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Old 29-11-2016, 23:33
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Tatyana Chernova loses her heptathlon medals from Daegu 2011 (gold) and London 2012 (bronze).

That means JEH is officially (or will shortly be, depending on the intricacies of sport bureaucracy) a three-time world champion and equal with Carolina Klüft in terms of global championship titles.
Well done to Jessica but this damages the sport and whilst it is probably no big deal to her after all her success for others it will be.
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Old 30-11-2016, 12:01
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Jess is such a legend that she even wins gold medals after she's retired.

There's been some talk about holding medal ceremonies for these during London 2017. At this rate they will need to organise a separate session.
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Old 30-11-2016, 13:16
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Our 4x400 girls from Beijing are set to be retroactively awarded bronze... seems we did reach that UK Sport target of 5 medals in Athletics after all, only 8 years too late!
Tatyana Chernova loses her heptathlon medals from Daegu 2011 (gold) and London 2012 (bronze).

That means JEH is officially (or will shortly be, depending on the intricacies of sport bureaucracy) a three-time world champion and equal with Carolina Klüft in terms of global championship titles.
This is what I hate about doping in sport. The ultimate legitimate winner of a medal is effectively robbed of their moment when they stand on the podium to get their medal hung around their neck.
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Old 30-11-2016, 13:39
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This is what I hate about doping in sport. The ultimate legitimate winner of a medal is effectively robbed of their moment when they stand on the podium to get their medal hung around their neck.
What is worse, it's often years to late to do the damage. Look how much of her career and reputation Christine Aron lost because of Marion Jones and all the other dopers of the late 90s/early 2000s.
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Old 30-11-2016, 17:59
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The GB team has been announced for the Euro XC Championships in Chia, Sardinia on 11th December.

It's a strong men's team with all our best 5k & 10k guys minus Mo but plus Callum Hawkins. The individual bronze is probably up for grabs by one of them (after the "Turks" Arikan & Kaya take the 1-2).

I fancy Steph for a medal. I think she just ran out of steam in Rio & Zurich after racing so much over the previous 9 months but she's been well rested since then. Not sure about Gemma Steel's chances - her victory at the Trials seems like a return to form but she always runs well at Liverpool. Other than those 2 a lot of our top distance runners are missing from the women's team.

I think Jess Judd could do very well in the U23. She's had a very good season on the country so far. Alice Wright should be a medal threat too.

As usual we should also feature prominently in the junior races.
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Old 30-11-2016, 22:19
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I wonder what those cheating athletes who won so much think about losing everything. Is Chernova just moping around the house?
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Old 30-11-2016, 22:58
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With the IAAF Athletics Awards just around the corner, the Council had their annual late-autumn meeting which lead to the following:

* Taicang replaces Cheboksary (for obvious reasons) as the host of the 2018 World Race Walking Team Championships
* The women's 50km race walk will be eligible for world records, starting with the first performance clocked at 4:30:00 (or quicker) from 1 January 2017
* The IAAF has signed contracts for two prototype electronic systems designed to detect loss of contact in race walks; they ultimately want to have a system ready for trial in competitions before Doha 2019
* Entry standards for all events in London 2017 are now available (a separate list for 10,000m, road and combined events was already published)
* Timetable and entry standards for Nairobi 2017 (the last WU18Ch) are now available
* Timetable for the 2017 World Relays (in the Bahamas, as usual) is now available
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Old 30-11-2016, 23:25
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The relay standards are not included, but I believe the qualification process used for Rio 2016 is still valid (top 8 nations in the 2017 World Relays plus the top 8 ranked nations not already qualified).
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Old 01-12-2016, 11:34
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The relay standards are not included, but I believe the qualification process used for Rio 2016 is still valid (top 8 nations in the 2017 World Relays plus the top 8 ranked nations not already qualified).
Shouldn't be too long now before British Athletics publish their selection document now that the standards are available
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Old 01-12-2016, 11:36
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The GB team has been announced for the Euro XC Championships in Chia, Sardinia on 11th December.

It's a strong men's team with all our best 5k & 10k guys minus Mo but plus Callum Hawkins. The individual bronze is probably up for grabs by one of them (after the "Turks" Arikan & Kaya take the 1-2).

I fancy Steph for a medal. I think she just ran out of steam in Rio & Zurich after racing so much over the previous 9 months but she's been well rested since then. Not sure about Gemma Steel's chances - her victory at the Trials seems like a return to form but she always runs well at Liverpool. Other than those 2 a lot of our top distance runners are missing from the women's team.

I think Jess Judd could do very well in the U23. She's had a very good season on the country so far. Alice Wright should be a medal threat too.

As usual we should also feature prominently in the junior races.
Historically the women have always done better but I can see the men doing better this time. Do you think Alex Yee has a chance of a medal in the Junior race?
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Old 01-12-2016, 17:56
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Historically the women have always done better but I can see the men doing better this time. Do you think Alex Yee has a chance of a medal in the Junior race?
Absolutely. Ninth last year and a great year on the track, he's got to be in with a good shot at gold.

Of course we also have Jonathan Davies in the U23 defending his title.
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Old 01-12-2016, 21:24
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It'll be interesting to see what Yee eventually specializes in, seeing as he's a world junior duathlon champion as well (and fifth in the triathlon equivalent, with that title being a target for next year).

