Athletics Weekly

Because a white man has never ran under 10 secs, obviously pietro minnea's 200 record 19.72, was a bit out of sorts!!! derrrrrrrr

Actually, who has been the closest white man under 10? interesting, its like heavy weight boxing, true!!

Christian Malcolm is and always been the star of Welsh Athletics but he has earned it. I guess he is funded by UKA, and other sources. I believe they have a Commonwealth package, but it may not include her as she may be too old?? Hopefully she hasnt left it too late?? Discus is looking very weak at ...

She did retire i believe for around 8mths!!! and looked pretty out of shape when i saw her at Crystal Palace a few months ago. Apparently she will be coming back next year for the Commonwealth and European, and is now being coached by Bob weir. Mike winch has retired and hasnt coached her since 2005...

Wouldn't it be great f Villi threw for UK, may give some of our so called throwers a kick in the ass!!!

Come on Meadows.............. now is the time to shine

Very sad. Anyone know the circumstances?

:roll: its so easy to reply from your sofa big gut...............!!! hows about you get in the real world. Athletics has changed. Positive or negative who knows, but if people who were actually there, want to say what they think, who cares? nobody will in 3 weeks, 3 months!!! Its a business, and cer...

Well this article has raised some interesting comments, and I feel the need to add my pennyworth! Firstly, having read Philippa's comments I did not get the impression that she was trying to make excuses for her own performance. She summed that up in her immediate post competition interview when she...

As i said before, hammer is irrelevant as it has been existence for around 15 years??? and is still a new event and hasnt been affected by the eastern bloc and old soviet regime which wouuld have pushed the WR over 85m. Ok, is there any woman on the planet capable of running 10.49, 47.60, or 21.34. ...

The powers that be have brought in new specs for female javelin which have revitalised an event which was dying due to the fact that the world record was 80.00m!!!!!! Its about time we wiped out the Eastern European shadow on shot and discus, and introduce new specifications on these events in order...

Wow!! thats a long way!!! Question for you stat guys: How does that compare to Felke's 80.00m? And...... Should we look at changing the specs in the other girlie throws (discus and shot)? because to be honest the world records will never be broken in the shot and the discus? 22.68, 76.80!!!!!!!!!!!!...

mmmm, christine compared to turner, tyrone compared to pickering!!! Very obvious difference there!!!!!!! If you remeber GDR athletes in the 80's who were muscle bound beyound believe (Koch, Gladisch, Drechsler,Gansky, Supianek, neimke, kumbernuss!) , ok do you see the difference? All White, all SLIG...

ok, you have a point in terms of egotistical sprinters and middle distance runners who actually were boasting in the olympic village dinner hall about kit contracts, funding, etc, whereas the field athletes (some of them), were contemplating going back to work!!! yes WORK?????? | read an article in ...

i heard that our discus thrower had a hip injury? i hope she is ok as i heard she was throwing way over 60m in most training sessions, so i guess the failure (bevone) is due to psychological factors. i guess its better than 3 no throws!!! but unacceptable in terms of world standard. did anyone notic...

its so easy to sit on your sofa and judge others when the circumstances are not fully known. How's about you get of your fat butts and do what these guys do, then judge them!!!? Do any of you guys have a proven track record in coaching? which doesnt include surrey champions? No....Any of you guys co...

Yates has a real fighting spirit, thought his interview was honest, that guy really cares about his event, and he deserves a chance (a lot more than some in the team, i.e Womens pole vault!!) Look forward to seeing him run sub 49, then onwards and upwards. Perri looked good aswell and should have be...

hey, that guy who did the post race interviews must be gutted after starring in the green mile with Tom Hanks, now he has Colin Jackson!!! what a come down! That meet seemed a liitle flat to me, and a lttle suspect. Alison Felix should not be running like that, then crossing the line smiling? and ho...

good jump by kelly, but she will never be the same class as Jade Johnson, who is more than capable of jumping 7m plus. I heard there is a discus(female) on at 1.30pm, brits only, no payment, where is the incentive, why not get some europeans over to show how it is done? very strange?

why not just go back to the old format? yes its not what it used to be in the days when it televised (yes it was!!). However, i am sure that the Cup has a place within the fixture calender, especially for those athletes who do not have the option of competing in international comps, even though they...

UKA criteria!? How about when BAF were in charge, first two past the post as long as they have the IAAF entry standard. When did this 4 prong entry standard criteria arise? it has made life very uncomfortable for some athletes and very easy for others. How does such a subjective and bias selection c...

:lol: hey, no worries about dropping the baton if philippa was in the 4 X 100m, !!!!!!!!!!!! Leaving Ania out of the individual slot is so stupid, she is so much better than the other choice. Other additions: Zoe Derham (well deserved), Dale Garland?????, mm, But saying that, Kate Dennison in the fi...

i have heard that Zoe Derham has been added to the team. Does anyone know who else has been added? Good job Zoe, best of luck to you at the games

hey, great throwing from Emeka, Abdul and Zoe. Lots more to come from the discus boys. Both of which hold down stressful full time jobs in the city, and have achieved so much this year considering they are up at 5am every morning. Lets hope they pick Zoe for the Olympics, 70m is definately there, al...

Good point Sam,

A lot of people forget that the sport is track AND FIELD

Hey, what a fantastic performance (pity muscroft insists on doing his victor meldrew impression again!). That guy is very frustrated about something!

Good luck to her at the Olympics

MT

Imagine suffering from flu, and having to get up for work - not a nice thought, particularly if you are male and suffering from man-flu (which as we all know is just one step from death's door!). Then imagine suffering from flu and having to compete in an Olympic Trials. I saw and spoke with Philipp...