Luvo Manyonga, Stockholm 2019, photo by PhotoRun.net
Luvo Manyonga leaped 8.37m to take the win in London DL. Tajay Gayle, took second in PB of 8.32m. Luvo Manyonga is on a roll, and his long jumping is coming into championship form. The long jump should be an exciting event in Doha. Luvo Manyonga was interviewed post event by Andy Edwards of Race News Service.
Luvo Manyonga has now jumped three times over 8.35m (8.35m-27 April 2019, 8.35m-9 June 2019, 8.37m-20 July 2019) so far this season. How will he do in Doha? Well, big jumps are in his future. Andy Edwards of Race News Service did this interview post event on 20 July.
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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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