I have not seen one athlete of note raise their game
Sadly I have to agree, where are the breakout performances? Are conditions that bad? Will Helskinki results select the final team?
Awful images of Jodie Williams breaking down during the 100m final, I didn't see the semi but she never looked comfortable in that race. Why would you let her run?
I'd hoped that's team of Abi, Jodie, Asha and one more could have challenged for a spot in the London finals but all have been struck with injury. Fingers crossed that Abi's twinge was just that and she'll be back in time.
Abi is fine buy precautionary to pull out, she'll be running 200m in Helsinki
Already today just in the wLJ we saw more great performances that the rest of the championships out together. I think they were inspired by the legendary Mary Rand being in attendance
Lorraine Ugen 1cm of A standard this is the kind of performance we haven't seen from anyone else, raising their game for 2012
I think it is good experience for juniors to compete at the junior level and maximise their winning performances. At the senior level it becomes much harder to win medals. Having said that I also think if an athlete is capable and willing they should compete at the senior level (while a junior) in major competitions eg worlds, europeans, commonwealth and even the olympics.
I have not seen one athlete of note raise their game
Sadly I have to agree, where are the breakout performances? Are conditions that bad? Will Helskinki results select the final team?
Awful images of Jodie Williams breaking down during the 100m final, I didn't see the semi but she never looked comfortable in that race. Why would you let her run?
I'd hoped that's team of Abi, Jodie, Asha and one more could have challenged for a spot in the London finals but all have been struck with injury. Fingers crossed that Abi's twinge was just that and she'll be back in time.
Abi is fine buy precautionary to pull out, she'll be running 200m in Helsinki
Already today just in the wLJ we saw more great performances that the rest of the championships out together. I think they were inspired by the legendary Mary Rand being in attendance
Lorraine Ugen 1cm of A standard this is the kind of performance we haven't seen from anyone else, raising their game for 2012
Thanks for the update on Abi, great to hear. Much better second day with the 400mh, 400m, 200m and 110mh all gutsy competitive races.
FYI Mump/Flump, you both appeared on the Women's LJ coverage, on your phones no less!
Bearing in mind the comments I made numerous times about rushing Jodie last year and how wrong I thought it, I was interested to read Afilaka 's comments about Gemili in todays Telegraph with which I so agree; how inadvised it is to ruin careers by rushing young athletes into heavy senior competitions for which they are not mentally ready and his remarks about the number of young athletes who never recover from excessive pressure heaped on them by the notorious British media and others. Acc to Afilaka, Gemili was pooped by the pressures this w/e and the Juniors in Barcelona are priority numero uno.
sensible guy who seen it all before.
Hope Gemili concentrates on the the lesser task in the Juniors.
i hope he concentrates 100% on Barcelona and then runs in london as an afterthought, he's earned his place and is not keeping anyone else of note out of the team
fromage wrote:My last post was to Mumps post; were you, John G , at the same trials as I watched. "The womens 800m was a cracking race ".
I will always recall this race as a sumptuous example of a so called top and experienced runner showing proof of the most inane stupidity possible. A ridiculous race.
I thought Okoro's mistake just added to the drama. Great home straight battle between a veteran and a junior with a complete outsider coming through to take in the latter stages.
A lot of people think I'm quite strange, getting so much enjoyment from a minority sport. Didn't expect to get ridiculed for it on one of the sports own message boards.
Serious question, Fromage - why do you follow the sport?
Aust targets six Olympics athletics medals June 25, 2012 "Athletics Australia high performance manager Eric Hollingsworth has long flagged an ambitious target of six medals in London - a figure not achieved by Australia at Olympic or world championships level since Mexico City in 1968."
John G, Anybody who thinks that pleasure from Track and Field is strange is weird; its a great sport relatively untainted by the crazy excesses of national team sports , vast amounts of money, ridiculous egos , etc, etc. the world over, especially professional ball sports such as soccer, and the corrupt stuff in another country! Minority sport , be buggered. A great sport.A centre piece of the OG.
I follow our great sport more in my seventies than I did since the 48 games ,as I have more time and the tv and computer connects me all over the world with whats happening, and instantly.
I profoundly disagree with your estimation of a great race in the womens 800m at the w/e with a lot of moderate talents afraid to even follow through to a sub 2 mins result and the crazy running of Okoro.
