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Old 27-05-2016, 08:13
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Also hearing on Twitter that Mariya Abakumova is another athlete if true could mean a medal for Goldie Sayers?

Interesting article http://www.insidethegames.biz/index....doping-samples
WOW at Chicherova... She's one of the biggest...
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Old 27-05-2016, 09:35
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Always enjoy Gotzis. Sadly I probably won't be able to watch much of the stream due to other commitments.

Warner should win the Decathlon comfortably. And will likely be a German battle for the other places, Gotzis is one of their official trial competitions.

Heptathlon should be a good battle between KJT & Brianne. I think KJT will come out on top with an overall PB of around 6800. Not that confident about Morgan Lake getting the qualifying for Rio. I think she'll score over 6000 which is a European qualifying standard. She could try again there for the Olympic qualifier if necessary or maybe even Ratingen in Germany in 4 weeks time - rumour is Jess might be doing that.
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Old 27-05-2016, 10:24
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Worth noting Austrian U18 Sarah Lagger (silver in WYCh hep) is competing, so comparisons with Morgan w.r.t both this weekend and 2014 will be made. It'll also be interesting to see how close Warner gets to Daley Thompson's Commonwealth record of 8847.*

Speaking of the Hypo-Meeting (in light of recent scandals, probably not the best name to have for a prestigious CE meet XD), here's some info:

Full-length preview
Decathlon start list of 32
Heptathlon start list of 33

[* Factoid of the day - was 8798 =WR/OR according to the scoring tables that applied when Daley retained his Olympic title in 1984. At the time, he was mistakenly denied a point from his 110mH performance, so his score was calculated as 8797 OR and he missed out on "World Record!" kudos at the time.]
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Old 27-05-2016, 11:14
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Amidst all the other excitement, we are forgetting about the Eugene Diamond League meet this weekend.

First up, the non-Diamond League Distance Night, featuring the annual "Mo Farah takes on the best in World, and everyone wears the same bloody kit" 10000.

https://www.diamondleague.com/news/s...e-classic-10k/

There is a live feed, but it seems to be subscriber only - it was free last year.

http://live.usatf.tv/livepre2016.html

And lots of other good stuff in the Meet itself - highlight will probably be Dafne Schippers and a strong 200m field.

http://www.diamondleague.com/news/si...ic-womens-200/
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Old 27-05-2016, 12:44
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Not that confident about Morgan Lake getting the qualifying for Rio. I think she'll score over 6000 which is a European qualifying standard. She could try again there for the Olympic qualifier if necessary or maybe even Ratingen in Germany in 4 weeks time - rumour is Jess might be doing that.
Well Morgan certainly didn't pull up any trees over the 100mh at Lufbra last weekend. I was really hoping that with a winter as a full time athlete (without the distraction of school) she'd have worked hard on her basic speed and really kicked on this year. Anyway if things don't work out regards the Olympic qualifying standard she'll still have the option of defending her World Junior titles.
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Old 27-05-2016, 13:46
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Names are starting to leak regarding the Beijing Olympics retests. And the first name is Anna Chicherova who won High Jump bronze in Beijing & of course gold in London. And she was one of the few Russians who a lot of people thought was clean.
And to follow up, first news of the London retests, again specifically targetting active sportspeople.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...2-drug-retests

23 more positives, 5 different sports, 6 different nationalities.
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Old 27-05-2016, 16:24
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And if you are still looking for something to watch this weekend, the NCAA website has the Division II and Division III finals - Division I comes up in a couple of weeks.

http://www.ncaa.com/
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Old 27-05-2016, 18:58
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Well Morgan certainly didn't pull up any trees over the 100mh at Lufbra last weekend. I was really hoping that with a winter as a full time athlete (without the distraction of school) she'd have worked hard on her basic speed and really kicked on this year. Anyway if things don't work out regards the Olympic qualifying standard she'll still have the option of defending her World Junior titles.
She set PBs over the hurdles & 800 indoors so seemed to be moving in the right direction. Oh well let's see what happens this weekend.

