Coffee with Larry, August 16, 2024, LaShinda Demus and Erik Kynard get their well deserved gold medals, after 12 year wait, World Champs in Tokyo, The Ingebrigtsens will be on NETFLIX! !

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!

This is Coffee with Larry for Friday, August 16, 2024.

Coffee with Larry is sponsored by OMIUS, the cooling technology partner of RunBlogRun (www.omius.io).

Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius

OMIUS has created a hat, visor, and headband. The cooling pods just need to be covered with water every 30-45 minutes during your workout. It really works; I have tried it!

Sifan Hassan wore an OMIUS headband during the entire Paris Marathon when she won the Olympic marathon.

Sifan Hassan won the Paris Olympic marathon, wearing the OMIUS head band, photo courtesy of OMIUS

Thanks to Jay Weber and Mike Rouse for introducing me to OMIUS!

Our topics:

1. LaShinda Demus finally received her gold medal from London 2012 in Paris 2024!

LaShinda Demus, finally getting her Olympic gold medal, photo by Don Franken

2. Erik Kynard, the Olympic high jumper, also received his upgrade to gold from London 2012 due to a Russian Ivan Ukhov, who tested positive.

Erik Kynard getting his 2012 London gold medal after 12 years, photo by Jeff Benjamin

3. Erriyon Knighton is dealing with a nightmare. AIU is appealing the No-Fault decision against Knighton from last spring.

Erriyon Knighton, USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon, July 6-10, 2023, photo by Keivn Morris

4. WADA has stirred up issues over Chinese swimmer’s alleged drug use, and now Senate wants WADA to send all files. This is not going to end well!

5. The World Champs next year is in Tokyo!

6. Jakob Ingegrigtsen, Tokyo Olympic 1,500m champion and Paris Olympic 5000m champion, and his brothers are focus of Netflix series!

See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry !

Thanks OMIUS!

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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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