Coffee with Larry, August 6, 2024, Gabby Thomas impresses in 200 meters, Cam Rogers takes hammer throw, Miltiadis Tentoglou takes LJ and Cole Hocker surprises most with brilliant 1,500m win!

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Our topics:

1. Exciting women’s hammer throw, Camryn Rogers takes second hammer throw gold for Canada in these Games!

Camryn Rogers, CAN, gives Canada its second hammer throw gold in Paris! photo by World Athletics

2. Gabby Thomas was so impressive in her win over 200 meters!

Gabby Thomas wins the 200m gold in Paris, photo by World Athletics

3. The men’s 1,500 meter was a stunner! In only the third time since 1908, US Cole Hocker became only third US man to win the 1,500m in the Olympics (1908, 2016, 2024). And for first time since 1912, the US took two medals, Hocker in gold and Yared Nuguse in bronze in the 1,500 meters. Josh Kerr took the silver, upgrading from the bronze he took in 2021 in Tokyo. Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who has been pretty pompous, is now 3/3 in terms of winning 1,500 meters on global level since 2021. Perhaps he needs to change his attitude and approach.

Cole Hocker, Paris 2024 Olympic Games – Aug 06: Images of Men’s 1500 Metres Final (Photo By Dan Vernon / World Athletics)

4. Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece, who has now won everything, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, three Europeans, and gold in Budapest, leaped 8.48m to take gold in the long jump. Wayne Pinnock, JAM took silver in 8.36m and Mattia Furlani, ITA, took bronze in 8.34m.

Miltiadis Tentoglou, long jump, Olympic Games, Paris 2024, photo by World Athletics

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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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