At 8:50am EST the site is unfortunately displaying "Content Not available". Anyone have it working, or is it an issue at the source?
At 8:50am EST the site is unfortunately displaying "Content Not available". Anyone have it working, or is it an issue at the source?
Commonwealth kicking major a** so far.
Working fine for me:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/bbcone/live
They've got a great feature where you can "watch from beginning" if you missed the start.
BTW, why after the first 200 of the men's 400 did he say it was possible we'd see a World Record? Simply because the split was 21.93??
IF you want to watch a replay of the women's 1500, turn your scroller to the 9:00 mark. They show the last 600 or so.
We also forgot to mention Bernard Lagat is in the men's 3000.
Name Status
Bernard Lagat (USA) Accepted
Mark Mitchell (SCO) Accepted
Vincent Rono (KEN) Accepted
Andy Vernon (GBR) Accepted
Let this serve as the official thread.
For live results, go here:
Here's the women's 1500 recap:
Reigning world indoor 3000 champ Hellen Obiri took control of this race with just over 600 meters remaining. She rushed to the lead just before three laps remained and instantly gapped the field. She rolled off a series of basicallly 31 point laps (her last 200 was 30.91) and closed in 1:34 for her last 600 to win going away.
13:28 - 1500 METRES - Women OFFICIAL RESULTS
1 COM Hellen OBIRI KEN 4:10.20 SR 4
2 USA Gabriele ANDERSON 4:12.76 PB 3
3 SCO Josephine MOULTRIE 4:16.94 PB 2
4 GBR Jemma SIMPSON 4:17.81 SB 1
Split Times
400 GBR Jemma SIMPSON GBR 1:09.37
800 GBR Jemma SIMPSON GBR (1:09.98) 2:19.35
1200 COM Hellen OBIRI KEN (1:08.37) 3:27.72
Finish COM Hellen OBIRI KEN (42.48) 4:10.20
Have to switch channels to the Santiago Bernabeu now. Real Madrid vs Granada is starting. HALA MADRID!
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT ENGLAND????? Learmonth captured the spirit of William Wallace and put Osagie to the sword! FREEEEEDOOOOOOOOM!!!!! There will be dancing on the streets from Edinburgh to Inverness tonight!!! Take that you sassananach losers! I'm off for a haggis and a whisky to celebrate
p.s. For all you yanks: Laura Muir > Mary Cain
Haggis Hunter wrote:
p.s. For all you yanks: Laura Muir > Mary Cain
Laura is a grown woman and Mary is a kid, that's not exactly a fair comparison. Btw, I do think Laura is very talented and is about equal to Mary, but she is several years older.
Really great meet. Lots of fun, victories on all sides and a few nice surprises. Plus ever green Kim Collins, Mr popular still going strong. I really hope he goes to the Commonwealths.
My favourite results:
Laura Muir. I noticed her for the first time last year. There is something about her that says to me she will be a real success. I wonder if she'll concentrate on the 800m or the 1500m?
What is even more amazing about her performances recently is she is at University studying to be a vet full time.
Chris O'Hare and Charlie Grice. It was great for two things. 1 a great battle between two brits at the middle distances. 2. Two Brits taking control fo the race. For a British fan it has been depressing listening to one athlete after the other talk about losing races by giving themselves too much to do and/or hogging the inside lane in the pack and wondering why they get boxed in and can't win at the end in championships or allowing the race to get away from them by seemingly never looking at the clock. What's more they would make the same mistake again, and again and again. It's like we have had a generation of idiots running. Now with the new distance generation of Judd, Gorecka, Muir, O'Hare and Grice you feel if they lose it is because they gave their best race but lost. I'd say look out for Gemma Steel in the marathon this year too.
The relays: Great runs from both British teams and the Scottish teams. But what happened to the USA? The ladies had half of last years Worlds squad but did terribly as did the men. Real shocks there as victories over the USA is always rare.
Kim Collins: Everybody loves Kim as the crowd shows. It's great having him still run great times at 36.
trackcoach wrote:
Haggis Hunter wrote:p.s. For all you yanks: Laura Muir > Mary Cain
Laura is a grown woman and Mary is a kid, that's not exactly a fair comparison. Btw, I do think Laura is very talented and is about equal to Mary, but she is several years older.
We should also say not all athletes develop at the same pace or same time or to the same extent. Laura Muir was an unknown even to us Brits until last year when she burst onto the indoor scene, fairly out the blue really. Muir is also in fulltime studies to be a Vet so is hugely academic straight A pupil who may not have been more than a hobby runner as a teenager with sport being second to school. I should also say Cain's body is already well develop compared to Muir. Cain has a chiselled six pack a body builder would be proud of, no extra weight hanging on her frame and fine defined legs. Which probably supports the idea Muir didn't do anywhere near as much early on and can be greater scope for improvement. Muir has also been referred to as training herself which may mean coaching inputs now could have more space for improvement than Cain and she is already running fab times.
There is also the low correlation with junior success and adult success. That isn't to say Cain won't be a very successful adult but both athletes are far from the final picture of their careers.