Athletics Weekly

McColgan needs to watch back this race with some serious intent - she could have done a LOT better - let down by poor hurdling, poor race positioning etc. It's scary to think she could probably run about 20-30 secs quicker than her PB if she actually worked out how to run the event :shock: Was thin...

Sportsman29 wrote:it didnt seem like she went off that quick

She matched NWM and Montsho to 200m, do quick for her

MysteryBrick wrote:What happened to Ohuruogu...?

She went off quickly

Pig How right you are; too many journalists are and have always been twisting, dishonest rogues ,imo; the BBC and particularly the left are the worst of all with their damnable agendas. Anything for a story, as you rightly pointed out. :lol: journalists are journalists So you prefer the Mail and th...

Noticed Shana Cox finished second in B-400m (52.01) behind Patricia Hall (51.85) but ahead of Shericka Williams. Still looking good.

Can't say I'm surprised about withdrawals. If PI is not 100% he wouldn't want to risk the sloppy conditions.

Christine is outside all her main rivals do hopefully will be forced to go out quicker

I'm inclined to agree, however last year he seemed in fairly poor form before coming good at the games

Why should he have been nominated for SPOTY? They couldn't nominate every gold medallist ...

Anyone know the split times for the relays?
Particularly Eilidh and Emily Diamond

Forgot this was on -__- what happened to Clitheroe, Merritt?
How did Conrad Williams do?
Good PB for Morosanu so early on

The reason I predict Mo not to win is because he has just come down off the high of a home Olympics, and like Jeremy says, Mo may now be more focused on the marathon. Also, let's remember Monisn't head and shoulders above everyone else, in terms of raw ability he is much of a muchness with many othe...

mump boy wrote:Greg has to be an option

Perri must be able to run low 53 which is medal potential

Why shouldn't Mo get a gold ?

They were (very) early predictions, rather than a reflection of what is possible / probable

I think:
Ennis, Farah (2 but neither gold), Ohuruogu, Greene, Bleasdale, Porter (long shot), 1/2 relays (all but W4x1 are capable IMO).

BBC article
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/22536329

Whatever your opinions on it, objectifiying athletes (be they male or female) will always go on.

Anyway I thought this thread was on KJT

Disappointing as Jack Green fails to finish

MLF and Proctor both finish in sixth, but very different levels of performance.
MLF: 10.38 (2.5m/s)
Proctor: 6.82 (1.6m/s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbvKlO89ngc This is an absolutely brilliant piece of history. GB vs USA 4x400 1936 Berlin Olympics. Wonderful race from the Riefenstahl film Olympische Spiele but one has to laugh at the stilted commentary and the posed crowd shots. Seeing this enabled me to have a lo...

Women's 400m looks like a cracker.

Scotland have: McConnell, Child, McAsland, Nicol

Is that TBO's fastest opener?

Yeah Christine wasted quite a bit of time going for the inside, and Perri ran very wide around the curves, so they definitely had more. Anyway, very promising for the season ahead.

I do agree, Iain, that her form does tend to dip as the season progresses. Trouble is, until (maybe) now we have not had the resources to replace her. The only alternatives have been 800 runners, who appear to be past their sell by date as far as 400 running is concerned. Lets hope that Adeoye prod...

I do agree, Iain, that her form does tend to dip as the season progresses. Trouble is, until (maybe) now we have not had the resources to replace her. The only alternatives have been 800 runners, who appear to be past their sell by date as far as 400 running is concerned. Lets hope that Adeoye prod...

If Shana Cox ran a genuine 50. something split, why would you drop her? Until Adeoye matches that sort of time she wont be promoted above Cox. However, I have been disappointed with the overall performances of Miss Cox in the last season or so. Perhaps now she will show some consistency. I think th...

I think we can do better by dropping Cox, even after a much-improved run today - we need someone on 2nd with the 200m speed to get out and still hold on This ^^ I agree, though we still need to see how the season pans out. Although TBH, whatever happens I expect to see Cox named in the relay come M...

I think the main problem with Jeremy's posts is not what he says, but the way he says it. However, that said, he has been a lot less confrontational lately.

sidelined wrote:How sad for Joe Thomas and Matt McLaughlin to fly all the way to America...for nothing.

Did anyone see what happened to Rooney? Did he fall over twice?

Same for Nigel Levine and Conrad Williams

Fastest split was for Nigeria's Regina George - 49.5

I'm not sure these are our A teams TBH. The men's 4x1 certainly isn't, neither the 4x4 (who didn't finish anyway). While it is true that we ran pretty much our first choice W4x4, I think Jamaica did too.

Those are fab splits for this time of year! Hastings always seems to run fast at meets like this, then drop off. This bodes well for the rest of the season!

BTW the stupid faces in the 4x800m splits are supposed to be eights