Athletics Discussion Thread

[Headie]

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The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Championships in London from 4-13 August.

Men

100m: James Dasaolu, Reece Prescod, CJ Ujah
200m: Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Danny Talbot
400m: Dwayne Cowan, Matt Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney
800m: Elliot Giles, Kyle Langford, Guy Learmonth
1500m: Josh Kerr, Chris O'Hare, Jake Wightman
5,000m: Andrew Butchart, Mo Farah, Marc Scott
10,000m: Mo Farah
3,000m steeplechase: Rob Mullett, Zak Seddon, Ieuan Thomas
110m hurdles: David King, David Omoregie, Andrew Pozzi
400m hurdles: Jack Green
High jump: Robbie Grabarz
Triple jump: Nathan Fox
Discus Throw: Nick Percy
Hammer Throw: Nick Miller, Chris Bennett
Decathlon: Ashley Bryant
20km race walk: Tom Bosworth, Callum Wilkinson
50km race walk: Dominic King
Marathon: Andrew Davies, Callum Hawkins, Josh Griffiths
4x100m: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Reece Prescod, Danny Talbot, CJ Ujah
4x400m: Cameron Chalmers, Dwayne Cowan, Jack Green, Matt Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney, Delano Williams, Rabah Yousif

Women

100m: Desiree Henry, Daryll Neita, Asha Philip
200m: Dina Asher-Smith, Shannon Hylton, Bianca Williams
400m: Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond, Anyika Onuora
800m: Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, Lynsey Sharp, Adelle Tracey
1500m: Jessica Judd, Sarah McDonald, Laura Muir, Laura Weightman
5,000m: Eilish McColgan, Laura Muir, Steph Twell
10,000m: Jessica Martin, Beth Potter, Charlotte Taylor
3,000m steeplechase: Rosie Clarke, Lennie Waite
100m hurdles: Tiffany Porter, Alicia Barrett
400m hurdles: Eilidh Doyle, Jess Turner, Meghan Beesley
High jump: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Morgan Lake
Pole vault: Holly Bradshaw
Long jump: Shara Proctor, Jazmin Sawyers, Lorraine Ugen
Discus Throw: Jade Lally
Hammer Throw: Sophie Hitchon
Shot Put: Rachel Wallader
Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson
20km race walk: Gemma Bridge, Bethan Davies
Marathon: Tracy Barlow, Alyson Dixon, Charlotte Purdue
4x100m: Dina Asher-Smith, Desiree Henry, Corinne Humphreys, Shannon Hylton, Daryll Neita, Asha Philip, Bianca Williams
4x400m: Zoey Clark, Emily Diamond, Eilidh Doyle, Laviai Nielsen, Anyika Onuora, Perri Shakes-Drayton


World Championships coverage schedule

Friday, 4 August

18:00-19:00, BBC Two - Opening Ceremony

19:00-22:00, BBC One - Day one

19:00-22:00, BBC Radio 5 live - Day one

22:00-22:30, BBC Two - Day one review

Saturday, 5 August

09:30-14:00, BBC Two - Day two

18:30-22:00, BBC One - Day two

18:30-22:30, BBC Red Button - Day two

19:00-22:30, BBC Radio 5 live - Day two

22:00-22:30, BBC Two - Day two review

Sunday, 6 August

09:30-17:00, BBC Two - Day three

18:30-21:00, BBC One - Day three

18:30-22:00, BBC Radio 5 live - Day three

21:00-22:30, BBC Two - Day three

Monday, 7 August

18:00-20:30, BBC Two - Day four

18:00-22:30, BBC Connected TV and online - Day four

20:30-22:00, BBC One - Day four

21:00-22:30, BBC Radio 5 live - Day four

22:00-22:30, BBC Two - Day four review

Tuesday, 8 August

18:30-22:00, BBC Two - Day five

19:00-22:30, BBC Radio 5 live - Day five

22:00-22:30, BBC Two - Day five review

Wednesday, 9 August

18:30-22:00, BBC Two - Day six

19:00-22:30, BBC Radio 5 live - Day six

22:00-22:30, BBC Two - Day six review

Thursday, 10 August

18:00-20:00, BBC Two - Day seven

18:00-22:30, BBC Connected TV and online - Day seven

20:00-22:00, BBC One - Day seven

20:00-22:00, BBC Radio 5 live - Day seven

22:00-22:30, BBC Two - Day seven review

Friday, 11 August

09:30-13:30 & 18:30-20:30, BBC Two - Day eight

18:30-22:30, BBC Connected TV and online - Day eight

20:30-22:00, BBC One - Day eight

21:00-22:00, BBC Radio 5 live sports extra - Day eight

22:00-22:30, BBC Two - Day eight review

Saturday, 12 August

09:30-12:00 & 18:30-22:10, BBC One - Day nine

09:30-17:15, BBC Connected TV and online - Day nine

12:00-12:30, BBC Two - Day nine

12:30-13:30, BBC Red Button - Day nine

20:00-22:00, BBC Radio 5 live - Day nine

Sunday, 13 August

07:40-16:15, BBC Red Button - Day 10

13:00-16:30 & 18:30-20:00, BBC Two - Day 10

20:00-22:00, BBC One - Day 10

19:30-22:00, BBC Radio 5 live - Day 10

[Novo]

PSD is back on the track finally, shes been training again after god knows how long

[Headie]

The Glasgow International Match doesn't seem to be on TV, but I'm sure there will be live streams online somewhere. The GB team has been revealed.

GB & NI team for the Sainsbury’s Glasgow International Match:

MEN

60m: Richard Kilty

400m: Conrad Williams (Linford Christie) (captain)

800m: James Bowness (William Parker)

1500m: Stephen Mitchell (James Thie)

60m H: David Omoregie (Mike Guest)

High jump: Chris Kandu (Fuzz Ahmed)

Pole vault: Luke Cutts (Trevor Fox)

Long jump: Chris Tomlinson (Ken Tomlinson)

4x400m: Williams, Rabah Yousif (Carol Williams), Richard Buck (Nick Dakin), Elliot Rutter (Dan Cossins), Jarryd Dunn (Keith Holt)

WOMEN

60m: Rachel Johncock (Leon Baptiste)

400m: Kelly Massey (Stephen Ball)

800m: Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (Ayo Falola)

1500m: Jessica Judd (George Gandy)

60m H: Serita Solomon (Michelle Bovell)

Long jump: Jazmin Sawyers (Alan Lerwill)

4x400m: Massey, Seren Bundy-Davies (Ball), Emily Diamond (Cossins), Victoria Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan)

[Headie]

British Athletics has announced a partnership with Vinco Sport that will see the Sainsbury’s Glasgow International Match streamed live online on Saturday 24 January.

The event welcomes teams from Great Britain & Northern Ireland, France, Germany and the home nation Scotland to the Emirates Arena in Glasgow for an action packed afternoon of athletics in a unique international format.

The main programme gets underway at 13:29 with the men’s pole vault featuring GB & NI’s Luke Cutts (coach: Trevor Fox), the GB & NI team also features World Indoor 60m champion Richard Kilty in the 60 metres at 15:08, Jess Judd (George Gandy) in the women’s 1500m at 15:30 and team captain Conrad Williams (Linford Christie) who goes in the 400m and the final event of the day, the men’s 4x400m relay at 15:52.

For those not able to make the journey to Glasgow, access to the coverage on the day can be found by heading to Vinco Sport and signing up for a free account.

British Athletics Major Events Director Cherry Alexander said: “British Athletics are pleased to have Vinco Sport on board for the Sainsbury’s Glasgow International Match. They have shown their commitment to the sport over the last few years, as part of a thriving new media pack covering out sport. We’re delighted that people who can’t get to Glasgow will still be able to watch the event live.”

Matt Quine, founder of Vinco Sport said: “The Sainsbury’s Glasgow International Match is held in high esteem amongst the athletics community and we are delighted to be able to continue the legacy by broadcasting the event this weekend.”

Good news :clap1:

[Headie]

Can a mod stick this thread pls

[Headie]

Indoor meet tomorrow, featuring James Dasaolu and Kim Collins, on Europsort @ 6pm.

[Headie]

Jenny Meadows has ran a 1:59.23 World Leading time in the 800m today.

Seren Bundy-Davies with a 52.20 PB as well, both in Vienna.

[Headie]

And now another WL from Dina Asher Smith! :o 7.12 =WL

[Novo]

Schippers got DQ'd in that race for the worst false start ever lol Brilliant time for Dina, dont think it will be long before she is getting 7.10 and under, Laura Muir had a brilliant run for 2nd as well for her personal best

[Headie]

CJ Ujah ran a new PB today at Lee Valley (round 1: 6.57/round 2: 6.53), which is a Euro Qualifier

Hopefully he can dip under 10 seconds again this year.

[Headie]

Schippers got DQ'd in that race for the worst false start ever lol Brilliant time for Dina, dont think it will be long before she is getting 7.10 and under, Laura Muir had a brilliant run for 2nd as well for her personal best

Definitely think we have a good shot at topping the medal table at the Euro indoors this year, what with loads of Russians being banned for doping.

[Novo]

Kim Collins setting a PB in Moscow at the age of 38, unreal.

[Headie]

Kim Collins is a legend :worship:

_OjkhENHcSM

[Headie]

British Indoor Championsips & European Indoor Trails are this weekend, there will be a live stream on Vincosports

http://beta.vincosport.com/fixtures/6591-sainsburys-indoor-british-championships

[Headie]

I'm extremely bored so I decided to do something productive. Here's a list of athletes who already have the qualifying standard for their event:

Men
60m - James Dasaolu, Richard Kilty, Chijundu Ujah
400m - George Caddick
1500m - Chris O'Hare+
3000m - Lee Emmanuel+
60mH - Lawrence Clarke
Pole Vault - Steve Lewis

Women
60m - Dina Asher Smith
400m - Seren Bundy-Davies, Kelly Massey
800m - Jenny Meadows
1500m - Laura Muir
3000m - Laura Muir
60mH - Tiffany Porter
High Jump - Isobel Pooley
Pentathlon (if accepted) - Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Morgan Lake (providing ML stays in the top 6 europeans list by the qualification deadline)

[Headie]

Starts in 10 minutes
http://beta.vincosport.com/videos/10542

[Headie]

Brilliant from KJT to score a new High Jump British Record of 1.97m :worship: Morgan Lake also scoring a junior record with 1.94m jump :clap1:

[Headie]

After the Champs, here are the athletes guaranteed selection for Prague:

Men
60m - Chijundu Ujah
400m - Nigel Levine
3000m - Lee Emmanuel
60mH - Lawrence Clarke
High Jump - Allan Smith

Women
60m - Dina Asher Smith
800m - Jenny Meadows, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
1500m - Laura Muir
60mH - Serita Solomon
High Jump - Katarina Johnson-Thompson (although I think she is doing Pentathlon instead), Morgan Lake
Long Jump - Abigail Irozuru
Pentathlon - Katarina Johnson-Thompson

[Headie]

Next event is the British Grand Prix, Birmingham - Saturday 21 February - 13:00-16:30, BBC One.

