Olympic Trials Talk

[Sportsman29]

Well its underway, and if the weather conditions are anything like where i am, then they're pretty sh*t.

Dwain Chambers looks in ominous form, 10.14 in the opeing round.....

[Maza1987]

great,.
how you getting the results?

[Kermit]

very fast starts in heat 2, but am surprised at the times considering the wind speed

start list/results on the NGB website

[Sotomayor]

http://www.ukathletics.net/results/20080711_birmingham/

ye n they might not be fast times because its the heats ever thought of that?

[Maza1987]

devs, williamson and scott all through.

does anyone know what the weathers like.
if its anything like the cricket, its pissing down.

[Sotomayor]

looking at the webcams from birmingham it looks wetttt

[Kermit]

Pardon me for breathing sotomayor!

I am fully aware of the fact that it's a heat, having ran at this level and higher before.

The heat had the most wind speed of the heats and yet it was the slowest time, even though the reaction times were collectively quick.

[Sotomayor]

ur pardoned i was jokin but ye u cnt tell from nt watching the race devonish cooda shut down at 60 or sumin, n wta kinda times did u drop in ur prime then?

[Maza1987]

pickering safely through.
no casualties so far.

[Maza1987]

and so if edgar.
though his time was the slowest.

[Kermit]

The dark horse (pardon the pun) seems to be Malcom. Did he show up on anybody's radar?

Soto many many moons ago in the golden era of our middle distance supermacy I was posting times that would of seen me safely negotiate the heats on a blustery night at the Palace.

Is it just me thinking this? - How comes the majority of our trials/championships are held in cold and wet conditions? Bad planning maybe?

[Sportsman29]

UKA don't have control of the weather................

They can't help if it is raining or cold, a July afternoon and the chances are it won't be too bad, but unfortunatly not this year...

[petersmith]

disappointing from kwakye 11.69, beaten by douglas 11.34 with big following wind

[Maza1987]

however, douglas is in the form of her life.
but yes, still dissapointing

[Maza1987]

shocking arrogance from asafa powell in the golden league.
he was leading his meet by miles and then eased down to such a ridiculous extent, he finished 5th.
i doubt he'l make the final though im not sure as the commentators are speaking another language.

ps im aware this is the wrong thread but i couldnt be fussed to make a new thread for 1 post.

pps. maduaka and oyepitan through

[Sportsman29]

Im really not going to take anything from these times in the opening round to be honest without being able to see the actual footage.
For all we know Jeanette K could have compleltly strolled the last 40m and taken it really easy, and perhaps Douglas was pretty much blasting it, remember she still does not have the A standard this year, and there are already 3 girls ahead of her in the queue to Beijing....

[petersmith]

where are you watching the golden league from?

[Maza1987]

go to this page
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?match ... rt=sports#

click the first link, the one entilted 'media player' and it should open in windows media player or whatever your default player is.

[petersmith]

good one, thanks

[Sportsman29]

For me the last link has a much better quality.

[Maza1987]

For me the last link has a much better quality.

, cool, it does.

oh and ania and laura turner look good. turner seems to be hitting form.

[Sotomayor]

dno if any1 has already watched it but u can see chambers race n interview on bbc sport ...........he sounds n looks like hes ready for sumin fast!

[Sotomayor]

its dissapointing they only show this race though! its not the dwain chambers trials its the british trials!

[Maza1987]

dno if any1 has already watched it but u can see chambers race n interview on bbc sport ...........he sounds n looks like hes ready for sumin fast!

thanks, il have a watch now.

btw, might be a silly question, but why is ohurogu no in the 400m?

[Sportsman29]

exactly !! The British media frustrate me so much sometimes, why just concentrate on the drugs story, im sure that will be the main story that comes out of the UK Trials, how well did Chambers do....

If the BBC can show his race so quick with an interview, then why not stream, or show online the other races ??

Christine O is racing in the 200m

[Maza1987]

but she will def do 400m in beijing right?

[Maza1987]

dns next to sanders name

[Sotomayor]

i no i no same its so annoying for your true fans who want to watch some proper homegrown athletics .............. and then 2morow jackson, cram etc will talk about how dissapointing it is that dwain is oversahdowing the trials ! n the irony is its them who are making a big deal out of it!

[Sotomayor]

dns next to sanders name

another dissapointment but knowing sanders she probly is injured!

[nevetssllim]

No, no, no!!