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"Of course he was, he didn't come up with it all by himself did he ?" Do you really think that you can send a married man from Teddington a) with a young family b) who is under contract to adidas , to train in a nike camp in Oregon ? You can suggest, encourage, try to bully etc - but not s...

"Wasn't Stewart part of the reason why Mo Farah got sent to Salazar?" Farah wasnt SENT to Salazar. Clearly you dont understand what did happen. "managers are getting rid of any strong personality coaches " Stewart isnt a coach. He had a dabble some years ago, but doesnt have the ...

Australia had some public spats with athletes re selection recently and preumably have taken steps to prevent any repeat. We have two new men at the head of the sport with no experience at setting qualifying procedures for this group of athletes. Neil Black will have 'sat in' on selection meets (as ...

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I am sure that some people on here will understand why he has left the US project that he ran.

At the 2012 Games we had 10 athletes in the 5k/10k and marathon - some doubled up. Of those 10 only 2 had British coaches based at home, Merrien (slightly fortunate to be picked ?) and Jo Pavey. This is a list of UK athletes going to the US to train next year, and join a significant number of Brits ...

Stewart would just not allow it - end of. If anybody suggested that Storey was still coaching Mo then they were told they were wrong. UKA kept naming Simms as his coach despite everyone being aware it wasnt true. Storey wasnt allowed accreditation to Barcelona, drove Mo there from Ft Romeu, then wen...

TheRealsub10 I think you are tring to gloss over what was a sad episode of UKA involvement re Mo. Ricky Simms had to pretend that he was coaching Mo as UKA would not allow Storey to be named as his coach. Yes IS was involved in the connection with Salazar, but out of spite as much as anything else. ...