by Dave HunterRunBlogRun presents Athletics Chat – Episode 11
Kip Keino, Ben Jipcho, Tapio Kantenan, 1972 Olympic steeplechase, photo by Olympics.org.
This is week eleven. Athletics Chat is a weekly call between Larry Eder (San Jose, CA) and Stuart Weir (Oxford, England). In this call, we use Zoom and solve many allegedly
challenges to athletics.
Use the Time Stamps to jump to topics:
0:00 – Introduction/Story behind Stuart’s Togo shirt
3:10 – Hugh Brasier/London Marathon updates
9:36 – Track Performances in the US/Shaunae Miller-Uibo
12:35 – The passing of Ben Jipcho
16:30 – No US Track and Field Championships for the first time in 135 years
18:15 – More thoughts on the Tokyo Olympics
22:11 – Many US athlete contracts are up this year/performances during COVID
30:11 – Assistant Coach (in the US) accused of sexual harassment & abuse
32:07 – Whereabouts Issues continue (Elijah Manangoi)/Kenyan troubles
36:46 – Larry’s Ideal Championships/Olympics
38:00 – Epilogue
Special thanks to Stuart Weir and Mike Deering. Stuart gives us the weekly time and brain space. Mike attempts to manage me and produce the programming.
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