Here is the video of Brittney Reese’s long jump victory, courtesy of the IAAF:
In the women’s long jump final, Brittney Reese put the pressure on from her first jump and pushed Olga Kucherenko of Russia and Ineta Radevica of Latvia to chase her, which they did, garnering the silver and gold medals, respectively.
Brittney Reese, however, defended her title from Berlin in 2009 and added another gold medal to her medal collection!
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."
View all posts