John Lane and Ashley Bryant are also competing in the Decathlon this weekend aiming for Olympic qualifying. Ashley has the best chance as he's been over the 8100 standard before back in 2014.
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Old 28-05-2016, 09:52
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Here's a summary of yesterday's activities at the Prefontaine Classic. More to come this evening.

Best British athlete on the night was Mo, as you'd expect - he won the men's 10,000m in a 26:53.71 WL. There was also a WL for world champion Joe Kovacs in the men's shot put (22.13m).
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Old 28-05-2016, 10:02
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Almost forgot - there was also a World Challenge meet in Dakar just the other day.
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Old 28-05-2016, 10:12
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14.43 for Morgan in the hurdles, not far off her PB

Hit the last hurdle pretty hard though
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Old 28-05-2016, 10:22
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Have a great feed for Gotzis on Kodi, watched the first two heats of the 100mh, but now they've switched to two blokes hitting a ball over a net.
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Old 28-05-2016, 10:30
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=PB for KJT in the hurdles, 13.37! Off to a good start...
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Old 28-05-2016, 11:28
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Have a great feed for Gotzis on Kodi, watched the first two heats of the 100mh, but now they've switched to two blokes hitting a ball over a net.
Had the same problem but then I found this stream which is showing it.

For tomorrow's link, check the meeting's website at https://meeting-goetzis.at/ - scroll down to Quick-Links.
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Old 28-05-2016, 12:04
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Had the same problem but then I found this stream which is showing it.

For tomorrow's link, check the meeting's website at https://meeting-goetzis.at/ - scroll down to Quick-Links.
Thanks, I found the link off twitter, bit of a faff trying to find a browser that would play fullscreen but Chrome did the trick and in near HD.
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Old 28-05-2016, 12:45
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I'll never understand multi-eventers no-marking in the Long Jump. If you foul your first attempt, then damn well make sure you get a safe one in next time to at least get some points on the board. Then you can really go for it again in the 3rd round.
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Old 28-05-2016, 13:11
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Morgan Lake looks heavily strapped up on her leg, hope it's not affecting her too much
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Old 28-05-2016, 13:13
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1.86m for Morgan, 8cm down on her best.

Rio qualification is looking less likely now, lets hope she can PB in some other events or at least get the European standard.
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Old 28-05-2016, 13:16
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Nafi and KJT only ones left at 1.92, both with one failure. BTE only 1.83.
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Old 28-05-2016, 13:32
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After 2 events:
1 KJT 2201
2 BTE 2151
3 LIA 2130
...
9 Lake 1972

British boys going well ... After 2 events:
1 Warner 1901
2 Dos Santos 1900
3 Kazmirek 1869
...
5 Lane 1805
9 Bryant 1798

Next up, the Kugelstossen (Herren und Frauen)
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Old 28-05-2016, 15:25
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Oh dear. 11.55 is KJT's final mark for the shot put. Lowest of all the competitors from both groups.

Morgan Lake threw 13.18m. KJT is in 6th, Lake in 17th after 3 events.
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Old 28-05-2016, 16:31
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22.79 PB from Kat in the 200m! And the wind is legal too! Wow!!!

That's a UK Lead as well!
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Old 28-05-2016, 17:01
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Had a quick scan through the current heptathlon results. That 22.79 from KJT was jolly impressive, though her flat speed isn't in doubt. But that shot putt was woeful, even by her standards. I wonder if she was still kicking the shot in to the circle!

I hope she doesn't fall in to the trap of feeling like she has to clear the long jump pit tomorrow in order to make up for this.

