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They're all excellent. Studio and comms box.
Michael Johnson is the best (as he was when he was running) but not a complaint about a single one of them. Always good analysis, no stupid questions or thick takes.
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Think I prefer the coverage of pure athletics vs the general games. Get more insight and less jingoism
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We went to the Commonwealth Games last year - it really is a superb experience live. Go if you get the chance.
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Just been reading more about Tigst Assefa's Berlin Marathon run: it might be the greatest marathon performance ever by man or woman. To completely demolish both the world record and a field of top class runners the way she did is unbelievable.
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Agreed. Shame the fancy trainers get a mention in the report in a way that suggests they helped ‘unduly’. Rich of me to say that of course as no doubt she could outpace me round the block wearing a pair of diving boots. Overall I’m getting, at a very low key level, back into watching athletics. Good for my kids to watch it as the sportsmanship is overall really admirable. As mentioned in the thread above, the coverage is normally really good too.
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Only £400..... they're good for about 35 miles according to Adidas.
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Doherty should get himself a pair - last him for years.
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James Magnussen to make swimming 'world record' attempt taking banned drugs
Former world champion James Magnussen agrees to take banned drugs in an attempt to swim faster than a world record.
www.bbc.co.uk
I'm not quite sure how I feel about this.
The juvenile in me is quite interested to see how this sort of thing goes compared to non-doped athletes. However, the grown-up realises there is a big safety concern.
It would be more than amusing if there was no discernible difference!
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BBC have the rights to an indoor athletics event in Birmingham this weekend called the Keeley Classic where Keeley Hodgkinson hopes to break a world record. They’re not showing it on BBC1 as 4.30 would interfere with final score. Not showing it on BBC2 either as they are showing a film last aired in October followed by a repeat of Flog it which was discontinued 5 years ago.
How will the superstars of the future be inspired if these things are only shown online or not at all?
How will the superstars of the future be inspired if these things are only shown online or not at all?
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She's not going to run now, suffered a minor injury in training apparently.
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