Omar McLeod, photo by PhotoRun.net
Omar McLeod was interviewed by Andy Edwards of Race News Service, on 19 July 2019.McLeod is the 2016 Rio Olympic champ at 110m hurdles in 13.05. In 2017, Mr. McLeod won the gold at the London World Championships at 110m hurdles in 13.04. Oh, and Omar also won the 2016 World Indoors 60m Hurdles in 7.41!
The Jamaican hurdler possesses a fine start and the ability to push his competitors into running his race, and not theirs. Omar McLeod knows how to compete in one of the toughest events in our sport of athletics.
Author
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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