Will be a good and last opportunity for athletes to get qualifying times.

[Macie Lightfoot]

I know no one cares about American track and field BUT Millrose Games were last night here are some highlights:

-Brycen Spratling set a world record in the 500 at 60.06 (old WR was 60.17 back in 1987) but it's such a rarely run race so :shrug:
-Robby Andrews still races like a high schooler :rolleyes:
-Ashton Eaton almost died lmfao
-Fastest Kid on the Block false started but because "they're just kids" still won :rolleyes:
-Jordan Hasay had a surprisingly good race in the Mile, Mary Cain not so much

[Headie]

Lmao I saw that Ashton Eaton race and him diving over the safety bumper <3

[Headie]

Athletes with the qualifying standard as of 21st Feb:

MEN
60m: James Dasaolu, CJ Ujah, Richard Kilty
400m: Nigel Levine, Jarryd Dunn, George Caddick, Michael Bingham
800m: Guy Learmonth, James Bowness, Mukhtar Mohammed
1500m: Charlie Grice, Chris O’Hare, Lee Emmanuel
3000m: Lee Emmanuel
60mh: Lawrence Clarke
High jump: Allan Smith
Pole vault: Steve Lewis
Long Jump: Greg Rutherford

WOMEN
60m: Dina Asher-Smith, Rachel Johncock
400m: Seren Bundy-Davies, Kirsten McAslan, Laura Maddox, Kelly Massey
800m: Jenny Meadows, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
1500m: Laura Muir, Rosie Clarke
3000m: Laura Muir, Kate Avery
60mh: Tiffany Porter, Serita Solomon
High jump: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Morgan Lake, Isobel Pooley
Long jump: Abigail Irozuru, Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Pentathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Athletes in itallics have already secured their place in the Euro Indoors team

[Headie]

Andy Vernon and Mo Farah kicking off on Twitter :joker:

AV: Another stellar field against @Mo_Farah on home turf this weekend at Birmingham. #joke

MF: @AndyVernonGB Shame you didn't make the line up....again #ComeBackWhenYouWinSomethingDecent

AV: Lol @Mo_Farah I think even you can work out that I can make the cut to the Indoor Grand Prix. Lets hope no one loses their shoe...

MF: @AndyVernonGB I wish you did make the cut mate so I can leave you in my dust like ALWAYS!! hahahaha #hatersgonnahate

AV: @Mo_Farah. 1) stop quoting Taylor Swift. 2) I don't hate you Mo. I would just rather watch a race than the the Mo Show. #playersgonnaplay

MF: @AndyVernonGB that's why they didn't put you in the race mate.. Cos you're an embarrassment!! Taylor swift can probably run faster than you!

AV: @Mo_Farah She probably could at the moment. Good luck for the WR attempt

[Black Dagger]

Andy is a massive cock isn't he... didn't he have a go at Sharp because she was happy she won a silver medal.

[Headie]

Amazing 400m race, Kirsten, Laura and Seren giving Mcorory a nice surprise! :laugh: Great runs all round today with lots of qualifying times produced and places booked.

Athletes confirmed for European Indoor Championships in Prague so far:
Men
60m - Chijundu Ujah
400m - Nigel Levine, Jarryd Dunn
800m - Guy Learmonth, James Bowness
1500m- Charlie Grice
3000m - Lee Emmanuel
60mH - Lawrence Clarke
High Jump - Allan Smith

Women
60m - Dina Asher Smith, Rachel Johncock
400m - Kirsten McAslan, Laura Maddox
800m - Jenny Meadows, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
1500m - Laura Muir
60mH - Serita Solomon
High Jump - Katarina Johnson-Thompson (although she is doing Pentathlon instead), Morgan Lake
Long Jump - Abigail Irozuru
Pentathlon - Katarina Johnson-Thompson

[Headie]

Team GB has been announced for the European Indoor Championships in Prague, March 6-8. BBC will be covering the championships and I assume Eurosport will too.

GB & Northern Ireland team

MEN

60m: Richard Kilty, Sean Safo-Antwi, Chijindu Ujah

400m: Jarryd Dunn

800m: James Bowness, Guy Learmonth, Mukhtar Mohammed

1500m: Charlie Grice, Chris O'Hare

3000m: Lee Emanuel, Philip Hurst, Tom Lancashire

4x400m: Jamie Bowie, Jarryd Dunn, Rory Evans, Conrad Williams, Rabah Yousif

60m hurdles: Lawrence Clarke, David Omoregie

High jump: Allan Smith

Long jump: Greg Rutherford

WOMEN

60m: Dina Asher-Smith, Rachel Johncock

400m: Seren Bundy-Davies, Laura Maddox, Kirsten McAslan

800m: Jenny Meadows, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

1500m: Rosie Clarke

3000m: Kate Avery, Emelia Gorecka, Laura Muir

4x400m: Amy Allcock, Seren Bundy-Davies, Laura Maddox, Kelly Massey, Kirsten McAslan, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

60m hurdles: Lucy Hatton, Serita Solomon

High jump: Isobel Pooley

Long jump: Abigail Irozuru

Pentathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Morgan Lake

[Headie]

We have some genuine gold medal chances with KJT, Rutherford, Bundy-Davies, Asher-Smith, Muir and Ujah/Kilty.

Good to see the selectors have picked young talents too who just fell short of the qualifying standards, such as Lucy Hatton, David Omoregie and Emilia Gorecka.

[Headie]

lol Rutherford has pulled out of the Euros already to focus on the outdoors. Was to be expected tbh.

[Headie]

Final entries for this weekend's European Indoor Championships in Prague:
http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/52/10/EICH-FinalEntriesforwebsite_Neutral.pdf

Also for anyone not sure where to watch this, here are the times and channels it's being aired on:

Thurs:-

Eurosport 2 15:30:18:00 Live & 20:00-22:00 Highlights

Fri

BBC2 08:30-12:00
BBC Red Button 11:55-13:00 and 14:45-18:00
Eurosport 2 8:45-13:15 and 15:00-18:00 Live & 20:00-22:00 Highlights

Sat:-

BBC2 08:30-11:30 and 16:30-19:30
Eurosport 2 09:00-11:00 and 15:30-19:00 & 20:00-22:00 Highlights

Sun:-

BBC2 13:30-17:35
Eurosport 2 19:30-15:15 & 20:00-22:00 Highlights

[Headie]

I have nothing to do so I analysed the final entries and put how high each British athlete is ranked within each event out of the competitors based on the competing entries SB's:

MEN

60m
Chijindu Ujah - 1st
Richard Kilty - 2nd
Sean Safo-Antwi - 6th

400m
Jarryd Dunn - 10th

800m
Guy Learmonth - 5th
James Bowness - 7th
Mukhtar Mohammed - 8th

1500m
Charlie Grice - 6th
Chris O’Hare - 9th

3000m
Lee Emanuel - 2nd
Philip Hurst - 9th
Tom Lancashire - 10th

60m Hurdles
Lawrence Clarke - 3rd
David Omoregie - 15th

High Jump
Allan Smith - 10th

WOMEN

60m
Dina Asher-Smith - 2nd
Rachel Johncock - 10th

400m
Seren Bundy-Davies - 1st
Kirsten McAslan - 3rd
Laura Maddox - 4th

800m
Jenny Meadows - 1st
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke - 10th

1500m
Rosie Clarke - 7th

3000m
Laura Muir - 2nd
Kate Avery - 4th
Emelia Gorecka - 18th

60m Hurdles
Lucy Hatton - 8th
Serita Solomon - 10th

High Jump
Isobel Pooley - 10th

Long Jump
Abigail Irozuru - 5th

Pentathlon
Morgan Lake N/A
Katarina Johnson-Thompson N/A

[Headie]

Abigail Irozuru out of the Euros with a hamstring injury
https://twitter.com/Airozuru/status/572460439906480128

[Headie]

Abigail Irozuru out of the Euros with a hamstring injury
https://twitter.com/Airozuru/status/572460439906480128

[Headie]

Excited for this tomorrow :cheer2:

[Headie]

Brilliant performances from KJT, Lucy Hatton and Serita Solomon!

Gutted that KJT just missed out on the World Record but happy she won gold with ease, I'm so excited for Jessica Ennis-Hill to return and I can't wait for them to duel it out at the World Champs!

Great runs from Hatton and Solomon, 7.90 and 7.93 respectively to claim silver and bronze. Really excited to see how they'll fare in the outdoor season now!

[Headie]

Jessica Ennis-Hill ‏@J_Ennis 3 hrs3 hours ago
@JohnsonThompson Well done Kat!! Amazing performance! Sad to see my record go but couldn't have gone to a more deserving athlete!

KJT ‏@JohnsonThompson 14 mins14 minutes ago
@J_Ennis ahh thanks Jess...I know how you feel @morgan_a_lake ����

Morgan Lake ‏@morgan_a_lake 1 min1 minute ago
@JohnsonThompson ahha sorry �� well done on the senior one though #5000

Can't wait for all 3 to dominate the Heptathlon for many years to come :love:

[Headie]

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Lucy+Hatton+European+Athletics+Indoor+Championship s+B8Rh9K69ju_l.jpg
:love:

[Macie Lightfoot]

I know nobody really cares about Americans here but the women's NCAA meet was POPPING

-Jenna Prandini scoring 26 points (10.96w 100/22.21 200/6.80 LJ) to lead Oregon to the women's title
-22.24 getting FOURTH in the 200 with legal wind :o
-18 y/o Raevyn Rogers running 1:59.71 for the win
-Dior Hall breaking the WJR record in the 100H with a 12.74
-freshman Keturah Orji breaking the AJR record with 14.15 in TJ (not to mention that she landed standing up and had no extension whatsoever)
-freshman Raven Saunders throwing 18.35 to win the SP
-Akela Jones winning the Hep with 6371 in her second heptathlon ever :o

guys meet was pretty good too, junior Andre De Grasse blew up the field with a 9.75w/19.58w double

Junior and Senior nationals are both next weekend so there should be some interesting stuff there

[Headie]

Welp the UK sucks compared to USA lmao

(Although I still believe Dina Asher Smith will be the fastest female in the world in the future)

[Macie Lightfoot]

eh, much bigger population pool for starters, but even then it's not uncommon for the big NCAA names to come from abroad like Kirani James, Natoya Goule, and Dominique Scott (who I assume will compete for South Africa once she graduates)

I like Dina Asher-Smith! She came across really well in her interview at World Juniors last year and I was thrilled when she beat Kaylin Whitney tbh! Whitney broke the high school records in the 100 and 200 last year as a sophomore and she trains with a professional group that's LOADED with drug cheats so the whole thing is rly suspicious tbh. And then she signed pro and now trains with that group full time :) :) :) :) :)

Speaking of Whitney's 100 high school record, it was broken this weekend by a sophomore! Candace Hill ran a wind legal 10.96 which has to be one of the best HS performances ever in any event. Completely mind-blowing. Also this weekend had the girls HS long jump record broken (a 39 year old one!!!) by Kate Hall with a 6.83.

