Athletics Weekly

Turner had achilles surgery and has not even started running yet......and of all the single events jess could focus on I think that would be a terrible one for her....100 hurdles (shes world class at already), high jump or even 200m....400 hurdles is a different animal altogether

I no many uka coaches have no plans to move to lboro...most have families and big training groups so relocating isnt even an option...just wondering how many medals have come out of lboro over the past couple years and why was so much money spent rebuilding new offices, athlete areas at lee valley f...

deffo should have taken talbot hope he does run around 20.3 by the end of the year.....Luke Fagan also ran 20.65 into -2.5 at cork this evening should get down to around 20.3/4 aswell by the end of the year

rhys williams???

louise hazel?, ashleigh nelson? some interesting names still on there to say the least....

The problem , in my opinion, lies in the schools PE programmes . Every school should have a well qualified, all-round athletics coach, capable of passing on good basic skills in most events. These coaches should come through the educational system where a career in PE is not viewed as a poor mans a...

'Maybe we should be congratulating Malcolm and Devonish for keeping their hamstrings together for long enough to compete...' This statement is telling. I have also wondered about this. Anything to do with weightlifting? I ask this because of the preponderance of these injuries amongst British sprin...

In terms of relays does anyone know why personnel weren't rotated in the heats and finals? i'm sure ellington and MLF would have got us to the final leaving say harry aa devonish or Malcolm fresh for the final

One of the top performances at the games by far tore apart a very good field, during her races they went on about sally's flat speed being the main factor to her dominance. With a sb of 11.2 and a pb of 11.14 Apart from jess and tiffany some of are hurdlers are closer to 12 than 11 in terms of 100m ...

gianni frankis 400H an option maybe?

He had knee surgery if im not mistaken?

for a moment I was thinking no jeter in the us team?!?!? ......

Here is an idea.... Set up a national event squad and make them all train TOGETHER. raising competition in training will push them to be faster.... Sam - we will then get people claiming UKA have forced them to move and so on :roll: . Your idea certainly worked for cycling, where there are fewer fa...

Some random observations: Bolt, Gay, Powell are underperforming to the same extent as British sprinters this year (in relation to previous years performances). Is this because they are lazy or their coach is incompetent? You will generally only get 3/4 years at the top of your sport until your body...

Some random observations: Bolt, Gay, Powell are underperforming to the same extent as British sprinters this year (in relation to previous years performances). Is this because they are lazy or their coach is incompetent? You will generally only get 3/4 years at the top of your sport until your body...

I agree Teacher the 400 is really mind boggling and jimbojames I agree some blame has to be put on the athletes ive seen some athletes work ethic for my own eyes and its very poor a good quote a wise coach once told me "plant a tree bent and it will only grow to a certain length, straighten it ...

Why is no one blaming the athletes? All too easy to blame UKA/CVC, yet no one seems to know whether they want them to be more involved or less - you can't ask what they're doing and then quote the likes of Jodie being out of the system as the reason for her success compared to others Athletes need ...

I agree with Geoff but also dont over look the fact sprinting in particular 100-200 has come on leaps and bounds 19 men under 10 seconds in one year is insane athletes like jeter running 10.64 and a couple jamaican sprinters running 10.7 unfortunately GB sprinters has sort of stood still thus making...

Considering the continued investment in our sprinters in recent years, it seems a really sad state of affairs at the moment. Sure, there some bright spots, but on the whole, promising sprinters are not developing at all. Infact in a great deal of cases, they are getting worse. 100m-400m. It's not t...

Complaints about inaccuracies in reporting abound...but how about this...to-days Times reports, in an interview with Edwin Moses "In the 70's and 80's he was in the process of establishing himself as the best HIGH hurdler of all time" we get the press we deserve but this...... haha that i...

Jeannette Kwakye is the latest athlete to drop out. She has said on twitter: No Crystal Palace Grand Prix for me this weekend. I'm concentrating on getting my body Championship ready! Will be a fantastic meet though. I think every athlete who isn't injured should turn out for what is the most impor...

What's the betting that many other "name" GB athletes assured of their place in the Worlds will also pull out before the weekend? Just like Idowu last week. No sense of obligation to the ticket-buying public of course, yet in twelve months time they'll be begging for our support. They're ...

Has a lot to with the olympics next year I no a lot of athletes have taken this year and the end of last year to get there niggles and long term persistent injuries sorted out in preperation to go all guns blazing this winter

Rugby, Football, Basketball, Tennis players ( & participants in many other sports) all have far more grueling & physically demanding schedules, not to mention ........ "marathon " matches (every 2 days at tennis tournaments), hard physical contact, extra time, two matches each wee...

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200m went to form...good run from Luke Fagan from lane 8 good to see hes running well and fit

for the first time have to agree with michael johnson whats going on with the mens 400m this year worldwide??

Ok, this is nothing against Marlon Devonish, but it really would be embarrassing if he makes the individual team. Where are Dasaolu and Alaka? I thought they'd put up a fight against the 'old guard'. Dasaolu is out injured for the rest of the season - Alaka perhaps peaked for U23s? Dasalou injured,...

That's the risk you run by turning up to a kiddies competition when you are already established as arguably the best in the world. It's like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo turning up to the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. its not like that at all the winner jumped 17.72 that aint n...

oh please they won the relay the end....how does "How'd ya like me now....WHAT?....BOOM!" become "The American, I'm a 'thug from the hood' speak" I take it from these assumptions you dont no LLF's character or where he is from, also the pole on the last leg has ran 46.17 this yea...