Birmingham CWG Day 5 - (Saturday August 5th)

[marilyn1]

Dream on ! Beat 1.53 and bits ??. She will not likely go to mid 49s for 400m and the doper from Czechoslovakia as was , was supremely quicker over 400m than has been achieved by anyone since. I await either Mu or Keeley getting into the 1.54s, never mind the 1.53s

[paul]

Speaking of world class events, the w HJ is one. The world-classness is very largely courtesy, sadly for us, of world class Australians. But hopefully our three very talented jumpers will surf the crowd love to SBs. Crazy that this kicks off so early in the morning.

[MysteryBrick]

Keely is good, but she ain't running a solo 1:53.0 in a final whichever way you look at it...

[paul]

I honestly think that a fully fit and committed Laura Muir would be a bigger threat to The Hodge than Mary Moraa. And Moraa is a ludicrously giant talent.
I really hope Goule features strongly too - she is one of my favourite athletes.
I think that if this was the only major champs in the season, The Hodge might have contemplated a pop at the world record today. But it is just one of three, so that will have to wait.

[paul]

In a country with a population in the billions, it must be something to be so famous that you can go simply by
Priyanka.


BTW I think today is the 6th, Chafford1.

[Chafford1]

Men's 1500m at the end of the morning session today and women's 800m this evening. Men's 200m and 400m also look like gold medal prospects for home athletes.