Felix Vs. Richards-Ross will run 400m/200m in Rome! by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder

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The track in the picture is Stadio Olympico in Rome, Italy. The Golden Gala Meeting, to be held, Thursday, May 26 in Rome, Italy, will have a double matching of Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards-Ross, in both the 400 meters and 200 meters. A nice double on any day, but two great races within races! This is the kind of thing that the Samsung Diamond League is all about! I can not wait to see what unfolds at the adidas GP New York and Nike Pre Classic!

FELIX VS. RICHARDS-ROSS TWICE

ROME (ITA): It was already announced that Allyson Felix and Sanya
Richards-Ross will clash in Rome
on May 26 at the first European stop of the Samsung Diamond League series. But
actually the huge Stadio Olimpico will see them running against each other
twice. Not only at 400 m
but also in the 200 m.
While in the 400 m
the head-to-head is in favor of the specialist Richards-Ross 4:1, in the 200 m their last two races in
2009 (Carson and Thessaloniki) saw Felix winning. But in Greece at the
last IAAF World Athletics final it was close as both were timed with 22.29.
Last time Richards-Ross beat Felix at 200 m was at Stockholm meet in 2006. First they will clash
at the 400 m
and then at the 200 m
at the Italian premier one day meeting.

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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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