Bully Wee Villa Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Mon Laura. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Brilliant run from Laura Muir for silver in a new PB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Sound 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 What a time to post on the occasion, superb. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Awesome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Jamaica are favourites for the men's 4x100 with Italy looking good for Silver but GB have a decent shot for bronze. Should be between GB, Canada and China 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Steve Cram describing Laura Muir as the greatest 1500m runner we've ever had is a wild take when Kelly Holmes won the thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Brilliant run by Laura Muir. Great stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Left Back said: Steve Cram describing Laura Muir as the greatest 1500m runner we've ever had is a wild take when Kelly Holmes won the thing. She's just taken her national record, so by that criterion, she's the best Brit ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Bully Wee Villa said: She's just taken her national record, so by that criterion, she's the best Brit ever. Would rather have Kelly's medals than the national record tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Left Back said: Steve Cram describing Laura Muir as the greatest 1500m runner we've ever had is a wild take when Kelly Holmes won the thing. Laura just ran a full three seconds faster than Holmes ever did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Left Back said: Would rather have Kelly's medals than the national record tbf. Sure, but you can certainly make a case that someone who ran faster than she ever did is better than her. I'm aware that tactics come into middle distance running as well as outright speed, but, even so, it wasn't that much of a "wild take", really. Edited August 6, 2021 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: She's just taken her national record, so by that criterion, she's the best Brit ever. It was already Laura's record. Kelly Holmes' Olympic achievements were great but she didn't face as strong competition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Just now, Bully Wee Villa said: Sure, but you can certainly make a case that someone who ran faster than she ever did is better than her. So it wasn't that much of a "wild take", really. Just to play devil's advocate, anything north of 400 metres is a tactical race and you could probably argue that Holmes had an even faster run in her than what she achieved in Athens. She set out to stalk the other main contenders and then outlast them on the home straight and she managed that. Could she have run faster? Possibly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Donathan said: Just to play devil's advocate, anything north of 400 metres is a tactical race and you could probably argue that Holmes had an even faster run in her than what she achieved in Athens. She set out to stalk the other main contenders and then outlast them on the home straight and she managed that. Could she have run faster? Possibly. Yeah, as I said you can make the case that either Muir or Holmes are the best, depending on what criteria you use. I just don't believe it would be a "wild take" either way. Just checked Wikipedia and saw that Holmes was 34 when she won her golds. I know Holmes had a fair few injury problems but must be a chance that Muir, who will be 31 when Paris comes around, could get even better? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lurkst said: It was already Laura's record. Kelly Holmes' Olympic achievements were great but she didn't face as strong competition. It's not just her Olympic achievements. She also won medals in worlds, europeans, commonwealth and indoors at 1500 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Yeah, as I said you can make the case that either Muir or Holmes are the best, depending on what criteria you use. I just don't believe it would be a "wild take" either way. Just checked Wikipedia and saw that Holmes was 34 when she won her golds. I know Holmes had a fair few injury problems but must be a chance that Muir, who will be 31 when Paris comes around, could get even better? Faith Kipyegon is now the double olympic champion and is a year younger than Muir. I suspect she might struggle to win the gold unless Kipyegon gets injured because the Kenyan looks unbeatable over 1500. I actually thought Laura Muir would win bronze and that Hassan/Kipyegon would be neck and neck however it appears that 5000m/10000m specialist Hassan doesn't quite have the pace to keep up with Kipyegon and Muir over the shorter distance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Ah, hadn't realised the winner was a year younger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Surely Jamaica win this unless they chuck the baton on the floor? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I usually want GB to do well, but I’m fully in favour of DAS getting f**k all here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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