Brittney Reese, 2012 DN. Galan Stockholm, 16 August 2012,
Brittney Reese won the long jump in London, taking her first Olympic medal. She now adds that to two gold medals in the long jump at World Outdoors and Indoors. A former basketball player, like Jenn Suhr, Reese is one of the top natural athletes on the US track & field team. Amazingly competitive, Reese has won more than one major event on a last jump!
Here she provides some thoughts, courtesy of our friends in the press team at Athletissima Lausanne!
Updated 22 August 2012: 7:45 pm, updated Brittney competing in Zurich and her goals, per her management.
Brittney Reese – 22.08.2012 – 10.30-10.50 (English)
« I won at Athletissima back in 2010 and 2011. I then had some ups and downs but I came to Lausanne to win. It will be the final meeting of the season.” (Editor’s note: Brittney’s management notes that she will now be jumping in Zurich DL, on 30 August).
“After the Olympic Games, I celebrated with my family so in Stockholm my legs were a bit tired. Today I found my rhythm of competition.
“Until now, I jumped 7m20, the objective for 2013 is 7m30 and next year (2014) 7m40.”
“Back in College, I tried the triple jump but the results were not that great. I rather like the high jump and I managed to jump 1m88.”
“Since I won the gold medal nothing has really changed. I am still training to make good results.
“It is true, after winning the gold medal I get more attention but I am grateful for that.”
“When I want to relax, I like sitting around and listening to music or doing shopping. I am also into fashion. My plan would be to create my own brand.”
“In some stadiums boards are better than others and give you extra power to jump higher.”
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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