Elite Athletics Thread

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larkim
larkim
Mar 2019
6:39pm, 11 Mar 2019
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larkim
I think we’re saying the same thing - yes?
larkim
larkim
Mar 2019
6:40pm, 11 Mar 2019
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larkim
Aha, I can see you were replying to SPR! Sorry!!
jdarun
jdarun
Mar 2019
6:43pm, 11 Mar 2019
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jdarun
Not as comfortable as I thought for Callum, I had 2:09 in mind. It seems harsh if 4th finisher at recent world champs is struggling to qualify. Standards should evolve, this is revolution not evolution.
Gobi
Gobi
Mar 2019
6:46pm, 11 Mar 2019
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Gobi
Madness - ruining the spirit of the games

Big gun war, Kenyans and Ethiopians will be running for all countries
Gobi
Gobi
Mar 2019
6:47pm, 11 Mar 2019
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Gobi
Even more than now
SPR
SPR
Mar 2019
6:50pm, 11 Mar 2019
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SPR
Hawkins won't struggle, he'll be up there in the rankings assuming he runs a good one in the QT period.

Larkim - "UKA has refused to support invitational athletes in the past” is there a (few) specific examples of this, as it's quite different from not selecting someone and in this case, the non selected person would have a decent World ranking.
SPR
SPR
Mar 2019
6:52pm, 11 Mar 2019
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SPR
There's a World championships this year as well which will score solid ranking points I expect, and is always high on the UKA qualifying criteria so double win.
larkim
larkim
Mar 2019
7:07pm, 11 Mar 2019
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larkim
Honestly, I think we need to be careful with being too critical. The aim is to get 50% of athletes selected via quali times and the other half via the rankings. Athletes like Hawkins should be well within the scope of that with a half decent marathon in the next 12 months.
larkim
larkim
Mar 2019
7:11pm, 11 Mar 2019
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larkim
SPR - eg athleticsweekly.com
SPR
SPR
Mar 2019
7:18pm, 11 Mar 2019
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SPR
That's pretty poor.

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