I abhor the attitude that we are all bound to say nothing but wonderful( so called "positive") things about our own countries athletes, even when unjustified and unrealistic; sadly, a lot of track fans around, especially in ones own country, think that love of our sport translates to little interest in Track and field around the globe merely at home.
Frankly, I am at least as interested, or even more, in many cases in the American Olympic Trials than the milk and water stuff over the w/e in Birmingham.
norunner wrote:The british 4x100 women just kicked themselves out of the olympics[at the European Championships]. Poland and Switzerland made it into the top 16 and Australia and GBR are out.
I'm furious about the 4x1 UK have made absolutely no attempt to qualify until today total, incompetence and apathy
British Olympic team WOMEN 100m: Anyika Onuora, Abi Oyepitan 200m: Margaret Adeoye, Onuora, Oyepitan 400m: Shana Cox, Lee McConnell, Christine Ohuruogu 800m: Lynsey Sharp 1500m: Lisa Dobriskey, Hannah England, Laura Weightman 5000m: Julia Bleasdale, Barbara Parker, Jo Pavey 10,000m: Bleasdale, Pavey 3000mSC: Eilish McColgan, Parker 100mH: Jessica Ennis, Tiffany Porter 400mH: Eilidh Child, Perri Shakes-Drayton Pole vault: Holly Bleasdale, Kate Dennison Long jump: Shara Proctor Triple jump: Yamile Aldama Hammer: Sophie Hitchon Javelin: Goldie Sayers Heptathlon: Ennis, Louise Hazel, Katarina Johnson-Thompson 20kmW: Johanna Jackson 4x400m: Child, Cox, Emily Diamond, McConnell, Ohuruogu, Marilyn Okoro, Nicola Sanders, Shakes-Drayton
MEN 100m: Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu, Adam Gemili 200m: James Ellington, Christian Malcolm 400m: Nigel Levine, Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams 800m: Andrew Osagie, Michael Rimmer 1500m: Andy Baddeley, Ross Murray 5000m: Mo Farah, Nick McCormick 10,000m: Farah, Chris Thompson 3000mSC: Stuart Stokes 110mH: Lawrence Clarke, Andrew Pozzi, Andy Turner 400mH: Jack Green, Dai Greene, Rhys Williams High jump: Robbie Grabarz Pole vault: Steve Lewis Long jump: Greg Rutherford, Chris Tomlinson Triple jump: Phillips Idowu Shot: Carl Myerscough Discus: Abdul Buhari, Brett Morse, Lawrence Okoye Hammer: Alex Smith Javelin: Mervyn Luckwell Decathlon: Daniel Awde 50kmW: Dominic King 4x100m: Chambers, Dasaolu, Ellington, Gemili, Mark Lewis-Francis, Malcolm, Danny Talbot, Simeon Williamson 4x400m: Richard Buck, Green, Greene, Luke Lennon-Ford, Levine, Rooney, Rob Tobin, Williams
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bushop wrote:British Olympic team July 3, 2012 "Other events, meanwhile, were left open as athletes were given a chance to chase further qualifying marks in the lead up to the deadline."
bushop wrote:British Olympic team July 3, 2012 "Other events, meanwhile, were left open as athletes were given a chance to chase further qualifying marks in the lead up to the deadline."
What does this mean? Who?
I was quoting the article. I assume it means folks not named to the squad can pursue a team spot in upcoming competitions. I'm also curious as to who can/ will... esp if Sharp would pursue an "A" so more Brits can run the 800m.
Which I now see was not the intent of the text... no chasing.
Drugs cheats Chambers and Myerscough in but no place for Meadows Tuesday, 03 July 2012 "Sharp... appears to have got the nod because she is seen as a racer rather than a time trialist, having also won the official UK trials at Birmingham last month, beating her main rivals."
GB athletes need confidence boost - Cram 11 July 2012 "The likes of Phillips, Dai and Mo, our big medal contenders, will really want to perform, especially if it's their last competition. They'll want it to be a good one."
A very excellent performance by PSD, but it aint three rounds in the OG.
PSD went public with her thoughts the other day and said she is not yet ready for medals perhaps in her career, but her ambition is to reach the final, which in a rather indifferent year for womens 400m hurdles is within her compass.
