Originally Posted by Ads:
“What's up with Gemili this year?”
“What's up with Gemili this year?”
On the Red Button Forum programme he said he's in a heavy training block at the moment and his demeanour suggested he wasn't upset with his time today.
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On the Red Button Forum programme he said he's in a heavy training block at the moment and his demeanour suggested he wasn't upset with his time today.
Originally Posted by Evo102:
“And the best news of the day - Perri's back!
Solid 3rd leg running with Massey, Laviai Nielsen and Diamond in Germany, time of around 3:28.”
“And the best news of the day - Perri's back!
Solid 3rd leg running with Massey, Laviai Nielsen and Diamond in Germany, time of around 3:28.”
Great news about Perri! Here's video of the race - https://youtu.be/fiZsz10tISU
Here's the rough splits:
Massey 51.5
Laviai Nielsen 52.8
PSD 52.7
Diamond 51.6
Originally Posted by Gavitar:
“On the Red Button Forum programme he said he's in a heavy training block at the moment and his demeanour suggested he wasn't upset with his time today.”
“On the Red Button Forum programme he said he's in a heavy training block at the moment and his demeanour suggested he wasn't upset with his time today.”
Just caught up with the forum now & also mentioned there (and it's been tweeted about too) that he & Asha Philip who also didn't run well today had a training session after. Adam always gets quicker as the season goes on & runs his best times at champs.
Be interesting to see how Adam goes in his planned 200 race in Geneva next week, which will be his first 200 since winning the European title.
My highlight from a British perspective today was seeing Hudson-Smith back to form. He was so strong at the end & looks like he'll be sub 45 again soon
My overall highlight was Barshim getting back towards his best.
Got to say I'm not hugely optimistic about our prospects in Rio on this showing. Yes, all of our London veterans are in with medal chances, but I don't see many of our younger athletes doing much. Apart from Eilidh Doyle, Lindsay Sharp and the women's relay squads, I can't see many other people who can get into finals, never mind medal. Maybe things will improve.
Sorry if this has already been posted. Looks like USADA has ended it's Salazar investigation:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...P=share_btn_tw
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...P=share_btn_tw
Still thinking about Nelson's performance in the first 100m heat. I think her 11.31 into a -3.1 headwind is perhaps her best performance to date. It corrects to 11.04 for those who trust "basic" times.
Our 4x1 team suddenly looks a lot better. We finished only narrowly behind T&T in Beijing and their star sprinter, Ahye, has looked poor thus far. With DAS, Nelson and Henry looking so good, and (hopefully) an in-form Philip starting, we could go sub-42 and win a medal.
Philip-Nelson-DAS-Henry would be the best line-up I feel.
Our 4x1 team suddenly looks a lot better. We finished only narrowly behind T&T in Beijing and their star sprinter, Ahye, has looked poor thus far. With DAS, Nelson and Henry looking so good, and (hopefully) an in-form Philip starting, we could go sub-42 and win a medal.
Philip-Nelson-DAS-Henry would be the best line-up I feel.
After a strong indoor season (sub-4:10) I was expecting Hannah England to be back in the fray for an Olympic place but so far she's only run 4:11, 4:10 & 4:11 again today (in Bydgoszcz).
Sarah McDonald, on the other hand, who was 3 seconds behind her in the British indoors has catapulted herself up the rankings with a 4:07.2 today. It's a long shot (or maybe not given her rate of improvement?) but can she get a couple of sub-4:07 before June 20th to join (presumably) the two Lauras on the team? Or, will she just be satisfied with a place on the Euros team?
Sarah McDonald, on the other hand, who was 3 seconds behind her in the British indoors has catapulted herself up the rankings with a 4:07.2 today. It's a long shot (or maybe not given her rate of improvement?) but can she get a couple of sub-4:07 before June 20th to join (presumably) the two Lauras on the team? Or, will she just be satisfied with a place on the Euros team?
Originally Posted by Gavitar:
“Andrew Cotter virtually writing Rudisha off before the race. Silly man.
African record for Rudisha. Terrific European record for Bosse off the back of his DL 800 win.”