For once I'll keep an eye on the declathlon as I'm following Toni Minichello's entertaining blog, and he's there with John Lane.
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Old 28-05-2016, 17:24
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Blimey, Warner's clocked a 10.15 (+1.1m/s) WDB in the 100m!! That's worth 1059 points, for the record - I wonder what Ashton Eaton will make of that.
22.79 PB from Kat in the 200m! And the wind is legal too!
For anyone who wants to know, it was +1.3m/s.
Provided she doesn't do a Beijing, I can see her long jumping 6.90m or thereabouts.
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Old 28-05-2016, 19:48
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Here's a list of all the GB athletes with the Olympic Q standards:

Mens 100m (10.16s):
2015 2 or more: CJ Ujah, A Gemili, R Kilty, J Dasaolu, S Safo-Antwi, J Ellington, N MItchell-Blake
2015 1: Harry Aikines-Aryteey, D Talbot

Women’s 100m (11.32s)
2 or more: Asher-Smith, D Henry, A Philip
1: A Nelson

Men’s 200m (20.50s)
2 or more: Z Hughes, D Talbot, CJ Ujah, J Ellington, N Mitchell-Blake, J Ellington
1: D Williams

Women’s 200m (23.20s):
2 or more: D Asher-Smith, B Williams, J Williams, M Adeoye, S Hylton, D Henry, K Johnson-Thompson
1: C McLennaghan, A Onoura, A Nelson

Men’s 400m (45.40s):
2 or more: M Rooney, R Yousif, M Hudson-Smith, J Dunn
1: C Williams, D Williams

Women’s 400ms (52.20s):
2 or more: C Ohourugu, A Onoura, S Bundy-Davis
1: M Adeoye, K Mcaslan

Men’s 800m (1.46.00s)
2: M Rimmer
1: K Langford

Women’s 800m (2.01.50s)
2 or more: L Sharp, S Oskan-Clarke, J Meadows, A Leonard, L Muir

Men’s 1500m (3.36.20s)
2 or more: C Grice
1: C O’Hare, M Farah

Women’s 1500m (4.07.00s)
2 or more: L Muir, L Weightman

Men’s 5000m (13.25.00)
2 or more: M Farah, T Farrell, A Butchart
1: A Vernon

Women’s 5000m (15.24.00)
2 or more: S Twell, L Whittle, E McColgan

Men’s 10000m (28.00.00):
1 or more: M Farah, A Vernon

Women’s 10000m (32.15.00):
Already Selected: J Andrews, B Potter
1 or more: K Avery

Men’s Marathon (2.14.00):
Already Selected: C Hawkins, T Tewelde, D Hawkins

Women’s Marathon (2.31.00):
Already Selected: A Dixon, S Samuels

Men’s 3000mSC (8.30.00)
1: R Mullett

Women’s 3000mSC (9.45.00)
1: L Waite

Men’s 110mh (13.47s):
2 or more: L Clarke
1: A Pozzi

Women’s 100mh (13.00s)
2 or more: T Porter, C Ofili, S Solomon

Men’s 400mh (49.40s)
2 or more: N Flannery
1: J Green, T Burton

Women’s 400mh (56.20s)
2 or more: E Child, M Beesley
1: S Richards

Men’s High Jump (2.29m)
2 or more: C Baker, R Grabarz

Women’s High Jump (1.93m)
2 or more: I Pooley, M Lake

Men’s Pole Vault (5.70m)
2 or more: L Cutts

Women’s Pole Vault (4.50m)
2 or more: H Bradshaw

Men’s Long Jump (8.15m)
2 or more: G Rutherford
1: D Bramble

Women’s Long Jump:
2 or more: S Proctor, L Ugen,
1 or more: K Johnson-Thompson, J Sawyers

Men’s Triple Jump (16.85m)
2 or more: J Reid
1: N Douglas

Women’s Triple Jump (14.15m)
None

Men’s Shot Put (20.50m):
None

Women’s Shot Put (17.75m):
None

Men’s Discus (65.00m)
None

Women’s Discus (61.00m)
2 or more: J Lally

Men’s Hammer (77.00m)
2 or more: N Miller

Women’s Hammer (71.00m)
2 or more: S Hitchon

Men’s Javelin (83.00m)
None

Women’s Javelin (62.00m)
1: G Sayers

Men’s Decathlon (8100 points)
None

Women’s Heptathlon (6200 points)
1 required: J Ennis-Hill
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