Bolt to run first international meet of 2015 in RIO on April 19, by EME News

Usain Bolt, photo by PhotoRun.net

Bolt in Brazil for 100 m, by EME News

RIO DE JANEIRO (BRA): Usain Bolt will run his first international meet of the season in Rio De Janeiro on April 19, report ESPN Brazil. This will be the third year in a row that Bolt has competed in the Mano a Mano athletic challenge, which this year will move from Copacobana beach to the Brazilian Jockey Club. The multiple world and Olympic gold medallist will in the 100 m race against two other international sprinters and one local athlete. Bolt ran 10.06 (-0.9) at the meet in 2014.

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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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