Womens World 400m final - spoiler
Discussion
Great news for British athletics.
"I'm proud because I got up every single day and trained hard with the World Championships in mind." said the new champ - and well done to her for her second PB inside a week. We need more top-class athletes or the amount of money being spent on 2012 will be difficult to justify.
However on Monday, Kelly Sotherton was all over the news for suggesting the heptathlete Blonska was 'hard to trust' as she had returned from a drugs ban even better than before. Ohuruogu, also, has just returned from a ban - for missing tests rather than a failed test. Who can you trust?
"I'm proud because I got up every single day and trained hard with the World Championships in mind." said the new champ - and well done to her for her second PB inside a week. We need more top-class athletes or the amount of money being spent on 2012 will be difficult to justify.
However on Monday, Kelly Sotherton was all over the news for suggesting the heptathlete Blonska was 'hard to trust' as she had returned from a drugs ban even better than before. Ohuruogu, also, has just returned from a ban - for missing tests rather than a failed test. Who can you trust?
But to comment on the "missed tests", one of my old training partners missed two tests - the system is so unreliable that he was actually wheree the testers tried to find him, but just 10 minutes after they left - he'd been delayed by trains both times. If you're on the testing list you need to provide your location to the testers weeks in advance, it was then difficult to notify them of any change at short notice.
All the medalists at the WC are being tested plus random others so Ohuruogu will be tested now and I'm confident it'll be negative.
Kelly Sotherton's comments are difficult - the person has served their ban (as defined in the rules) and undoubtedly has passed many tests since her failure so is legally allowed to compete. If Sotherton doesn't like the rules, she needs to campaign to get them changed (life bans etc), not throw suspicion on specific atheltes - that's the job of the testers, and public comments don't make it any easier.
All the medalists at the WC are being tested plus random others so Ohuruogu will be tested now and I'm confident it'll be negative.
Kelly Sotherton's comments are difficult - the person has served their ban (as defined in the rules) and undoubtedly has passed many tests since her failure so is legally allowed to compete. If Sotherton doesn't like the rules, she needs to campaign to get them changed (life bans etc), not throw suspicion on specific atheltes - that's the job of the testers, and public comments don't make it any easier.
MikeyT said:
There are a lot of leading British athletes who have missed TWO tests and are being damn careful they don't miss a third.
Two I could name are massive names in the sport ...
And Christine O is god as I just cleaned up on her at the bookies ... got 50/1!
Get in!
Two I could name are massive names in the sport ...
And Christine O is god as I just cleaned up on her at the bookies ... got 50/1!
Get in!
As far as I know the out-of-competition testing procedures have been modified relatively recently to make it easier for athletes to notify the testers of their locations - is this correct? Something along the lines of "Let us know where you'll be for a specific hour each day" so the athlete can say "Between 7 and 8am I will be at home".
It's not so bad for full-time athletes as they can structure their day around their training. For those of us subject to the whims of work and commuting, it can be very difficult to reliably predict where and when we can be found (not a problem for me at the moment since 7mins/mile feels hard
)TheGroover said:
Let's not forget Nicola Sanders in second! A British 1-2 is something to be proud of. It was a fantastic race as well.
As for the ban, I'm pretty sure there were faults on both sides in events leading up to it, I am also pretty sure she was innocent of taking banned substances.
Well, that means the UK Athletics target of 3 medals has been attained. Can we get any more I wonder?As for the ban, I'm pretty sure there were faults on both sides in events leading up to it, I am also pretty sure she was innocent of taking banned substances.
I'm pleased for Nicola Sanders as she's struggled a bit after her great indoor season.
TheGroover said:
Let's not forget Nicola Sanders in second! A British 1-2 is something to be proud of. It was a fantastic race as well.
As for the ban, I'm pretty sure there were faults on both sides in events leading up to it, I am also pretty sure she was innocent of taking banned substances.
Absolutely, on both counts. I've never thought that Ohuruogu was guilty of anything untoward, and an excellent performance by both.As for the ban, I'm pretty sure there were faults on both sides in events leading up to it, I am also pretty sure she was innocent of taking banned substances.
ewenm said:
TheGroover said:
Let's not forget Nicola Sanders in second! A British 1-2 is something to be proud of. It was a fantastic race as well.
As for the ban, I'm pretty sure there were faults on both sides in events leading up to it, I am also pretty sure she was innocent of taking banned substances.
Well, that means the UK Athletics target of 3 medals has been attained. Can we get any more I wonder?As for the ban, I'm pretty sure there were faults on both sides in events leading up to it, I am also pretty sure she was innocent of taking banned substances.
I'm pleased for Nicola Sanders as she's struggled a bit after her great indoor season.
ewenm said:
MikeyT said:
There are a lot of leading British athletes who have missed TWO tests and are being damn careful they don't miss a third.
Two I could name are massive names in the sport ...
And Christine O is god as I just cleaned up on her at the bookies ... got 50/1!
Get in!
Two I could name are massive names in the sport ...
And Christine O is god as I just cleaned up on her at the bookies ... got 50/1!
Get in!
As far as I know the out-of-competition testing procedures have been modified relatively recently to make it easier for athletes to notify the testers of their locations - is this correct? Something along the lines of "Let us know where you'll be for a specific hour each day" so the athlete can say "Between 7 and 8am I will be at home".
It's not so bad for full-time athletes as they can structure their day around their training. For those of us subject to the whims of work and commuting, it can be very difficult to reliably predict where and when we can be found (not a problem for me at the moment since 7mins/mile feels hard
)The problem with Christine O was that she simply was so disorganised she wasn't there ...
Athletes have to take responsibility for their actions as she found out.
But she has got the rewards she deserved.
Not crowing but the AW office made £4450 in total on that result ...
TheGroover said:
ewenm said:
TheGroover said:
Let's not forget Nicola Sanders in second! A British 1-2 is something to be proud of. It was a fantastic race as well.
As for the ban, I'm pretty sure there were faults on both sides in events leading up to it, I am also pretty sure she was innocent of taking banned substances.
Well, that means the UK Athletics target of 3 medals has been attained. Can we get any more I wonder?As for the ban, I'm pretty sure there were faults on both sides in events leading up to it, I am also pretty sure she was innocent of taking banned substances.
I'm pleased for Nicola Sanders as she's struggled a bit after her great indoor season.
MikeyT said:
I agree ... men's sprint relay in a good medal possibility - the 4x400 less so though.
We have more chance in the women's 4x400 of course ... with Sanders and Ohurougo ... must check the odds.
McConnell, Meadows, Sanders, Ohurougu is a pretty strong team.We have more chance in the women's 4x400 of course ... with Sanders and Ohurougo ... must check the odds.
With 3 semi-finalists in the men's 100m (more than the americans
) we have a fairly good chance. I bet they're practising handovers day and night at the moment.Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff