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Podcast 75: MICHELLE PERRY on her 2nd consecutive 100m hurdles World Championship

Posted September 3rd, 2007 at 6:24 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode sponsored by: Bill Rodgers Sportswear
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Welcome to Episode 75 of The Final Sprint Podcast featuring my interview with American hurdler MICHELLE PERRY who successfully defended her 100m hurdles title and added to Team USA’s historic gold and overall medal count at the now concluded IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan

In the interview Michelle talks about surging for the lead in the last 10m and how it felt waiting for the official results of the extremely close race.

Download the podcast to hear Michelle discuss these topics, as well as, her advice for less experience runners, the keys to her consistency and dominance, how she stays busy and calm in the days before a race and what her second consecutive 100m hurdle World Championship means for her quest for Olympic gold.

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Host: Adam Jacobs | Guest: Michelle Perry
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Musicians: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File Size: 9.46 MB | Length: 9:14 MIN

Episode sponsored by: Bill Rodgers Sportswear
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Champions to Defend ING NYC Marathon Titles

Posted July 20th, 2007 at 8:40 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

The man and woman who reached the finish line first at last November’s ING New York City Marathon, Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil and Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia, will defend their titles on November 4, race organizers announced today.

Gomes dos Santos, who is gearing up now to compete in the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, scored a big upset at last year’s contest when he broke away from defending champion Paul Tergat late in the race and was never caught. He became the first South American ever to win the world’s largest and most famous marathon.
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