Bolt to run 200 meters in Laussane, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder

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For anyone in Boston, you can see the three time Olympic gold medalist, Usain Bolt, at the PUMA Street Meet, on Friday, April 26! Check out the info at http://www.pumastreetmeet.com. It is a fun concept and a great way for young athletes to meet the superstar!

Bolt to run the 200 m in Lausanne
LAUSANNE (SUI): Superstar Usain Bolt confirmed another appearance during European summer. The triple Olympic winner and world record holder will run the 200 m at 34th Athletissima in Lausanne on July 7 (IAAF Super Grand Prix). As the organisers are writing in a release, he will be the star attraction of the evening. Usain Bolt has come to Lausanne every year since 2006. He says he â€œloves this track, its long curve and the great publicâ€. Last year, he dominated the race in 19.63, equalling Xavier Carterâ€™s result in 2006, which is still the stadium record. This competition will be his first in Europe after Jamaican Trials which will be held end of June. After Lausanne he will have two more races before the World Championships in Berlin. Both are 100 m competitions in Paris on July 17 and London on July 24. The only time he will run the 200 m before Athletissima will be at Jamaican Championships. Bolt will continue next to compete on May 2 in Kingston at 100 m, on May 17 in Manchester at street 150 m and on June 11 in Toronto again at 100 m.
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Larry Eder
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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