“Andrew Cotter virtually writing Rudisha off before the race. Silly man.
African record for Rudisha. Terrific European record for Bosse off the back of his DL 800 win.”
Andrew Cotter is a poor commentator isn't he? Sadly he has become a "jack of all trades" for the BBC.
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Got to say I'm not hugely optimistic about our prospects in Rio on this showing. Yes, all of our London veterans are in with medal chances, but I don't see many of our younger athletes doing much. Apart from Eilidh Doyle, Lindsay Sharp and the women's relay squads, I can't see many other people who can get into finals, never mind medal. Maybe things will improve.”
“Got to say I'm not hugely optimistic about our prospects in Rio on this showing. Yes, all of our London veterans are in with medal chances, but I don't see many of our younger athletes doing much. Apart from Eilidh Doyle, Lindsay Sharp and the women's relay squads, I can't see many other people who can get into finals, never mind medal. Maybe things will improve.”
Oh, there's more surely. Just with my distance hat on, both the Lauras should make the 1500 final, Steph should make the 5k final, maybe McColgan too? Grice & O'Hare have a decent shot at the final & Butchart seems a decent bet now for the 5k final. It's true there's probably no medals there (unless Laura Muir has a cunning plan) but I think things are starting to look up a bit for British middle-distance running (relative to recent years).
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Got to say I'm not hugely optimistic about our prospects in Rio on this showing. Yes, all of our London veterans are in with medal chances, but I don't see many of our younger athletes doing much. Apart from Eilidh Doyle, Lindsay Sharp and the women's relay squads, I can't see many other people who can get into finals, never mind medal. Maybe things will improve.”
“Got to say I'm not hugely optimistic about our prospects in Rio on this showing. Yes, all of our London veterans are in with medal chances, but I don't see many of our younger athletes doing much. Apart from Eilidh Doyle, Lindsay Sharp and the women's relay squads, I can't see many other people who can get into finals, never mind medal. Maybe things will improve.”
Well, obivously not about today (and not about getting into finals), but I think that KJT has a great shot at a medal.
Also believe that Henry and DAS have a chance at the 100m final. Currently only the USA (3x), Jamaica (3x), Ivory Coast (2x) and The Netherlands (1x) are ahead of them in the rankings. And especially the Ivory Coast women are catchable.
As for the 200m, only Schippers, Felix, Bowie and Thompson are almost certainly in the final. The rest of the places are up for grabs. Assuming that DAS will go for the 200m in Rio, as I can't see a time (/mark) for her yet this year. Surprisingly enough, KJT is currently the UK's fasted female 200m sprinter.
Originally Posted by redvers36:
“Andrew Cotter is a poor commentator isn't he? Sadly he has become a "jack of all trades" for the BBC.”
“Andrew Cotter is a poor commentator isn't he? Sadly he has become a "jack of all trades" for the BBC.”
Hmm, I think the whole BBC athletics team has become an 'old boys/girls club' (with Cotter a relatively new boy) and they've become lazy and cliched in their commentary.
I'd be all for Rob Walker taking over lead commentary duties. I've been very impressed by him whenever I've heard him. Very knowledgeable & thoughtful and he conveys the right level of enthusiasm, I think, just by intonation and without shouting like Crammy does.
Originally Posted by Gavitar:
“Hmm, I think the whole BBC athletics team has become an 'old boys/girls club' (with Cotter a relatively new boy) and they've become lazy and cliched in their commentary.
I'd be all for Rob Walker taking over lead commentary duties. I've been very impressed by him whenever I've heard him. Very knowledgeable & thoughtful and he conveys the right level of enthusiasm, I think, just by intonation and without shouting like Crammy does.”
“Hmm, I think the whole BBC athletics team has become an 'old boys/girls club' (with Cotter a relatively new boy) and they've become lazy and cliched in their commentary.
I'd be all for Rob Walker taking over lead commentary duties. I've been very impressed by him whenever I've heard him. Very knowledgeable & thoughtful and he conveys the right level of enthusiasm, I think, just by intonation and without shouting like Crammy does.”
