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16 hours ago, Rafa Maciel said:

So not sure whether to post this or not as can't verify it yet but will put it here anyhow and if I need to correct it later I will.

 

Apparently both Holly Mills and Abigail Pawlett are due to take part in the Hypo Gotzis Heptathlon next weekend and Jack Turner is due to compete in the Decathlon. 

 

I'm saying 'apparently' because it seems there has been a copy of the entry list doing the rounds on social media but the Gotzis organisers have said that it didn't come from them and they wont be publishing the official entry list until the end of the week.

 

I'm hoping from a British perspective that all three are competing, but would also like to see Jade O'Dowda on the start line given she pulled out of her last comp. 

I think World Athletics have made a terrible mistake here.

Yaseen Abdella  has never run a road race and never competed above 5000m

15 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Well, Pieleshenko was banned for doping for 8 years (until 2026) so it's not like we'd seen him in sports anymore. The ban was so long since he was banned for stanozolol for 2 years before already.

It's hugely ironic that, if he hadn't been caught doping, he probably would still have been a competitive weightlifter and not  have been fighting the Russians.

This is one for the very far future.

Annabelle Fasuba ran 12.09 for the 100m yesterday in Plymouth to put her just outside the top 30 women in the UK.

Why is that notable? She doesn't turn 13 for another few months.

Her father was an Olympic relay medalist for Nigeria who later joined the Royal Navy.

1 minute ago, Epic Failure said:

Nevermind, replay looked okay. Just.

 

Hunt's backstraight looked good.

Wow. Hunt's split time was recorded as 10.05

5 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Adeleke split 48.45 secs 

I'll stick my neck out and say she's going to win gold in Paris

6 hours ago, bestmen said:

They focus on China only , all that is politic ....dozens of countries use doping ,so stop this circus 

It probably didn't help that Chinese swimmers and their coaches were caught smuggling human growth hormone into Australia a few years ago

32 minutes ago, avlar said:

I am afraid the IOC will really do this.

 

But it is not a question of "team" it is a question of AINs - Individual Neutral Athletes. The IOC declared that AINs will participate in Paris. They do not represent their country or NOC, they are individuals, so there is no any legal ground for them to compete in pairs or doubles. 

Just been in touch with a journalist friend who says the ITF expect tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete in doubles in Paris

36 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

New Discus PB of 45.75m for Jack Turner in Arkansas last night. He's added almost 1m to his best in this event so far in 2024 having competed 3 times and setting 2 new PBs. The only time he hasn't made it over 45m this year was in the decathlon at Mt. Sacs Relay.

 

At the same meet, Cindy Sember equaled her SB in the 100m with a time of 11.64.

Nice to see "Christmas" running well

 Ondine Achampong - Artistic Gymnastics

I think it's now safe to say,  that with 3 of the 5 woman world championship medal team likely to miss Paris, Britain will not be winning an Olympic team medal

22 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

In Greece too 

Was also used in  but not in common use for over 100 years

Despite last night's 100m performance in the US being wind assisted I think Rhasidat Adeleke of  is now a serious threat for a medal at either 200m or 400m

Texas Results

M LJ Jacob Fincham-Dukes equals his PB with 8.08 but it's not a legal wind then comes back in the last round to win the event with a legal wind PB of 8.20

W200 Dina Asher-Smith looks fantastic with an easy win in 22.29

14 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

Can I applaud you for not pointing out the obvious flaw in the previous poster's attempt to spread yet more misery and misinformation to the group. The "vertical jumps" that they seem to think will be bereft of British participation are actually in pretty rude health given that's the pole vault and high jump. 

To be honest, I think I didn't read it properly 

22 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

Oh No

 

 

Does this mean possibly no jumpers? In any of the four vertical jump. Surely we can’t have only KJT in Hepthalon the only one doing any?

There's a couple of female long jumpers who don't need a lot of improvement to qualify but it depends on their fitness of course.

Jacob Fincham-Dukes in the men's event has already jumped 8.02 this year. The Q is 8.27.

Let's not talk about triple jump...

<Insert swear word here>

Adjusted rankings for men

On 4/16/2024 at 11:34 PM, mpjmcevoy said:

To those of us of a certain vintage, British gymnast (or Irish for that matter) was an oxymoron on the level of a Samoan luger. Sure, it was technically possible, but they weren't gonna win much. Neil Thomas was legendary for his seemingly lone bid to make British gymnastics actually mean something, until the arrival of Beth Tweddle, who probably ought to have ben the first Olympic gold. But for Max to be sitting on 3 Olympic golds, 6 medals including an AA medal, and be in the conversation for the greatest pommel worker of all time...

 

He will be missed.

In 1996 no British gymnast finished in the top 50 in any Olympic event.

9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

About time for a new Hajo Seppelt special  

Any idea what time the programme will air tomorrow?

8 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

Nonsense as in wrongly reported news or nonsense as in China’s defence? 

As in it being far too early to report a disqualification.

The German TV station ARD, who researched the story and who are showing a documentary about it on Sunday, describe the story about the Chinese relay team being stripped of their gold medal as "Nonsense"