Athletics Weekly

It's from the 2005 World Championship - goodbye gold medal. The IAAF apparently were retesting samples from 7 years ago. Oh dear, what a pity, never mind. :-) But Lysenko gets promoted to silver now. :roll: I was looking through the Russian women's throwing team in Athens and I believe there have b...

Sportsman29 wrote:- Turkey is only sending one senior female athlete, interesting after their recent improvements on the female endurance side...

What a shame the adorable Binnaz Uslu isn't competing.

But some of their better runners are in the under-23 race, such as Tugba Karakaya (4:03 1500m PB).

This lack of interest by major athletic nations clearly dilutes its value as a premier event. How long can it be justified as such? Now a second division item. I'm not sure I'd say it's ever been a premier event and hardly any of the leading Europeans have competed in it every year. I mean, just go...

She pulled out citing fatigue after a long season but since then, she said she's reconsidering so it sounds like there will be a place for her if she changes her mind.

Alas, the 1500m from the 2006 European Champs is even worse. 1. Tomashova - nuff said 2. Chizhenko - ditto 3. Yordanova - busted before Beijing 4. Soboleva - :roll: 5. Chojecka - first clean athlete. 6. Dumbravean - tested not once, but twice 7. Tobias - busted this year 8. Lishchynska - shares the ...

The worst post-race interviewer has to be Maurice Greene on ES. I don't know why he has to put on a stoopid voice whenever he asks a question. :roll: He brings absolutely no value to the coverage at all. I haven't watched any of the mainstream coverage - Olympic channels all the way - but he (Inverd...

I think we're all missing the biggest factor of all - Lisa learnt tactics :D :D Let's just hope it's not a one-off and she won't be stuck somewhere at the back and on the inside when the break comes in the final a la Beijing! I don't think the final will be particularly quick. Tomashova will probab...

M 100: Blake Bolt Gay M 200: Bolt Blake Lemaitre M 400: James Merritt K.Borlee M 800: Rudisha Amos Kszczot M 1500: Kiprop Kiplagat Driouch M 5000: Gebremeskel Farah Koech M 10000: Farah K. Bekele T. Bekele M Marathon: Kipsang Kirui Mutai M 110h: Liu Xiang Merritt Richardson M 400h: Greene Culson Tay...

Well done to Lynsey and for the GB selectors to support a Scottish athlete for a change! Now UKA, get Lynsey into the Diamond League 800m at Paris on Friday to allow her to get under 2 mins. There isn't an 800m in Paris (except for a pre-meet race for locals) but from what I gather, there is an 800...

she shouldve been sent somewhere abroad to get a fast tiem, and therefore 2 of okoro, simpson, jackson and meadows couldve been picked i'm gonna throw it out there and say sharp gets a surprise bronze in london There wasn't anywhere to race. And seeing as four Russians have already gone sub-1:58 in...

Apparently McConnell was selected because there's some loophole whereby an athlete on the 4x400m team can gain individual selection even if they don't have two As.

I really don't understand what McConnell has done to merit individual selection while someone like Danny Talbot is missing out on a place on the 200m despite being on the 4x100m team. She's only achieved one A standard (I think) and that was a year ago.

Not only did Okoro run stupidly tactically, I really don't think she's in much better shape than her current season's best. 27/57 was an irrational tactic but even so, it's not stupidly suicidal and you would have thought she would have held on a bit better instead of slowing to a 67 after a 57. I'd...

Emma Jackson just tweeted she fractured a rib last week. A shame because she looked so good at the start of the year.

@mokoro4
Not sure what came over me there!

Because this has never happened before!

Greene and Green navigated their way through the 400mH. Woodward has a few problems with the final hurdle. Didn't it pretty much cost him the Euro U23 title last year too?

Dasaolu looked pretty good! He's been running quite fast, albeit sporadically, for a few seasons now but I can't really recall seeing him run before today.

Anything at all from that La-Chaux-de-Fonds meet?

Why are some of you guys jumping on ultra girl, she (I assume you are a she) was making a statement that actually seems to be pretty much factual even though an opinion based on previous medals. I didnt read anything sinister into it so can peace break out. I am disappointed that some people seem t...

Laura Turner hasn't raced since she ran 11.31 in April.

Bleasdale's result.

Pleased to see Twell claim the A standard too although 15:20 has to be one of the weakest entry-standards.

Just noticed Lorraine Ugen set a marginally wind-aided 6.83m performance in the USA although she didn't jump again after that. Will be interesting to see if she can back this up.

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Rypakova - three fouls.

If Jess equals her LJ season's best of 6.47m and equals her 800 indoor PB of 2:12, she'll score 4989 which is just 2pts outside the WR. She might lose a few cm in the long jump but I'm sure she can go much faster than her indoor PB of 2:12.55.

BernardII wrote:I did mention Jess's final shot result but do you want me to wait until it's been shown on TV? I don't have a TV so I can't tell...

Don't worry - C4 are showing it live so you're not giving anything away!

LopenUupunut wrote:Was anyone else impressed by Centrowitz's tactical handling of his heat? He always seemed to be in the optimal place...

Have no idea. C4 are showing the pentathlon high jump in its entirety. But I'll take your word for it.

Must say the Belarussian kit is confusing me. It looks more like the Moroccan kit (hence why I confused Akkaoui and Arzamasava in the 800m!)

Chernova clears 1.84m - her best-ever HJ at a major champs. Her 60mH was down on her best but she's performing above par in the HJ.

Those of you who are familiar with Twitter might appreciate the fact that the Seychelles runner, Gaylord Silly, is trending. His national record in the 800 hasn''t gone unnoticed... I think Candy Bauer (GER in the shot put) is an even worse name. Sounds like a porn star name. :o Plus Silly isn't pr...

Poor Maz. :( Clipped by Megiso and then stumbles on the curb when the Belorussian went past her. I don't really have much sympathy. On the slo-mo, she didn't seem to come off as bad and it's not the first time she's run a brainless race. She didn't have to win the race and seeing as four athletes c...