One of the most exciting events of the London World Championships was the men’s 400 meter hurdles. Karston Warholm, a former decathlete turned hurdler, with fine 400 meter speed and pretty impressive 400m hurdle technique, took the gold from Kerron Clement, who tapped the final hurdle, not only losing the gold, but providing an opening for a hard charging Yasmin Copello, who took silver to Clement’s bronze.
The 400 meter hurdles is one of the toughest races on the track, requiring the speed of the 400 meters and ten hurdles, which get higher the later one gets into the race.
Here’s one of my favorite pressers from the championships.
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.
