Madíson
Everything goes up by six
GB Silver in the 800m with a national record from Hodgkinson.
Reekie 4th with a PB.
Reekie 4th with a PB.
Very tight for bronze too.Silver for Hodgkinson in the Women’s 800m.
The climbing was fantastic. I can’t wait for the final.
I can’t even begin to deal with Adam Gemili. It’s so sad. I do wonder what shape he was really in though- he’s been rubbish all season, though he does usually come good at the champs.
Karsten was crazy. Such a good race- the way he responded every time Benjamin made a move. Fantastic competitor. Just as the race kicked off, I thought “imagine if he runs 45.” and then laughed it off. Insane.
Looking forward to tonight- we must have a medal chance in the women’s 800. If we don’t get anything, I am seriously worried we’re not going to get anything at all. I’m hoping something crazy happens and we somehow sneak a gold, but that seems unlikely as I think Athing Mu has it sewn up.
I also think Flo Jo’s 200m record is under threat- Elaine Thompson’s 21.66 was jogging yesterday. I also think she’s taken a bucketload of drugs during lockdown and here we are…
Elaine came out of nowhere in 2015, improving by half a second at 100m and over a second at 200m and then won two Olympic golds aged 25. Once she was then on the WADA testers’ radar, she hasn’t actually been very good…until suddenly this year, as I said, a year after a gap in international testing.What makes you think that re: Elaine? Your comment did bring me back down to earth a little bit - testing must have been shoddy over the last year or more. And given the problems Athletics has always had, it's hard not to feel disenchanted with the whole thing.
How much of Elaine’s poor form was down to the recurring achilles injury over the last couple of years? Unless that has been fabricated.