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Bolt and Thompson by All-Athletics.com
BUDAPEST (HUN): Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson are the end of the year leaders of All-Athletics.com overall World rankings. In the men top ten 2nd Wayde Van Niekerk and tie for 3rd for Omar McLeod and Conseslus Kipruto. Christian Taylor is number 5 over Renaud Lavillenie, Mo Farah, Eliud Kipchoge, Ashton Eaton and Orlando Ortega. In the women situation just one point behind Thompson is Almaz Ayana, third Ruth Jebet. Then trowing stars Sandra Perkovic and Anita Wlodarczyk, position number 6 for Kendra Harrison and top ten is completed by Dafne Schippers, Tori Bowie, Caster Semenya and Hyvin Kiyeng.

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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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