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  • #16
    been seeing some conspiracy theorists on twitter claiming she didnt jump 7 metres absolutely mental

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    • RunUnlimited
      RunUnlimited commented
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      *Sigh* Idiots are basing it off thinking that the mark she left was behind the superimposed lines of Vuleta and Iapchino, or that the 7m marker was shown at the wrong place on the digital distance tracker beside the pit.

      I replayed the gold medal winning jump several times and it's clear there are a couple of rake marks in the pit visible in the area that Sawyer's jumped into, but those obviously were not the marks she left as a result of her effort.

      Jaz jumped 7 meters legitimately.

      End of discussion.

  • #17
    A joyous performance by Jaz. Congratulations and good luck to her.

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    • #18
      She was on BBC Breakfast this morning. Came across well and I have no doubt there’s a media career of some description waiting if she wants that.

      Reckoned she’d hit 7m with a marginal foul as a teenager to which my instinctive reaction was “Well, what took you so long then?”. But that’s not in the spirit of this thread!

      I do like a good pun, although definitely preferring a bad one, so the highlight for me was her wearing a jumper emblazoned with the solitary word……Jumper.

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      • #19
        Originally posted by MysteryBrick
        That's it, that's the thread...

        Name a better competitor on GB history? In terms of getting the most out of themselves when it counted?
        The only one that comes to mind is Christine. I think there's only 1 year when her SB wasn't at a champs

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        • #20
          We had a little chat with Jaz 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

          BACKSTRAIGHT BOYS PODCAST
          We usually save out interview specials for retired legends of the sport but after this  winter's exploits we 'Why wait?'. Here's everybody's favourite singing Long Jumper, Jazmin Sawyers.Big thanks to Mel Anning for editing.

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          • #21
            Originally posted by The Backstraight Boys
            We had a little chat with Jaz 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

            BACKSTRAIGHT BOYS PODCAST
            I just listened to this and loved it. Great interview.

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            • #22
              Thankyou. She's makes it easy

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              • carterhatch
                carterhatch commented
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                Thanks for the interview... have been saying for years we need to bottle whatever Ms. Sawyers exudes and share it with underperformers... buckets of talent in so many activities ... a sort of heptathlete of life!

            • #23
              Listening to the Backstraight Boys interview with Ms. Sawyers she notes a 'fun fact' ... at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games she won gold in the 4 x 100 along with DASHER, Yasmin Miller and Sophie Papps, with each one having won gold in their individual events... they certainly were to go on and have very contrasting senior 'careers'.
              Last edited by carterhatch; 06-05-23, 11:11.

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              • #24
                Just listened to the first half of the interview. The perfect anecdote to the king's coronation which is chundering away in the background.

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                • #25
                  Very good interview, Jaz when talking about making a long term decision on whether to choose between the heptathlon and long jump says she went for long jump as she wanted to win things. Great competitive instincts

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                  • #26
                    A really splendid in-depth interview.

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                    • #27
                      I'm glad you all liked the interview.

                      Please subscribe there's more coming very soon and if you haven't already, go back and listen to the archives there's long form interviews with Denise, Christine, Karsten, Tianna Madison, Eilish, Trayvon Bromell, Christian Taylor, Fiona May and many more I can't remember tight now

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                      • #28
                        Bless her! She may not have had the WC she had hoped for as a competitor but...

                        I think we all knew that Ms. Sawyers was a media-star-in-waiting but this early opportunity to audition for more leading roles was grasped with great authority.

                        She was articulate, well-informed, shared insider information and played a seemless, natural foil for the more established. Her passion and interest for all field events sparkled, her background in multi-events clearly gave her depth of knowledge and her ethusiasm was infectious. She is a confident communicator; lucid, engaging and refresingly void of cliche and rising intonation at the end of every sentence.

                        I doubt very much she will be consigned to a desk, out of sight of a camera, commentating on field-events only for very long ... Various broadcaster cheque books have just been opened and bidding for her signature commenced...

                        i would imagine she will still target Paris but beyond that a new stellar career will be launched.

                        Good luck to you girl...

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                        • marra
                          marra commented
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                          In an odd world, her situation right now actually potentially adds to her (already numerous) qualities.

                          Because she is still in the camps/teams, she has the closeness to the team/circuit right now to provide insights that other more experienced commentators might not have been able to. Gives it all a bit more of a personal touch. I'd say that I hope the Beeb takes advantage of her talent in Paris, but given that the final of the LJ is on the 3rd to last day, I hope that we don't get to hear much of her there!!

                        • carterhatch
                          carterhatch commented
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                          I wouldn't be surprised to learn that 'juggling' was another one of her many talents
                          Last edited by carterhatch; 28-08-23, 10:48.

                        • Occasional Hope
                          Occasional Hope commented
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                          Jaz was brilliant - engaging, articulate and knowledgeable.

                      • #29
                        Originally posted by carterhatch
                        Bless her! She may not have had the WC she had hoped for as a competitor but...

                        I think we all knew that Ms. Sawyers was a media-star-in-waiting but this early opportunity to audition for more leading roles was grasped with great authority.

                        She was articulate, well-informed, shared insider information and played a seemless, natural foil for the more established. Her passion and interest for all field events sparkled, her background in multi-events clearly gave her depth of knowledge and her ethusiasm was infectious. She is a confident communicator; lucid, engaging and refresingly void of cliche and rising intonation at the end of every sentence.

                        I doubt very much she will be consigned to a desk, out of sight of a camera, commentating on field-events only for very long ... Various broadcaster cheque books have just been opened and bidding for her signature commenced...

                        i would imagine she will still target Paris but beyond that a new stellar career will be launched.

                        Good luck to you girl...
                        Deserves your high praise for her work last week

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                        • #30
                          Never known somebody with so many talents. Certainly one of the most impressive people to have come out of my city.

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