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have you posters seen the 2020 OG qualifying standards which qual period started Jan 2019 and will run to end of June 2020. Crikey, if this year amongst the male athletes is anything to go by we are going to have hardly any field eventers and the women are not too good in the field either.Whether UKA will take advantage of the Ranking lists next year for athletes who have not got a qual standard \i rather doubt.
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Mitchell-Blake doubled last year and is down as invited in the 100 this year, the men’s 200 is shaping up quite well, Charlie Dodson ran 20.53 (+2.3) the other day in Loughborough.
Ive had my doubts about Gemili in the past, I thought he might struggle to get back amongst the best in the world after that injury in 2015 but he was a whisker away in Rio, then the injuries in 2017 and he still ran the best leg in the relay. I wouldn’t rule out him running well in Doha, his problem is his main event is absolutely loaded at the moment, there will be no Norman in Doha, but if he runs in Tokyo that’s two medals sown up and 19.7x might be needed for Bronze. For me Mitchell-Blake’s progress has stalled slightly and he hasn’t looked great at times this year (admittedly a decent return to form in London)Comment
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Just flicking through power of ten results and came across the fact Seren Bundy-Davies had run 2:09 for 800 at the BMC Grand Prix meet on Saturday.... I wish her all the best, there was a particular indoor season where her 400 looked imperious and then injury struckComment
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So start lists out for Birmingham > https://birmingham.diamondleague.com/list-results-bham/
No Prescod or Hughes in the 100m. Can see from the athlete lists for the trials that Prescod hasn't accepted as of yet... really hoping he's not injured and left sweating on the 3rd discretionary spotComment
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To balance out that piece of potentially worrying news from a GB stand point, in the men's 400m, Matthew Hudson-Smith makes his belated opening to his season in a race that though it doesn't contain the likes of Kerley and Norman, still has 6 men who have run sub 45 seconds this year, so is a pretty solid quality.Originally posted by burnley183 View Post
[Edit] And in the men's 800m, Max Burgin, denied what surely would have been a nailed-on gold medal in the European U-20's last month due to a minor leg injury, will make his senior athletics debut. At just 17 years of age, Burgin will be thrown in against a good field, including in-form 1:42 man Alfred Kipketer, who has won his last three 800m races, and will also contain five other British athletes. It'll be fascinating to see how Max runs this race, seeing as he's such a committed front runner, and looking at the full list of runners, there doesn't seem to be an obviously designated pace-maker in the field so perhaps the organizers have taken that into consideration.
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Men's 800 looks a cracker from a GB perspective: Burgin, Webb, Staines debut on the circuit, Giles, Learmonth & Thomas.
I wouldnt worry about Hughes/Prescod personally - Looks like a few GB athletes, particularly sprinters, are skipping this to prepare for trials - No Lansiquot, Ujah, Philip, Nelson, Williams', Edoburun, Awuah, Dobbin.Comment
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Whiteaker had been invited but isn’t on the start list. Hasn’t been seen this season. Injured or lost interest? Either way it’s another promising spear talent gone AWOL. Hopefully he’ll be back, but he only ever competed sparingly, so maybe the love’s just not there. But maybe I do him a disservice, anyone know what’s going on with him?
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Spear hasn’t quite taken off this year, but Brum might just be the day. Of the 9 javelinists the worst PB is 88.09 and 6 are 90m men. Yego launched a 91m effort at Brum in 2015, here’s hoping for more of the same!Comment
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sarah mcdonald runs 1.59.91 for a pb paced by lynsey sharpComment
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If The Telegraph report about Prescod potentially missing Doha, could be a blessing in disguise. The later season finish for this year will impact on how athletes prepare for Tokyo. So he may be able to get a little jump on his rivals. Maybe also look to do an indoor season to really work on his pick up phase.Originally posted by Christy93 View PostComment
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prescod is unlikely to be ready to run for GB in the WC due to injuries; i wonder he is another athlete who will be injured after every few races.Originally posted by mattrh17 View PostComment
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I bl00dy hope not. Can't be dealing with another Dasaolu on our cards. 9.91 would go down very nicely right about now!Originally posted by philipo View PostComment
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McDonald continues to impress, there’s a good battle between her and Weightman to be the next to go sub 4. Looking at her Pof10 she’s been a late developer, her PBs in 2015 at 22yo were 2:10.4 and 4:23.58 since then she’s chipped away at her PBs, setting new ones each year in both events. I’d say she’s got a chance of making the final in Doha, that 800 speed will certainly helpLast edited by treadwater1; 14-08-19, 22:07.Comment
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Windy 10.06 (+2.5) for Romell Glave tonight in his second run after returning from injuries. Nice to see him back. Do we know whether GBR or JAM is his intended end destination in terms of representation yet?Comment
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I read on her twitter that Seren Bundy Davis had her spikes and trainers stolen from her car (what kind of person would do that) all the more galling that clearly Ms. Bundy Davis is trying to return to the sport she loves. On her twitter she has a clip of her last run and I have to say she really does stand out, a lovely smooth action, tall, and flowing. ( Lucky spikes informed me she was running the Manchester International but I can find results or if the incident mentioned curtailed this) ... we talk often of how injuries undermine a career, I do hope this apparent step up to 800 works out, and she jests 'now for the 4x400, what chance she might make the first leg of a relay her own?
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