Does anyone have a video of it? On his IG he says he went out too fast, and had to hold on
I linked the livestream here but aside from Salvitore I'm not sure if anyone watched it. The replay may appear on European Athletics YouTube at some point.
I thought Jake ran the race well; he took the lead and was at his limit but the win wasn't in doubt.
He’s in a great spot going into British Champs a few weeks from now.
Gourley ran a lackluster 1:46.3 on the 13th, and Giles has looked merely OK. Assuming Kerr runs 800/5000, Mills and Wightman should have pretty easy qualification.
Wightman and Mills should make the team barring disaster... Mills might not have super good speed compared to the 1500 guys but he is faster than all of them (in terms of prs) but Kerr. Gourley and Giles don't look too good... especially Giles
Does anyone have a video of it? On his IG he says he went out too fast, and had to hold on
I linked the livestream here but aside from Salvitore I'm not sure if anyone watched it. The replay may appear on European Athletics YouTube at some point.
I thought Jake ran the race well; he took the lead and was at his limit but the win wasn't in doubt.
Wightman and Mills should make the team barring disaster... Mills might not have super good speed compared to the 1500 guys but he is faster than all of them (in terms of prs) but Kerr. Gourley and Giles don't look too good... especially Giles
The Sunday Plod guys made a good point about the death of the second tier of British 1500 runners. The 4 guys at the top are solid, and you could possibly add Giles, but beneath them, the depth has vanished in the last two years. Jake Heyward, Matt Stonier, Piers Copeland, all just fallen into insignificance right as they seemed to be making their way up. The post-Kerr and Wightman era is not looking good right now.
Wightman and Mills should make the team barring disaster... Mills might not have super good speed compared to the 1500 guys but he is faster than all of them (in terms of prs) but Kerr. Gourley and Giles don't look too good... especially Giles
Didn't Gourely win a silver at world indoors? he might be overraced a little though. Still, the UK has 4 slots (3 excluding Kerr who is auto) so they'll send a big team who likely will have multiple in the final
Amel Tuka running 1:44.91 is the most interesting result here IMO. I mean, I don’t think he’s gonna be a contender, but when I saw his name/time I had to check to see this was a 2025 result. Tuka is 34, ran 1:42.5 in 2015, medaled at the WCs in 2015 and 2019, and hadn’t broken 1:45 in four years.
The Sunday Plod guys made a good point about the death of the second tier of British 1500 runners. The 4 guys at the top are solid, and you could possibly add Giles, but beneath them, the depth has vanished in the last two years. Jake Heyward, Matt Stonier, Piers Copeland, all just fallen into insignificance right as they seemed to be making their way up. The post-Kerr and Wightman era is not looking good right now.
Dare we say that British miling is soft right now? I’m joking, but yes the depth has gone by the wayside. I’m assuming they’ll rebuild with some NCAA guys (Couttie has shown promise)
dont worry guys, we got Will MF Rabjohns at the ready. 18yr old, 1:45.3 800m at the weekend, improving at a rapid rate of knots. only started doing 800ms last summer
Amel Tuka running 1:44.91 is the most interesting result here IMO. I mean, I don’t think he’s gonna be a contender, but when I saw his name/time I had to check to see this was a 2025 result. Tuka is 34, ran 1:42.5 in 2015, medaled at the WCs in 2015 and 2019, and hadn’t broken 1:45 in four years.
Yeah that caught me by surprise. He only broke 1:46 once last year and only about a week before this race was 1:47/last in a race where Peter Bol won in 1:43. He's quite far down the Road to Tokyo rankings still so will probably need some similar performances or the standard to get back to Worlds
