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Coffee with Larry, April 20, 2024, Xiamen DL opens Diamond League, Kip Keino Classic impresses, and London Marathon is a day away!

Coffee with Larry, April 1, 2024, The Pasteurization of World Cross Country,

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This is Coffee with Larry for Thursday, April 20, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. A fantastic opener at the Kip Keino Classic was held on April 20, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya.

2. The opening of the Diamond League, which happened in Xiamen, China, on April 20, 2024. This is the first of two
meets in China in one week.

3. Mondo Duplanis set a WR in the pole vault, his eighth world record, clearing 6.24 meters or 20 feet, five and one-half inches.

Mondo Duplantis opened the 2024 Outdoor with his WR of 6.24m, 20 feet, 5 and 1/2 inches, photo by Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG

4. Gudaf Tsegay ran a 3:50.30 for a world leader at 1,500 meters.

Gudaf Tsegay ran a WL at 1,500m, with her 3:50.30, the #3 all-time, photo by Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG

5. Christian Coleman ran 10.13 for the 100 meters.

Christian Coleman, 100 meters, Xiamen DL, photo by Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG

6. Marco Arop ran 1:43.61 for the 800 meters in a very tight race.

7. Torrie Lewis won the women’s 200 meters in Xiamen, upsetting Sha’Carri Richardson with her 22.96 PB. Torrie is 19 years old.
8. London Marathon is Sunday, April 21, 2024, you can watch it on FloTrack in North America.

See you tomorrow on #CoffeewithLarry.

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