Wightman needs to sort himself out. I question whether he's telling himself that he will be in peak form come the championships and is deliberately avoiding selection races. The truth is, with so much time out and without a season of racing the top athletes behind him, he won't be on peak form when he reaches the championship even if selected by committee.
Wightman needs to sort himself out. I question whether he's telling himself that he will be in peak form come the championships and is deliberately avoiding selection races. The truth is, with so much time out and without a season of racing the top athletes behind him, he won't be on peak form when he reaches the championship even if selected by committee.
There is no reason to want to avoid the trials. If he wanted to get selected by a committee, it wouldn’t even hurt to run to get tactical experience even if something bad happened in a race. Also, this is a stupid idea.
Wightman needs to sort himself out. I question whether he's telling himself that he will be in peak form come the championships and is deliberately avoiding selection races. The truth is, with so much time out and without a season of racing the top athletes behind him, he won't be on peak form when he reaches the championship even if selected by committee.
There is no reason to want to avoid the trials. If he wanted to get selected by a committee, it wouldn’t even hurt to run to get tactical experience even if something bad happened in a race. Also, this is a stupid idea.
Apart from the reason that he knows his form isn't good enough to get top two at the trials, so he might as well not run and get selected for the discretionary spot?
A mild illness days out from the trials isn't really a reason to pull out. Keely Hodgkinson won the Europeans while sick.
Try to use multi-syllable words if you're going to make meaningless, pointless insults. It still won't add to your argument but it will help you avoid sounding so dim.
There is no reason to want to avoid the trials. If he wanted to get selected by a committee, it wouldn’t even hurt to run to get tactical experience even if something bad happened in a race. Also, this is a stupid idea.
Apart from the reason that he knows his form isn't good enough to get top two at the trials, so he might as well not run and get selected for the discretionary spot?
A mild illness days out from the trials isn't really a reason to pull out. Keely Hodgkinson won the Europeans while sick.
Try to use multi-syllable words if you're going to make meaningless, pointless insults. It still won't add to your argument but it will help you avoid sounding so dim.
Wightman did not call it a "mild illness". He referred to it as a nasty stomach bug that had him sick for 6 days. Wightman was in good enough form to get top 2 at the trials. George Mills may have run 3:28, but he is not good in a tactical race while Wightman is. Gourley has not shown anything phenomenal and neither has Fogg. If Wightman ran British Champs, he would have been in the running to win.
Could be good news for those wanting Mills to not get selected in the 1500.
GB will take top 2 if it's Gourley and Giles. Then surely BA pick Wightman over Mills given how poor Mills is in tactical, championship style 1500's, and given Wightman is a previous World Champ.
If Wightman ran and got top 2 meaning Giles or Gourley got 3rd, I think BA would pick Mills over one of those 2.
Obviously Kerr is automatically selected being current World Champ.
Don't get why Mills wants to double so bad, must be an ego thing.
Probably gets insane roll over bonuses in his contract for making the teams.
Wightman has been running into good form at this stage of the season. Already run a 1:44 800m and a 3:47 mile, and beaten Gourely twice by 2 seconds each time. He is in way better from than him.
There's no way the selectors don't give Wightman the discretionary spot. If you think Mills really has a chance of getting that spot, then you don't know British Athletics. Mills is already on the 5000 team (such is the state of British distance running, he IS the team), and that will also play into their thinking.
Is it so obvious that they’d pass on each of these guys if they finish 3rd: Gourley, Giles, Fogg, Keen based on a 3:47.8 mile and the 2022 season I suppose? Maybe it is, I don’t know.
Obviously this is moot now. It was always going to be Wightman anyway. He has better standing within UKA. He was selected for the 800 for the Olympics last year even when he clearly didn't deserve it. There can be a lot of politics in the UKA discretionary place. The women's 800 has often been at the centre of controversies in this respect. At least that should be easier this year. The selection for the men's 800 could be very messy though.
lameeeeeeee excuse, the guys literally done nothing since 2022. i wouldnt be giving him any favours, he had one great race but that doesnt mean youre still upto the job 3 years later.
other guys have moved forwards, hes gone backwards. Kerr, Gourley, Giles, Mills, thats a decent team right there. Fogg is an utter turd, basic time trialler who you wouldnt fancy to win a school sports days and after an abysmal 1:49 800m the other day, he will struggle to make the top 8 in what will be a burn up.
Keen and the rest of the field are bang average and not good enough to feature. the only one who could make a charge is Charig or possibly Wigfield but the rest are out of there depth
Fodd DOGGGGGGGG out in the heats
Charig third - leading until final 50m
You should all admit that the hove bummer is the don! Wightman will slip in the team again but if he isnt well, he wont have trained property for over a week and should be made to prove fitness before being selected. Although as we all expect, he didnt bother turning up as he knew he would be picked anyway and was scared of being beaten
hes an old boy now. doing reasonably well in time trials means nothing when you have a last lap smash-up without a pacemaker, just look at Fogg
Wightman will slip in the team again but if he isnt well, he wont have trained property for over a week and should be made to prove fitness before being selected. Although as we all expect, he didnt bother turning up as he knew he would be picked anyway and was scared of being beaten
I don't think he had much to prove at UK champs tbh, 1st and 2nd were Gourley and Giles (although Giles should have been DQ'd but that's a different topic...) and Wightman already comfortably beat them only 3 weeks before at the same distance in London Diamond League. Add in his season's 1:44 800 and 3:47 mile and selectors would be daft not to pick him.
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lameeeeeeee excuse, the guys literally done nothing since 2022. i wouldnt be giving him any favours, he had one great race but that doesnt mean youre still upto the job 3 years later.
other guys have moved forwards, hes gone backwards. Kerr, Gourley, Giles, Mills, thats a decent team right there. Fogg is an utter turd, basic time trialler who you wouldnt fancy to win a school sports days and after an abysmal 1:49 800m the other day, he will struggle to make the top 8 in what will be a burn up.
Keen and the rest of the field are bang average and not good enough to feature. the only one who could make a charge is Charig or possibly Wigfield but the rest are out of there depth