Athletics Weekly

Yet again our British female athletes have been denied medals at major champs then due to others doping. Hattie Dean (Archer) should be upgraded in the 2010 steeplchase after finishing 4th. Note also that Jo Pavey finished 4th in the 5000m at the 2006 European Champs where Dominguez won. A look at t...

Let's remember that the World Champs are a bit later this year than the Olympics were, so in general the competition timetable is a bit more spread out and athletes have more time to get qualifying standards etc. This weekend will see lots compete though with BIG at Bedford and the Manchester street...

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No Semenya this year, apparently she isn't training at the moment so the South Africans aren't going to fund her !

Vivian Cheruiyot will miss Moscow and therefore the chance to defend her two world titles.

No official reason given yet, injury, pregnancy ?

Does this leave the way for an Ethiopian clean sweep ? Will Genzebe Dibaba challenge her sister in the 5000m or stick with the 1500m i wonder.

considering it was won in 1.48.81 can we assume that it was likely a messy, slow and tactical race.

If he does finish with Doha as his seasons best, it would be the 3rd season in a row...

Shaunagh Brown 16.39m in the shot and 66.06m in the Hammer. Great if she could start to push on towards 70m and start to challenge Hitchon. She seems to be turning away from the discus and focussing more on the hammer in the past couple of years, still just 23.

Matt Fayers - 1500m
Rowen May - PV
Elliot Safo - LJ

Lots of standards achieved in Loughborough

Sophie Papps - 100m
Dina Asher Smith - 200m
Shannon Hylton - 200m
Cheriece Hylton - 400m
Zoey Clarke - 400m
Bobby Clay - 1500m
Bronwen Owen - 3000m
Morgan Lake - HJ
Yasmin Miller - 100m H
Katie Ingle 3000m SC
Louisa James - Hammer

jeremy1 wrote:Pig,
Montell Douglas is not even national standard now and never will be, despite the endless hopes of some posters here.

Get over your gripe with Montell Douglas !! Stop worrying so much about what other posters think and do and might actually enjoy the sport a bit more....

Katrina Wooton wins the 5000m in 15.30, Steph Twell quite a bit behind in 15.42.

Clitheroe was just pace making. Conrad Williams was disqualified along with Maslak for a false start. They didn't show any replays but took them a while to decide. I don't really know what is happening with Merritt, he didn't attempt the first hurdle, so i guess he must have felt something as soon a...

Merrit with an injury as well it appears, not a good night for some of the Americans, Will Claye and Dwight Phillips not so good in the long jump either. Meet down in quality in comparison to Doha, but i guess a lot of athletes are probably reluctant to travel to a meet so far away this early in the...

And we wonder why nearly every nation other than Kenya is giving up on the steeplechase ! They just have a conbeyor belt of talent, straight from world juniors to nearly running sub 8 minutes..... I find the mens steeplechase and the mens 1500m and 5000m to a lesser degree so hard to get into, all t...

Really like Okagbare, would love to see her double in the 100m and long jump in Moscow. Shame for Jeter, but SAFP looked great.

What a bizarre race by Kiprop in the 1500m, let them all get away and then powered through on the final bend and just got Gebremdin on the line.

i think the number of top 8 positions will be as good as last year if not slightly better. I thihk some athletes definately pushed themselves too hard before the Olympics or the pressure got to them leading to a few sub par performances. With the pressure off i think we will see a stronger showing a...

Also Lucy Hatton in the midweek Loughborough meet recording 13.75 in the 100m hurdles.

Loren Bleaken 2.05.43 in the 800m finishing 3rd behind Jessica Judd yesterday, qualifies for the Euro U20s

Nice little article on Christine O http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/christine-ohuruogu-finds-there-is-life-and-literature-after-the-2012-games-8616423.html Apparently a childrens author now as well ! I think she is spot on though when she mentions how British athletes may now fee...

The British Milers Club put on some great meets all summer. Perhaps results of these meets can go in this thread so they don't get buried amongst others. The first main grand prix may be this weekend, but this evening in watford there is a small meet with some big names. Start lists. http://www.brit...

Another athlete injured? Our elite Farah,Ennis,Rutherford,Osagie,CO, are presumably uninjured. Idowu is the usual unknown factor. Any other injureds?? Clarke, Pozzi;?? Turner is recovering from injury.Are our middle distance women fit?? With Lisa Dobsirkey, you've already mentioned Weightman, Twell...

A big difference between an athlete self promoting and someone who is doing their sport but faces commentary not on their performances but on their aesthetic qualities. Yes there are athletes who may wish to exploit their talents beyond their athletics ones, but there are also plenty of others who d...

I think she is going to be pushing for no.1 1500m runner this season. She is not afraid to get right up there with the best and i think she will rewrite her 1500m PB this season. Judd, like Weightman, will transition well into senior races because it just looks like they aren't afraid of their other...

The first BMC grand prix meet of the year, unusually early and at Solihull, will have a big impact on the middle and long distance fields. The likes of Steph Twell and Emelia Gorecka are competing there on the saturday night.

Its unlikely that most of the articles about Klishina concentrate on her (undoubted) beauty. Most will focus on what she does. Nothing wrong with the odd one talking about her looks as well as her talent. Maria Sharapova lives with such comments every time she walks on court. I doubt it bothers her...

So you reallym think it is from demand that this type of article was produced, or that writers who decide to feature Klishina could not think of anything much more beyond the obvious to primarily focus on in the article ? I will give the many women who read the article (but lets face it, is probably...

'With her good looks, long legs and considerable talent, long jumper Darya Klishina is the blonde-haired future of Russian track and field.' Apparently, good looks and long legs are the key to be being considered the future of Russian athletics..... . And blonde hair :roll: Did you see the Savinova...

This weekend sees the annual Loughborough International. Teams are starting to be announced. The weather forecast is at the moment looking like we may see some iffy conditions..... I really hope vital meets like these where athletes can put down good performances are not wrecked by the weather as so...

This article may have orginally been written in Russian, and i don't really know the state of feminism in Russia at all, but the fact that the IAAF decides to post it on their website infuriates me. http://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/darya-klishina-combines-beauty-and-power Can we not see an article a...

Jodie had one bad year, last year, which was down to an injury. Up until then her progression had been great. If this year doesn't go great then maybe there could be claims that she isn't progressing the way people thought, but its way too early to tell. This is technically her first year of senior ...