Donavan Brazier clocks 1:43.84 WL! Josh Kerr clocks 3:34.53 WL!

Donavan Brazier, 2020 NBGP, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts

Donavan Brazier had a strong opener at 800m outdoors. Hitting the 400m in 50.8, Donavan went 53 seconds in the second lap, to take the WL in 1:43.84. Amazingly, his second lap was totally even, 26.5 in both 200m.

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Josh Kerr, who took 6th in Doha 2019 WC with a PB 3:32.52, went 3:34.53 in 1,500m, taking the World leader.

As a kean observer told me, upon viewing the meet, “pretty good meet, considering the meet only had athletes from half of Oregon.”

Donavan Brazier and fan, 2020 NBGP, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts

BLUE RIVER (USA, July 31): In his first outdoor race since winning the world 800m title at the distance, Donavan Brazier clocked a world lead of 1:43.84, winning by nearly six seconds. Also setting a world lead but in a tighter race at Big Friendly 3 meet was Briton Josh Kerr, whose 3:34.53 nevertheless put him a more than a second ahead of Canadian William Paulson (3:35.59) and Craig Engels 3:36.01. Japan’s Suguru Osako narrowly won the 3000m in 7:54.49 from Garrett Heath (7:54.79). Chanelle Price won the women’s 800m in 2:01.71 with Nia Atkins second in 2:02.07. The 1500m went to Shannon Rowbury in 4:03.62, while the 3000m was won by Mel Lawrence (9:04.78).

Like the Texas A&M tweet post WC 2019, see below:

Donavan Brazier ’19 broke the American record & became the first American in history to win the 800m world title at #WorldAthleticChamps yesterday! #GigEm
Gig ’em, World Champion Donavan Brazier! ðŸ‘ https://t.co/SyOsMvsl6e pic.twitter.com/s5MoWI36Nb
— Texas A&M University (@TAMU) October 2, 2019

To enjoy complete inteview with Donavan Brazier: https://www.runblogrun.com/2020/07/socialing-the-distance-featuring-donavan-brazie0-full-interview.html

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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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