Athletics Weekly

So apparently Nevit's positive test could have been caused by an energy drink

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/energy ... sCatID=371

These will be from touts who have bought them today. The prices are way over face value.

I'm aware of that, but lot's of people that want tickets will pay for them. I'm not that desperate - yet

I didn't get any either
I thought they were only available via the email links? Viagogo seem to have managed to get plenty to sell!
http://www.viagogo.co.uk/Sports-Tickets ... s/E-527542

The IAAF have tweeted

"IAAF DOES NOT confirm positive of Asli Cakir Alptekin being reported in media. This is NOT an official announcement from IAAF."

Holly 3 failures at 4.64m. Big PB for Eilish McColgan 8.49.31

trickstat wrote:

Laps wrote:Mo is training for the London Marathon, which is only nine weeks away.

What do you know that we don't?

I thought Mo had already said he is planning to do the 5000 and 10000 in Moscow, and possibly do the London marathon in 2014.

Yasmin Miller, who isn't 18 until May, ran 8.32 for the 60m hurdles at Loughborough yesterday. It places her joint 2nd on the U20W all time list, behind Lesley Ann Skeete (8.22) and equal withTasha Danvers.

Tracker wrote:I know she is not a sprinter but did Jazmin Sawyers not win World Junior bronze last year in the bobsled?

Jazmin won silver at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

|Any news of a bobsleigh man taking up sprinting? How long before the sport compains about the influx of track types? But it has been going on for a couple of decades. I note that in the USA women runners are giving it a try...any Brit girls involved here? Rebekah Wilson of Sale Harriers went to bo...

An interesting list, to be sure. Didn't realise Jodie had changed coaches (Po10 still has Mike Mc) - hopefully training with Desiree will push them both on, though I might be wrong but I think Madiri has had an involvement in their coaching for a while. I think he used to coach her when she was you...

Reading twitter, there's a couple of our female sprinters not happy.

Bloke2 wrote:I don't see Jodie Williams anywhere, and I live in Mexico so it's a little harder to stay in touch. Anyone know what the situation is?

As far as I can remember Jodie has never been on lottery funding.

Just announced

http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/octobe ... amme-2013/

Kate Dennison has announced that she is retiring, after 12 years of pole vault.
http://www.katedennison.net/british-pole-vault-blog.htm

Holly Bleasdale has officially gone to Dan Pfaff and will spend her time split between Cardiff and the US.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... Pfaff.html

Holly Bleasdale moves to Cardiff tomorrow.

I'm defending her, i couldn't care less what she did or didn't say about Isi. It has absolutely no bearing on how she performed at OG as others are trying to insinuate Nobody has said or implied that it infulenced how she performed, just as somebody who read the comments she made, it makes the loss...

Picked up from Paul Bradshaw's twitter (Holly's fiancé). Small people = small ambitions! Big people = big ambitions! #USA
Not sure if there is anything to be read into that or not?

He started off as an 800 runner and only switched around 2005.

Holly had a bad comp in Germany on 19th and no heighted, 2 days after the Diamond League in Stockholm. Maybe she is doing too much!

Oh no!! She is so much fun to watch, and talented to boot!

I saw a picture of Kate Dennison on twitter. She had her wrist/lower arm in either plaster or it was strapped up.

Just been on BBC news that Nadzeya Ostapchuk from Belarus, who won gold medal in women's shot putt, has been disqualified for a doping offence.

Splits from twitter GBR Williams 45.2, Green 44.6, Greene 45.53, Rooney 44.09.

My initial reaction was bye bye medal. I hope it was wrong!

From twitter - Men's 4x400m order - Williams, Green, Greene, Rooney.

According to IAAF twitter it's N Levine, C Williams, J Green, M Rooney.

I'm sure there is no one more disappointed than Holly is. She was aware of the expectations that had been pinned on her, she tried her best, and on this occasion, for whatever reason, it wasn't enough. I've watched her compete for years, and she has always done her very best. It's a long, long way f...

Helen Clitheroe was there as well and she tweeted "Was disgusted that the announcer didn't introduce @stuart_stokes to the fans every brit should have that moment #proud"