Athletics Weekly

A brilliant mens 1500 metres with great performances, won by Kiplagat in sub 3.30 and a marvellous improvement by the American Wheating into 3.30 land; what about the outstanding 20 year old Gregson breaking the Aussie record; think what the fans would say if he were a Brit. :roll: :roll: Seven Worl...

Both the French women referred to above will be in the 1500m

2 Gold, maybe 3; 12/13 medals overall.

The ''possibly best ever'' and ''why not 21 medals''( or words to that effect) quote by fangio of some weeks ago in response to others looks rather over-optimistic

Certainly nothing approaching Split or Budapest.

A great run by Alminova... I dont think her ban was anything to do with performance enhancing drugs... imagine if LD had run a race like her last night.. comments here would have been off the radar. The 1500 womens race race in Barcelona will be nothing like last night and a good sprint will not be ...

would not have been ''spot on '' if others had said it though. I seem to remember reading last year from some poster or other that we Brits had no more injuries than others which I did not agree with then; the number of our injured sprinters as a percentage of the total talented bunch is enormous. O...

The interest and excitement caused by Lemaitres breakthrough is perfectly natural and the usual name calling of the PC mob is ill advised as well as unjustified. After all, if the Ethiopians suddenly delivered an 80 metre hammer thrower it would cause the highest interest among the intelligent Track...

Teddy Tamgho and Ollson both out of the DL on Friday.Tamgho may not be fit to do battle in the Euros.

There is a difference of 3 rounds at the highest level and DL one offs, but there is little between Lemaitre and DC. DC has the experience but its not everything as the TJ might show. Whether DC 's relative freshness is of value in Barcelona remains to be seen. Will be fascinating to see Lemaitre ,B...

The list of qualifiers with an A standard is not correct and certain people ,pre Trials, down on the Fangio list are not yet qualifiers, due to a caveat by the selectors. Read Selection document re form, fitness.
Benjamin has retired

The UKA A standard, European Championships, for the Womens 10,000 metres is 31.45 which if stuck to by UKA will mean no quals yet for the ladies . The B standard is 32.20 mins so no qual yet for the women. Selection Standards for UKA selection for Barcelona First 2 at Trials inc an A standard from t...

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MLF has a chance for a new world record, if he manages to DQ at Oslo for 3 straight DQs.

Did not read yet the excuse for two successive ones but I am sure someone on this site will have a good reason

Leford Green is Jamaican. A name for the near future perhaps!

My name on this Forum you idiot, Isabre, is Bibby

Whats this about Ennis running any time soon, 12.6/12.7. on a recent Post by some joker on this Forum

The event will be decided on the second day, in my opinion, and will be likely based on the top 3/4 athletes performances in the long jump and javelin. Dismissing other athletes as we note already is ill advised after 1 event The wind was +0.7 and not - 0.7. in the hurdles as told to me by someone w...

Re Mr Keitany his 3,37.87 was in 8th position, and I maintain that the 3.30 type form aint there yet.

Whats a substantial leap might I enquire. leap from what ? His best ever or what. I am confused as to the basis of your comments. I presume you mean a betterment from 3.35.07 which was his best last year. You did not mention that your first post about the 300m this evening is predicated on a misfact...

Keitany not Heitany. A man incidentally totally out of form of last year, so Baddeleys race proved little.

MJ's record is 30.85, not 30.75, and it was done in Pretoria at altitude. at the start of his season in March It was not cool and rainy, as this evening in Ostrava was, and when UB is not shagged out , after three races in Asia and Eastern Europe, and has decent conditions ,and has more 400m trainin...

MLF did 10.24 in his heat. Shame about the disqualification. in the final UB looked shagged out at the end of the race. 9.77, 19.83, said to be the splits He needs to go home after his Koren, Chinese and East European travels and get ready for a big one in New york. Although UB has set out his compe...

Not impressed very much with the Brits except Sharman, Greene and Williams.

Turner left his form on the pavements of Manchester I assume.

56 metres and bits for Sayers

Not impressed by Messrs Edgar, Pickering, MLF. If Edgar and Pickering cannot do better than the very moderate times this evening despite a 0.5 headwind, we best hope for some of the newer faces to come good, later on in the season. MLF what a silly boy.!!! Has anybody heard a word about Williamson w...

30.97 for Bolt just missing the world best by MJ. Won by a mile as far as I could see. Anybody got Sharmans time. Turner ????

We read that the meet in Uberlandia in which Chambers ran 10.19 is 854 metres above sea level and thus the head wind and height above sea level combined is worth 10.01 . Excellent, but not awesome.

steve It has over the years been shown that certain athletes have a great natural spring for the HJ, and JE is typical of that great gift to be able to jump over her head height. She is a greatly conditioned athlete and incidentally top ranked in the UK in the 100m ,High jump and Hurdles( does not s...

Always felt that JE's only drawback ,which will always be there, is her height. Nearly all the best of the past and a fair number of the present Heppers were and are taller and benefited in JE's weaker events, thus forcing her to excel even more than necessary in her trump events,Hurdles ,HJ and 200...

Top Ten Brits

5 men and 5 Women

Jack Meredith's performance, 13.36 over the Junior hurdles, with a 0.8 tailwind, was outstanding for a guy of 17 years and 10 months.

A young man to be watched.!

6 World Leads 2010 not bad .!!