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Merry Xmas to all athletics ❤️er’s Here’s my 🎁 to you all… A playlist of 🇬🇧 champs medals🥇🥈🥉in reverse order. From Tokyo to Toruń, Moscow to Munich & Sydney to Seville, there’s 700+ clips covering 40+ years. @BackstraightB @BASCSupporters youtube.com/playlist?list=…

I made it in time @MrChan_NC @nin_foggy @DeatacD @tomiiieth @miltoncesar1974 @BTK_Invest @Rolland71505360 @liang881116

@TimAdams76 subscribed to Eurosport few years ago, just for athletics, huge waste of money, <5 hours content p/m Best option for athletics fans; get a VPN! Cost around £70 p/yr (maybe even cheaper) If there’s a stream somewhere in the 🌎, u can watch. A joke giving Viaplay the rights tho.

If Eurosport had the UK rights for World Athletics’ Indoor Tour Gold and Continental Tour Gold series it’d make it so much easier to watch and get new fans in. No one will pay an extra £15 per month just for that on ViaPlay I reckon. Would like to be wrong but doubt it.

@James_Athletics Is it James West’s first major champs too?

Particularly excited for those for whom Istanbul is a career milestone: Eugene Amo-Dadzie - 🇬🇧 debut Hannah Nuttall - 🇬🇧 track debut Hannah Kelly - 🇬🇧 senior debut Nicole Kendall - 🇬🇧 debut Carys McAuley- 🇬🇧 senior debut

@GreenlandTweet Who were the 3? Only McKinna has QM or ranking position, but that was 12m ago & not near 🅱️ standard in 2023 (yet).

@MattVanStan No shot putters when he could have sent 3

Well done to all those selected. No real surprises. Haydock not in 400 but didn’t run final at trials, hope all ok. Lucy H is unlucky not to get an invite in LJ, despite being #7 in Eu in 2023. Ready to cheer everyone on in just 8 days. 📣

@jdevivenot Hopefully we see more in the outdoors. Banigo was closest. He had an invite spot but BA withdrew it as he was just 6cm shy of 🅱️standard. Would like to see some lee-way in future for field events. Better than sending 0️⃣. Need experience.

@egansadventures Prime example 🚺LJ. Lucy H 🇬🇧 currently #7 in Eu (SB) but only #25 in rankings?? 18 Places, 9 going to rankings 7/9 in ranking spot haven’t jumped as far Lucy 2 best - 6.66/6.56 🇬🇧 Other 7 in 2023: 6.61 /6.56 6.33 /6.35 6.35 /6.39 6.52 /6.49 6.52 /6.41 6.46 /6.40 6.62 /6.49

And it's not even about the ranking system, it's about using the already flawed ranking system - designed around outdoor performances - to select individuals for an indoor championship. elizabetheganathletics.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-sq…

I really hope that as athletes with 9.12 3000m PBs make it into quota spots, and much faster athletes can't have a ranking because they haven't run 5000m, that @EuroAthletics are realising what an absolute shambles their qualification system for European Indoors is.

Entries for Indoor Tour (Brum) on Saturday waitf2023.microplustimingservices.com/export/AT/pdf/…

A couple of questions for 🚺 400: Pipi & Nielsen don’t have 🅱️ but maybe going 4x4 anyway. Could get accepted? 1500 - 4 still in EA lists including Muir & Reekie. Snowden & Baker will go, maybe one of other 2? Depends on Muir’s intentions? (Reekie withdrawn from 800 tho)

looks like 8🚹 & 11🚺 to be chosen in individuals for Istanbul 🇹🇷 4 other possibles for 🚹 team (ranking not withdrawn): Brier: likely 4x4 anyway, await 📬? Rowe: DQ at trials, but has 🅱️ & still 📬 Perrin🥈but no 🅱️ & outside 📬 Kerr (1500): would be a surprise.

UKA have been busy withdrawing athletes from Euro ranking/invite lists. Gone are Pozzi & Banigo.most field & 800’s the same (bar Guy in 800) I’m intrigued why Josh Kerr still on the list. Could he take 3rd 1500 spot? Alex HW also still there (QT) & Brier 📬? All 60m men too

Some amazing distance races at 🇬🇧 indoors today. But at 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿age champs I’m very proud of 2 @springburnharrs juniors who continue to push their limits Congrats to U13’s; Gregor (800🥈2:20.65 - leaps above Josh Kerr on AT list) & Willow (1500🥉5:21.54) Smashed PB’s by 6 & 10secs

@TumoLPK BA policy is athletes need the Euro Q or BA 🅱️ standard in the last 7 weeks. Even if athletes have Q in 2022, they won’t meet BA selection criteria. That’s my interpretation anyway. Maybe there’s small print?

@MattVanStan Why are BA rejecting them? Presumably their own standards rather than EuQ?

Caught up ⏩ 🇬🇧 Champs. Some fine performances but spare a thought for those with Eu Q but BA will reject Sember - EuQ✅ +🇬🇧🥇(on WA rank points Cindy= #1 in Eu) no ‘23🅱️ Rees (60) - Eu📬&🇬🇧🥉but 0.03 off 🅱️ Banigo (LJ) - Eu📬&🇬🇧🥇,but 6cm off 🅱️ Pozzi - EuQ✅ 🇬🇧🥈, no ‘23🅱️

Great run by David King today for 60H🥇in 7.62, only 0.05s off PB. Looking good for EIC. That’s not a SR as results suggest tho. Colin Jackson ran 7.38 in same stadium in ‘94. Not forgetting Pozzi ran 7.46 for 🌍🥇in 2018??

Looking forward to the 🚹 400m final tomorrow at 16:15. 6 strong runners & would would make a decent 4x4 team in Instanbul 🇹🇷 This will either be v fast with handful of PB’s, or a bonkers race with 3 DQ’s /falls.

Some fantastic races all round from the young 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 athletes today. Amazing work going on at clubs. MD races included plenty of Champ Records. U15🚹 = new CR (🥇2:00.90), 🥈also breaks old CR U15🚹 = new CR by 8s (4:06.63) U15🚺 = new CR by 6s (4:30.57) 🥈also breaks old CR

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿U15 champs today Congrats to Douglas Knox @springburnharrs 🥇🥈🥇 in 60H, 60m & LJ (= CR & 3rd all time 6.11m) 60/60H journey included 4 races in 75mins+ Finals 8mins apart + Skye Smith with PB & =🚺club rec in 800 x3 🚺 also broke previous u15 club rec in 200m 👏 🥳 🎉

@GuyLearmonth @James_Athletics Looked a lot harder than my sesh. I was very impressed how u could peel yourself off the floor to smash a few more out Happy to help but I think my 36” may have been a tad slow 🐢

@MattVanStan @James_Athletics Could have done with some help on those 200s btw😂😂 I remember that sesh, had 18 of them!! 🤢

This weekend, @GuyLearmonth goes for his eleventh British Indoor Champs medal and a spot at his fifth European Indoors. We spoke about training, his goals for the year and a new perspective on life. ⬇️ fastrunning.com/training/athle…