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Whiting 21.20 WL
POTSDAM (GER, Feb 3): World indoor champion Ryan Whiting won the special shot put indoor meet “K.O. through the shot”. His best throw of the day was world leading 21.20 m. That happened in first round, in the final he won with 20.97 over Czech Tomas Stanek (no valid throw in the final). In the semifinals Whiting with 20.51 beat Jakub Szyszkowski of Poland 19.74 and Stanek Serbian Asmir Kolasinac 19.95. Another US thrower Christian Cantwell was out after second round due to injury (20.42 was his best of the day).

(Editor’s note: Ryan Whiting will be competing in New Balance Indoor Games on February 7! Looking forward to seeing the 2014 indoor World Champ compete in Boston! )

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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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