Well, your photographing troubador, Victah Sailer, did a few hours in Monaco to shoot the following photos from the IAF World Athletes Gala, held on November 22, 2009:
HRH, Prince Albert of Monaco, Sanya Richard, Usain Bolt, IAAF President Lamine Diack, World Athletics Gala, 2009, photo by PhotoRun.net.
Sanya Richards, World Athletics Gala
Blanka Vlasic, Yelena Isinbayeva, Sanya Richards, World Athletics Gala 2009….
Kenenisa Bekela, WR holder 5,000m, 10,000 m, World Champion 5,000m, 10,000m, Berlin, at the 2009 World Athletics Gala….
Usain Bolt, three time gold medalist, Berlin, WR holder for 100m, 200m, with Lamine Diack, President of the IAAF, and HRH Prince Albert of Monaco, at the IAF World Athletics Gala…..
Yelena isinbayeva, WR holder pole vault, Asafa Powell, for
mer WR, 100 meters, at the IAF World Athletics Gala 2009….
Special thanks to Victah Sailer, who looks out for our sport in every moment he is awake!
All photos courtesy of PhotoRun.net.
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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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