2019 The Match Presser: RunBlogRun interviews Thomas Rohler, javelin, 2016 Olympic champion

The javelin is one of the most iconic of athletic events. It dates back to the Ancient Greeks. The javelin is a true techinical event. One of the finest javelin throwers in the world is 2016 Olympic Champion Thomas Rohler. Thomas has taken 4th twice in World Championships, and in 2018, he took his first European Athletics Championships.

Thomas Rohler, photo by PhotoRun.net

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Thomas has a PB of 93.90m. He threw that monster in Doha, in 2017, at the Diamond League. I was there. I saw it. I was, well, magnifiscent. He has some amazing athletes that he battles in his own country. He is using The Match to build his focus for Doha. Thomas said that javelin throwing conditions could be challenging in the Dinamo Stadum, on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.

We thank Thomas for his time and interview.

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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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