In a copyrighted story on the influential Olympic news site, Inside the Games,
it was announced that the IAAF, on April 5, names Jose Maria Odriozola, the president of the Spanish Athletics Federation to the position of Technical delegate for athletics events for London 2012.
The Technical delegate is one of the most influential positions in the sport of athletics for a major event. He or she has influence on all equipment, schedules, events, and infrastructure that have anything to do with athletics during the Olympics. Mr. Odriozola has represented Spain as a technical delegate for athletics and rubgy in the past.
To read the complete story, please click on http://www.insidethegames.com/show-news.php?id=5400#
Author
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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