2017 Lausanne Athletissimo Diaries: Christian Taylor Speaks on Motivation

Christian Taylor won the World Champs in 2011 and the Olympic gold medal in 2012. In 2013, Christian Taylor was shut out by Teddy Tamgho’s win. In 2014, Taylor rededicated himself and won the 2015 World Champs in 2015, with Pedro Pichardo, who was silver in 2013 and 2015. In 2016, Christian won his second gold medal at the Triple Jump.

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Christian Taylor speaks in this interview on what drives him, what movitates him, and how competitng with Pedro Pablo Pichardo helped him rediscover his love for the triple jump and competing.

An intense interview, this is a view into what makes one of the finest athletes in the world function!

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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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