Athletics Weekly

I'm reminded of this little gem of a book:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases- ... -is-spoke/

coaches_tenevents wrote:...her failiure to attend three drug tests...

She did not fail to attend any drug tests. She had failed to update her diary on three occasions when testers turned up. There is a difference - evidently too subtle for some.

^ If this means you get pips on your epaulette I'll be so jealous!

Flumpy wrote:I'm pretty certain he drinks.

You're being kind. I think it's just endogenous bile.

There have been so many outstanding achievements this year that everyone who makes it on to the final shortlist should be a credible potential winner. It would have been a travesty had Murray not won the US Open and was still being considered, but winning such a major title earns him the right to be...

Holly's move is mentioned at the end of this piece:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... years.html

I saw the post on another forum stating that someone on yet another forum had reported that Adam had announced that he was leaving his coach, so at the moment it has the status of a third- or fourth-hand rumour. If Adam has made such an announcement, then it was done very quietly as it doesn't seem ...

Not quite sure how Rabah Yousif managed to avoid a DQ. He ran most of the final straight in Nigel Levine's lane. Anyone else see it?

Startlists and real-time results:
http://www.rietimeeting.com/wp-content/ ... index.html

The 10K took place before BBC coverage started and there evidently wasn't a 27-minute gap in proceedings to show it!

Gaby is utterly fab but having her present the last couple of meetings in the season is - a bit like PSD's recent sub-54 form - too little, too late.

Dan Pfaff coaches athletes from such a diverse range of events:
http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/p ... eid=210966

It says a lot for Holly's talent and potential that jumping 4.87 indoors and then finishing 6th at the OG still leaves some of us feeling that she hasn't quite lived up to expectations this year.

Merritt's WR is his tenth sub-13 run this year out of 21 starts. He suffered two early-season defeats and two DQs, but will he be in contention for AOY?

So, it would appear Chaunté Lowe hasn't retired?

Results:
http://www.diamondleague-brussels.com/e ... /Overview/

On BBC2 7pm. (Gaby to present.)

Good win for Okoye in Zagreb - 67.25m:
http://www.zagreb-meeting.com/results/

Also wins for Rooney and Proctor.

Gaby knowledgeable about athletics? You've got to be joking! :lol: I would much prefer listening to Colin Jackson talk about athletics than Logan any day.... Taste is very subjective and personal: my best friend eats Pot Noodle sandwiches, but ... The problem with CJ isn't simply that he's incohere...

Wasn't it a nice change to have Gaby Logan presenting? She is professional, competent, personable - and she knows her athletics! She struck me as being genuinely knowledgeable about the sport. I also like the way she controlled the other contributors. I'd like to see much more of her and much less o...

Interesting to hear CJ introduce some new names in the w400mH: Maleen Walker (any relation to Melaine?) and a Russian lady called Dah Vur...Doe Vor (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Davydova). We were later treated to a most informative disquisition on hurdling strategy: some athletes like to get...

Results from the meeting in Budapest, Hungary:
http://www.gyulaimemorial.hu/?lang=hu&mid=22&sid=2
w400m Maz ran 52.22SB in 5th behind Shericka Williams 50.34

Results from the Linz meeting at which Hannah England won w800m in 1:59.66
http://www.guglgames.com/
Other decent performances by Brits:
DT Okoye 64.25m
400m Williams 45.35 400m

Results from today's Joensuu Games, Finland:
http://live.time4results.com/yu/2012/joensuu/

Here are the results from Eberstadt:
http://www.hochsprung-eberstadt.com/hoc ... ?contest=1

1.82 by Isobel Pooley enough for the win in the wU23 event.

I've always liked Chaunté. After she did that 6.90m long jump a couple of years ago I harboured fantasies about her doing a (unique?) double at the Olympics - mad, I know, but wouldn't that have been something?

I wasn't disappointed by the coverage as I had very low expectations. I was relieved that there were different channels for all the events and didn't find it too onerous to flick between them. The dedicated channels did yield the occasional nugget, such as the wHJ qualification when Friedrich tried ...

Her record can't be argued with, yet I'm sure I can't be the only one who wishes she would run fast outside major finals. She is an utter enigma to me - whether she wins or loses. If I live to be 37 I'll never be able to work her out.

Nicola Sanders - 800m or more likely in my view, aim for 2014 400 hurdles... I'd think a move to hurdles is very unlikely: didn't she change to flat running because of injury (hamstring/achilles?) aggravated by hurdling? As far as Louise is concerned, her throws improved a bit this year but her jum...

For women, one of the side-effects of metenolone is increased libido. Doesn't really bear thinking about.

ultragirl wrote:NO MEDALS FROM THE PLASTIC BRITS = waste of money and lost places for our athletes and another failiure of CVCs.

Yes, my heart goes out to all those sub-13 hurdlers and 14m+ triple jumpers whose dreams were dashed by the inclusion of Porter and Aldama.