Coffee with Larry, September 4, 2024, Duplantis wins 100m over Warholm, Weltklasse big session on 5 September, NB Fifth Avenue Mile is September 8!

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, September 4, 2024.

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Our topics;

1. The Karsten Warholm vs Mondo Duplantis exhibition 100m, sponsored by Red Bull and PUMA, drew 3000 today. Duplantis lead from the gun, thanks to a masterful start. Duplantis ran 10.37 to Warholm’s 10.47 and announced right after that he could run 10.25 and then challenged Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone to a 400 meters!

A perfect start kept Mondo in the lead all the way to win the 100m showdown. Duplantis finishes with 10.37, just ahead of Warholm’s 10.47. 🏁
Incredible race! #ZurichDL pic.twitter.com/yXhvWZzdi1
— RunBlogRun (@RunBlogRun) September 4, 2024

2. Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone was announced to be racing in Ivo Van Damme DL Final. She is not. As she did not run one DL event in 2024, she is not elgible. She will race a non DL 200m and 400m prior to the meet!

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone runs 48.75, New York City Grand Prix track & field
World Athletics Continental Gold, photo by Kevin Morris

3. The sad thing is this. The Diamond League needs Sydney but SML does not really need the Diamond League. Until the DL makes their series unmissable, they will have incidents like this.

4. The NB Fifth Avenue Mile is September 8, 2024. Josh Kerr is the big star for the event.

Josh Kerr wins United Fifth Avenue Mile, photo by Jeff Benjamin

5. The Athlos meeting is September 26, 2024. Six big races at Icahn Stadium.

Athlos Invite is September 26, photo courtesy of Athlos

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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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