Dafne Schippers is the fastest women sprinter in Europe over 100 meters and 200 meters. She is also the World Champion over 200 meters, winning that race in the exciting and scintilating last meters, perhaps last centimters of the race.
The former heptathlete is now a focused sprinter and continues to battle the best athletes in the world. In Doha, Dafne battled Tori Bowie, loosing 10.80 to 10.83 in a fine race.
At the City Games, Dafne Schippers ran 10.94 in not so great conditions, on Friday, May 20. On Sunday, May 22, Dafne ran 22.02, breaking the MR at the FBK Hengelo meeting and running a world leader.
Here is my interview with Dafne on Friday, May 20, 2016. Thanks to Dafne for her time and patience with my questions.
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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