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A lil Bet at the Meet in Zurich

August 28, 2009

I am at the Zurich Meeting right now, but I am not allowed to post any videos from the meet. I will try and get some interviews after at the meet hotel. We will see how that goes. The Zurich Meeting is the biggest of the European circuit. The Stadium is packed and has been sold out for months. Every race is basically the final from World Champs,, just a week ago, but there are some interesting twists, like A. Felix running the 400 against Sanya Richards and a USA vs Jamaica 4x100. THe best part of the meet is that every race has odds and you can bet inside the stadium. Check out he odds here www.sporttip.ch. Betting and beer could make a huge difference in our sport and I hope more meets will start doing this and maybe some day we can see something like this in the US.

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#36	Flofan August 29 at 3:05pm in terms of rapport with athletes, quality of interviews, thoroughness of coverage, and understanding of the sport, no medium covers running around the globe as well as flotrack. when will meet directors and networks learn that if you cant beat them, hire them reply
#35	William Hague August 29 at 2:07pm Ryan From Flotrack said: “just got word from Mark, he talked with dathan and will upload the interview soon” Ryno: Was Mark able to get any other interviews at Zurich? reply
#34	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 4:48pm just got word from Mark, he talked with dathan and will upload the interview soon reply
#33	MikeB August 28 at 3:48pm hands down....my favorite race of the year so far! If you are a American Distance fan then you can understand why? Races and results don't come like this very offen! reply
#32	CAQ August 28 at 3:30pm Two non Africans ahead of Ritz's great run. Dieter Baumann and Buster Mottram. But I'll bet neiter run was more exciting than Ritz's performance today. reply
#31	A MUST! August 28 at 3:19pm We need need need neeeeeed a Ritz interview on this race! reply
#30	Eric Hunt August 28 at 3:15pm THIS SUCKS MARK CAN"T DO INTERVIEWS!!!!!! reply
#29	Mudlover August 28 at 3:01pm so he said a 3 seconds instead of 2. big deal. go back to letsrun if you want to be so negative. i think dathan's run was INCREDIBLE!!! he was barely hanging onto the back of the pack for the first 2km. what a machine... reply
#28	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 3:00pm whoops sorry about that! but regardless, the second fastest non-african and faster than bob! (thanks for bob for setting the mark) reply
#27	Come On Ryan August 28 at 2:57pm know your track and field stats. In 1996, Kennedy ran the 5000 meters in 12:58.21, making him the first ever non-African to run the distance in less than thirteen minutes. Ritz shaved a little less than 2 seconds off that time :) reply
#26	Michael Brondello August 28 at 2:53pm RITZ is such a bad ass! reply
#25	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:51pm ritz second fastest non-african in history (behind mottram) and new american record by 3 seconds!! reply
#24	Poopie August 28 at 2:50pm wow... 20 seconds pr reply
#23	Morris August 28 at 2:50pm I'm standing up screaming at my monitor for Ritz!! reply
#22	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:50pm new american 5k record!!!! reply
#21	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:49pm holy #$%@#$% 12:56 for ritz!!!!!!!!!!!! reply
#20	Poopie August 28 at 2:49pm RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! reply
#19	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:48pm ritz is gonna set the american record!!! 11:55 with one to go!!! reply
#18	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:48pm holy crap ritz is moving!!! into 4th!! reply
#17	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:47pm ritz looks like he'll run under 13:10 if he holds on to the pace reply
#16	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:45pm bekele thru 3k in 7:40. ritz towards the back but still good pace at about 7:47ish reply
#15	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:37pm yeah kd was rabbit Brigitte Foster-Hylton shows why she was world champ running the worlds fastest time, 12.46. Dawn harper finishes a close second tying her PB of 12.48. perdita felician of canada finishes 3rd after cramping in the world champ final last week. lolo jones who had run the world's fastest time earlier this season injuries her hamstring which is unfortunate after she battled back from injuries early on this season. yelena isinbayeva breaks her own WR vaulting 5.06. she bounces back after no heighting at the world champs, congrats to her! bekele and the 5k is underway. ritz in the field as well and off the back. bekele saying he wants to run around 12:45 reply
#14	Yep August 28 at 2:36pm KD was the rabbit. reply
#13	Dan Knewitz August 28 at 2:26pm Did Khadevis rabbit the 800? reply
#12	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:25pm choge wins 1500 in a slow race, 3:33. ali second, kiprop third. kiprop was a favorite before world champs but hasn't raced well as of late. the world champ kamel finished 4th and tom lancashire in fifth, good race for tom at 3:34. lomog was 7th, manzano 9th one of my favorite events of this season up next, women's 100H reply
#11	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:17pm bolt didnt get out very hard but turned it on half way thru. 9.81 for the win. asafa looked good and led past half way, ran 9.88. doc patten third 9.95 for a SB and michael rodger back under 10 for 4th (9.98). men's 1500 up reply
#10	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:11pm men's has the same finish as worlds, merritt-wariner-quow merritt run 44.21 for the win. still hasn't been pushed much this season. men's 100 and usain bolt about to go!! another WR??? reply
#9	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:10pm dobrisky is now the second fastest ever from great britain 4 american women in the top 9 on the world list year, simply awesome! reply
#8	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 2:07pm anna willard! 3rd fast american ever! chasing down jamal and looking strong. ranks her #4 on the world list this year. shannon row was just off her PB running 4:00.8 which is her best this year. christin wurth-thomas 5th in 4:01.01. american women super consistent this season dobrisky was second in almost a 3 second PB running 3:59.50! results: http://www.weltklassezuerich.ch/en/meeting/live.html reply
#7	Sweet August 28 at 2:02pm willard just went under 4:00! where does that put her on the all-time american list? reply
#6	Tony Casey August 28 at 1:59pm Now watch how fast Kerron Clement runs this 400. Maybe high 43s for Clement. reply
#5	Tony Casey August 28 at 1:53pm Kemboi looked deeeeeeeeead in the final K of that 3,000 steeple! reply
#4	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 1:34pm my old college teammate dwight thomas of jamaica won the hurdles with a huge PB!! 13.17 (old PB was about 13.30). tremmell was second. thomas was primarily a 100/200 guy growing up, in college, and his first years as a pro. he was runner up at NCAAs in the 100 and 200 behind justin gatlin and went to the olympics for jamaica in the 100 and 4x100 in 2004. he was all-american at NCAA indoors in the 60 hurdles and has picked the event back up this year. congrats dwight! reply
#3	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 1:23pm richards wins in a world leader 48.94, felix second in 49.something rudisha won the 800 in 1:43 mid and looked good. yego second also under 1:43 david oliver is about to open up his first european meet of the season! reply
#2	Dan Knewitz August 28 at 1:17pm Men 100 - Usain Bolt (duh) 400 - LaShawn Merritt 800 - Kirwa Yego, Symmonds 3rd, Robinson 5th 1500 - Kamel, Lomong 6th, Manzano 7th 5000 - Bekele, Ritz 7th 110 H - Trammell Steeplechase - Kipyego 4x100 - Jamaica Women 100 - Jeter 400 - Richards, Felix 2nd 1500 - Rowbury High Jump - Vlasic reply
#1	Ryan From Flotrack August 28 at 1:04pm oh man lets get some predictions here!!! i'll post some updates under mark's blog as the competition goes. check out the start lists and make your picks....http://www.weltklasse.ch/en/meeting/startlist.html reply