Back on the subject of cross-country, the 2019 WCh has been awarded to Aarhus. Today's meeting also covered the Russia situation and anti-doping issues.
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Old 02-12-2016, 19:14
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Uh-oh. Football sex abuse scandal spreads to athletics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38187957
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Old 03-12-2016, 09:18
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Usain Bolt win the IAAF Male Athlete of the Year award once again. Almaz Ayana win's the women's award.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38190929
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Old 03-12-2016, 14:34
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Usain Bolt win the IAAF Male Athlete of the Year award once again. Almaz Ayana win's the women's award.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38190929
Bolt could spend the entire season injured and still win the men's award. Which says a lot about men's athletics at the moment.

Shouldn't be too long now before British Athletics publish their selection document now that the standards are available
I'd be curious to see what UK Athletics does. Some of the IAAF standards already look a bit sharp for some of our second string athletes, and I'd assume we would want to send the largest possible team to London?
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Old 03-12-2016, 17:18
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After giving it a year, adidas will cut ties with the IAAF at year's end (by mutual consent, they say) 3 years earlier than contracted. Their place will be filled by Asics for the next 3 or 4 years.

In light of the issues (doping et al) that have dogged athletics, a set of governance reforms was passed at a Special Congress that was held today (full document).
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Old 06-12-2016, 14:05
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Couple of announcements by UKA today:

Farah to compete at Müller Indoor Grand Prix
McColgan added to WCPP
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Old 06-12-2016, 14:34
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Timetable for Sunday, all live on BBC Red Button, highlights on BBC2

09:15 U20 Women Race
09:40 U20 Men Race
10:10 U23 Women race
10:50 U23 Men race
11:30 Senior Women Race
12:10 Senior Men race
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Old 06-12-2016, 16:38
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Couple of announcements by UKA today
And another - Callum Hawkins has earned pre-selection for the WCh marathon. He just needs to stay fit until then...
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Old 08-12-2016, 13:49
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The Diamond League is changing its format for 2017 - now athletes have to qualify for the final in Brussels/Zurich with points built up over the previous 6 DL meetings in their event and then the top prize will be taken by the winner of the final. So, it's more akin to what we had in the Golden League days with athletes qualifying with points for the World Athletics Final.

A positive change, I think, if only to remove the somewhat arbitrary nature of giving double points for the final event in Brussels/Zurich - that never made much sense to me.

Not sure whether it will positively affect the participation of the top athletes who can win a couple of meetings and then probably be assured of their place in the final. And those who competed sparingly on the DL circuit in the past will probably continue to do so. The 'narrative' may be in who's going to grab the last places for the final. That 'narrative' is really only of interest to the hardcore fan but I guess overall though, that the system will make more sense to the more casual viewer.

Going a step further, I'd have liked the profile of the World Challenge meetings and selected better EAA meetings to be boosted by being included in the qualifying points system (with the proviso that athletes qualifying for the DL final have to have competed at least once in the DL that season).
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Old 10-12-2016, 01:12
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I suppose yesterday's news about the Russian doping scandal was not totally unexpected, but the full extent of it is shocking. It's like the bad old state-sponsored days of the GDR. Throughout the scandal, I always felt a tinge of sympathy for the few Russian athletes that might have been competing cleanly. Now it seems, apart from Klishina, they may all have been guilty.

Also, I don't think I'll look at a cup of Nescafe in quite the same way again
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Old 10-12-2016, 10:11
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I suppose yesterday's news about the Russian doping scandal was not totally unexpected, but the full extent of it is shocking. It's like the bad old state-sponsored days of the GDR. Throughout the scandal, I always felt a tinge of sympathy for the few Russian athletes that might have been competing cleanly. Now it seems, apart from Klishina, they may all have been guilty.

Also, I don't think I'll look at a cup of Nescafe in quite the same way again
It's been happening in Russia/USSR for the past 45+ years, only their schemes to avoid wholesale detection have had to become more 'sophisticated'/shocking.

I have a certain amount of sympathy for all of their athletes in that (by some accounts) they're coerced to dope through threats of losing their national team place and losing access to the best coaches and training camps if they don't comply. There's also a good deal of brainwashing that's happened - i.e., the rest of the world is doing it so it's ok.

The thing is, with Yelena "It's all a pack of lies" Isinbayeva now at the helm of RUSADA and Vitaly "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt" Mutko still in government, are they likely to reform their ways any time soon?

Anyway ... go Steph!
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Old 11-12-2016, 09:22
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Off we go with the Girl's race. German prospect Klosterhalfen who won last year well clear in the lead, but Brits crowding the top ten.

And indeed it's Bronze! for Harriet Knowles-Jones, and Gold!!! for the team after a quick 4K race. Boys up now. Norwegians have yet another Ingerbritsen running. Israelis are all Ethiopians, judging by their names.

Oh, dear, Alex Yee knocked down!!!
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Old 11-12-2016, 10:22
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Ingebrigtsen the Younger was very impressive, and still only 16yo!. I knew he has blazing track speed but wasn't sure about his endurance. Not sure that Alex Yee could have handled him even if he hadn't fallen.

12 mins into the U23 women's, down to 4 athletes and I think Sofia Ennaoui has this one.
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Old 11-12-2016, 10:26
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Exactly where Alex Yee fell there's a kink in the ground and quite a few athletes are stumbling a little there - Sofia Ennaoui just did. Perhaps the Turk who ran into the back of Yee did too.
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