Coaching - or will we see as in football and other sports a lot of our retired ex athletes just rush into the media and the BBC studio?

TBF Denise has got better since her atrocious early days but that's not saying much I suppose.

Thanks for the memories Dame (only a matter of time surely) Jessica. She was a wonderful competitor and a winner and always remained dignified no matter the circumstances. A real credit to the sport. Much as I wanted to see her in London 2017 no-one can begrudge her if she feels the time is right to go now.

BTW I think Jess is articulate enough, personable enough and has enough grace under pressure to be a good pundit if that's what she wanted to do.

She would hardly have chosen to start a family at the peak of her career if athletics had still been her number one priority.

2014 was never going to be the peak of her career regardless of her decision to start a family.

Even with the additional responsibilities that motherhood brings, athletics became a high enough priority (again) for her to contest Beijing and Rio - if she wasn't truly up for more glory and didn't believe she could win more hardware in the global champs, she'd have called it quits before now.

Two televised races on Sunday

Amsterdam Marathon on Eurosport on Sunday 08:30. Although it's dead flat, the course is a bit too broken up and twisty for really fast times - humpback bridges, some cobbled sections.

http://www.tcsamsterdammarathon.nl/e...rdam-marathon/

And the Great Birmingham Run half marathon, live on Channel 5 at 10:00

Jess has many talents but being an interesting talker is not one of them. Nothing wrong with that. We're not all naturally suited to being broadcasters.

She seemed rather surprised to win the World Championships last year and was playing down her chances in Rio despite being favourite and didn't seem particularly disappointed at coming second. She's still only 30 but the hunger and desire wasn't there anymore.

And as I said at the time, she seemed to have hit a plateau in terms of her performances. Always good scores across the board, but the days of 2 or 3 PBs in a single competition were long gone.

Jess is articulate & personable yes but probably a bit too nice to do well as a pundit. As well as spending more time with her family ( and quite possibly adding to it) I see her going down the ambassadorial route & inspiring a generation etc.

Greg seems more naturally suited to a punditry role to me. And Toni Miniciello has done a bit of work for the BBC this year also. I thought he added some good insight at the World Indoors.

Tyson Gay's 15yr old daughter has been shot dead in Kentucky.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37672758

Absolutely Terrible , RIP

Maybe out of order.

But when I was 15 I was in bed at 4am.
Was she with family?

I think it's a valid point. I presume she lives with her mother as Tyson implies she only occasionally visited him. Kids in their mid teens hanging out at the haunts of older gangsters in the early hours is a recipe for disaster. But it does seem very common amongst the more disadvantaged communities in the States.

Horrible. He must have been quite young when he had her.

Usain Bolt has done a video with the Buzzfeed video team.

https://youtu.be/01ZOXady5aQ

Enjoy

Mo farah has a great chance of winning world athlete of the year - bolt has won it 5 times in 8 years so time for a new name on the winner list

Young Kenyan sprinter collapses and dies

https://citizentv.co.ke/sports/shock...d-dies-146521/

Married with a child at 19...

Vermin have ripped out seats at the Olympic Stadium last night.

Makes you wonder what state the stadium will be in for the World Athoetics.

They probably regret giving the contract to West Ham!

Its said there aren't enough stewards with the required experience and a lack of police but then most other teams would have settled quite nicely into the stadium without a hint of trouble.

Think its just an excuse really - trouble is the fans are so close and the Hammers do have a bit of history - as do Chelsea.

Against my team (Watford) they only turned nasty when we started winning and the mob closest to our fans kicked off.

Super run by Charlotte Purdue in the Frankfurt Marathon today, gaining a World Champs qualifying time and a 2 min 44s PB for 5th place. Going through halfway in 1:14:36 she was agonisingly close to finishing sub 2:30 ... she ran 2:30:04!

Also a 1 min 15s PB for Tracy Barlow in 9th, 2:32:05.

Pleased for Purdue after her promising debut in London earlier this year.

In other news it seems that Jazmin Sawyers has auditioned for The Voice & did well by all accounts. If she gets to the live shows depending when they are it may mean we will see little of her if anything indoors.

Also the latest funding announcements are due this week. Always 'interesting'.

And here they are:-

PODIUM WCPP

Olympic (15)
Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie); Holly Bradshaw (Scott Simpson); Mohamed Farah (Alberto Salazar); Adam Gemili; Robbie Grabarz (Fuzz Caan); Sophie Hitchon (Tore Gustafsson); Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills); Katarina Johnson-Thompson; Laura Muir (Andy Young); Cindy Ofili (Garfield Ellenwood); Tiffany Porter (Jeffrey Porter); Shara Proctor (Rana Reider); Greg Rutherford (Dan Pfaff); Lynsey Sharp (Rana Reider); Lorraine Ugen (Shawn Jackson)

Paralympic (23)
Kare Adenegan (Job King); Hollie Arnold (David Parker); Paul Blake (Rob Ellchuk); Jonathan Broom-Edwards (Fuzz Caan); Mickey Bushell (Jenny Archer); Joanna Butterfield (Phil Peat/Shona Malcolm); Libby Clegg [guide Chris Clarke] (Joe McDonnell); Hannah Cockroft (Jenni Banks); Kadeena Cox (Brian Scobie); Aled Davies (Ryan Spencer-Jones); Sabrina Fortune (Anthony Hughes/Ian Robinson); Toby Gold (Jenni Banks); Dan Greaves (John Godina); Sophie Hahn (Joe McDonnell); David Henson (Roger Keller); Georgina Hermitage (Paul MacGregor); Maria Lyle (Ryan Freckleton); Stephen Miller (Ros Miller); Jonnie Peacock (Dan Pfaff/Michael Khmel); Gemma Prescott (Mike Wood); Stefanie Reid (Aston Moore); Andrew Small (Rick Hoskins); Richard Whitehead (Keith Antoine)

