European Champs Men's 100m Final, Video, note by Larry Eder

Christophe Lemaitre won his first European Championships at 100 meters yesterday, at the ripe old age of 20. It was the first win at 100 meters for France in the Europeans since 1962! Watch the race carefully. Chambers had a great start, and had the race won at 70 meters, then the race changed. Lemaitre kept his cool and worked himself into contention, winning the race with a surge over the last twenty meters! Mark Lewis-Francis showed that his work with Linford Christie has payed off, taking the silver! A superb sprint match up!

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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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