We have US Juniors and US Youth coming up soon and I'm excited to see what Sydney McLaughlin does. Almost beat the NCAA champion last year in 400 hurdles and qualified for the World Junior team but was too young :joker: this past weekend at HS Nationals she repeated her hurdle title in 55.8 (just off her PB) and had two 51.x splits on relays. And she's only 15 years old :o

Hayden I feel bad that I always come in this thread and bombard you with American **** so here's a question I have, whatever happened to Jodie Williams? I remember back in like 2009 or 2010 she had some crazy streak and didn't lose a race for four or five years. Is she still running fast?

[Headie]

Hayden I feel bad that I always come in this thread and bombard you with American **** so here's a question I have, whatever happened to Jodie Williams? I remember back in like 2009 or 2010 she had some crazy streak and didn't lose a race for four or five years. Is she still running fast?

Haha it's not a problem at all :laugh: Better than just me posting in here all the time... I like keeping up with American affairs too!

Jodie won Silver at both the Commonwealth Games and European Championships last year in the 200 (coming second to Okagbare/Schippers), smashing her PB in pretty much every race she ran last year. She dabbled about with doing some 4x400 relays too. She hasn't run at all this season due to injury, idk if she plans to run at the Worlds or not.

She is definitely progressing though, and I can't wait for her and Dina to have a showdown!

I heard about that Candace girl... she is definitely one to watch in the future for sure.

Also Troy please tell me you do not support Gatlin and Gay and all the other irrelevant has-beens that should've been banned for life years ago. :clap1:

[Headie]

Oh and a bunch of foreign athletes with British citizenship recently switched allegiance to the UK, including Zharnel Hughes (who broke Blake's junior records and almost beat Bolt in New York) and Cindy Ofili (Tiffany Porter's sister).

I'm going to watch the Trials and will be there for the 100m Hurdles final, which will consist of Tiffany Porter, Cindy Ofili, Lucy Hatton, Serita Solomon and Jess Ennis. It's definitely gonna be the event of the champs for me!

[Headie]

This is a useful website for seeing which athletes across the globe have achieved World Champs qualifying standards:
http://toplist.leichtathletik-mehrkampf.de/

[Black Dagger]

Some of our performances in the team champs last weekend :clap1:

[Macie Lightfoot]

Also Troy please tell me you do not support Gatlin and Gay and all the other irrelevant has-beens that should've been banned for life years ago. :clap1:

the only thing I support about Tyson Gay is his bubble butt tbh.

But yeah, the drug cheat stuff is why I can't fully get behind Kaylin Whitney (the girl who broke high school records in the 100/200 last year as a sophomore and went pro. Candace Hill broke her 100 record this year.) She's been training with Star Athletics, which is Dennis Mitchell's track club that Damu Cherry and Justin Gatlin are associated with. All three are drug cheats so it naturally makes you suspicious of everyone involved.

Speaking of drug suspicions, there's been a hell of a lot of stuff going on with the Nike Oregon Project, one of the best distance groups in the country. Alberto Salazar (who is controversial enough as it is) is under suspicion mainly for stuff with Galen Rupp. It's also interesting that Mary Cain (the American equivalent of Jessica Judd as I understand) has left NOP and Lauren Fleshman has come out and talked about how Salazar took her to one of his doctors to get her diagnosed with asthma and then told her how she should take her asthma medicine.

Fun fact, my father coached Tiffany Porter's husband in high school!

[Headie]

the only thing I support about Tyson Gay is his bubble butt tbh.

But yeah, the drug cheat stuff is why I can't fully get behind Kaylin Whitney (the girl who broke high school records in the 100/200 last year as a sophomore and went pro. Candace Hill broke her 100 record this year.) She's been training with Star Athletics, which is Dennis Mitchell's track club that Damu Cherry and Justin Gatlin are associated with. All three are drug cheats so it naturally makes you suspicious of everyone involved.

Speaking of drug suspicions, there's been a hell of a lot of stuff going on with the Nike Oregon Project, one of the best distance groups in the country. Alberto Salazar (who is controversial enough as it is) is under suspicion mainly for stuff with Galen Rupp. It's also interesting that Mary Cain (the American equivalent of Jessica Judd as I understand) has left NOP and Lauren Fleshman has come out and talked about how Salazar took her to one of his doctors to get her diagnosed with asthma and then told her how she should take her asthma medicine.

Fun fact, my father coached Tiffany Porter's husband in high school!

Yeah the whole Oregon thing sounds messy tbh

Omg Jeff Porter? That's so cool... he seems like a nice guy too, unlike some American athletes (y'all know the ones)

[Macie Lightfoot]

ya I like what I've seen from him. This also makes Tiffany Porter my favorite Brit athlete just bc of the degrees of separation <3

US Nationals aren't being shown because of the NFL draft :rolleyes: but they cut to the women's 100 final and it's gonna be Torie Bowie, English Gardner, and Jasmine Todd going to Beijing! They beat out Prandini, Bartoletta, Tarmoh, and Jeter :o Jeter went down and might've pulled something right at the end of the race but she was already out of it.

[Macie Lightfoot]

and Tyson Gay predictably won the 100. I h8 that he's a drug cheat but he interviews well. It's nice to see a sprinter who isn't completely cocky and is respectful of his competitors, as sad as that is to say.

Trayvon Bromell got second place though! Turns 20 in July and ran 9.96.

[Macie Lightfoot]

New Jersey girls got 1st and 3rd in TJ <3 including 19 year old Keturah Orji. I have no clue who actually goes to Beijing though since not many of our women TJers meet the standard usually. (ETA: Orji got 3rd place but has the best jump in the country, only 0.05 off the qualifying mark!)

Sanya Richards-Ross didn't make the 400 meter final :o :o :o

[Macie Lightfoot]

:o :o :o Francena McCorory doesn't make it in the 400! Died in the last 50 and fell right at the line for fourth place (was already in fourth though so the fall didn't change things.) The team will be Allyson Felix, Natasha Hastings, and Phyllis Francis!

[Headie]

The US trials are brutal. Stowers, Richards Ross and McCorory all out of the team despite topping the world leading times. Nelvis only just made it by 0.01 second...

Christine's chances of defending her title have drastically improved.

The last day of US trials are on Eurosport 2 @ 9pm tonight

[Headie]

and Tyson Gay predictably won the 100. I h8 that he's a drug cheat but he interviews well. It's nice to see a sprinter who isn't completely cocky and is respectful of his competitors, as sad as that is to say.

Trayvon Bromell got second place though! Turns 20 in July and ran 9.96.

Yah but apparently he made a homophobic tweet against lesbians or something, which makes it hard to root for him.

Hoping Gatlin has a disastrous 200

[Macie Lightfoot]

Georganne Moline was in the mix but fell at hurdle #8 :\

Top three were Shamier Little (2x NCAA champion, 20 years old), Cassandra Tate, and Kori Carter. Lashinda Demus misses the team by 0.03 :o :o :o

[Macie Lightfoot]

Maggie Vessey falls with 200 to go and Ajee' Wilson loses a shoe in the process and just holds on for third. Montano, Martinez, and Wilson are going to Beijing.

[Macie Lightfoot]

lmfao Duane Solomon spent all this time talking about how he's going to take the race into ~*~THE TWILIGHT ZONE~*~

...and then he went out super fast and just stopped with 50 meters to go and didn't even finish :joker::joker::joker::joker::joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

Jenna Prandini is the national champion in the 200 :worship:

[Macie Lightfoot]

Jeff Porter misses the US team by 0.005 :( he had a good start but his second half fell apart.

[Headie]

A few shocks from the US trials this time.

British Trials are next week. I can't see Team GB being that full tbh, since selectors have been extra harsh this year. First of all, you need 2 A Standards AND Top 2 at the trials to achieve auto selection. If you fail to reach top 2, you can only be selected if you have a realistic chance at making the final in Rio. Selectors also get final say over IAAF invitations, so someone who doesn't win the Trials but is high enough in the world rankings to receive an invite from IAAF to fill up remaining spots could still get rejected if selectors don't see enough potential in them. Men's middle distance in particular is looking likely that no one will be sent. Also, if you plan to compete at the Euro Juniors or U23s, then you aren't allowed to compete in that same event at Beijing :shrug:

I'm going on Friday and Saturday to watch, but all the main finals will be on Sunday (which is the only day being televised by the BBC).

[Headie]

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[Headie]

Lmao I love Cindy Ofili's resting bitch face in this interview. She looks pissed that her sister beat her :joker: And then Tiffany's face when Cindy is talking :joker:
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[Headie]

That "mhmmm" at the end :joker:

[Macie Lightfoot]

Cindy Ofili feeling British will never not be hilarious to me <3

[Black Dagger]

Do they not get on? There is so much passive aggressiveness in that video lmao.

[Headie]

I have no idea but apparently Tiffany said "the day her sister beats her is the day she retires" lmao

[Headie]

Team GB Auto-selected athletes (so far, before selectors remaining decisions):

MEN

100m
C. Ujah, J. Dasaolu

200m
Z. Hughes

400m
R. Yousif, J. Dunn

5000m
M. Farah

10,000m
M. Farah

Pole Vault
S. Lewis

Long Jump
G. Rutherford, D. Bramble

Hammer
N. Miller

WOMEN

100m
D. Asher-Smith

200m
B. Williams, M. Adeoye

400m
A. Onuora, C. Ohuruogu

800m
L. Sharp

1500m
L. Muir, L. Weightman

100m Hurdles
T. Porter, C. Ofili

400m Hurdles
E. Child, M. Beesley

High Jump
I. Pooley, M. Lake

Pole Vault
H. Bradshaw

Long Jump
S. Proctor, L. Ugen

Hammer
S. Hitchon

[Macie Lightfoot]

Candace Hill set meet record at World Youth with an 11.08.

Hannah Brier got sixth in 11.66, idk anything about her but she's British

[Headie]

Can we get Dawn Harper Nelson on BBUS pls... The way she manipulated those officials into pulling out a green card when she blatantly false started <333

[Headie]

Here’s a list of automatic qualifiers. Those in brackets have one A-standard, but need another for automatic selection.

