PRESS RELEASE
7 November 2012
World records ratified
Monaco – The following World records have recently been ratified…
MEN – SENIOR
800m 1:40.91 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN, London, GBR, 9 Aug 12
previous: 1:41.01 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN, Rieti, ITA, 29 Aug 10
4 x 100m 36.84 Jamaica, London, GBR, 11 Aug 12 (Nesta Carter; Michael Frater; Yohan Blake; Usain Bolt)
previous: 37.04 Jamaica, Daegu, KOR, 4 Sep 11
WOMEN – SENIOR
4 x 100m 40.82 United States of America, London, GBR, 10 Aug 12 (Tianna Madison; Allyson Felix; Bianca Knight; Carmelita Jeter)
previous: 41.37 German Democratic Republic, Canberra, AUS, 6 Oct 85
20km Race Walk 1:25:02 Elena Lashmanova RUS, London, GBR, 11 Aug 12
previous: 1:25:08 Vera Sokolova RUS, Sochi, RUS, 26 Feb 11
MEN – JUNIOR
800m 1:41.73 Nijel Amos (94) BOT, London, GBR, 9 Aug 12
previous: 1:42.69 Abubaker Kaki (89) SUD, Oslo, NOR, 6 Jun 08
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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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