Euro Cup

Surely Jermaine Mays deserves the nod over an underperforming Nick McCormick despite his 2005 form.

Chris f***ing Thompson! What's he doing, the shot? Friends in high places or what.

13:33 recently to top the uk rankings - obviously you are not here often

http://www.ukathletics.net/press-centre/news-archive/june-2007/article-11/

He ran 13.32 last week. With Mo unavailable who else would you pick.

keep up wrote:

13:33 recently to top the uk rankings - obviously you are not here often

http://www.ukathletics.net/press-centre/news-archive/june-2007/article-11/

That's great news. Good to see him back. Let's hope he can now move forward.

Possibly. Not sure that two average 800's means Nick is underperforming though. 3k will be more his cup of tea although maybe some form at that distance would help. Team looks good with some exciting prospects.

Jermaine should have been picked for the 3km, having already shown form with 7.55 and beating Thompson and smashing his 1500m PB with 3.39 the other day!

Funny how the athletes on UKA contracts seem to have got the nod over non-funded athletes other than in no brainer events!

Frank Tickner smashed his PB last night in Prague by running 8.30.41 - finishing just ahead of Mays 8.31.40

good work by the boys but still not as fast as Lemonchellos 8.27 for silver at NCAA, the AAAs could be quite tasty for a change this year in the distance events

should be a great race at the AAA in the Steeple between Lemon, Tickner and Mays. Who will be favourite? All 3 could go 8:20 this season

Don't forget Bowden, he could easily be with them as well.

Official Result

Men - 3000 Metres Steeplechase

Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts

1 Kosgei Collins KEN 8:14.32 6

2 Kiprotich Wesley KEN 8:15.43 4

3 Mohamed Mustafa SWE 8:16.88 2

4 Ngetich Caleb KEN 8:17.90 1

5 Taleb Brahim MAR 8:20.70

6 Ghirmai Filmon GER 8:22.23

7 Chemweno David KEN 8:24.88

8 Kiplagat Bisluke Kipkorir KEN 8:26.59

9 Mekhissi-Benabbad Mahiedine FRA 8:26.61

10 Belabbas Mohamed-Khaled FRA 8:30.05

11 Tickner Frank GBR 8:30.41

12 Palomeque Rubén ESP 8:31.32

13 Mays Jermaine GBR 8:31.40

14 Buc Boštjan SLO 8:31.57

15 Pröll Martin AUT 8:32.49

16 Aït Bahmad Abdelghani MAR 8:57.60

I think that Mr Mays was not selected for the Europa Cup to allow him to persue his primary aim of running a 3k chase qualifying time.

However McCormick is faster than Mays over 800, 1500, 3k and 5k, so I dont think that your comments are justified.

I watched the race and they have got tickner and mays the wrong way round. Great running by both anyway.

You don't know how pissed I am to miss the Euro Cup. I'm leaving Europe the day BEFORE it starts and I live only an hour and a half way from Munich!

Mustafa Mohamed for Sweden; Filmon Ghirmai for Germany;. politically incorrect to point it out, and I know this comment can be misinterpreted in a norman tebbit type of way which truly isn't intended, but it does start raising the issue of just what being a European Athlete means.

That aside, that looks like just the sort of race for GB guys - or other Euro rivals - of this level to make progress in. Plenty of recent evidence that native Euro S/c men can keep a peak well into their 30s, if they get sustained support from whatever source for that long.

they've both been around for a while. Mohamed has done around 8.15 but he's past his best - Ghirmai is 28 and has a best of 8.24.

But what about Jermaine Mays? Id he European? I'm guessing that he was born in England but clearly he has some non-english blood in one or more of his parents or grandparents.

Perhaps if Mohamed or Girmai have kids in Sweden and Germany they will become enough European for you?

Still, you are right - a race with plenty of guys in the 8.20-30 range is better for the brits than being miles behind a bunch of kenyans running close to 8.00

tickner to break british record when he learns how to hurdle.

sorry but no way. Mark Rowland had 3:34/7:42/13:20 PBs, not sure Frank has those kind of wheels- he'll be more of a Duvall level runner (about 8:19-8:20)