MEN

100m
J. Dasaolu, C. Ujah

200m
Z. Hughes, (D. Talbot)

400m
J. Dunn, R. Yousif

800m
(M. Rimmer)

1500m
(C. Grice), (C. O’Hare)

5000m
M. Farah, (T. Farrell)

10,000m
M. Farah

110m Hurdles
L. Clarke

400m Hurdles
(N. Flannery)

High Jump
(R. Grabarz)

Pole Vault
Steve Lewis

Long Jump
D. Bramble, G. Rutherford

Triple Jump
(N. Douglas), (J. Reid)

Hammer
M. Dry, N. Miller

WOMEN

100m
D. Asher-Smith

200m
M. Adeoye, B. Williams

400m
C. Ohuruogu, A. Onuora

800m
S. Oskan-Clarke, L. Sharp

1500m
L. Muir, L. Weightman

5000m
(S. Twell)

100m Hurdles
C. Ofili, T. Porter

400m Hurdles
M. Beesley, E. Child

High Jump
M. Lake, I. Pooley

Pole Vault
H. Bradshaw

Long Jump
S. Proctor, L. Ugen

Hammer
S. Hitchon

[Macie Lightfoot]

omfg Candace Hill just broke Kaylin Whitney's 200 world youth record with a 22.43. Lauren Rain Williams got second for USA with a 22.90. They're both 16 years old.

Candace's 100/200 double is the second at World Youth after Jodie Williams fwiw

[Macie Lightfoot]

omfg and Sammy Watson just negative splitted a 2:03.54 to win O_O went out in 63 and closed in 60

[Macie Lightfoot]

Tara Davis wins LJ for USA with 6.41. She's another 16 year old. USA's class of 2017 is ridiculously stacked on the girl's side especially

[Macie Lightfoot]

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this is the funniest thing ever to me :joker::joker::joker:

edit: apparently Michelle Visage's daughter is a hurdler and goes to the same high school as Tara Davis :joker: this is all to hilarious to me

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[Headie]

Startlists for the London Anniversary Games are up:

http://london.diamondleague.com/lists_results_2015/

[Headie]

GB & NI team for the IAAF World Championships

MEN

100m
James Dasaolu
Richard Kilty
Chijindu Ujah

200m
Zharnel Hughes
Daniel Talbot

400m
Jarryd Dunn
Martyn Rooney
Rabah Yousif

800m
Kyle Langford
Michael Rimmer

1500m
Charlie Grice
Chris O’Hare

5000m
Mo Farah
Tom Farrell

10,000m
Mo Farah

110m hurdles
Lawrence Clarke

400m hurdles
Niall Flannery
Jack Green

High jump
Robbie Grabarz

Long jump
Dan Bramble
Greg Rutherford

Pole vault
Steve Lewis

Hammer throw
Mark Dry
Nick Miller

20km walk
Tom Bosworth

4x100m relay
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
James Ellington
Adam Gemili
Richard Kilty
Danny Talbot
Chijindu Ujah

4x400m relay
Jack Green
Martyn Rooney
Conrad Williams
Delano Williams
Jarryd Dunn
Rabah Yousif
Nigel Levine

WOMEN

100m
Asha Philip

200m
Margaret Adeoye
Dina Asher-Smith
Bianca Williams

400m
Christine Ohuruogu
Anyika Onuora

800m
Jenny Meadows
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
Lynsey Sharp

1500m
Laura Muir
Laura Weightman

5000m
Steph Twell

10,000m
Kate Avery

100m hurdles
Cindy Ofili
Tiffany Porter

400m hurdles
Meghan Beesley
Eilidh Child

High jump
Morgan Lake
Isobel Pooley

Long jump
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Shara Proctor
Lorraine Ugen

Pole vault
Holly Bradshaw

Hammer throw
Sophie Hitchon

Javelin
Goldie Sayers

Heptathlon
Jessica Ennis-Hill
Katarina Johnson-Thompson

4x100m relay
Louise Bloor
Desiree Henry
Jodie Williams
Daryll Neita
Asha Philip
Dina Asher-Smith
Bianca Williams

4x400m relay
Kirsten McAslan
Seren Bundy-Davies
Laviai Nielson
Margaret Adeoye
Eilidh Child
Christine Ohuruogu
Anyika Onuora

[Macie Lightfoot]

Ajee' Wilson is not going to be racing at Worlds because of injury. Real shame.

In more controversial news, however, Nick Symmonds has been dropped off of the Team USA roster! There's been a lot of controversy because's openly refusing to sign a conditions statement because one of the conditions is that everyone must wear Nike at any Team USA event, but there aren't any guidelines as to what is defined as a Team USA event and since he's sponsored by Brooks he could get in trouble and he wouldn't be allowed to bring his trainers on the plane and all this ****. I don't know, Nick's been very vocal about all of this and he had some big press conference tonight where he's blowing up USATF's spot so it should be interesting for the next few weeks.

[Headie]

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Probably weirdest/most random interaction I've seen on Twitter

[Headie]

Seb Coe has been elected the new president of the IAAF by 115 votes to 92.

[Headie]

World Champs start tonight at 5 past midnight UK time

[BigSister]

Looking forward to the world champs prob second to the Olympics in athletics terms just hope team GB do well and there isn't too many drug stories overshadowing the compettion

[Headie]

Looking forward to the world champs prob second to the Olympics in athletics terms just hope team GB do well and there isn't too many drug stories overshadowing the compettion

We have a few medal shots... Katarina Johnshon-Thompson, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford, Lynsey Sharp, Shara Proctor, Christine Ohuruogu, Tiffany Porter, Zharnel Hughes, Isobel Pooley, Dina Asher-Smith and all of our relay squads are all possible of getting medals although not all will.

Lots of people are using this as a stepping-stone towards Rio.

[Headie]

KJT and Jess Ennis Top 2 in the heptathlon going into today's evening session. Nick Miller, Laura Muir and Laura Weightman all safely qualified in their heats. Mark Dry, Kyle Langford and Michael Rimmer all failed to qualify.

Live action is starting now on BBC2!

[Headie]

Jess still leading after 3 events!

Mo Farah on soon

[Headie]

Mo :worship:

[Macie Lightfoot]

eek @ KJT fouling all her long jumps. Theisen's about 100 points behind Ennis so it should be interesting. We'll see how much Theisen's high jump performance costs her.

[Headie]

It's definitely Jess's to lose now.

Hopefully KJT can come away with a medal in the individual long jump later in the week.

Also praying Bolt beats Gatlin tonight :fc:

[Legend killer]

Can't wait for Gaitlin to go in dry on Bolt. He refused to race Gay when he was injury free and has done the same with Gaitlin this year aswell.

You can only run for so long Bolt

[Headie]

Can't wait for Gaitlin to go in dry on Bolt. He refused to race Gay when he was injury free and has done the same with Gaitlin this year aswell.

You can only run for so long Bolt

Usain Bolt, 2015 World Champion :worship:

Where is Twatlin? Crying in a corner? :pat:

[James]

Steve Cram got pretty excited.

[Headie]

Steve Cram got pretty excited.

He always shouts during every 100m final commentary he does :laugh:

[BigSister]

So pleased for Jess ^_^ and so glad that Bolt won 100m too I wasn't sure if he would but glad he did. Hopefully Jess and Mos medals will spur others on.

[Macie Lightfoot]

I mean, I think Bolt and Gatlin are both huge assholes so who cares

[Headie]

I mean, I think Bolt and Gatlin are both huge assholes so who cares

Bolt >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Marq O'Neil >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Twatlin

In other news Christine starts her bid tomorrow of defending her title... she's nowhere near the level needed for Gold but neither was she in London or Moscow based off preparations so I'm excited to see what she can pull off again :cheer2:

[Headie]

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce's weave :worship:

[Macie Lightfoot]

jesus @ Schippers and Bowie's closing that gap for second and third. Wow.

Also eek @ Molly Huddle celebrating at the line and getting caught by Emily Infeld and losing out on her medal. Good showing by the Americans in the distances though, getting all 3 men and 3 women to the steeple final and having the women go 3-4-6 in the 10K

[Headie]

Greg Rutherford :worship:

Not been a good day for Americans today apart from Felix/Francis

[Macie Lightfoot]

Pretty cool for Kenya to have the world champ in 400H, not something you would ~expect~

Also, jesus @ Dibaba's last 800 being a 1:57 that is beyond absurd

[Macie Lightfoot]

Alysia Montano fell in the 800 prelims :( quite a shame since she and Wilson (injured) were obviously very capable of making the finals and medaling. Looks like Martinez is the only American in. Ludlow's still eligible to qualify on time but I'm not counting on it, she's 5th out of 6th rn.

Not surprised about Goule fading badly though. She went out in 57.96 and died hard. That hasn't been working for her lately on the NCAA level so why did she think it'd work at worlds?

[Macie Lightfoot]

Good to see Taylor and Craddock make the TJ final. Dendy just missed out on finals on second best mark.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Good stuff to see the American girls go 2-3 in 400H

[BigSister]

Congrats to Shauna Proctor getting a silver in womens long jump

[Macie Lightfoot]

Definitely still a lot of stuff going wrong for USA (Brenda Martinez not qualifying for the 800 final, Trey Hardee pulling out of the decathlon, pretty much everything hurdle related for both genders) but Allyson Felix had an awesome win the 400, Christian Taylor had an AMAZING triple jump and is now only 8 cm from the world record (and he gave up 11+ cm on the board), Ashton Eaton running a 10.23 and 45.00 (all-time best in a decathlon) and being only 20 or so points off of his WR from 2012, Tianna Bartoletta going from barely having the bronze medal to securing the gold on her last jump, and Aries Merritt getting a bronze medal despite being in desperate need of a kidney transplant.

Also, Dafne Schippers is the real deal. Damn.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Ashton Eaton breaking his world record <3

[BigSister]

Mo :bow: ^_^

[Headie]

This has been a good champs, sad it's over tomorrow.

Looking forward to Rio next year and London 2017

[Headie]

Oh and Richard Kilty is a dick.

CJ Ujah >>>>>

[Headie]

OP updated with important 2016 fixtures

[Headie]

Some great British performances recently :clap1: Excited for World Indoors!

[Headie]

Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix startlists released:

http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/british-athletics-series/glasgow-indoor-grand-prix/event-schedule/

[Headie]

BBC Coverage starts 1pm.