PODIUM POTENTIAL WCPP

Olympic (29)
Kate Avery (Rob Denmark); Chris Baker (Sharon Heveran); Meghan Beesley (Michael Baker); Alexandra Bell (Aaron Thomas); Chris Bennett (Mick Jones); Tom Bosworth (Andi Drake); Andrew Butchart (Derek Easton); Dan Bramble (Frank Attoh); Tom Farrell (Mark Rowland); Elliot Giles (Matt Yates); Charlie Grice (Jon Bigg); Adam Hague (Trevor Fox); Lucy Hatton (Toni Minichiello); Callum Hawkins (Robert Hawkins); Chris Kandu (Fuzz Caan); David King (James Hillier); Morgan Lake (Aston Moore); Jade Lally (Andrew Neal); Kyle Langford (George Harrison); Scott Lincoln (Paul Wilson); Nick Miller (Tore Gustafsson); David Omoregie (Benke Blomkvist); Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (Jon Bigg); Isobel Pooley (Fuzz Caan); Andy Pozzi (Benke Blomkvist); Shona Richards (Marina Armstrong); Jazmin Sawyers (Kelly Sotherton); Adelle Tracey (Craig Winrow); Jake Wightman (Geoff Wightman)

Paralympic (24)
Joshua Bain (David Parker); Dan Bramall (Peter Wyman); Shaun Burrows (Joe McDonnell); Richard Chiassaro (Jenni Banks); Vanessa Daobry (Alison O’Riordan); Kyron Duke (Anthony Hughes); Kylie Grimes (Phil Peat); Claire Harvey (Phil Peat); Jordan Howe (Keith Antoine); Abbie Hunnisett (Anthony Hughes); Moatez Jomni (Jenny Archer); Sophie Kamlish (Rob Ellchuk); Sammi Kinghorn (Ian Mirfin); Polly Maton (Colin Baross); Nathan Maguire (Ste Hoskins); Stephen Morris (James Thie); Holly Neill (Andrew Roda); Derek Rae (Ron Morrison); Ben Rowlings (Job King); Sam Ruddock (Jim Edwards); Zac Shaw (Joe McDonnell); Laura Sugar (Femi Akinsanya); Carly Tait (Jenni Banks); Isaac Towers (Peter Wyman)

RELAY SQUADS

Olympic

Men’s 4x100m (6)
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Benke Blomkvist); Ojie Edoburun (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo); James Ellington (Linford Christie); Richard Kilty (Michael Khmel); Danny Talbot (Benke Blomkvist); Chijindu Ujah (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo)

Plus individual WCPP athletes:
Adam Gemili; Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills)

Also included in the squad, but not part of the WCPP, are:
Joel Fearon (Michael Khmel) – already a member of the British Bobsleigh WCPP; Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Dennis Shaver) – ineligible for WCPP inclusion due to NCAA status

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featu...KquAtJ7H5d0.99

The last sentence caught my eye, the wacky world of the NCAA, where an athlete can't even receive funding from their national federation.

Just had a quick scan through now, some notable coaching changes.

- Tiff Porter now being coached by her husband, seems she's split with Rana Reider.
- Cindy Ofili, who's gone straight onto the Podium level is now being coached by a convicted drugs cheat; Garfield Ellenwood
- KJT still no coach listed
- Morgan Lake, who's now at Lufbra Uni is now coached by Aston Moore rather than her dad.
- Jazmin Sawyers is now coached by Kelly Sotherton in Brum, big scalp for Kelly and her burgeoning coaching career

Oh and seemingly no funding for Martyn Rooney, Dai Greene, Andrew Osagie, Will Sharman, Laura Weightman or Matt Hudson-Smith.

Seems the relay funding announcements were tacked on later.

Men’s 4x400m (6)

Jarryd Dunn (Keith Holt); Matthew Hudson-Smith (Tony Hadley); Martyn Rooney (Graham Hedman); Nigel Levine (Linford Christie); Delano Williams (Neil Harrison); Rabah Yousif (Carol Williams)

Women’s 4x100m (5)

Desiree Henry (Rana Reider); Daryll Neita (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo); Ashleigh Nelson (Michael Afilaka); Asha Philip (Steve Fudge); Jodie Williams (Ryan Freckleton)

Plus individual WCPP athletes:

Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie)

Also included in the squad, but not part of the WCPP, are development athletes:

Shannon Hylton (Ryan Freckleton); Imani Lansiquot (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo); Sophie Papps (Stewart Challis)

Women’s 4x400m (9)

Margaret Adeoye (Linford Christie); Seren Bundy-Davies (Stephen Ball); Eilidh Doyle (Malcolm Arnold); Emily Diamond (Jared Deacon); Kelly Massey (Stephen Ball); Kirsten McAslan (Trevor Painter); Laviai Nielsen (Frank Adams); Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan); Anyika Onuora (Rana Reider)

Paralympic (1)

Olivia Breen (Aston Moore)

More from the BBC. James Dasaolu another notable cut, not even in the relay squad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/37849421

Oh Cindy,. Googled the coach, former Trevor Graham coached athlete. Can't she just train with Tiff?

Also noticed that Adam has no coach listed. Wonder what's happening there? Has he left Steve Fudge?