Birmingham CWG Day 5 - (Saturday August 5th)

[carterhatch]

and just for completeness for the HJ trying out TJ theme, according to Po10 Laura Zialor had a few attempts at triple jump in her youth...

[Occasional Hope]

Laura out. But with a PB of 1.91 it was always going to be a challenge.

[jjimbojames]

Lake 1.89 first time is much better…but those early failures will be costly

[CAML]

The outdoor performances from our lady high jumpers have been abject. There are far too many of our athletes receiving funding, who shouldn't be getting a penny.

[jjimbojames]

She has really struggled transitioning to the seniors and being under pressure to perform. Her demeanour compared to her junior days is quite something

[Occasional Hope]

Another tight second time clearance for Morgan at 1.85. Laura will need to try a third time.

[jjimbojames]

Isn’t Borthwick only about 5’7? If so, she’s always going to have a ceiling against 6’+ women. I’d like to see her try the TJ - just have a bit of fun with it and see how it goes.

[carterhatch]

The race walk field was always going to be dispersed around the track, leaving a very small window of opportunity for a jumper to focus, if, as in the case of Morgan Lake, your run-up spills onto the lanes. It's not going to help her cause...

[Occasional Hope]

Morgan really rattled that bar, but at least she got over.

[LuckySpikes]

Andrew Cotter doing a crappy job of explaining the Race Walking ... talking about "warnings" - being unclear whether he means yellow paddles or red cards.

[Occasional Hope]

Laura Zialor over 1.85 at the second try and looks very happy.

[Occasional Hope]

Morgan fails at her first go at 1.85.

[carterhatch]

Thanks JJimboJames, I wasn't aware of the 'mental health issues'. I just hope she finds something to bring her joy, 'cause from her facial expressions, HJ rarely does ...

[Runner88]

Such a shame to see the dip in form for Borthwick, we all know she is much better than 1.81m.

I don’t think we can really speculate what has led to the loss of form but I hope she can come back stronger next year.

[Occasional Hope]

Yes, I corrected that. Didn't see the 1.76 clearance.

But still not really good enough from someone who jumped 1.95 indoors.