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  • Hudson-Smith was one of the stars yesterday, but I was impressed with the GB National 400 Metre race too. 

    Samuel Reardon looked particularly good in winning - improving his PB by over a second. The makings of a good 400 metre relay team.



    I don’t think he’s qualified to be part of the relay team sadly 
  • That'll learn him! used to be the party piece of Tom Mckean I seem to remember back in the day.
  • I didn't realise Hinchliffe went sub 10 again yesterday, I stopped watching him right at the start as he was so bad out of the blocks. definitely has a good chance of reaching the final in Paris
  • Have we got anyone who can threaten in the field events ? 
  • 1se7 said:
    https://news.sky.com/story/british-sprinter-16-suffers-disaster-in-race-after-he-slows-at-finish-line-and-gets-overtaken-13181914

    Either. 

    1) huge misjudgement of finish line 
    2) injury .

    no way a sprinter eases up that early. 
    Well, this one did!

    Got to love Charlton Life sometimes. 
  • rina said:
    I didn't realise Hinchliffe went sub 10 again yesterday, I stopped watching him right at the start as he was so bad out of the blocks. definitely has a good chance of reaching the final in Paris
    I'd never heard of him until a few days ago. Watched him yesterday and he seemed a bit all over the place in terms of his start and his technique and he just didn't look like a sprinter - but he still ran under 10 seconds. Imagine what he'll be like once he gets rid of the rough edges?
  • MrOneLung said:
    Have we got anyone who can threaten in the field events ? 
    Realistically only Molly Caudery in the pole vault
  • edited July 2024
    MrOneLung said:
    Have we got anyone who can threaten in the field events ? 
    Molly Caudery in the female pole vault on a good day. Morgan Lake too in the female high jump if she is at peak form could have an outside medal chance.
  • rina said:
    I didn't realise Hinchliffe went sub 10 again yesterday, I stopped watching him right at the start as he was so bad out of the blocks. definitely has a good chance of reaching the final in Paris

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  • George Mills (Danny Mills' son) broke the UK indoor championships record for 3000m on Sunday. Guess who had a ticket for the sprinting on the Saturday but not for the Sunday...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cwye33334epo
  • George Mills (Danny Mills' son) broke the UK indoor championships record for 3000m on Sunday. Guess who had a ticket for the sprinting on the Saturday but not for the Sunday...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cwye33334epo
    George Mills second in the European indoor 3000m today, behind that bionic Norwegian bloke. Mills does look like his dad, IMHO, including looking like he's about 50 when he's actually 25.
  • George Mills (Danny Mills' son) broke the UK indoor championships record for 3000m on Sunday. Guess who had a ticket for the sprinting on the Saturday but not for the Sunday...

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cwye33334epo
    George Mills second in the European indoor 3000m today, behind that bionic Norwegian bloke. Mills does look like his dad, IMHO, including looking like he's about 50 when he's actually 25.
    It was a very good run from Mills but he was always racing for second place this weekend. Great competition for the Dutch (and the Irish) but a bit underwhelming for the Brits overall.

    Missing some big hitters from the team such as Hodgkinson and Josh Kerr tbf, and others such as O'Dowda and Robertson exceeded expectations, but it still seems that we are desperately short of international quality in some areas such as the throws, some jumps and in particular men's multi-eventing. Not sure what the problem is as we consistently produce world class triathletes, but can't seem to translate that dominance onto (male) track & field multi-eventers. 
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