[Headie]

Live stream for the British Champs is here:

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[Macie Lightfoot]

Fave time of the year with high school, NCAA, and USA championships all in one weekend! Some highlights that nobody cares about

USA:
-Sandi Morris joins the 16' club by winning PV and going 16'2.75" (4.95m)
-Vashti Cunningham wins her first senior national title, jumping 6'6.25" (1.99m). She is 18 years old and broke the world junior record, btw.
-Ajee' Wilson goes 2:00.87 for 800m
-Brianna Rollins and Keni Harrison go 7.76/7.77 for 60H
-7.00 for Barbara Pierre in 60m

NCAA:
-Kendell Williams broke her own collegiate record with a 4703 heptathlon
-Edward Cheserek wins the 5000 in 13:47.89, anchors the winning DMR with a 3:52.84 anchor about an hour later, and then wins the 3000 with a time of 8:00.40
-Freshman Lexi Weeks wins PV with a jump of 15'2.25" (4.63m)
-Keturah Orji wins nTJ with a jump of 46'4" (14.12m)
-Freshman Teahna Daniels wins the 60m with a NCAA frosh record of 7.11
-Felicia Brown wins the 200m in 22.47
-Molly Seidel with a 3k/5k double with times of 8:57.86 and 15:15.21

I'll edit in high school stuff soon bc the meet is just finishing up and SO MANY records got broken :o

[Headie]

Watched a bit of the US trials last night, Vasthi Cunningham looks like a real promising talent!

In other news, Team GB have arrived in Portland! But our governing body is being tight bastards right now and rejecting loads of invites for athletes who get invited by the IAAF. They just want medals and aren't sending IAAF invite athletes for "financial reasons"

[Headie]

Why have I only just discovered this interview:

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The bitterness in that clip @ the other countries having reserves :joker: This might be tied with my favourite post-race interview ever along with Tiffany and Cindy's bitchy eye rolling interview <333

[Headie]

Coverage starting on the red button at about 6.15!

[Headie]

Diamond League kicks off in Doha this Friday!

[Headie]

Looking forward to Gotzis this weekend, hopefully KJT and Morgan Lake can get the qualifying marks for Rio :fc:

[Headie]

Gotzis Live Stream:

http://tvthek.orf.at/live/Leichtathletik-Hypomeeting-Goetzis-Tag-1/12827421

Kat is currently leading the Heptathlon.

Also Sound of Silence by Dami Im keeps playing in the stadium like every 10 minutes, I love it <333

[Headie]

They're playing Euphoria now :laugh:

[Headie]

Olympic Trials start this time in 2 weeks :clap1:

Also, it's scary how much Lynsey Sharp (GB) and Susan Kuijken (NED) lookalike!
http://66.media.tumblr.com/7e2f44ab1077b5a5fcb8f54505af0aca/tumblr_natpayp3aw1rn92z6o1_500.jpg

[Macie Lightfoot]

Forgot to mention that a few weeks ago I was watching some random low-key meet on TV (American Track League in Atlanta) and oh my god what a disaster it was...

-Angelo Taylor runs 54.xx in the intermediates
-Sanya Richards-Ross does not finish the 100 bc of a hamstring issue
-DeeDee Trotter runs 51 high in the 400 and then collapses with an asthma attack all while the commentator notes "if there's one thing that's for certain, you can never count out DeeDee Trotter" :joker:
-and then idk, more Lolo Jones theatrics since she doesn't start her race

yeah, this is definitely It for a lot of the big-name Americans. A lot of them aren't gonna make the team and it's gonna be a big changing of the guard across the board in almost all events.

[Macie Lightfoot]

holy **** Sydney McLaughlin just obliterated the high school record in the intermediates with a 54.46 :o she's only 16. I'm excited to see her in Olympic Trials. Gonna be tough as hell for her to make the team but it'd be great if she made the finals and got like top 5.

She also split 50.93 FAT on a relay two days ago fwiw

[Headie]

Omg 54.46 is insane, especially for someone of that age!

I can't wait for Trials season, UK champs next week and US Trials not long after, should be great to watch <3

[Macie Lightfoot]

I'll be on vaca during the UK Trials so I'll be relying on your updates Hayden hun x

Aside from McLaughlin, another New Jersey person I'm very excited about moving forward is Keturah Orji. She broke the American record at NCAAs for Triple Jump. American women are so weak in that event so it's refreshing to have someone who looks promising for once.

[Headie]

Former world champion Dai Greene fails to qualify for the 400m Hurdles final :o

Also looks like Queen Christine Ohuruogu has pulled out </3 I'm doubting she'll even be selected for Rio now tbh.

[Headie]

Live coverage starts on Red Button @ 2pm (10 minutes)

[Headie]

Tiff and Cindy both qualify for Rio <333 Cindy ran with the shoelaces on one of her shoes undone :joker:

https://uploadir.com/u/1d9vgp1m

[Headie]

Day 2 over, tomorrow is the day I've been most excited for though. A day full of finals and plenty of places on the plane to Rio to be won!

It's live on BBC2 tomorrow from 1pm to 5pm!

[Macie Lightfoot]

US Juniors are this weekend. Sydney McLaughlin ran 54.54, with two other high school girls behind her in 55.89 and 56.16.

HOWEVER, high school freshman Tia Jones (15 years old) ran a wind-legal 12.84 in the 100H trials and broke the high school national record and tied the world junior record :o :o :o :o :o

[Headie]

Yeah I just came in here to post about Tia Jones, I knew you would beat me to it :laugh: That's an insane time for a 15(!!!) year old.

Out of curiosity who is the other person who ties with her WJR? Did she go on to be very successful?

Also I really hope Keni Harrison break the WR this year

[Headie]

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake has pulled out the 200m, really disappointed as I wanted to see him run after his amazing sub-20 performance earlier this year. Hopefully he'll still be picked based on that performance.

Live action starts at 1pm!

[Headie]

Jess Ennis-Hill has set a new PB in the Long Jump of 6.63 over in Germany :clap1:

I'm so excited for this Jess vs Kat battle in Rio :clap1:

[Headie]

Dina is def gonna win the 200, she looked so easy in the heats just then

[Headie]

Seb Rodger so close to the standard </3 That was a great race though!

[Headie]

Eek Zharnel does not look in great shape at all

[Headie]

Michael Rimmer :facepalm:

[Headie]

Laura Muir :lovedup:

I was rooting for little Jo Moultrie tho, running clear of everyone in the first 2 laps!

[Headie]

Women's 400m time, my favourite event of the day :cheer2: Come thru Perri and Anyika!

[Headie]

Tragic

[Headie]

Jazmin Sawyers!!!!!!! :love: :love:

Sooooo happy for her!

[Headie]

Jenny :( So happy for Shelayna tho! And Lynsey <3

[Headie]

Welp selectors will have to choose between Zharnel Hughes and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake now

[Headie]

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[Headie]

European Champs Team GB squad announced, it's the biggest we've ever sent:

MEN:

100m:
James Ellington (Linford Christie)
Adam Gemili (Steve Fudge)
Richard Kilty (Benke Blomkvist)

200m:
Danny Talbot (Benke Blomkvist)
Nethaneel Mithchell-Blake (Dennis Shaver)
Zharnel Hughes (Glenn Mills)

400m:
Martyn Rooney (Rana Reider)
Jarryd Dunn (Keith Holt)

800m:
Michael Rimmer (Jon Bigg)
Jamie Webb (Adrian Webb)
Elliot Giles (Matthew Yates)

1500m:
Jake Wightman (Geoff Wightman)
Lee Emanuel (Joe Franklin)
Tom Lancashire (Steve Vernon)

5000m:
Jonathan Davies (Rob McKim)
Jonathan Taylor (Gordon Surtees)

10,000m:
Andy Vernon (Nic Bideau)
Dewi Griffiths (Kevin Evans)

3000m steeplechase:
Rob Mullett (David Leach)

110mH:
Andy Pozzi (Malcolm Arnold)
Lawrence Clarke (Samba-Koundy Giscard)
William Sharman (Jerzy Maciukiewicz)

400mH:
Jack Green (June Plews)
Rhys Williams (Adrian Thomas)
Tom Burton (Nick Dakin)

High Jump:
Chris Baker (Sharon Heveran)
Robbie Grabarz (Fuzz Caan)

Pole Vault:
Luke Cutts (Trevor Fox)

Long Jump:
Greg Rutherford (Dan Pfaff)
Dan Bramble (Frank Attoh)

Triple Jump:
Nathan Douglas (Aston Moore)
Julian Reid (Aston Moore)

Hammer:
Nick Miller (Tore Gustafsson)
Chris Bennett (Mick Jones)
Mark Dry (Tore Gustafsson)

Decathlon:
Ashley Bryant (Aston Moore)

4x100m Relay:
James Ellington (Linford Christie)
Adam Gemili (Steve Fudge)
Richard Kilty (Benke Blomkvist)
Danny Talbot (Benke Blomkvist)
Nethaneel Mithchell-Blake (Dennis Shaver)
Zharnel Hughes (Glenn Mills)
Chijindu Ujah (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo)
James Dasaolu (Steve Fudge)
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Benke Blomkvist)
Ojie Edoburun (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo)

4x400m Relay:
Jarryd Dunn (Keith Holt)
Jack Green (June Plews)
Rabah Yousif (Carol Williams)
Delano Williams (Neil Harrison)
Matthew Hudson-Smith (Tony Hadley)
Nigel Levine (Linford Christie)

Half-Marathon Cup:
Callum Hawkins (Robert Hawkins)
Tsegai Tewedle (John MacKay)
Derek Hawkins (Robert Hawkins)
Jonathan Hay (Mick Woods)
Matt Bond (Norman Poole)
Lee Merrien (Gavin Smith)

WOMEN:
100m:
Asha Philip (Steve Fudge)
Desiree Henry (Rana Reider)

200m:
Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie)
Jodie Williams (Ryan Freckleton)

400m:
Anyika Onuora (Rana Reider)
Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan)

800m:
Adelle Tracey (Craig Winrow)
Alison Leonard (Bud Baldaro)
Jenny Meadows (Trevor Painter)

1500m:
Sarah McDonald (Bud Baldaro)
Melissa Courtney (Mark Pauley)

5000m:
Steph Twell (Mick Woods)
Laura Whittle
Eilish McColgan (Liz McColgan-Nuttall)

10,000m:
Kate Avery (Tony Simmons)
Jessica Andrews
Jo Pavey (Gavin Pavey)

3000m steeplechase:
Lennie Waite (Steve Sisson)
Rosie Clarke (David Harmer)

100mH:
Tiffany Porter (Rana Reider)
Serita Solomon (Michelle Bovell)
Lucy Hatton (Toni Minichiello)

High Jump:
Isobel Pooley (Fuzz Caan)

Long Jump:
Shara Proctor (Rana Reider)
Lorraine Ugen (Shawn Jackson)
Jazmin Sawyers (Alan Lerwill)

