Bryan Clay, Roman Sebrle, 2008 Olympics, photo by PhotoRun.net
Roman Sebrle, one of the most charismatic athletes in our sport, and the World record holder in the decathlon, until last night, spoke thoughtfully about Ashton Eaton’s new WR and his friend, Bryan Clay. This is one of the reasons’ RBR loves the sport of track & field-the class of our athletes.
Roman Sebrle after Ashton Eaton world record:
“Yes,
it is little bit of nostalgia losing the world record. But I m happy
for Ashton, as I said already earlier after his great indoor marks he
was the one who could break it. Records are there to be broken. But it
lasted 11 years and that is still a great feeling. I was following it,
after his great pole vault it looked nearly clear he would do it. But
you never know, actually 13 points that is for example 1 cm in the high
jump, not that big margin. But let´s see whether he will be able to
improve it, he did four personal bests and that you cannot repeat
everyday. Ashton is fast and has also great endurance, that is not very
usual. We had in the past in decathlon fast sprinters/jumpers but they
did not had the endurance for the 1500 m. I think he is big favorite for
London gold and I feel sorry for my good friend Bryan Clay, I sent him a
message after what happened on Saturday. For me now the ultimate goal
is to achieve 8200 in Helsinki and so to qualify to London. I m feeling
good and will try for that. To have my last olympics.”
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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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