He has added the following:
This photo captures history in two very different ways. The first is of course the world-class athlete in the foreground, who has just written her name into World Athletics Championships history. The other is the thin line of cobblestones running across the photo just to the right of the white line in the road. This marks the course of the Berlin Wall that divided the city from 1961 to 1989. Olive is standing in what was formerly East Berlin; everyone else in the photo is in the former West Berlin. The journalists at the back of the press box in the background are sitting in almost the exact spot from which American President Ronald Reagan delivered his famous speech in 1987 - “Mr Gorbachev, open this gate, tear down this wall!”
David is just about keeping the website going this week.
I have just tried to add a table showing the best performances in the World Championships from www.all-athletics.com website but corrupted the home page and quickly recovered the copy from the server to overwrite the "messed-up copy". So I have given up on that.
A little while ago I was running along Penzance Promenade getting soaked by the waves that were lashing over the top. Lovely weather for a holiday!
The run on Friday night back home will be equally close to the see. I am still trying to get a lift for Robbie from Douglas to Port Erin. If anyone is able to help I should be extremely grateful if they would email murray@manxathletics.com
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