Athletics

I fell asleep for the ajax game , dutch football is incredibly boring!

Aaaw i really wanted Andrew Howe to get gold in the long jump but the idiot jinxed himself by celebrating too early...i was lmao@his mum's reaction.

He's fyyne though.

She's been accused by various athletics bodies of a naivity and forgetfulness, and yes, not of being a drugs cheat. She hasn't tested positive afterall. Whether she has been deliberately/consciously naive and forgetful, i guess we'll never know. Katherine Merry has described 'Christine's' behaviour as the aforementioned, doing so on BBC coverage of Osaka.

If someone is going to move locations, she has mobile technology with her, people can and do keep in touch this way. MOBILE, MOBILE technology - enables a certain flexibility. She may be given short notice, people do move locations, but people have technologies on them, telling x, y and z that location on day x will be this, location on day y will be that, et cetera...there's very little excuses. Mismanagement, and it could be a deliberate construed mismanagement, COULD BE. I also struggle to believe 'Christine' doesn't have some kind of management team back-up, providing reminders and alerts as to when important events in her profession (yes, athletics, yes drugs-testing) pop up. Don't go telling me that she's all alone at her elite level, with no one supporting, reminding her etc....

My point regarding referring to the athlete simply as 'Christine' - it's all jumping on the bandwagon stuff, largely from people who are only now coming to engage themselves with athletics, because success, in the form of a World Champs gold medal, has been achieved. Isn't this just a tad gloryhunting and artificial? Do as they please, but these aren't athletics fans proper. They probably still think Chambers is racing.

I was gutted when i realised i was gona miss tonights action (because i'm goin out), but then when i had a look at whats on;

Friday 31 August

0000 W 20 Kilometres Race Walk Final
0130 M Javelin Throw Qualification
0200 M 100 Metres Decathlon
0210 W High Jump Qualification
0300 M Long Jump Decathlon
0300 M Javelin Throw Qualification
0500 M Shot Put Decathlon

I couldn't care less

i've heard and read that there is a (very short, naturally) notice period given to athletes, and they have to give their whereabouts for that specific window of time. I don't believe it's a case of people 'just turning up'. In this age of technology, with communication as it is, i truly find it hard to fathom 3 drugs tests not materializing.

:s Not much of interest there really. Nothing major. Usually like the decathlon, but not followed it much for the last couple of years. I think most of the names I knew have probably retired now....they were all getting on a bit

But on the status of the 20Km Walk - isn't there actually a British woman in that race this time around? Must be one of the first times ever I've know a British entry in a walk at the worlds for Olympic games....

I was just looking at Andrew Howe's stats-the hot silver long jump medalist. The guy is amazing ; he could compete in the 110 hurdles, 100m, 200m, 400m, high jump, triple jump aswell as his main event at world levels, his times are that good. He'd be a serious contender for the pentathlon..if he was decent at shotputting.