The best commentator is Mike Costello on 5live
It's still relatively early in the season yet. Others will emerge as the season goes on & form improves, who would have talked up Eilidh as a potential medalist a couple of Months ago?
I think we'll get a few finalists in the sprints. Pozzi looks as if he could make the hurdles final if his body stays in 1 piece. Grabarz is going pretty well & Lorraine Ugen is having a decent season. And in the States Mitchell-Blake, Ofili & Nick Miller are all doing great on the Collegiate circuit - of course it remains to be seen what form they are in come August but that just illustrates the point that you can't judge too much on form in the 1st week of June either way.
I think we'll get a few finalists in the sprints. Pozzi looks as if he could make the hurdles final if his body stays in 1 piece. Grabarz is going pretty well & Lorraine Ugen is having a decent season. And in the States Mitchell-Blake, Ofili & Nick Miller are all doing great on the Collegiate circuit - of course it remains to be seen what form they are in come August but that just illustrates the point that you can't judge too much on form in the 1st week of June either way.
I think Crammy & Cotter are brilliant & am also a fan of Mike Costello on 5 Live. I really don't like Tim Hutchings or Martin Gillingham on Eurosport though.
Originally Posted by Ads:
“The best commentator is Mike Costello on 5live”
“The best commentator is Mike Costello on 5live”
I was always a big fan of John Rawling who now seems to mostly stick to boxing but still commentates on the IPC athletics for C4.
Originally Posted by big bro geek:
“Just seen highlights of the hurdles. How was Eilidh Doyle not given that victory? It looked like she did in real time and the photo certainly indicated she did
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“Just seen highlights of the hurdles. How was Eilidh Doyle not given that victory? It looked like she did in real time and the photo certainly indicated she did
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Very odd, I've seen nothing to suggest Tate won that dip or no dip - I'm booking myself
into Specsavers in the morning.
Another UK combined events record bites the dust - Niamh Emerson scored a PB of 5815 in an U18 heptathlon in Tenerife.
Originally Posted by Edward_Sloley:
“Olga Rypakova (KAZ) leads women's triple jump at the death with 14.61m (+1.5m/s) =SB! What response from Ibargüen?
It's 14.53m (+0.7m/s), so her streak of 34 is ended by the same person that denied her Olympic gold in 2012!”
“Olga Rypakova (KAZ) leads women's triple jump at the death with 14.61m (+1.5m/s) =SB! What response from Ibargüen?
It's 14.53m (+0.7m/s), so her streak of 34 is ended by the same person that denied her Olympic gold in 2012!”
Finally!
Originally Posted by ali1234:
“Has Arzramasova (spelling?) won any races since Beijing?
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“Has Arzramasova (spelling?) won any races since Beijing?
”
Originally Posted by Gavitar:
“I'm not sure I've ever seen her win a non-championship race.”
“I'm not sure I've ever seen her win a non-championship race.”
She might have a good chance at a medal in Rio as well.
Semenya wins the gold if she wants to.
Tom Bosworth secured his Rio place in the 20K Walk by winning the British Grand Prix in Leeds on Sunday - he already had a qualifying time from earlier in the summer.
Just a heads up - Eurosport 2 are showing a meeting from Prague tonight at 5PM. Haven't seen full start lists but I know Jack Green is running.
Originally Posted by Tiger Rose:
“Just a heads up - Eurosport 2 are showing a meeting from Prague tonight at 5PM. Haven't seen full start lists but I know Jack Green is running.”
“Just a heads up - Eurosport 2 are showing a meeting from Prague tonight at 5PM. Haven't seen full start lists but I know Jack Green is running.”
He got an Olympic QT in a small meet in Slovakia over the weekend.
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Tom Bosworth secured his Rio place in the 20K Walk by winning the British Grand Prix in Leeds on Sunday - he already had a qualifying time from earlier in the summer.”
“Tom Bosworth secured his Rio place in the 20K Walk by winning the British Grand Prix in Leeds on Sunday - he already had a qualifying time from earlier in the summer.”
More about the walking here. Overall standards seem to be getting closer to international level.
http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/m...th-british-rw/
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