Triple Jump:
Laura Samuel (Aston Moore)

Shot:
Rachel Wallader

Discus:
Jade Lally (Andrew Neal)

Hammer:
Sophie Hitchon (Tore Gustafsson)

Javelin:
Goldie Sayers (Mark Roberson)

Heptathlon:
Morgan Lake (Eldon Lake)

4x100m Relay:
Asha Philip (Steve Fudge)
Desiree Henry (Rana Reider)
Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie)
Daryll Neita (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo)
Bianca Williams (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo)
Louise Bloor (Toni Minichiello)
Shannon Hylton (John Blackie)

4x400m Relay:
Anyika Onuora (Rana Reider)
Seren Bundy-Davies (Stephen Ball)
Emily Diamond (Jared Deacon)
Eilidh Doyle (Malcolm Arnold)
Perri Shakes-Drayton (Chris Zah)
Margaret Adeoye (Linford Christie)
Kelly Massey (Stephen Ball)

Half-Marathon Cup:
Alyson Dixon (self-coached)
Tina Muir (Steve Picucci)
Charlotte Purdue (Nic Bideau)
Gemma Steel (Rob Denmark)
Lily Partridge (Alan Storey)
Jessica Coulson (Mick Woods)

[Macie Lightfoot]

US Olympic Trials are already off to an upset (depending on who you talk to at least) -- Duane Solomon doesn't make the 800 semifinals.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Donovan Brazier also does not make the semifinal.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Laura Roesler did not qualify for the women's 800 semis.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Ajee' Wilson and Olivia Baker out to the lead right away in heat 3. Very familiar sight for me -- watched them both race in high school many many times.

[Macie Lightfoot]

eek, Raevyn Rogers also doesn't qualify for the semis.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Sanya Richards-Ross doesn't even finish the first round of the 400... is it bad if I give a :joker: emoji? Sorry but her whole #LastLap campaign has been a huge joke

[Macie Lightfoot]

Bernard Lagat dropped out of the 10k in his last Olympic Trials and his last season of track. Kind of a shame but he's old. Biggest theme with this year's trials is a huge changing of the guard.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Usain Bolt pulled out of Jamaican Trials due to a hamstring injury

[Macie Lightfoot]

eek, Raevyn Rogers also doesn't qualify for the semis.

oops I lied she's in the semi right now

[Macie Lightfoot]

Alysia Montano, Brenda Martinez, Molly Ludlow, Ajee' Wilson, Raevyn Rogers, Kate Grace, Phoebe Wright, and Crishuna Williams make Monday's 800 final -- gonna be a bloodbath

[Macie Lightfoot]

10.90 in the first round for English Gardner

[Macie Lightfoot]

Another big name out -- DeeDee Trotter fails to make the 400 final

[Macie Lightfoot]

Trey Hardee's done too, he had a piss poor HJ performance (1.83m / 6-0) and just walked across the line in the 400m with a 72.xx

[Macie Lightfoot]

Three Oregon Ducks in the women's 100m final :worship: English Gardner, Jenna Prandini, and Ariana Washington

[Macie Lightfoot]

Allyson Felix, Phyllis Francis, and Natasha Hastings make it in the 400!

[Macie Lightfoot]

English Gardner wins in 10.74 wind-legal!!! Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie each run 10.78.

Forgot to mention Brittney Reese's 7.31m in the long jump yesterday :o

[Headie]

Allyson Felix :worship:

I do lol every year tho @ the results from Eugene compared to other venues. Like how Morgan Lake threw nearly 15m in the Shot Put at the World Juniors in 2014 and has never thrown 14m+ since then. That track really is somethin else, it must have magic powers!

I love English Gardner but I still don't see her medalling at the Olympics tbh. She's never run faster than 10.9 on a track other than Eugene which is why I'm skeptical

[Calderyon]

Now that Russia isn´t attending?, it´ll make things a little more interesting.

Most likely either Germany or France will be on top of the medal table and GB will be in third place. It will be more tighter though.

Finns might get one medal from Javelin, but that´s it. The level of competition is and will be too high in the other events.

[Headie]

Now that Russia isn´t attending?, it´ll make things a little more interesting.

Most likely either Germany or France will be on top of the medal table and GB will be in third place. It will be more tighter though.

Finns might get one medal from Javelin, but that´s it. The level of competition is and will be too high in the other events.

I think France will top the medal table, with Germany second and GB third.

There's a really weird rule this year for all sprint events (up to 400) and hurdles events that if you're ranked in the top 12 in Europe you automatically get a place in the final.

Christine Ohuruogu isn't even top 12 so she'll have to run 3 rounds </3

[Calderyon]

^ So only the sprints (100m and 200m) have qualification rounds for all the participants?

[Macie Lightfoot]

I do lol every year tho @ the results from Eugene compared to other venues. Like how Morgan Lake threw nearly 15m in the Shot Put at the World Juniors in 2014 and has never thrown 14m+ since then. That track really is somethin else, it must have magic powers!

The magic's especially real for the Oregon athletes/alumni. The residents of Eugene are very into it and insanely loyal to their Ducks and go crazy whenever an Oregon athlete does something great. Like, out of all the great things that happened I'm pretty sure they got the most excited over Jenna Prandini and Ariana Washington going 1-2 in their semi :joker:

I don't wanna call it a home-field advantage, but they almost always rise to the occasion and perform well for their fans. All five big-name recent Oregon sprinters (Gardner, Prandini, Washington, Jasmine Todd, and Deajah Stevens) made the 100 semi-final, and I'd bet that Hannah Cunliffe would have too if she was healthy.

[Calderyon]

I think France will top the medal table, with Germany second and GB third.

There's a really weird rule this year for all sprint events (up to 400) and hurdles events that if you're ranked in the top 12 in Europe you automatically get a place in the final.

Christine Ohuruogu isn't even top 12 so she'll have to run 3 rounds </3

You might be correct. France will definitely dominate the sprints, relays, 400m, 800m and be a serious contender in the long distances. They´ll also have candidates for all of the medals in all of the field events.

Germany will be great in the field events, but maybe lose somewhat to France in the track.

GB will do well also, but i think France and Germany are somewhat ahead. Not much, but just enough.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Women's 800 was a complete trainwreck. Wilson, Rogers, Montano, Martinez, Ludlow, and Grace all together with 150m to go when Montano takes a spill and also knocks Martinez down and trips up Ludlow who stayed up but still lost her momentum. Grace ended up winning, Wison came in second, and Crishuna Williams kicked like crazy to beat out Ludlow for the third spot by 0.04. Alysia Montano threw a giant fit and was hysterically crying and putting on all these theatrics as she jogged and stumbled into a 3 minute finish.

[Headie]

^Yikes, sounds messy

And the Men's 800 was a mess too with most of the big names not even surviving the heats. The only qualifier I've ever heard of out of the top 3 is Boris Berian tbh

[Headie]

Omg I've missed Jonathan Edwards coverage <333

[Headie]

YASSSSSS DINA

European champion :clap1:

[Headie]

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I honestly think she can go sub-22 in the Olympic final :worship:

[Macie Lightfoot]

yay, good for Dina! I think it was during World Juniors that I listened to some of her interviews, she comes across well. I like her.

[Macie Lightfoot]

US Trials continue today and high schoolers aren't messing around. Chanel Brissett (16 years old, just finished her junior year) ran a wind-legal 12.95 in the 100H to qualify for the semis, and 18 year old recent HS grads Noah Lyles and Michael Norman each won their 200m heats in 20.04w and 20.06w.

The state of the women's hurdles is ridiculous. It's our strongest event by far, but six different girls made the high school all time top 10 list this year with times of 12.84, 12.95, 13.04, 13.04, 13.08, and 13.17. Not to mention collegian Dior Hall ran a 12.74 last year but has been out this year with a torn ACL.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Amazing day today. Sydney McLaughlin CRUISED to a 55.46 to win her prelim heat and her chances got a whole lot better with Georganne Moline scratching for some reason. Keturah Orji won the triple jump as expected and Christina Epps just hit the standard on her last jump to take second -- they're both from NJ so I have to root for them. First time we're sending three women's triple jumpers since 1996. Women's steeplechase final was also outrageous, has to be the fastest American race ever. Coburn in 9:17, Frerichs and Quigley in 9:21.

[Headie]

Martyn Rooney defends his European title :worship:

I must admit I haven't been following the US trials since the Euros have started in Amsterdam but I'll rely on your flawlessly detailed reviews to keep up to date :love:

[Headie]

Eek Desiree Henry's injury doesn't look good at all

Gotta feel for Churandy Martina, thinking he had just done the 100/200 double in front of a home crowd only be to DQ'd for a lane infringement after celebrating and doing winner interviews

[Macie Lightfoot]

100H finalists are Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali, Kristi Castlin, Queen Harrison, Jackie Coward, Keni Harrison, Jasmin Stowers, and Sharika Nelvis. Dawn Harper Nelson misses the final by 0.01 :o

[Macie Lightfoot]

SHAMIER LITTLE IS OUT :o :o :o

hoooooly **** Sydney McLaughlin is probably going to the Olympics

[Macie Lightfoot]

Michael Norman and Noah Lyles each win their semi-final heat for the 200m :o :o :o Norman beat Gatlin by 0.02 head to head

[Macie Lightfoot]

Brianna Rollins, Kristi Castlin, and Nia Ali!!!! Queen Harrison fourth, Keni Harrison only for sixth :o

and not to pat myself on the back or anything, but I predicted that top four and only had Queen and Nia switched.

and a 12.34 for Rollins -- she's back!!!

[Headie]

Omg @ Shamier Little and Keni Harrison not making the teams!

Ugh I really wanted Keni to break the WR this year too </3

[Headie]

Track for the Olympics unveiled:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cm6hUkOWAAAoycA.jpg

It's gonna feel weird having a blue track for an Olympics, think this is the first time it's ever been that way :laugh:

[Headie]

Praying Jeff Porter makes the US team... final is in about an hour :fc:

[Macie Lightfoot]

Men's 200 time :o

[Macie Lightfoot]

Lyles and Norman ran awesome and Lyles broke the national high school record, good for him.

David Oliver scratched from the HH final but here we go!

[Macie Lightfoot]

so happy for Devon Allen and Jeff Porter!!!!

[Headie]

Yay!!!! Jeff Porter!

A hubsand, wife and sister all competing on the same track at the same olympics - that mus be a first :laugh:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cm9zy47VIAA1x9n.jpg

[Headie]

Wow @ that European 5000m Men's final, that's the closest finish I've ever seen, especially considering it was a long distance race and not a sprint race. Gold, Silver and Bronze all given the same time, and 4th was one hundredth outside winning Gold :o

[Alf]

I used to be a big athletics fan, back in the day of Linford, I would have never have missed an event like this, but I haven't been that interested in the past 5-10 year's and didn't even realise this was happening.

