Four Ecuadorian athletic officials sanctioned over Tenorio fiasco, from EME News

Angela Tenorio, World Youth 2014, photo by PhotoRun.net

Angela Tenorio was a silver and bronze medalist in the World Youth Championships. She captivated many of the fans in Eugene, as she qualified for the semi finals by racing on her own, and went onto take the bronze medal in the 100 meters and silver in the 200 meters.

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QUITO (ECU): Four athletics officials have been sanctioned over Angela Tenorio’s non-participation at the 2015 world championships, report El Comercio. The double world junior medallist was not able to travel to China due to mistakes made in the arrangement of a visa for the 19 year old.

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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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