Consistency is good….let’s hope he stays healthy and gets that breakthrough to the next level
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According to Ian Hodge Okoye has thrown 66.89 to beat the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placers from Tokyo.
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Originally posted by Sprintfan View PostOkoye. Its not a linear progression to success. If he sticks with it now he'll make it
Looks like the US football stuff is in the rear view mirror. He’s competing a lot which suggests he’s got his appetite back, which is great.
He’s got all the physical tools and a 67 and a couple of 66s this year aren’t that far behind his best. BUT daft as it sounds for a nearly 30 year old he’s still learning the event in terms of consistency and how to handle a champs environment. His only globals have been the OG of 2012 which went well and Tokyo which…..didn’t. As far as I can see he’s not been to a Worlds, European or Commonwealth.
Physically he should probably still be OK for Paris. But between now and then I hope he seeks out as much top level exposure as he can and takes every opportunity to pull on a GB / English vest. His next objectives should be starting to mix it with, and beat, some of those ranked above him.
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Originally posted by Ursus View Post
Might, not will.
Looks like the US football stuff is in the rear view mirror. He’s competing a lot which suggests he’s got his appetite back, which is great.
He’s got all the physical tools and a 67 and a couple of 66s this year aren’t that far behind his best. BUT daft as it sounds for a nearly 30 year old he’s still learning the event in terms of consistency and how to handle a champs environment. His only globals have been the OG of 2012 which went well and Tokyo which…..didn’t. As far as I can see he’s not been to a Worlds, European or Commonwealth.
Physically he should probably still be OK for Paris. But between now and then I hope he seeks out as much top level exposure as he can and takes every opportunity to pull on a GB / English vest. His next objectives should be starting to mix it with, and beat, some of those ranked above him.
(A bit of a depressing side note to all of this.... Looking at the PoT listings for our top U23's in discus, behind Okoye, there are 3 other men who have recorded distances beyond 63 meters in that age group, which is pretty impressive going internationally, let alone domestically. 2 of them were contemporaries of Okoye - Brett Morse and Zane Duquemin who were of similar age around the 2011-2012 years, while Nicolas Percy threw 63.38 m as a 22 year old in 2016.... Yet, only Brett Morse out of all three of them managed to improve on those distances as a senior (and in his case, only marginally, 66.08 to 66.84 PB ) and he hasn't competed since 2019. Duquemin has been stuck in the 60 - 62 meter range ever since, while Percy is floating between 60 - 63 meters.
Depressing stuff.
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Yes.
And then she roasted SUI on the final relay leg.
Also a great run from Ellie Baker to win by over half a sec over a pretty solid field. That was probably a PB-level performance. Just have to factor in the wind, like with Warholm et al.
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