Piotr Lisek is the Polish national record holder, which he set twice in one week. In Lausanne, on 5 July, Piotr went 6.01m. In Monaco, on July 12, Lisek went 6.02m. He has a great physical talent, and a focused pole vaulter, who enjoys battling Sam Kendricks and Mondo Duplantis each meeting. In Torun, Poland, last winter, Lisek and Kendricks reminded this writerr that pole vaulters do not battle each other, they battle the pole vault standard.
Piotr Lisek, Lausanne, July 5, 2019, photo by PhotoRun.net
As one of the Match ambassadors, Piotr kept me smiling during the interview. Piotr Lisek will compete on 10 September, at 19:03 local time.
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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