Juan Miguel Echevarria Delivers in Germany (Bad Langensalza) with legal 8.68m LJ (+1.7m/s),

Juan Miguel Echevarri, soaring in Rome, May 30, 2018, photo by PhotoRun.net

Well, the young Cuban has been kicking the proverbial butt. His battles with Luvo Manyonga and Marquis Dendy are entertaining fans around the world. Yesterday, in Bad Langensalza, Germany, Juan Miguel leaped 8.68 meters with a legal 1.7 m/s wind! Juan Miguel Echevarria is the real thing. Last weekend in Des Moines, I asked a keen observer of the LJ, who travels the world and sees big jumpers, what he thought of Senor Echevarria, and if he could break Mike Powell’s seminal 8.95 meters (29 feet, 4.25 inches) WR, from Tokyo 1991 World Championships. My keen observer looked at your favorite blogger and noted, ” Juan Miguel Echevarria will own the WR. This young man is for real.”

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Enough said, but must say, we love this young Cuban athlete. We have found few Cuban athletes we do not like. Why? Because, they love athletics. With limited resources for training in Cuba, they show that the joy of the sport, the focus on technique and amazing overall fitness of the young Cuban athletes can always surprise.

Muy buena competencia en el dia de hoy 8:68 seguimos activos
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RunBlogRun Interviewed Juan Miguel Echevaria at the World Indoor Champs. We included them here, for your viewing pleasure. RunBlogRun will go one further. The WR will be broken this summer by Juan Miguel Echevarria, but, be careful, as Luvo Manyonga could be right there. This is a real LJ battle! Remember, when Mike Powell broke the WR, he was battling Carl Lewis!

Enjoy the three part interview, done by The Shoe Addicts on the young Cuban LJ phenom:

Juan Miguel Echevarria Interview: Part 1/3, Birmingham, England, March 2018: https://www.runblogrun.com/2018/03/juan-miguel-echevarria-gold-medalist-at-the-long-jump-world-indoors-birmingham-speaks-on-his-perform.html

Juan Miguel Echevarria Interview: Part 2/3, Birmingham, England, March 2018: https://www.runblogrun.com/2018/03/juan-miguel-echevarria-gold-medalist-at-the-long-jump-world-indoors-birmingham-speaks-on-his-perform-1.html

Juan Miguel Echevarria Interview, Part 3/3: Birmingham, England, March 2018: https://www.runblogrun.com/2018/03/juan-miguel-echevarria-gold-medalist-at-the-long-jump-world-indoors-birmingham-speaks-on-his-2018-se.html

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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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