your adidas Moment for 25 August 2014: Blanka Vlasic for Weltklasse!

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Blanka Vlasic, in her new high jump fashion, photo by PhotoRun.net

Blanka Vlasic is one of the greatest women high jumpers in history. Coming back from injuries has been nearly three years of challenges. In Paris, Blanka gave us one of the most heartfelt interviews (https://www.runblogrun.com/2014/07/your-adidas-moment-7-july-2014-audio-blanka-vlasic-interview-pre-meeting-areva-with-larry-eder-runblogrun.html) of her career.

Returns to elite levels come in parts, not equal parts. Blanka Vlasic did not compete in the Europeans, due to a knee injury. As the knee injury has shown progress, she will competing in the Weltklasse on 28 August 2014.

Vlasic was overjoyed to hit 2.00 meters this season. Can she go higher? We shall have to see!

Here is the piece from EME News on her return to competition!

Vlasic for Weltklasse, from Alfons Juck, EME News

ZURICH (SUI): Croatian high jump star Blanka Vlasic has announced that she will compete at the Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League on Thursday. The 30 year old, two time World and World Indoor champion, had to pull out of the European Championships with a knee injury. Vlasic won the women’s high jump at the Weltklasse meet in 2007, 2008 and 2009. She will face the full European Champs podium (Beitia, Kuchina, Simic).

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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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