2011 IAAF World Youth Championships, July 6-10, 2011, Link to Provisional Entry List, note by Larry Eder

I arrived in Paris, France on July 4, and spent a few hours in Charles De Gaulle, one of the world’s largest and most confusing airports. After spending some time with my brother Brian and his partner, Cherri, I figured out how to get a ticket for the train to Lille. A very comfortable one hour trip, I was in the center of Lille and then off to my hotel, Appart City. A group of 134 apartments, with kitchens and very reasonable, right in a cool neighborhood, with streets named after some of my favorite artists and writers. Allee Simone de Beauvoir was just down the block, named after the writer of the Feminine Mystique, (long time confidante and love of Jean Paul Sartre) land mark book on how women were viewed by society and how they saw themselves.

I am in the media center of the Lille Metropole Stadium, where the French federation is hosting the World Youth Championships. My first question is, when is the U.S. going to host a youth championship? Which, then leads into the question when the US is going to host an indoor and outdoor World Championships?  Complicated, yes, but we are missing the importance of hosting such events not only for the current generation but the future generations.