She alleges and apparently has written communication from British Athletics medical staff telling her to not run the Tokyo Olympic Trials, gives her medical exemption, yet decide not to choose her for the Olympic team despite having the second-fastest time.
Speaking to a lawyer now...
She’s chicken.
Add this to fact Pisecki ran on a confirmed short course, Purdue has been absolutely dudded for the second Olympics in a row.
You have zero evidence that the course was short in Florence. The organisers said the route was only amended to avoid a gas leak after the top 42 runners had finished.
Purdue is likely suffering from her DNFs in a British vest. Even so, I'd have chosen her ahead of Twell, she has much greater potential and Twell isn't even committed to the marathon - she is targeting the 10k
British athletics, which i guess i am a member of via english athletics which i am definitely a member of (subs overdue at the moment, lol), are a disgrace.
The whole governance of athletics is rotten to its core and its top.
It is appalling that all these mandarins milk the hard working individual athletes and the coaches at the grass roots level.
Hi Seb.
pupil3142 wrote:
British athletics, which i guess i am a member of via english athletics which i am definitely a member of (subs overdue at the moment, lol), are a disgrace.
The whole governance of athletics is rotten to its core and its top.
It is appalling that all these mandarins milk the hard working individual athletes and the coaches at the grass roots level.
Hi Seb.
Happens to tbe best.
Purdue ran 2:25:38. She is the fourth-fastest British marathon runner all-time.
If that is true, the standard in uk atletics is weak, let's be honest.
Agree with that. 2:25 isn't a great time anymore free. I'm hopeful Eilish McColgan will be a bit more competitive when she steps up to the marathon. I don't see any other prospects, I'm not even sure the UK will send more than one woman to the 10,000m in Tokyo which gives you an idea of how limited the distance running pipeline is
Whatever, like she was going to run within 10 places of the podium? Go run Chicago and NYC, get some fat appearance fees and then see how you do at Eugene WC next year.
Right. But it is under the 2:29:30 standard, is the second-fastest current performance in the UK, and is more than one minute faster than Twell who was picked ahead of her.
So, the concern here is not necessarily the quality of the personal best, but the process:
1. According to her, British Athletics medical staff told her not to run the trials, as they wanted to save her for Tokyo.
2. British Athletics give her a medical exemption to miss the trials.
3. British Athletics pick someone else without explanation.
4. British Athletics give her 24 hours to appeal, no lawyer, and no media allowed.
5. British Athletics takes it upon themselves to respond in five business days (7 total) with a committee and legal advice.
Whether she ran 2:14:03 or 2:26:39 (one second faster than world record and one second faster than Twell, respectively). BA appears to have based their decision on incorrect information and that is, she is back to training at near full capacity (83 miles per week of the 100-110 she would normally be at, not the 30-minutes per day that they assumed was correct).
Her coach Nic Bideau sent BA an email message and let them know she was back to near full training and the imaging showed no injury.
Furthermore, Bideau asked them why they would publicly announce the team, when they knew that she had an appeal lodged that would come shortly after? Because they made their decision and did not listen to the athlete or the coach.
"gives" or "gave" - [eye roll]
This is peanuts, I wouldn't notice whether she were on or off the GB team. Are we going to talk about Sam Parson's reaction to being left off the German team, too?
Wet Coast wrote:
Right. But it is under the 2:29:30 standard, is the second-fastest current performance in the UK, and is more than one minute faster than Twell who was picked ahead of her.
So, the concern here is not necessarily the quality of the personal best, but the process:
1. According to her, British Athletics medical staff told her not to run the trials, as they wanted to save her for Tokyo.
2. British Athletics give her a medical exemption to miss the trials.
3. British Athletics pick someone else without explanation.
4. British Athletics give her 24 hours to appeal, no lawyer, and no media allowed.
5. British Athletics takes it upon themselves to respond in five business days (7 total) with a committee and legal advice.
Whether she ran 2:14:03 or 2:26:39 (one second faster than world record and one second faster than Twell, respectively). BA appears to have based their decision on incorrect information and that is, she is back to training at near full capacity (83 miles per week of the 100-110 she would normally be at, not the 30-minutes per day that they assumed was correct).
Her coach Nic Bideau sent BA an email message and let them know she was back to near full training and the imaging showed no injury.
Furthermore, Bideau asked them why they would publicly announce the team, when they knew that she had an appeal lodged that would come shortly after? Because they made their decision and did not listen to the athlete or the coach.
1. Irrelevant. They cant promise her a place because 3 woman could've run under the standard at trials
2. Yes, but that doesn't mean she'll get selected.
If you run the trials, you avoid the politics. If you can't/don't run the trials, it's out of your hands. Simple as.
FWIW Purdue's high DNF-rate will definitely have worked against her.
Whataburger wrote:
Whatever, like she was going to run within 10 places of the podium? Go run Chicago and NYC, get some fat appearance fees and then see how you do at Eugene WC next year.
Huh? A stolen opportunity to run in your country’s vest is now “whatever”?
No amount of appearance money offers that once in a lifetime experience.
She could have controlled her fate. Instead, she left it up to others. Looks like she just got jedi mind-tricked.
Yusef Scummm wrote:
She’s chicken.
No, but she does have a very dirty mouth.
LondonLocal wrote:
Wet Coast wrote:
Right. But it is under the 2:29:30 standard, is the second-fastest current performance in the UK, and is more than one minute faster than Twell who was picked ahead of her.
So, the concern here is not necessarily the quality of the personal best, but the process:
1. According to her, British Athletics medical staff told her not to run the trials, as they wanted to save her for Tokyo.
2. British Athletics give her a medical exemption to miss the trials.
3. British Athletics pick someone else without explanation.
4. British Athletics give her 24 hours to appeal, no lawyer, and no media allowed.
5. British Athletics takes it upon themselves to respond in five business days (7 total) with a committee and legal advice.
Whether she ran 2:14:03 or 2:26:39 (one second faster than world record and one second faster than Twell, respectively). BA appears to have based their decision on incorrect information and that is, she is back to training at near full capacity (83 miles per week of the 100-110 she would normally be at, not the 30-minutes per day that they assumed was correct).
Her coach Nic Bideau sent BA an email message and let them know she was back to near full training and the imaging showed no injury.
Furthermore, Bideau asked them why they would publicly announce the team, when they knew that she had an appeal lodged that would come shortly after? Because they made their decision and did not listen to the athlete or the coach.
1. Irrelevant. They cant promise her a place because 3 woman could've run under the standard at trials
2. Yes, but that doesn't mean she'll get selected.
If you run the trials, you avoid the politics. If you can't/don't run the trials, it's out of your hands. Simple as.
FWIW Purdue's high DNF-rate will definitely have worked against her.
The trials were first two across the line and with the OQT get selected. UKA kept one spot for a discretionary selection. Maybe Purdue had beenn of to believe it would be hers. Tbh, UKA pulls this rubbish all the time, she should have run the trials if she was even close to fit
Apologies if this is satire wrote:
This is peanuts, I wouldn't notice whether she were on or off the GB team. Are we going to talk about Sam Parson's reaction to being left off the German team, too?
I guess that whole shortcut to the Olympics didn't really pan out for Sam did it?
What was that about?
No German Athletics Olympic team has been selected yet. Parsons ran for Germany in the WC 2019 (rather poorly but this was not a special distinction).
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