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Athletics 2013
grassmarket
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Off to an early start for this thread - which I'm sure won't do as well as the last one.
Our first event is this weekend - Saturday 5th Jan the International Cross Country event at Edinburgh, live on the BBC at 13:00
After that, the Glasgow indoor meeting on Saturday 26th Jan, UK Indoor trials at Sheffield 9-10 February and the Birmingham Grand Prix, 16 February
Looking ahead, apart from the Diamond League and all the other events we have:
European Indoor Athletics Champs from Gothenburg 1-3 March
European Team Championships from Gateshead 22-23 June, well worth going to see live.
World champs from Moscow, 10-18 August
Our first event is this weekend - Saturday 5th Jan the International Cross Country event at Edinburgh, live on the BBC at 13:00
After that, the Glasgow indoor meeting on Saturday 26th Jan, UK Indoor trials at Sheffield 9-10 February and the Birmingham Grand Prix, 16 February
Looking ahead, apart from the Diamond League and all the other events we have:
European Indoor Athletics Champs from Gothenburg 1-3 March
European Team Championships from Gateshead 22-23 June, well worth going to see live.
World champs from Moscow, 10-18 August
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Who do you think the breakthrough British athlete will be? I desperately want Stephanie Twell to have an injury free season....
Good shout. She certainly put Louise Hazel in the shade. Think that she'll be one to watch for Rio though, not expecting too much from her this year.
Our discus guy (forget his name now ) should come on a storm though.
I quite like following people (not in a stalkish kind of way) to track their progress over an Olympic cycle, and I think she would be an ideal one to track, as she looks like she has soo much potential.
Lawrence Okoro. He has a lot of stuff on his mind though with starting a degree and attention from rugby.
Maybe i'm being unfairly harsh as everyone has different personalities - but then during the event we got to know about KJT. Personally i'd never heard of her before. A young, unknown to many? althete who keeps her head down and performs out of her skin to become the second Brit in the field behind the amazing Jess.
Jess did the chat & panel shows but always came across as humble and modest. Most of the time she reverted into standard interview mode.
(It does look like i'm being unfairly harsh on Hazel )
I think Robbie's the real deal - he was consistent all year which is a good sign rather than a one off big jump.
I can see Dai doing well again this year - he didn't look as strong in the last 100m as he normally does this yearwhich may have been a result of his missed training when he was injured last year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21046012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/21181650
Anyone with tickets for Crystal Palace will get a refund and first chance to buy tickets for the Stadium
http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/british-athletics-series/british-athletics-european-trials-and-uk-championships/
Not sure that's wholly accurate - the contentious tax issue isn't related to appearance/prize money - they are UK earnings so I am sure everyone accepts that you pay your fair share on that. The issue is the UK taxman taking a slice of his global sponsorship income on top.
Will be great if Bolt does run at the London meeting though.
http://www.loveathletics.uka.org.uk/
Seems that the prices will be similar to what they would have been at Crystal Palace - ranging from £10 to £41
Looking forward to the Indoor Grand Prix from Birmingham this weekend.