The 2020 World Indoor Tour was a huge success. That the World Championships were postponed means little in regards to the winter series success. @RunBlogRun is finishing a series of podcasts on the World Indoor 2020 meetings. This is the podcast on the PSD Meeting Dusseldorf, which will become part of the ISTAF Indoor series in 2020.
The highlight of the meet was the attempts by Mondo Duplantis at the WR, and his near misses at 6.16m.
Mondo Duplantis, photo by PSD Meeting Dusseldorf
Mondo Duplantis, photo by PSD Meeting Dusseldorf
My big impression is this: Mondo Duplantis is the finest athlete of his generation. He is not the next Usain Bolt. He is Mondo Duplantis. He is liked by athletes and fans his age. HIs ability is extraordinary. His fitness is the same. But the big story here is this: Athletics has the ability to attract the world, especially in this current time of the pandemic. How does athletics build new fans in this current time?
Thanks to Mike Deering and The Shoe Addicts for producing the podcast, and the PSD Meeting Dusseldorf team.
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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