Athletics Thread

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18685730

British Athletes picked

Chambers

Hes winning the gold

[LDG]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/18780238

British sprinter Adam Gemili became the fastest British junior of all time as he won gold in the World Junior Championships 100m in 10.05 seconds.

[Syn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/18780238

Wasn't that long ago that anything sub-10 seconds would be considered excellent. Then Jamaica came along.

I suppose 10.05 for an 18 year old is impressive but I wonder how much faster sprinters get from that age.

[LDG]

Wasn't that long ago that anything sub-10 seconds would be considered excellent. Then Jamaica came along.

I suppose 10.05 for an 18 year old is impressive but I wonder how much faster sprinters get from that age.

I guess it's more technique from then on, as apposed to natural speed. But being joint 6th on the all-time list of under-20's is a good yardstick.

Of course, he'll never compete with Bolt et al, but still a good start.

[The Wengerbabies]

Bolt will retire from sprinting after next years World Championships.

[Cripps_orig]

BRITISH Olympic long-jump hero Greg Rutherford is planning to run the 100 metres at a top athletics meeting next month.
Rutherford is the first British man to take the Olympic long jump title since Lynn Davies in 1964.
The 25-year-old won with a leap of 8.31m on Super Saturday when he, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah all won gold within 44 minutes of each other in the Olympic Stadium.
But the Milton Keynes jumper wants to follow in the footsteps of legends such as Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens, who were also 100m stars.
Rutherford, whose success in the sandpit came after he adopted Lewis’ take-off technique earlier this year, is now planning to compete in the 100m B race at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on September 7.
He has run 10.2sec in the past and has told pals he would one day love to compete for the British team over 100m or in the 4x100m relay.
It comes days after Olympic 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt revealed he may consider the LONG JUMP in 2016.
Rutherford will be back for the first time since London 2012 at the Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday August 26.
He will take on America’s Olympic TRIPLE JUMP champion Christian Taylor, who will compete in the long jump for the first time in Europe since 2008.
The two gold medallists will be joined by Australia’s Mitchell Watt, who Rutherford beat to gold in the long jump, as well as Britain’s Chris Tomlinson. Despite specialising in the triple jump, Taylor holds a respectable 8.19m long jump personal best and narrowly missed out on a position in that event at London 2012.


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Getting too big for his boots?

[Marc Overmars]

Well he used to be a 100m runner as well as a long jumper but decided to focus on the latter. No harm in giving it a go to see what times he can rack up.

[GP]

Well he used to be a 100m runner as well as a long jumper but decided to focus on the latter. No harm in giving it a go to see what times he can rack up.

White sprinters

[Letters]

White sprinters

Alan Wells

[Cripps_orig]

Diamond League about to start on the red button

Not sure if any of the big name atheltes are there

Worth a watch though