Birmingham CWG - Day 1 (Tuesday August 2nd)

[paul]

Less than 48 hours to go and still no start lists? I guess its always like this and I forgot. But am I looking in the right place?

[paul]

The HEP, for example, _could_ be quite an exciting scrap from the get-go. But it all depends...

[LuckySpikes]

They'll be available via https://results.birmingham2022.com/#...ATH/2022-08-02 but yes, don't expect startlists until Monday evening at the earliest. There are entry lists available via https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/general-entries

It has to be said the format of the schedule, results etc for the Comm Games is always awful ! It probably doesn't help that it's a multi-sport event.

[marra]

This section of the results website will be the place they are published, although it is anyone's guess when that will be - https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/general-reports

[marra]

Oh, sorry, Lucky, I'd not seen you had replied already - I was off looking for the right info!

[Grassmarket]

Tuesday/s Athletics

10:00 Men Long Jump Qualifying
10:08 Women 100m Hurdles Heptathlon
10:08 Women 100m T37/38 Round 1
10:40 Men 100m Round 1
11:15 Women High Jump Heptathlon
11:35 Men Discus Throw Qualifying
11:50 Women 800m Round 1
12:15 Women 100m Round 1
19:05 Women Pole Vault Final
19:10 Men 400m Hurdles Round 1
19:15 Women Shot Put Heptathlon
19:33 Men High Jump Qualifying
19:40 Men 100m T45-47 Round 1
19:55 Women 100m T37/38 Final
20:05 Men 110m Hurdles Round 1
20:22 Women Discus Throw Final
20:35 Men 10000m Final
21:25 Women 200m Heptathlon
21:54 Women 100m T33/34 Final

[ozjohn]

Just checked and mens LJ qualifying listed (20 athletes) and Heptathlon (8). Seems being loaded gradually, mens 100 now up.

[marilyn1]

Every time I click on that rubbish Commonweàlth Entries site, its impossible to get any info , says a lot of crap about filtering.?? This is 2022, wow!!

[marilyn1]

Just checked and mens LJ qualifying listed (20 athletes) and Heptathlon (8). Seems being loaded gradually, mens 100 now up.

Where???. Pls tell

[marra]

Click on Lucky's first link, then whichever race you want to look at. They are all up for tomorrow now.

[ozjohn]

Where???. Pls tell

It's a bit of a nightmare site but lets see if this works

https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/general-schedule/daily

[Chafford1]

They'll be available via https://results.birmingham2022.com/#...ATH/2022-08-02 but yes, don't expect startlists until Monday evening at the earliest. There are entry lists available via https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/general-entries

It has to be said the format of the schedule, results etc for the Comm Games is always awful ! It probably doesn't help that it's a multi-sport event.

The first of the links above gives the starters for each event tomorrow. Scroll down, click on the event you want to see for the individual entrants.

[marilyn1]

Yeah got as far as LJ group A a d no further

[paul]

Thank you everyone. Its a bit of a fight with the website, but it is slowly yielding some info...
...And indeed the HEP could turn out very exciting. A nice bit of accidental form-tuning means that someone is in with a chance of a rare repeat gold, someone with a chance of a first ever major gold, and someone with a slight chance of an ends-of-the-earth style surprise. Of course it is a bit more parochial than the worlds. But the winner of this usually ends up being a big global player later on. And I don't see why this one has to be any different.

[RunUnlimited]

Chances for an English 1-2-3? I'd say they are pretty darned high. In 2022, the top 3 heptathlon scores are all from English athletes (1. Mills - 6250, 2. Jade O'Dowda - 6224 and 3. KJT - 6222), and the nearest challenger is over 200 points behind. Now, the *order* of the likely clean sweep is another matter, altogether.

[Occasional Hope]

Kate O'Connor looks like the only one who can challenge them, IF she's fit. She DNF her last three heps.

[RunUnlimited]

Occasional Hope Good call on Kate O'Conner (who I must admit I'd forgotten about after her injury and coaching issues the last couple of years)
If the O'Conner that scored 6297 points at last year's Multistars meeting in Lana turns up in Birmingham, then it could make things interesting. But not having finished your last 3 heptathlons since then (including Gotzis this year) is not looking great. She *has* thrown the javelin over 50m this year a couple of times during individual contests at least.

[Chafford1]

DN not running 200m according to her Instragram site.

[RunUnlimited]

Sensible decision I feel.

[alfie]

I am no online expert (in fact I am rubbish !) but haven't had any real problem handling the schedule/results site. You sometimes have to fiddle about a bit with filters and such but it works pretty well once you get used to it.

Athletics entries : actually surprised me to see the numbers in the 100m - even if a lot of them are just ... well, "making up" those numbers. Only eight in the heptathlon though...

And I see the women's discus field is just 11 strong : and guess what ? Jade Lally has both the best PB and SB of them all ... No pressure then

[DerbyCountyinNZ]

13 in women's shot, and they're having a qualification round!

[Chafford1]

Muir, Hodginson, Moraa and Goole in the women's 800m looks tasty. One para heats and three para finals in the evening session.