with a time of 1:44.92. #AndreasKramer of Sweden took silver in the most physical 800m I have seen in a long time.
12. In the women’s long jump, #TaraDavisWoodhall traded leads with teammate #MonaeNichols before Davis leaped 7.07m and Nichols took silver in 6.85m.
13. #ColeHocker took silver for the US. #HobbsKessler led most of the race, taking bronze for the US. #GeordieBeamish took the gold in the 1,500m with a 12.78 brilliantly run the last 100 meters!
14. In the Women’s 1,500m, #FreywenyiHailu took gold, with #NIkkiHIltz taking the silver, after a #EmilyMackay, who led over the last 2 laps, took the bronze.
15. TFN did a post noting that most of the middle distance medalists in M 800m (#BryceHoppel), in M3000m (#JoshKerr, #YaredNuguse), W3000m (#ElleStPierre), W1500 (#NikkiHiltz, #EmilyMackay), M1500 (#ColeHocker, #HobbsKessler), having been trained in the US!
#CoffeeWithLarry will be back on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
