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3 minutes ago, Olympicsnell said:

can hunt get the time at the diamond league? i guess she would need an invite and i dont know if she has one

No, the Q period ends tomorrow.

 

She already would get a ranking invite but UKA won't accept it because why would they do something that might benefit their athletes?

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11 minutes ago, Epic Failure said:

Women's team *should* be DAS, Neita and Hunt. But it *will* be DAS, Neita and Lansiquot. Hunt has arguably been in better form than Lansiquot for much of this year and has just beaten her in the race that should matter the most to qualification. But she's going to be a victim of the UK selection policy...

She's a victim of not having the Q time.

 

I'd say her seat on the plane for the relay is safe anyway - as are Desiree and Asha for relay duties. Given that both Dasher and Daryll are going to be doubling up most likely, bringing Asha makes sense as a specialist first leg in heats. Desiree is good bend back up.

 

Men's first three makes sense now, rather happily...but the relay team now looks a bit of a shambles. if it didn't already - hopefully NMB runs strong tomorrow to ease those issues

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6 minutes ago, Epic Failure said:

 

No, the Q period ends tomorrow.

 

She already would get a ranking invite but UKA won't accept it because why would they do something that might benefit their athletes?

oh, i was sure i have been hearing all week about how chalmers in the 400h could have one last chance at london diamond league if he didnt get the time today.

 

"I think this will most likely be the last chance," Chalmers told BBC Radio Guernsey.

"Potentially at the London Diamond League next month, but that's a massive if and it depends on what happens this weekend, but most likely this is it.

Edited June 29 by Olympicsnell

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15 hours ago, Epic Failure said:

Wightman having an exemption allows them to consider him for any discretionary spot. He has the Q in both 800m and 1500m. Without the exemption, they wouldn't be able to pick him, under their own rules. And considering they are trying to be stricter about the rules, they can hardly bend them too much.

 

James Rhodes (athletics photographer/journalist) on twitter outlined the possibilities for Jake:

 

Josh Kerr guaranteed selection. Top 2 at trials (if they have Olympic Q) guaranteed selection. How does this work for Jake?

 

1) Someone without the Q is top-two in 1500m (unlikely).

2) Ben P is top two in 800m, "unlocking" the discretionary spot in 800m.

3) Josh is top two in 800m, doesn't take that place meaning it could go to Jake.

4) Jake doesn't go to Paris.

5) George M is top two in the 1500m, says he wants to do the 5000m, is given the third discretionary spot, and therefore opens up a spot in the 1500m.

 

I agree entirely with his assessment. There's limited leeway for Jake to make the 1500m team without a very specific set of circumstances. The only thing that he's not considered is someone else getting a knock before Paris and Jake getting the spot that way.

Route 5 might just be opening up - Mills looked very strong today, and the 5K is actually one of the weak points in the depth chart. Mills might be open to swapping out a 1500 spot for the 5k - not likely, but possible.

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3 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

She's a victim of not having the Q time.

 

I'd say her seat on the plane for the relay is safe anyway - as are Desiree and Asha for relay duties. Given that both Dasher and Daryll are going to be doubling up most likely, bringing Asha makes sense as a specialist first leg in heats. Desiree is good bend back up.

 

Men's first three makes sense now, rather happily...but the relay team now looks a bit of a shambles. if it didn't already - hopefully NMB runs strong tomorrow to ease those issues

 

She's comfortably in the world rankings list. The Q only matters because UKA decide that it does.

 

I've no doubt that Amy will be in Paris in some form. But it doesn't change the fact that the UKA policy is dumb.

 

Also, the relay sizes are 5 people, so one of Amy, Desiree and Asha will miss out, as the 100m individual athletes have to be included.

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4 hours ago, Rafa Maciel said:

He doesn't have the World Athletics standard but I think that he did get the UKA standard - so assuming he gets a WA invite, then it should be accepted. 

The UKA standard/invite route is proving more useful than I had orginally thought - certainly in the field MLJ, WPV, MSP, WHept and possibly MDT could ALL snag a backdoor

 

UKA will be spitting chips.

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6 minutes ago, Olympicsnell said:

oh, i was sure i have been hearing all week about how chalmers in the 400h could have one last chance at london diamond league if he didnt get the time today 

Yeah, I don't know where that has come from. The team is being selected on Monday, then announced on Friday. The next DL isn't until the Sunday after that.

 

Chalmers might be in a ranking position when the final list is released, but UKA isn't accepting that in the 400m H.

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3 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

The UKA standard/invite route is proving more useful than I had orginally thought - certainly in the field MLJ, WPV, MSP, WHept and possibly MDT could ALL snag a backdoor

 

UKA will be spitting chips.

Nah, they are happy with those numbers. It's small enough that it reduces cost and team size, but is big enough for them to pretend that they do care and that the system is a successful one.

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3 minutes ago, Epic Failure said:

Yeah, I don't know where that has come from. The team is being selected on Monday, then announced on Friday. The next DL isn't until the Sunday after that.

 

Chalmers might be in a ranking position when the final list is released, but UKA isn't accepting that in the 400m H.

Atheltes being angry with UK Athletics shocker. From what I gather most of the squad hate the selection policy and things are going to blow up in a few days time. 

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Just now, Epic Failure said:

Nah, they are happy with those numbers. It's small enough that it reduces cost and team size, but is big enough for them to pretend that they do care and that the system is a successful one.

I don’t think they realise just how angry some are and how outspoken some will be. The BBC are very welcoming to those complaining about selecton issues