Blanka Vlasic is Number 2 all time, by All Athletics.com, Comments by Larry Eder

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Blanka Vlasic shown here in her Rome Golden Gala victory, photo by Photo Run.net. She has had two good jumps at 2.10m, when will that happen? Blanka Vlasic jumped 2.08m on August 31, 2009 in Zagreb, her national record, her personal best and the WL for 2009!
Check out the new rankings and commentary on the 52 jumps by women over 2.05m (41 outdoor, 11 indoor)! Usain Bolt and Sanya Richards lead the world rankings for 2009! Here is the link to All-athletics.com:
http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/2009-09-03/updated-rankings-and-other-interesting-statistics

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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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