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And just now in the men's 800m A race, Archie Davies pipped European U-20 silver medalist Ben Pattison to the line in 1:46.73... If that time is confirmed, then it would be a European U-23 qualifying time for 20 year old Pattison.
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Bell ran lap 1 aggressively, and looked mightily disappointed in what was a pretty great time. So presumably her form is well sub 2.Comment
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Very good run by Alex Bell.Comment
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Some good runs in Manchester considering the conditions. Niclas Baker 46.37 and Charles Carvell (16 years old) 46.64, both PBsComment
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Yeah, I'm cheering Alex Bell on. She's been hard done by by the British selectors in the past so I hope she can prove something this year.
Re Sovietvest's comments ... Melissa Bishop was 0.7s back from Tracey & Reekie in that Eugene race but then ran 1:59.40 the following week, so you never really know! With the Mt Sac race tomorrow I guess we'll see soon enough what shape they're in.Comment
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philipo, did you spot any of the promised technology innovations at the Gold meeting in Tokyo? To be honest, reading the article, I wasn't that clear about what I was looking out for!Comment
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lucky, try as i amy i cannot see the results of the Tokyo meet assuming its happened and my japanese aint quite good enough. Maybe you have managed to suss out whats happening and i certainly hoped to see the technical innovations. I didn't do the VPN stuff so maybe i will not get to hear of any Japanese results despite your help with the info you gave us all.
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finally got the livestream from Tokyo; the standard i have watched so far is moderate to say the least and the test event is certainly needed; noticed that the norm in the LJ showing the centimetres behind the board for each jump is not shown on the screen; the tech innovations are invisible as far as i can see.
Hopefully tonight a bit more to get excited about.Comment
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I have been watching the European Throwing cup over the last couple of days but was disappointed to find that there was only 3 entrants from the Uk.All 3 all did well in the comps and I am sure we have a lot more athletes in Seniors and under 23 who have the standard to compete at this level if given the chanceComment
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Startlists (turning to live results) for Mt Sac tonight - https://results.usatf.org/2021GoldenGames/
The first event on the WA stream is the Men's 400 at 9.33pm.
A couple of notable withdrawals in SMU & Brazier but it seems like all the Brits we expected are still there (some in events or 'B' races not being shown by WA).Comment
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Laps, was it Berlin 2018 when Alex Bell wasn't selected and Adelle Tracey went instead? To be fair, Adelle did well, finishing 4th in the final but I think Alex had a right to complain about what the selectors said about her to justfy their decision - that she's not a big championship performer.
Up to that point her only major championships had been the 2018 Comm Games where she outperformed all the other Brits (Sharp, Tracey & SOC), finishing 5th in the Final, the only Brit to make it out of the heats to the Final.
Then, in Doha 2019, she again outperformed Sharp & SOC, finishing 5th in her Semi. Sharp went out in the heats, and SOC was 8th in her Semi.Comment
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No. Complaining about selection only makes you a whinger. She should prove herself demonstrably better on the track. Let's see her run 1.58 and beat Reekie and Tracey in a meaningful race.
The others had all shown greater possibilities for getting into finals. Which is why I still think the selectors made the right calls at the time.
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Michelle Lee-Ayhe was running (poorly) in the 200m 'B' race at Mt Sac ... I thought she was suspended for 3 missed tests??Comment
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