Tokyo 2020 Olympics/Paralympics

[willipp]

We used to be a shoe in for a 4x400m relay medal, why has that gone tits up?

Not had a decent 400m runner for a decade now. Used to have loads of them in roger blacks era with the likes of Ewan Thomas, john regis always did the relays, redmond etc.

 

[Gray]

Think he's just on about the men though, who only have 1 relay medal to show for it so far. Our women have saved us.

No gold is slightly disappointing though.

If our anchor man in the 4x100m relay had not run as if he had lead boots on, we would now have an athletics gold medal.

 

[MCFC1993]

We used to be a shoe in for a 4x400m relay medal, why has that gone tits up?

Looking at the times on power of 10 (https://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=400&agegroup=ALL&sex=M&year=2021) we've not a single man under 45 seconds so that definitely won't help. Not a single individual athlete even made the 400m olympics for the men and the men's 4 x 400m were pathetic in the heats.

I do wonder whether it's time to get something in place, where we can get our top athletes under 1 roof pushing each other, as opposed to separate coaches etc... Not sure how it would all work logistically though.

 

[Gray]

Looking at the times on power of 10 (https://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=400&agegroup=ALL&sex=M&year=2021) we've not a single man under 45 seconds so that definitely won't help. Not a single individual athlete even made the 400m olympics for the men and the men's 4 x 400m were pathetic in the heats.

I do wonder whether it's time to get something in place, where we can get our top athletes under 1 roof pushing each other, as opposed to separate coaches etc... Not sure how it would all work logistically though.

Build an Athletics centre with all the necessary facilities and accomodation and get to work. More effort should be put into the field events which, apart from the Javelin, Discus and Hammer, need less overall area for training.

 

[mexico1970]

Build an Athletics centre with all the necessary facilities and accomodation and get to work. More effort should be put into the field events which, apart from the Javelin, Discus and Hammer, need less overall area for training.

The biggest problem with that is that they are all individuals fighting for sponsorship, the very good ones get loads of money and the rest have to make do and mend.

Some athletes train in the south of France others train in Peckham, some athletes are the darlings of the media others haven't got an angle the media care about.

For me athletics ended when they went full pro, and now they extol the virtues of an "elite" athlete even if they fail, crash and burn.

 

[idahoblues]

 

[ninjamonkey]

Italy and GB gold and silver in the men's 4x100m what the hell is going on, the world's gone mental. Much more familiar in results in women's.

 

[Gray]

Lovely.

 

[Gray]

Italy and GB gold and silver in the men's 4x100m what the hell is going on, the world's gone mental. Much more familiar in results in women's.

When will that chance come again? That last GB runner was so tight he had absolutely no fluidity.

 

[idahoblues]

Lovely.