Coffee with Larry for August 26, 2024, the Silesia DL meeting had 10 meet records, two world records! Is Chorzow, Poland the new track and field capital of the world?
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This is Coffee with Larry for August 26, 2024.
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Femke Bol (NED) wins the women’s 400m hurdles with a meeting record time of 52.13 at the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, the Wanda Diamond League Event in Silesia on 25 Aug 2024, photo by Diamond League AG
our topics;
1. Silesia had ten Meet records and two world records!
Femke Bol (NED) wins the women’s 400m hurdles with a meeting record time of 52.13 at the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, the Wanda Diamond League Event in Silesia on 25 Aug 2024, photo by Diamond League AG
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) Wins the Men’s High Jump with a height of 2.31m at Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, the Wanda Diamond League Event in Silesia on 25 Aug 2024, photo by Diamond League AG
Joe Kovacs (USA) Wins the Men’s Shot Put with a distance of 22.14m at Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, the Wanda Diamond League Event in Silesia on 25 Aug 2024, photo by Diamond League AG
Soufiane EL BAKKALI (MAR) Wins the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 8:04.29 at Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, the Wanda Diamond League Event in Silesia on 25 Aug 2024, photo by Diamond League AG
7. Here’s the event-by-event breakout of #SilesiaDL, by our friends and partners at EME News, Alfonz Juck!
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."
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."
by Larry Eder
