2011 World Champs: Brittney Reese, On Long Jump, Video from IAAF, note by Larry Eder

Brittney Reese had a scare in her qualifying, but her clutch 6.79m jump gave her the third best qualifying jump in the qualifications. Here, Brittney speaks on the long jump and what she needs to defend her titles from 2009!
Brittney gave up basketball to long jump. She is one of the most competitive and talented athletes in our sport. Watch for some big jumps tonight in the Long Jump final!

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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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