Marie Jose Ta Lou, Muller GP Birrmingham Indoor, photo by Getty Images/ British Athletics
Marie Jose Ta Lou has been busy. The London WC silver medalist at 100m and 200m has raced 18 times as of 24 August. The fine sprinter for C’ote D’Ivoire has raced 11 times over 100m and 7 times over 200m. Ta Lou possesses an explosive start, and batles all the way through the entire race. She is also proud to be from the African continent and to train in Africa as well. Marie Jose Ta Lou took 8th in the 200m, her lowest finish of the year. (The next weekend, Marie Jose Ta Lou took 2nd in the 100m.)
Andy Edwards spoke with Marie Jose Ta Lou, on 18 August 2019, pos event.
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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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