30 minutes later, she ran a leg in the 4 x 400m relay final ! Although trailing behind, Keeley ran the fastest split of anyone in the race!
This version (Keeley 2.0) will win World and Olympic golds - she is probably as close as anyone has been to breaking the 800m WR (which was drug enhanced IMHO).
1.53.28 (1983!) Kratochvilova (she looked like a bloke, ran like a bloke….)
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Weirdly, we were flicking through the channels last week and he was on Celebrity Coach Trip. Both of said that we wondered what he was doing now. We assumed that he'd retired.Adam Gemili: Former European champion sprinter retires and joins Chelsea as speed coach
Former European 200m champion Adam Gemili retires from athletics and joins Premier League club Chelsea as a part-time speed coach.
Not absolutely world class, but a great British athlete, who always looked like he was enjoying his running.
Could be better - faster than Bolt at the same age and could easily win gold at the next Olympics if he continues to develop.
I’ve seen the name (it would be hard not to!) as an outstanding junior over the last couple of years. Always good to see it when they continue to progress amongst the bigger boys…
2 athletes below 2 hours!Unbelievable scenes in the London Marathon - first ever sub 2 hour marathon in a proper race
Yep a landmark day in sport not just athletics - really glad to have witnessed it even if it was only on TV
And mine- but that includes stopping at traffic lights and such likeAnd about my average cycling speed over the same distance!!!!
I find it quite remarkable (in my best David Coleman voice!) that no Briton has yet got within 0.5 of a second of Seb Coe's British record time of 1.41:73, set way back 45 years ago.
Do you think Seb Coe was on something to enhance his performance??? He has been on the gravy train for a while so nothing would surprise me
Brilliant result for Max. Nice to see Matt Hudson-Smith injury free with a good run in the 400m for 2nd place. Otherwise I thought it was all a bit boring; too few
Afraid so. It was endless high jump, people throwing missiles around and the endless nattering of the commentators that just turned me off in the end. Doesn't
The heights were nowhere near his world records. Normally, he can clear 5.80m in his sleep.
Yeah I think she has more in the tank as she alluded to in her interview - if she can run a PB when she hasn't fully concentrated on the 800m yet then I feel like she can get very close to the WR
If Keeley and Werro can keep it going through the summer, a rivalry would be exciting, and one of them could end up breaking the record. Shades of Coe and Ovett?
He's getting married next weekend and said he's been distracted by that.
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Josh Kerr breaks the Mile World Record !Inside Josh Kerr’s mile world-record attempt: Bespoke spikes, speed suits and 800m races
To support Kerr's attempt to break the men's mile world record, there's been plenty of research, testing and product development
It’s a bit sad that it’s not as popular as it used to be. I think that athletics has got a bit of a reputation for drug enhanced performances, and it’s going to take a lot to change it back. And we’ve just had the Commonwealth Games as well, so that hasn’t helped. Come to think of it, there were quite a lot of absentees in Glasgow, and it was a restricted event calendar too.
