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Lunatic Dreyfus
10-07-2016
How on earth could they split that!?
grassmarket
10-07-2016
Originally Posted by bradybrady:
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Cant remember seeing such a tight finish”

Sydney Olympics 10000m was just as tight, but only two people involved, not four.

David Storl has just won the Shot.
bradybrady
10-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Sydney Olympics 10000m was just as tight, but only two people involved, not four.”

Could of been 5 as the guy in 5th didn't get a clear run and was only just 0.08 behind
grassmarket
10-07-2016
Well done Elliot Giles, that was a class field to be in.

Think that puts Poland into the top of the medals table, we can't catch them with 2 wins in the relays.
Fiercefanatic
10-07-2016
1:45.54 PB for Eliot Giles to take Bronze! He beat Labosse and Tuka and nearly beat Lewandoski too! That's also a Rio qualifier! I think UKA would be foolish not to take him to Rio now... hopefully they do what they did with Kyle Langford last year and take him with only 1 standard based on future potential!
Gavitar
10-07-2016
Brilliant, Elliot Giles! Hands up, I got him wrong. Didn't think he was ready yet.
Lunatic Dreyfus
10-07-2016
Michael Rimmer's successor in waiting is here. Great bronze for Giles, but we will be lurking in the wings for the chance to sling some mud in the future!
grassmarket
10-07-2016
Gold!!! And a WL time as well, fantastic!
Lunatic Dreyfus
10-07-2016
Well done girls. Mrs. Doyle didn't hang about on her leg.
Evo102
10-07-2016
Have Mr. Edwards and Ms. May packed up and gone home a day early?
Lisa.B
10-07-2016
Originally Posted by Lunatic Dreyfus:
“Michael Rimmer's successor in waiting is here. Great bronze for Giles, but we will be lurking in the wings for the chance to sling some mud in the future! ”

Only bronze? Even Ace Rimmer managed a European silver once.
Bosox
10-07-2016
Just caught up with the Athletics after watching Murray (seems Eurosport were watching other sports as well at the start, just more poor coverage from them of these champs).

Been another good day for GB, hoovering up the medals and the relays looking solid for once.
Bosox
10-07-2016
Damn, needed Rooney on the last leg there. Hudson Smith blew that badly.
grassmarket
10-07-2016
Damn, if only we had had Rooney on the final there.
grassmarket
10-07-2016
So Poland (as predicted by me!) win the whole thing - 6G 5S 1B

We finish third - 5G 3S 8B
Evo102
10-07-2016
Wow, I'd have put my mortgage on MHS on that last leg.
Lisa.B
10-07-2016
Borlee's & Friend snatch it at the death.

Urgh that smarts a bit. Don't know what happened to MHS there.
Lunatic Dreyfus
10-07-2016
Looked like Matt was dipping about 10 meters early. His form went out the window.

Rooney would've toughed that out. Matt's lack of racing showed.

Originally Posted by Lisa.B:
“Only bronze? Even Ace Rimmer managed a European silver once. ”

I didn't know he'd even won a medal.
grassmarket
10-07-2016
Anatolian All-Stars finish 4th, 4G 5S 3B
Gavitar
10-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“So Poland (as predicted by me!) win the whole thing - 6G 5S 1B

We finish third - 5G 3S 8B”

Same top 3 on the placings table but with positions reversed - Britain come 1st!
http://www.european-athletics.org/co.../placings.html
Gavitar
10-07-2016
Really enjoyed those Championships (though I always do)! Amsterdam put on a very good show and there was enough home success for the crowd to also play a big part in making it a good event.

Considering all the names we were missing, overall it's been pretty successful for us I think. Other countries didn't have as big a proportion of their big names not competing.

I must say I enjoyed Martin Gillingham's commentary and enthusiasm. Stuart Storey had quite a number of senior moments though.
Evo102
10-07-2016
Originally Posted by Gavitar:
“I must say I enjoyed Martin Gillingham's commentary and enthusiasm. Stuart Storey had quite a number of senior moments though.”

That's why the beeb got rid of him wasn't it?

BTW Just watching all the remaining medal ceremonies on Danish TV.
Gavitar
10-07-2016
Originally Posted by Evo102:
“That's why the beeb got rid of him wasn't it?

BTW Just watching all the remaining medal ceremonies on Danish TV.”

Probably and it''s the way these days that they go for relative youth. I like him a lot but I do find myself cringing a few times and I wish he'd do his homework on tricky-to-pronounce names.
grassmarket
10-07-2016
Turned out to be a cracking Champs, I reckon - very glad that I took the 3 days off to watch it all. As usual, UK Athletics were their normal clueless selves - reading between the lines of some of the interviews, they had originally planned to send out a team of duffers but a mutiny by some of the senior athletes like Martyn Rooney shamed them into sending a decent team. I just wonder if some of the big names who didn't participate - Laura Muir, Lyndsay Sharp, Ace Rimmer - regret their decision now. It's a much better preparation for Rio to run in one of these gnarly slow races than to run in one of those staged pacemaker-dominated celebrity processions that you get in the Diamond League.
Evo102
10-07-2016
Originally Posted by Gavitar:
“Probably and it''s the way these days that they go for relative youth. I like him a lot but I do find myself cringing a few times and I wish he'd do his homework on tricky-to-pronounce names.”

He still seems to know the names and faces from a generation or two ago, but I still don't think he's twigged that his old mate Alan Lerwill is actually Jazmin Sawyers coach and wasn't just there as a spectator.
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