Athletics Weekly

Interestingly Kermit- 2 of tonight's starting Chelsea 11 were English Schools Athletics winners!
(And 2 more squad members were top athletes

Yep is 11.84 really going to have the relay selectors getting excited?

Not good, not good at all.

Surely time to focus solely on
Williams, Henry, Tagoe, Phillip, Asha-Smith, Neita

According to this weeks AW it's on BBCi

Any update on her injury?
Heard it mentioned she had suffered a hamstring pull this week?

Still shameful the way the Beeb treated David Coleman.

Anyone know how his health is?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/others ... tests.html

Interesting article about disgraced shot putter Paul Edwards.

Not sure about his lost lifetime earnings though of £750k?

Justrunfast, I agree Jack Green just needs to hit a clean race and he'll break into the world's top 5 quite easily. That won't happen at the flat 4. I think he should push for a regular relay place however. A Diamond League was perhaps a tad over ambitious for a first race? Worryingly Peri Shakes-Dr...

Any results?

Ah ok thanks

Why TBO?
Is it some sort of doping reference? Been trying to work it out

West London always seem to produce good throwers.
Is Kai Jones coached by his club coach still at Ealing?

Christine Ohurughu's sister ran a 52.6 on Saturday according to her tweets.

Jeremy1,
Good point! I'm pretty sure Ron Roddan wasn't paid a 6 figure salary was he?
Or Bob Mortimer?
Or Harry Wilson?
Etc

Just been studying last years IAAF 2012 stats book and have to say Crawford has just gone up a bit in my estimation (shades of Ron Clarke/Zatopek). In Beijing after being awarded silver following the dq of Martina and Spearmon, he was apparently very humble and at the Weltklasse meet handed Martina ...

Ok- I just read into it that perhaps you were involved on her coaching set up.

I think she's one of the mait talented athletes we have and think 1.56 is possible this year

Why does it make you happy?
(Not having a go -just interested)

Did Mo pull out before halfway as apparently a lot of people annoyed who were at the 13 mile mark to watch him but never saw him? (Some disgruntled people on tube just told me).
If true he could have at least kept his end of the deal

Hmmm you've hardly kept it to yourself there love^^

Possibly not -have you? probably not- but at least I'm not an apologist for any drugs offender.
I loathe cheating and hate the fact that there are plenty around.

Iain,
Do you still believe in the Easter Bunny too?

British Athletics have made a big mistake in going with Ticketmaster.
Well known for selling a very high % to companies like Seatwave and Viagogo who of course are online touts.

Is the nothing that they can do that is right?

So there we no clean sprint coaches available?

The thought of 80,000 this summer applauding Shelley Ann-Fraser and Pharmalita makes me do a little sick in my mouth

Is it not true that every London Club is getting 100 ticks for each day?

The only criticism I've ever heard levelled at Mick was by an England Athletics employee who said that "he never coaches black athletes".

Which of course is ridiculous

A bit harsh on Mick?

I bet he has had more athletes gaining a British vest than any other coach?

Ok thanks.

Good luck to her- I really think (and hope) she runs <1.57 this year

Kermit- I'm certainly not sexist- far from it.

You give the impression you're friends with her- is it actually a Nike deal or simply on a kit-drop basis?

No way did 'Maz' get it due to last years times-come off it! Nike love a whiff of scandal (Woods/Armstrong/Rooney etc). They know that she is a decent athlete-potentially a world beater but also liable to blow up and spill the beans about UKA? She's photogenic enough (but no Felix or Shakes-Dreyton)...

Is there any point to composite teams such as the Carib select team or the GB girls running with the US or Jam girls?

Doesn't really help anyone or nation?