Looking forward to the Europeans!
A new thing they're doing for everything up to 400 including the hurdles is giving byes to the semifinals for athletes with a Top 12 Season's Best on the European lists -
http://www.european-athletics.org/mm...SF_Neutral.pdf
Wonder if it's only for the Olympic years to make participation more attractive to those thinking of missing it?
Just one final tomorrow, the Women's 10,000 but it looks pretty good quality - plenty of women with SBs under 32 or close to and some old familiars like Moreira, Dulce Felix, and Fionnuala Britton (now McCormack). No Kate Avery it seems (injured or a calculated withdrawal?) but Jo Pavey & Jess Andrews are there. It'll be tough for Jo to medal again I think given the quality of the field, so maybe she'll just time-trial it for a Rio time?
Liking the look of the women's 800 heats too. Most of the European 'big guns' are there although it has to be said that qualification for the semis is easy at first 4 plus the 4 fastest. Once the inevitable intersex sweep of the medals in Rio happens I wonder if Lynsey will regret not going to Amsterdam and trying to win the title again? Arsamasova seems to be the only other big name missing.
Discus & Javelin qualifying will take place at Museum Square, photo here -
https://twitter.com/DiscusDan/status...rc=twsrc%5Etfw
From what I've seen the throws and vertical jumps work well in these outside-the-stadium settings though I'm still not sold on the running aspect of 'street athletics'. It doesn't quite seem to work for me.
Breaking news: David King has replaced Will Sharman on the team.