2012 London Olympics: Archives for 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001 World Champs, 2004 Olympic Trials, courtesy of ATF Newswire, note by Larry Eder

2012 London Stadium, photo courtesy of London2012

The first day of the XXX Summer Olympiad of the modern Games is over. Day 2 will begin in several hours. I am sitting, in my living room in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, washing some clothes and doing some final writing before I head to London.

Part of the story, for me, is the challenges that athletes overcome to make it to the starting line. Every athlete who makes an Olympic team has an amazing story.

We have added links back to the World Champs in 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001 and the 2004 Olympics. The result links do not work, as those sites have gone far, far away, however, the stories are all there. The stories of men and women who took on challenges to run, jump and throw.

More to come.

2007 World Championship Coverage, 2007, Osaka, Japan, written by Larry Eder

http://www.american-trackandfield.com/atf-archive/features/worldchamps07list.html

2005 World Championships Outdoor, Helsinki, Finland, written

by James Dunaway, Mary Nicole Nazzaro, Larry Eder

http://www.american-trackandfield.com/atf-archive/news/iaafoutdoorworldchamps05list.html

2004 Olympic Trials, Sacramento, CA, written by Larry Eder

http://www.american-trackandfield.com/atf-archive/news/july04list.html

2003 World Outdoor Championships, Paris, France, Stade de France Stadium, written by Mary Nicole Nazzaro, Larry Eder

http://www.american-trackandfield.com/atf-archive/news/august03list.html

2001 World Outdoor Championships, Edmonton, Canada, written by Larry Eder

http://www.american-trackandfield.com/atf-archive/news/worlds2001list.html

Author

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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