CLERMONT FERRAND (FRA): A documentary on Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie will be broadcast on France 2 television on August 15, during the European Championships, report sudouest.fr. The 52 minute long film is directed by Julien Lecoq and will include archival footage and exclusive testimonies of relatives of Lavillenie as well as the great vaulter Sergey Bubka.
(Editor’s note: The reigning world record holder, European and Olympic champion, Renaud Lavillenie will get a film about his career. I think the guy will take the record up a bit yet! What do you think?)
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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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