Just checked out the men's 100m, that was a disgrace the British lad getting kicked out.

Who are our top male sprinters at present? and where is Gemili? is he going to Rio?

[Headie]

I used to be a big athletics fan, back in the day of Linford, I would have never have missed an event like this, but I haven't been that interested in the past 5-10 year's and didn't even realise this was happening.

Just checked out the men's 100m, that was a disgrace the British lad getting kicked out.

Who are our top male sprinters at present? and where is Gemili? is he going to Rio?

Full team is announced this Wednesday but some athletes have already secured automatic selection at the trials a few weeks ago, Gemili being one of them in the 200m.

Our current auto qualifiers in the 100m sprint are James Dasaolu (PB 9.91 - second fastest British man ever) and James Ellington (PB 10.04 just recently set at these Euro champs). We can send 3 athletes per event so the person who finished 3rd at the trials will probably be sent too - that's CJ Ujah who has also run under 10 seconds in the past year with a PB of 9.96.

In the men's 200m, Adam Gemili (PB 19.98) and Danny Talbot (PB 20.27) were top two at the trials and so are automatically selected, but the big talent is Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake who ran 19.95 earlier this year which ranks him 5th in the world this year going into the Olympics, so there's a real chance he could make the final (same for Adam if he can match his PB again). Nethaneel will most likely be selected as the other potential athlete for the third spot (Zharnel Hughes, PB 20.02 who trains with Usain Bolt and broke Usain Bolt's junior records and was 5th at last years World Champs) has withdrawn from potentially being selected due to injury.

I'll post the team here in full once it's revealed on Wednesday!

[Headie]

Updated the OP with the Rio Athletics timetable

Feels weird to finally give this thread the ~Rio makeover~ now that there's no other major events upcoming til then... it's come around really fast!

[Alf]

Full team is announced this Wednesday but some athletes have already secured automatic selection at the trials a few weeks ago, Gemili being one of them in the 200m.

Our current auto qualifiers in the 100m sprint are James Dasaolu (PB 9.91 - second fastest British man ever) and James Ellington (PB 10.04 just recently set at these Euro champs). We can send 3 athletes per event so the person who finished 3rd at the trials will probably be sent too - that's CJ Ujah who has also run under 10 seconds in the past year with a PB of 9.96.

In the men's 200m, Adam Gemili (PB 19.98) and Danny Talbot (PB 20.27) were top two at the trials and so are automatically selected, but the big talent is Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake who ran 19.95 earlier this year which ranks him 5th in the world this year going into the Olympics, so there's a real chance he could make the final (same for Adam if he can match his PB again). Nethaneel will most likely be selected as the other potential athlete for the third spot (Zharnel Hughes, PB 20.02 who trains with Usain Bolt and broke Usain Bolt's junior records and was 5th at last years World Champs) has withdrawn from potentially being selected due to injury.

I'll post the team here in full once it's revealed on Wednesday!Just watched the 200m final, and Mitchell-Blake looked way off, although I see he's only 22 and I'm sure he'll get better with the more championship experience he gets. And running 19.95 at his young age is impressive, let's hope he can fulfil his potential in the year's to come.

[Headie]

Just watched the 200m final, and Mitchell-Blake looked way off, although I see he's only 22 and I'm sure he'll get better with the more championship experience he gets. And running 19.95 at his young age is impressive, let's hope he can fulfil his potential in the year's to come.

Yes, he has only just recovered from a slight injury so was not at his best in the Euro champs, although he was given lane 1 which is hard to run due to the tight bend.

I'll give you a few races Alf to help you with your catch-up before Rio :laugh:

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British Champs:

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Euro Champs
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[Macie Lightfoot]

Sydney makes the team!!!!!!! Dalilah Muhammad 52.88, Ashley Spencer 54.02, Sydney McLaughlin 54.15! Youngest American to qualify since 1972 I think they said, and a world junior record for her.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Johnny Dutch led coming off the tenth hurdle and then got passed by Kerron Clement, Byron Johnson, Michael Tinsley, and Ricky Babineaux to only come up in fifth :o yikes.

[Headie]

Sydney :lovedup:

How many days of US Trials are left Troy?

[Macie Lightfoot]

Today's the last day I'm so devastated it's kinda pathetic.

Brenda Martinez dives at the line for the third spot in the 1500!!!!!! Amazing comeback after that 800 fiasco

[Macie Lightfoot]

Tori Bowie wins the 200 and the Ducks go 2-3-5 with Deajah Stevens and Jenna Prandini going to Rio!!! Prandini trips at the line and holds Felix off by 0.01 :o :o :o

[Headie]

Felix </3

Mess @ them changing the Rio timetable just for her and then she doesn't even make the team for the 200.

Oh well the 200 seems to be advancing with times anyway, it'll probably be easier for her to win the 400m

[Headie]

Also only 2 Russians have been cleared to compete at Rio - Darya Klishina and Yuliya Stepanova - under the IOC neutral flag. This is because they train and have their lifestyle in America and are not part of the systematic doping. All other Russians have been denied, including the homophobic Yelena Isinbayeva who claimed they were "taking away her human rights" by not allowing her to compete yet she said gay marriage should be banned lol

[Headie]

Team GB announced @ 3pm today

[Headie]

Men:

100m
James Dasaolu
James Ellington
Chijindu Ujah

200m
Adam Gemili
Danny Talbot
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake

400m
Martyn Rooney
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Rabah Yousif

800m
Michael Rimmer
Elliot Giles

1500m
Chris O'Hare
Charlie Grice

5000m
Mo Farah
Tom Farrell
Andrew Butchart

10,000m
Mo Farah
Ross Millington
Andy Vernon

3000m steeplechase
Rob Mullett

110m hurdles
Andy Pozzi
Lawrence Clarke

400m hurdles
Sebastian Rodger
Jack Green

High Jump
Robbie Grabarz
Chris Baker

Pole Vault
Luke Cutts

Long Jump
Greg Rutherford

Hammer Throw
Nick Miller
Mark Dry
Chris Bennett

20km race walk
Tom Bosworth

50km race walk
Dominic King

Marathon
Callum Hawkins
Tsegai Tewelde
Derek Hawkins


Women:

100m
Asha Philip
Desiree Henry
Daryll Neita

200m
Dina Asher-Smith
Jodie Williams

400m
Christine Ohuruogu
Emily Diamond
Seren Bundy-Davies

800m
Lynsey Sharp
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

1500m
Laura Muir
Laura Weightman

5000m
Eilish McColgan
Stephanie Twell
Laura Whittle

10,000m
Jo Pavey
Beth Potter
Jessica Andrews

3000m steeplechase
Lennie Waite

100m hurdles
Tiffany Porter
Cindy Ofili

400m hurdles
Eilidh Doyle

High Jump
Morgan Lake

Pole Vault
Holly Bradshaw

Long Jump
Lorraine Ugen
Shara Proctor
Jazmin Sawyers

Discus Throw
Jade Lally

Hammer Throw
Sophie Hitchon

Heptathlon
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Jessica Ennis-Hill

Marathon
Sonia Samuels
Alyson Dixon

Relays:

Men:

4x100m
James Dasaolu
James Ellington
Chijindu Ujah
Adam Gemili
Danny Talbot
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
Richard Kilty
Ojie Edoburun
Harry Aikines-Aryeteey

4x400m
Martyn Rooney
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Rabah Yousif
Jack Green
Delano Williams
Nigel Levine
Jarryd Dunn

Women:

4x100m
Asha Philip
Desiree Henry
Daryll Neita
Dina Asher-Smith
Bianca Williams
Ashleigh Nelson
Louise Bloor

4x400m
Christine Ohuruogu
Emily Diamond
Seren Bundy-Davies
Eilidh Doyle
Anyika Onuora
Margaret Adeoye
Kelly Massey

http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2016-news-page/july-2016/12-07-2016-rio-2016-olympics-team/

[Headie]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnQDvg2WgAA4zIe.jpg

[Headie]

Alol of course loads of GB athletes start running super fast times AFTER the Olympic deadline. Some great performances from Loughborough:

David Omoregie 13.25 PB in the 110 hurdles, making him the 4th fastest British hurdler ever - isn't going to the Olympics

Richard Kilty 10.01 PB, Joel Fearon 10.04 PB and Harry Aikines-Aryteey 10.08 =PB in the 100m.

[BigSister]

Shame theres no british women or men in the javelin. Glad that Jo Pavey got in though looking forward to the athletics at the Olympics ^_^

[Headie]

Shame theres no british women or men in the javelin. Glad that Jo Pavey got in though looking forward to the athletics at the Olympics ^_^

Goldie Sayers has not been in very good form these past few years ever since her injury in 2012, so she wasn't selected sadly. And we haven't had any decent javelin throwers for ages now either.

[Headie]

Wow, GB's Imani Lanisquot just ran an 11.17 (+1.7m/s) PB in her 100m heat at the world juniors. That's just 3 hundredths off Dina Asher Smith's British Junior Record.

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[Headie]

I'm screaming @ Blessing Okgabare being so passive aggressive to Nigerian reporters.

"The possibility of you getting the double is possible isn't it?"
"...I already won it. You just missed it :rolleyes:"

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"Some Nigerians are worried about your time..."
"Nigeria should worry about their government, not helping me and not my time"

<333

[Macie Lightfoot]

Keni Harrison broke the WR today in London with a 12.20 :o

and idk how much we care about World Juniors (now called World U20 I guess) but great showing for American high schoolers so far. Noah Lyles and Candace Hill won the 100, Michael Norman won the 200, Sammy Watson and Aaliyah Miller went 1-2 in the 800, and Anna Cockrell won the 400H and is now tied for the second fastest high school time ever behind Sydney McLaughlin.

[Headie]

Keni Harrison :love:

Such a shame she isn't going to Rio!

[Novo]

How many independent Athletes have been announced? Just seen Darya Klishina will be there since she escaped the whole Russian ban since she spends most her time training outside

[Headie]

How many independent Athletes have been announced? Just seen Darya Klishina will be there since she escaped the whole Russian ban since she spends most her time training outside

Only Yuliya Stepanova (who may not even go since she looked heavily injured at the Euro Champs) and Darya Klishina (who I've no idea what sort of form she's in). Everyone else is banned.

