Coffee With Larry, March 21, 2024, No Russians/Belarussians in opening/closing ceremonies in Paris, Penn Relays, Drake Relays coming soon!

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on the news in track & field!

This is #CoffeeWithLarry for Thursday, March 21, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. The IOC has decided no Russian or Belarussian athletes will be included in the opening or closing ceremonies.

2. Diamond League is just a month away, starting this year in China. www.diamondleague.com

3. USATF LA GP is May 17-18, 2024, www.usatf.org.

4. U.S. Olympic Trials are coming soon, June 21-29, www.tracktownusa.com.

Cole Hocker, USA Olympic Track and Field Team Trials
June 18-28, 2021
Eugene, Oregon, USA
day 7 of competition:

5. Pre-Classic is May 25, 2024, www.nikepreclassic.com.

6. Some fun meets coming soon. Miramar Invite is on April 8, and Sha’Carri Richardson is opening there.

7. Penn Relays is coming, April 25-28, www.pennrelays.com

Kyle Langford won the 800m at the 2022 Penn Relays, photo from Kyle Langford’s Twitter page

8. Drake Relays opened ticket sales this week! www.drakerelays.com

9. See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!

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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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