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ATHLETICS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, BIRMINGHAM 2026
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Place is half empty, a bit embarrassing.1
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Nice having track and field on the telly. BBC are very good at this still.4
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Yes. Watching in the stadium with frequently 2 field events and a track race on at the same time gave me an insight into how hard it is to keep track of what's going on and avoid missing key moments in the field events. The BBC coverage is excellent.fenlandaddick said:Nice having track and field on the telly. BBC are very good at this still.1 -
Please please please, let Steve Cram give up commentary duties1
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Force may be required.MrOneLung said:Please please please, let Steve Cram give up commentary duties1 -
Werro falls so we may not see the Hodgkinson v Werro v Femko Bol widely looked forward to. She can appeal if clipped but looked as though she may have clipped herself.0
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Total fix. Judges must have had extra pressure put on them. They turned down the appeal initially saying she tripped herself. Which she did.2
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That is outrageous! It wasn;t obvious at first but the side show she clearly clipped herself! No one else involvedrina said:
absolutely ludicrous that she's been advanced into the final having tripped herselfredman said:Werro falls so we may not see the Hodgkinson v Werro v Femko Bol widely looked forward to. She can appeal if clipped but looked as though she may have clipped herself.0 -
I must be watching a different clip to you all. Bourgoin’s hand clipped her foot and that caused the trip. Definitely the right call.0
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You must be as her own foot clipped her other legmart77 said:I must be watching a different clip to you all. Bourgoin’s hand clipped her foot and that caused the trip. Definitely the right call.1 -
Well plenty disagree with you, including the only ones who matter. Some people are arguing that it wasn’t deliberate but that isn’t a factor in the ruling. Can’t get the fuss as it’s not like this hasn’t happened before.PrincessFiona said:
You must be as her own foot clipped her other legmart77 said:I must be watching a different clip to you all. Bourgoin’s hand clipped her foot and that caused the trip. Definitely the right call.0 -
Plenty disagree with you. I have seen no evidence another athlete's had was anything to do with it. I have seen evidence her leg tripped her othermart77 said:
Well plenty disagree with you, including the only ones who matter. Some people are arguing that it wasn’t deliberate but that isn’t a factor in the ruling. Can’t get the fuss as it’s not like this hasn’t happened before.PrincessFiona said:
You must be as her own foot clipped her other legmart77 said:I must be watching a different clip to you all. Bourgoin’s hand clipped her foot and that caused the trip. Definitely the right call.
What fuss? People seeing evidence the Swiss athlete tripped herself?1 -
Mary Decker fuming3
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Totally ignorance on the rules. If you get tripped by another athlete do you automatically get into the final, or do they look at your fastest time of the season or in a previous heat and if good enough to make the final you’re through?0
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If a runner is impeded during the race the impeded runner can be advanced by officials as long as they finish the race.se9addick said:Totally ignorance on the rules. If you get tripped by another athlete do you automatically get into the final, or do they look at your fastest time of the season or in a previous heat and if good enough to make the final you’re through?1 -
I think only the French athlete knows whether her left hand caught Werro’s right foot
personally think Hodgkinson is only going to get Bronze tomorrow0 -
I think it’ll be super tight but I’m hopeful Keeley can do it. Should be a great race.AFKABartram said:I think only the French athlete knows whether her left hand caught Werro’s right foot
personally think Hodgkinson is only going to get Bronze tomorrow1 -
I’d guess Bourgoin saying in her post race interview with French media that she clipped Werro aided Werro’s appeal.
Should be a super fast race and hopefully a big crowd in for it.0 -
I'm changing my mind having run this clip frame by frame https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VgGaUQfBdds
clear deviation of her foot after contact with Bourgoin's hand, great decision from the officials2 -
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I think the necessity to have finished the race is new for this season which explains why the commentators were wetting themselves over her making the effort to cross the linemart77 said:
If a runner is impeded during the race the impeded runner can be advanced by officials as long as they finish the race.se9addick said:Totally ignorance on the rules. If you get tripped by another athlete do you automatically get into the final, or do they look at your fastest time of the season or in a previous heat and if good enough to make the final you’re through?1 -
I hadn't heard that, only saw the TV footage showing Werro clipping her own leg. I wonder why their initial decision was to DQ her then they changed their decision.mart77 said:I’d guess Bourgoin saying in her post race interview with French media that she clipped Werro aided Werro’s appeal.
Should be a super fast race and hopefully a big crowd in for it.0 -
It's a shame the coverage doesn't allow you to lock in to just one event, but that costs £££ so understandable.0
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Shame Max Bergen has had to drop out of the 800m final. Surely they should have had a day's rest after the semi?1
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Good to see the English lad win the 800m. 🇮🇪5
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Amazing from Amy Hunt5
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Great win by Werro and very respectable run from Keeley4
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A very strange decision. Even after seeing it a few times it appeared she tripped herself. The official explanation was that somebody else's hand caught her foot. Really?PrincessFiona said:
I hadn't heard that, only saw the TV footage showing Werro clipping her own leg. I wonder why their initial decision was to DQ her then they changed their decision.mart77 said:I’d guess Bourgoin saying in her post race interview with French media that she clipped Werro aided Werro’s appeal.
Should be a super fast race and hopefully a big crowd in for it.1 -
I admit I don’t watch or read the news, but I am fairly active on social media, however, until I heard a radio interview while in a charity shop in Berwick on Tuesday, I had now idea this was even going on. Pity, as we may have planned a bit of our holiday around it.1
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Yes. Very clearly if you see earlier in the video..hand hits her lower leg or footman_at_milletts said:
A very strange decision. Even after seeing it a few times it appeared she tripped herself. The official explanation was that somebody else's hand caught her foot. Really?PrincessFiona said:
I hadn't heard that, only saw the TV footage showing Werro clipping her own leg. I wonder why their initial decision was to DQ her then they changed their decision.mart77 said:I’d guess Bourgoin saying in her post race interview with French media that she clipped Werro aided Werro’s appeal.
Should be a super fast race and hopefully a big crowd in for it.
As to whether she should have been put through, thats a different matter!2
