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The Road to London....... Build up to World Championships mod notes #342 and #653

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  • #122
    wildgreen
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    Ethiopians are running sensibly, hopefully they have enough left for a long finish.


  • #123
    walshb
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    Come on, Mo!


  • #124
    munsterlegend
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    The Africans can't shake Mo Farah off. At least they are giving it a go


  • #125
    munsterlegend
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    This is a great race I have to say


  • #126
    walshb
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    What a man!


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  • #127
    Harry Palmr
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    Mo-nificent


  • #128
    Neady83
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    That was well earned.


  • #129
    4Ad
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    That was brilliant, even with the BBC commentary...


  • #130
    torqtorq
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    Fantastic Race!

    They appeared to be trying to rough him up on last lap.


  • #131
    rovers_runner
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    Whatever anyone is on they are all on it so level playing field.
    That was a classic race, the young lads ran the arse off him and he kept surging.
    Pity more of his races weren't run like that but it is great to go out like that.


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  • #132
    LastLagoon
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    Are RTE showing any of these championships? What are we paying for? BBC are making even Bolt tough to watch with all the fawning


  • #133
    Skid X
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    Can't remember a better Championships distance race.


  • #134
    wildgreen
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    He had fantastic balance to stay on his feet early on in the last lap. Seven under 27 minutes.


  • #135
    walshb
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    Foster seemed a little irritated with Cram's comments there...

    Rightly so..

    FFS, Paula...have a strepsil..


  • #136
    El Caballo
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    Absolutely cracking race to be fair that shows there is still hope for the 10000m. Also looks like the rise of Joshua Cheptegei as the possible next great on the track. He's got some serious grit and strength.


  • #137
    Skid X
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    The BBC keep showing lists of athletes with the most World Championship Gold Medals ... not taking anything away from Mo but it's unfair to those who were competing when these Championships took place every 4 years (or those who competed before 1983)


  • #138
    TheRiverman
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    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Bbc commentators, presenters and pundits are puke tv to watch.

    It's been that way for years,but at least they still have the rights to live coverage.


  • #139
    Chivito550
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    Jam packed crowd. Putting the men's 10000m on the first night was a great move. Sets the tone for the rest of the championships and builds momentum. We'll be looking at full houses or near full houses every single night.
    Poor run from Ciara. Did a short piece here. Won't be doing much Running Review stuff as will be busy with other stuff, but have a bit of time today and tomorrow morning.
    http://therunningreview.com/mageean-crashes-out-in-london/


  • #140
    YFlyer
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    walshb wrote: »
    Foster seemed a little irritated with Cram's comments there...

    Rightly so..

    FFS, Paula...have a strepsil..

    Thats why Foster went off early to the pub?


  • #141
    blueser
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    4Ad wrote: »
    That was brilliant, even with the BBC commentary...
    Was the RTE commentary in the Michelle Smith/De Bruin (remember her?) era any different? Any national broadcaster is going to go OTT for their own competitors.


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  • #142
    OOnegative
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    blueser wrote: »
    Was the RTE commentary in the Michelle Smith/De Bruin (remember her?) era any different? Any national broadcaster is going to go OTT for their own competitors.

    Eh Mo is from Somalia so regardless of the OTT pandering Brendan Foster and the likes does over him he NEVER is going to be from Great Britain. We unfortunately can never deny the bold Michelle Smith.


  • #143
    El Caballo
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    OOnegative wrote: »
    Eh Mo is from Somalia so regardless of the OTT pandering Brendan Foster and the likes does over him he NEVER is going to be from Great Britain. We unfortunately can never deny the bold Michelle Smith.

    Not really true, Farah is British by birthright. In fact, his father is British by Birthright as he was born in London. Farah moved to Britain when he was 8 so this isn't one of those alligence things, he's as British as he is Somalian.


  • #144
    YFlyer
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    OOnegative wrote: »
    Eh Mo is from Somalia so regardless of the OTT pandering Brendan Foster and the likes does over him he NEVER is going to be from Great Britain. We unfortunately can never deny the bold Michelle Smith.

    Doesn't matter to Foster. He went OTT with Geb and Bekele as well.


  • #145
    blueser
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    OOnegative wrote: »
    Eh Mo is from Somalia so regardless of the OTT pandering Brendan Foster and the likes does over him he NEVER is going to be from Great Britain. We unfortunately can never deny the bold Michelle Smith.
    Okay; let me rephrase that. He was representing Great Britain. Is that okay?


  • #146
    OOnegative
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    blueser wrote: »
    Okay; let me rephrase that. He was representing Great Britain. Is that okay?

    Good man, thanks.


  • #147
    alan partridge aha
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    blueser wrote: »
    Was the RTE commentary in the Michelle Smith/De Bruin (remember her?) era any different? Any national broadcaster is going to go OTT for their own competitors.

    Agreed they were as bad or worse. That still doesn't make it okay.


  • #148
    robinph
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    That was an awesome night in the stadium, have a sore throat from all the shouting though. Same again Saturday next week please with another night of Bolt and Mo.


  • #149
    Joe_ Public
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    Really disappointed for Mageean. She's one of my favourite ever Irish athletes and it hurts to see her perform like that when there seem to be no logical reasons for it. Would have been nice to see some analysis on RTE to figure out what went wrong, particularly some input from Jerry. Where does she go from here? Just hope she can pick up the pieces, she's clearly way better than that.


  • #150
    blueser
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    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Agreed they were as bad or worse. That still doesn't make it okay.
    Agreed. Two wrongs don't make a right. I just don't think either of them were "wrong", actually. Nothing wrong with backing your own, in my opinion.


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  • #151
    alan partridge aha
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    blueser wrote: »
    Agreed. Two wrongs don't make a right. I just don't think either of them were "wrong", actually. Nothing wrong with backing your own, in my opinion.

    Not when it's OTT imho.


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