GB Athletics

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1 hour ago, Nickyc707 said:

Do you know when Lizzie Bird last ran as she was out injured for most if not all of last season? 

She competed earlier this month on the road - I think she did the Boston mile a couple of weeks ago and did the 5k event at the Paris marathon at the start of April but her last track race was probably in July last year. 

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In the aftermath of the London Marathon Team GB has confirmed that the squad for Paris will be:

 

Men - Emile Cairess, Mahamad Mahamad and Philip Sesemann.

 

Women - Rose Harvey, Calli Hauger-Thackery and Charlotte Purdue.

Edited April 26, 2024 by Nickyc707

[Rafa Maciel 1,658]

Another  meeting tomorrow - LSU Invitational:

 

Decathlete Jack Turner will compete in both the 110m hurdles and the Shot Put. (He's also down to do a leg of 4x400 relay for Arkansas). 

 

On the women's side, Desiree Henry goes in the 100m whilst Amber Anning goes in 200m.

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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

[RussB 189]

Both bits of news are very promising. Dina has been looking more like her old self in the early season … 22.29 is a solid marker in April to be putting down.

 

Curious to see what Amber can do this weekend.

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Jade O'Dowda's quest to get the OQS in the heptathlon takes a bit of a knock after a 13.87 in the 100m hurdles. She's looks to be in great form but was running into a 2.8m/s headwind. It's difficult to see how she can get the standard now without PBing in a couple of events. 

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8 hours ago, RussB said:

Both bits of news are very promising. Dina has been looking more like her old self in the early season … 22.29 is a solid marker in April to be putting down.

 

Curious to see what Amber can do this weekend.

Daryll Neita just won the Diamond League 200 in 22.6

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Conditions in Brescia seem to be getting worse. O'Dowda manages just 1.74m in the high jump. The OQS drifts further out of reach but she is still in with shout of hitting UKA standard.

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35 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Daryll Neita just won the Diamond League 200 in 22.6

Also a fine PB in the 5000m 14:43 for Megan Keith, up to fifth in the UK all time list.

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16 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Also a fine PB in the 5000m 14:43 for Megan Keith, up to fifth in the UK all time list.

Gives her the OQS - wonder if she will want to double up in Paris.