The Doha Diamond League meeting is in the midst of changes. Among those changes was a shake up in how to do the main press event, which had become stuffier and stuffier with each growing year. This year, only one speech was made by Qatar Federation and one speech by IAAF (Olivier Gers).
Christian Taylor, Michelle Carter, and company leaving the stage, post event
This year, Christian Taylor and Michelle Carter, both Olympic gold medalists, were given the emcee jobs, which they did quite well. Mutaz Barshim, Elaine Thompson, Dafne Schippers and Thomas Rohler were the athletes who were asked questions by Taylor, Carter and the assembled media. The turnout of media and just plan curious was excellent.
Here is the video from the presser, and I hope you enjoy it. I asked all a question, What if the IAAF said, you have to change events in Doha, what event would you do?
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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