A very excellent performance by PSD, but it aint three rounds in the OG.
PSD went public with her thoughts the other day and said she is not yet ready for medals perhaps in her career, but her ambition is to reach the final, which in a rather indifferent year for womens 400m hurdles is within her compass.
Do you understand the meaning of the word contender ??
HA!!! He started a thread here complaining that no Americans were congratulating Perri on her 'fine performance', but as soon as a British person make the same observation we immediately hear from him why it's not so good after all.
What a berk.
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Flumpy wrote:HA!!! He started a thread here complaining that no Americans were congratulating Perri on her 'fine performance', but as soon as a British person make the same observation we immediately hear from him why it's not so good after all.
What a berk.
Compared to some of the most poisonous racism I've read in years that PSD's performance attracted on the Daily Telegraph's comment sections, I have no problem with anything here.
Jesus, that rag is getting worse. A concerted BNP blogbomb these days.
I said PSD's performance was a fine performance which it was, but a DL performance and not 3 rounds, and I then quoted what she had said herself about her chances in August. Not that PSD would know as much about herself as some self important self styled superfan
Her performance was not downgraded by me , you twerp, but unlike the AW nutters which you represent so well I do NOT hang medals round peoples necks like you and your friend Mump Boy.
fromage wrote:The Telegraph , a poisonous racist rag, errol???
You are nuts, but there are plenty here to bear comparison.
Try reading fromage, it's not too hard....
Where did I write that the Telegraph is a poisonous racist rag?
Answer - I didn't.
Read what I said again. Carefully this time., Read some of the COMMENTS. I'd post links, but you're the one with the miscomprehension, so you can do the work - I'm not spoonfeeding you.
"that rag is getting worse"... which rag were you referring to having mentioned the Telegraph... dont talk in badly worded riddles.. then we may understand what you tried unsuccessfully to say.
fromage wrote:"that rag is getting worse"... which rag were you referring to having mentioned the Telegraph... dont talk in badly worded riddles.. then we may understand what you tried unsuccessfully to say.
Nice try, but failed. Again. "Jesus, that rag is getting worse" was my quote.
"The Telegraph, a poisonous, racist rag, errol?" was your quote.
If your going to be patronising, stop being a berkeley hunt and get pedantic - it just won't work otherwise. I'm good at this, you are not.
Flumpy wrote:HA!!! He started a thread here complaining that no Americans were congratulating Perri on her 'fine performance', but as soon as a British person make the same observation we immediately hear from him why it's not so good after all.
What a berk.
Compared to some of the most poisonous racism I've read in years that PSD's performance attracted on the Daily Telegraph's comment sections, I have no problem with anything here.
Jesus, that rag is getting worse. A concerted BNP blogbomb these days.
Track & Field News' predictions: 5 men’s medals... 5k Mo Farah 10k Mo Farah 400m h Dai Greene LJ Greg Rutherford TJ Phillips Idowu 1 women's medal... Hept Jessica Ennis
Tiffany Porter facing fitness race as Team GB's injury list mounts 15 Jul 2012 "With a target of at least eight medals in London, van Commenee will be relieved that other athletes such as 400m hurdler Perri Shakes-Drayton and javelin thrower Goldie Sayers have moved into serious podium contention with breakthrough performances at Crystal Palace, though the possibility that some of Britain’s biggest stars could be carrying injuries will be a major concern."
Looks like another medal contender just surfaced: Steven Lewis won at the Kuso Memorial in Poland with 5.82m. New UK record? Nick Buckfield is the only british 5.80 jumper i can think of.
Mo x2 Dai Greene Greg Rutherford Chris Tomlinson Phillips Idowu Steve Lewis Robbie Grabaz Lawrence Okoye m4x4 TBO a middle distance girl Tiffany Ofili (if fit) PSD Shara Proctor Yami Holly Bleasedale Goldie Sayers w4x4
There are no UK female middle distance runners within the same country code of an Olympic medal in 2012. I dont see one UK woman in the top 10 of any middle distance race in the Olympic Games this year.
this is the kind of performance we haven't seen from anyone else, raising their game for 2012
but there are plenty here to bear comparison.