[Headie]

I've updated the OP with the Rio timetable

Also GB's Joel Fearon ran 9.96 this weekend in the 100m for a UK lead and 3rd on the UK all time list. He isn't going to the Olympics though sadly. His focus is on Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

[Headie]

Adam Gemili announced as captain for Team GB Athletics

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpBPy4JXYAACCBh.jpg

http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/media/news/2016-news-page/august-2016/04-08-16-gemili-rio/

[Novo]

Bett just beat Clement with a SB 48.01 in Paris

[Novo]

Perkovic being 44 points clear from 2nd ffs

[Novo]

Laura Muir with a meeting record and World leading time of 3.55.22

[Jack_]

lol my brother made us all think we'd won tickets to the 100m final and the 5000m Saturday's in London next year, we spend 2 hours getting excited and talking about hotels and then it turns out he read the confirmation of application email, not one saying we were successful :idc: safe to say I'm not best pleased

On the plus side I was successful in getting 10,000m tickets on the opening Friday so swings and roundabouts I guess

[Headie]

lol my brother made us all think we'd won tickets to the 100m final and the 5000m Saturday's in London next year, we spend 2 hours getting excited and talking about hotels and then it turns out he read the confirmation of application email, not one saying we were successful :idc: safe to say I'm not best pleased

On the plus side I was successful in getting 10,000m tickets on the opening Friday so swings and roundabouts I guess

Are you a subscribed member to British Athletics? They did early sales a few months ago for British Athletics fans who've bought tickets for events previously (e.g. Anniversary Games, British Championships etc.), I think the window has closed now though </3

[Headie]

Laura Muir with a meeting record and World leading time of 3.55.22

And last night in Zurich she won the overall Diamond League for 1500m :clap1: So she's secured automatic selection for the World Champs next year (in London) which means we can send 4 British women in the 1500m (including Laura Muir) if we have 4 women with the qualifying time (we currently do but some of them are 5000m runners so probably won't double up)

Lets hope Eilidh can win the Diamond League in the 400m Hurdles later this week, it would be great to have two British diamond league winners in one year :clap1:

[Jack_]

Are you a subscribed member to British Athletics? They did early sales a few months ago for British Athletics fans who've bought tickets for events previously (e.g. Anniversary Games, British Championships etc.), I think the window has closed now though </3

I'm subscribed to their emails yeah, and I signed up for email alerts about London 2017 pretty much as soon as the 2012 Olympics were over, but I don't think I've ever been offered an early bird sale unfortunately

There will be exclusive first-come-first-served sales for those who were unsuccessful in about two weeks though so I'll try again there, but whether 100m final tickets will still be available is doubtable :laugh:

[Headie]

I'm subscribed to their emails yeah, and I signed up for email alerts about London 2017 pretty much as soon as the 2012 Olympics were over, but I don't think I've ever been offered an early bird sale unfortunately

There will be exclusive first-come-first-served sales for those who were unsuccessful in about two weeks though so I'll try again there, but whether 100m final tickets will still be available is doubtable :laugh:

Yeah I think they only offered it early to people who had bought tickets for British Athletics events before rather than just people subscribed to their email account.

Apparently there's been over 1 million applications for tickets and there's only 700,000 tickets to give out :laugh: So I doubt there will be another general sale, or if there is then it'll sell out almost immediately. I'm not really sure how they're gonna allocate them tbh

[Jack_]

Yeah I think they only offered it early to people who had bought tickets for British Athletics events before rather than just people subscribed to their email account.

Apparently there's been over 1 million applications for tickets and there's only 700,000 tickets to give out :laugh: So I doubt there will be another general sale, or if there is then it'll sell out almost immediately. I'm not really sure how they're gonna allocate them tbh

Sounds fair enough really

Yeah a first come first served sale is gonna be even more manic so I shan't get my hopes up :laugh: I'm pleased but surprised it's been this well received, I haven't seen the ad on TV? I guess the Olympics must've given it a boost

I mean I can't be too annoyed cause I'm gonna see Mo, Bolt in the heats and Greg in the long jump qualification and maybe even Laura Muir in a 1500m heat? Plus the 'opening ceremony' which'll presumably be a bit crap but if they book a decent DJ I'll be happy. It's just wasting 2 hours of my afternoon getting excited for nothing that's taken the shine away :joker:

[Headie]

There's still a chance you could get those tickets you want though, right? If you've applied for them you've got just as much chance as everyone else

[Jack_]

We didn't get the tickets in the application phase where it went to a ballot, but from what I understand those who were unsuccessful in the ballots (as my brother was for the two Saturday evenings) will be given an exclusive first-come-first-served sale for another load of tickets in about two weeks, before they put the remaining tickets on general sale later in the year

But trying to buy tickets at 11am in a mad rush with everyone else is a total lottery :laugh: but then again so was the ballot, so I suppose you're right

[Headie]

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:joker:

[Headie]

KJT is splitting from her coach:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coach-pays-for-johnson-thompson-rio-hell-jjv58zh3n

Good tbh, she'll never medal on the global stage unless her throws improve and it didn't seem like Mike was doing anything to improve her throws at all.

Once her throws are sorted she can challenge for Gold :clap1:

[Black Dagger]

:clap1:

Now she just needs somebody to look at her psychology side and we're sorted. She's a waste of ****ing time after her shotput and needs to sort her head out.

[Headie]

Now that Jess has retired, I wonder if her coach Toni Minichello will take on Kat? :fc:

[Headie]

Jazmin Sawyers has auditioned for The Voice UK :flutter:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2049614/team-gb-olympic-long-jumper-jazmin-sawyers-becomes-early-favourite-on-new-series-of-the-voice/

[Headie]

British Indoor Championships/European Trials are coming up this weekend on BBC Online.

[Headie]

Euro Indoors start today at 8.15 on BBC

[James]

Old world records could go - proposal.


European Athletics proposes rewriting athletics world records after doping scandal

39 minutes ago

European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen ordered the review in January

Most of athletics' world records could be rewritten under a "revolutionary" new proposal from European Athletics.

It set up a taskforce to examine the credibility of records in January following the sport's doping scandal.

British world record holders like Paula Radcliffe and Jonathan Edwards could lose their titles under the criteria.

Svein Arne Hansen, the European Athletics president, said world records "are meaningless if people don't really believe them".

European Athletics' ruling council has now ratified the proposals put forward by the taskforce and wants the sport's world governing body, the IAAF, to adopt the changes it sets out.

If the proposals are accepted by the IAAF, world records would only be recognised if:

. It was achieved at a competition on a list of approved international events where the highest standards of officiating and technical equipment can be guaranteed;

. The athlete had been subject to an agreed number of doping control tests in the months leading up to it;

. The doping control sample taken after the record was stored and available for re-testing for 10 years.

The council also recommended that a performance should be wiped from record books if the athlete had committed a "doping or integrity violation, even if it does not directly impact the record performance".

The proposals are a response to last year's McLaren report, which uncovered widespread doping in sport - and athletics in particular. Russian athletes are currently banned from international competition unless they can satisfy strict criteria to show they are clean.

More than 100 Olympic athletes who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Games have been sanctioned for doping after the International Olympic Committee embarked on a programme of retesting old samples.

"There are records in which people in the sport, the media and the public do not have complete confidence," added taskforce chair Pierce O'Callaghan.
'A step in the right direction'


The IAAF has stored blood and urine samples only since 2005 and current records that do not meet the new criteria would remain on an "all-time list", but not be officially recognised as records.

This would include Edwards' triple jump record of 18.29m - set in 1995 - and Colin Jackson's 1994 indoor 60m hurdles world record of 6.30secs, as well as Radcliffe's marathon mark of 2 hours 17 minutes and 18 seconds.

Radcliffe has previously criticised plans to wipe records from the books and last month told BBC Sport she favoured making doping a criminal offence instead, to deter cheats.

However, IAAF president Sebastian Coe said the changes were "a step in the right direction".

"There will be athletes, current record holders, who will feel that the history we are recalibrating will take something away from them, but if organised and structured properly we have a good chance of winning back credibility in this area," he said.

European Athletics president Hansen said he would encourage the IAAF to adopt the proposal at its August council meeting.

"What we are proposing is revolutionary and not just because most world and European records will have to be replaced," Hansen added.

"We want to raise the standards for recognition to a point where everyone can be confident that everything is fair and above board".


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39774233

[Headie]

Trials for London 2017 are on this weekend

Saturday from 3pm on BBC Red Button
Sunday from 1pm on BBC2

[Headie]

On BBC Red Button now

Chrissy Ohuruogu failed to make the final </3

[Headie]

Perched for this 200m final

[Headie]

Dina and Zharnel are dating? :o

[Headie]

Nethaneel snatches it :clap1:

Doubt Gemili will even be picked for the team, looks injured. Zharnel should get the 3rd spot.

[Macie Lightfoot]

Lusanne Diamond League is on right now x

[Macie Lightfoot]

Ashley Spencer just own in 53.90 and she couldn't even make the damn US Team for London.

[Headie]

Screaming they crowned the wrong winner

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[Macie Lightfoot]

oh speaking of hilarity did we ever discuss that time earlier this year in Oslo when Blessing's wig was SNATCHED during long jump?

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[Headie]

oh speaking of hilarity did we ever discuss that time earlier this year in Oslo when Blessing's wig was SNATCHED during long jump?

9tk9YqhzHYY

Yes lmao that was iconic :joker:

[Headie]

Stowers just did an Okagbare in the hurdles :joker:

[Calderyon]

Have to lean on Pitkämäki again to bring at least something from the Worlds it seems. Although it seems some of our long jumpers have had some promising results as of late.

[Headie]

If Shawn Barber wasn't already the hunkiest world champion around, I just found out that he's gay :lovedup:

https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2017/07/09/pole-vaulter-shawn-barber-doesnt-think-being-gay-is-a-big-deal.html

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shawn_barber-1250x750.jpg

[Headie]

GB Team announced for London 2017:

http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/british-athletics-name-london-2017-team/

(more selections to come on 24th July when the IAAF invites athletes to participate)

Zharnel Hughes selected over Adam Gemili will probably make headlines but it's the right decision - Gemili has just not been in form at all this year.

[Macie Lightfoot]

okay but where is Theo from Love Island

[Headie]

okay but where is Theo from Love Island

:joker:

He has literally had one run out at the World Relays and that's it, I was dying when they all said he was an Olympic and World champion

[Headie]

I'm screaming @ Blessing Okgabare being so passive aggressive to Nigerian reporters.

"The possibility of you getting the double is possible isn't it?"
"...I already won it. You just missed it :rolleyes:"

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"Some Nigerians are worried about your time..."
"Nigeria should worry about their government, not helping me and not my time"

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I still think about this every day

[Headie]

Greg Rutherford is OUT due to injury

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/40716476

He would've flopped anyway, the Africans/Americans are taking over the event now.

[Calderyon]

Finns did great on the Youth European Championships. :clap1:

I didn´t watch, but good for them.