Uk athletics indoor championships 2022 - utilita arena - birmingham

[treadwater1]

They should still take Sawyers to Belgrade despite her SB being well done on what she is capable of, her major championship record is commendable

[Christy93]

I have to say, British Athletics really needs to sort out its timetable for champs. I love athletics, but the coverage is extremely dull, far too drawn out. If you're limiting athletes to a single event, why not do heats & semi's on a long friday session that is shown online for proper fans like us, then have a quickfire finals day that is properly televised and geared towards actually engaging the public and growing the sport?

[trickstat]

I would have the long session on a Saturday. Many athletes at these champs will need to work or attend education on a Friday while many officials have to go to work. While people may take leave or skip a class to catch up you tend not to want to do that too often.

[Occasional Hope]

Well run by Copeland.

[trickstat]

He is always a danger when it comes to the finish.

[LuckySpikes]

I did think Hannah's pre-race confidence in Neil Gourley was a bit misplaced and unwarranted ... "Neil Gourley can win this any way he wants" ...

[trickstat]

Quite impressive that Copeland's 3:36.12 only ranks him 5th in the UK this winter.

[RunUnlimited]

It will always make me double take seeing Shaunna Thompson, former teenage star sprinter in the mid-late 2000's (indeed, a former Commonwealth Youth champion in the 100m and 200m as a 16 year old in 2008 - also finished 4th (100m) and 5th (200m) at the World Youth Championships and 5th in the European Juniors 200m in 2009), lining up as a shot putter these days.

[trevorp]

Snap! Great respect to her for sticking with the sport and finding an event.

[treadwater1]

On a side note I’ve enjoyed seeing Victoria Ohoroughu and Jenny Selman rolling back the years this weekend, VO first made the team at the 2014 WIC in Sopot

[LuckySpikes]

Ha, great W 400 final.

[Christy93]

Fantastic womens 400! Chuffed for Jessie Knight to get the win, and a 52.42 PB for Keely despite running most of the last lap very wide. Great running from all the girls.

What are we predicting Keely could do outdoors? I'll say somewhere between 50.8-51.2, and I'd definitely give her a shot leading off the English 4x4 at commies.

[trickstat]

I wouldn't run her on first. As an 800 specialist she should gain more from a flying start than the others.

[trickstat]

In case anyone's wondering Keely Hodgkinson's official 200 PB according to Power of 10 is 26.5 in a Northern League club race 4 years ago. Of course she's running a lot quicker through the first 400 here.

[Occasional Hope]

Great time for AHW, but that was quite a tight takeover...

[trickstat]

It's a tricky one if he gets DQ'd he loses a qualifier.

[Christy93]

Good running from AHW, but I'd be grumpy if I was Tom Somers.

[Occasional Hope]

He went from first to last after that.

[LuckySpikes]

Great time for AHW, but that was quite a tight takeover...

Yeah, I think it's DQ-worthy TBH.

[trickstat]

FWIW I agree.

Result still not up.

[Occasional Hope]

Now DQ. I do feel sorry for him, but it was his own fault.

[trickstat]

While lane 6 on a 6 lane indoor track does tend to be quickest, I have often thought that lane 5 might be preferable in the 400 as from there it tends to be easier to get to the inside in the lead after the break. If your in lane 6 you need to get a bit more of a lead to break cleanly and not have to run further than 400m.

[LuckySpikes]

Right decision. But probably bad for "the future of the sport" or something like that.

[trevorp]

Probably alienated countless thousands of spectators!

[RunUnlimited]

Also worth mentioning Sophie McKinna smashing the championship best set in 1996 with her opening throw in the shot put final, 18.82m!

[trevorp]

That must have been Judy Oakes very near the end of her career.

[trickstat]

Yes it was, although I forgot that she went to the Sydney Olympics in 2000, about 24 years after her British debut!

[trickstat]

Laura Zialor timed out on a High Jump. I've seen it a few times on PV but not HJ.