Was on a plane through the full session on Sunday evening and missed all the craic. Great to watch the events on YouTube, LOL, knowing there was medals on the way.
English is an outstanding performer - consistently bangs out the 1:45, no matter what type of race it is. Never failed to medal in a Euro final - some going. He's right when he says he'll only appreciate his achievements when he's done - to be able to parlay those 1:45s into so many medals is a huge achievement.
Sarah Healy - in fairness she's always been tipped for greatness on here. I remember watching her break the record at the Cork City Sports two years ago and she was a class apart. What a buzz for her to finally deliver a big performance in a championship race. I reckon the way she kept on running the European circuit last year after the Olympics - slowly accumulating scalps out to September - was, in hindsight, a great move. Then, combine that with the new training regime and hard racing in Jan/Feb and the champion emerged. She's usually a front runner, so to see her biding her time and then nailing it was great. Plus, now that she's broken her senior duck, she is a serial medallist
We were in the Stade de France when O'Connor made 14th in the Olympics - tbf I hadn't really considered her as a player at that point. I wonder how far she can take it.
Coscoran ran a very good race - stayed all the way and positioned himself right where he needed to be. Unfortunately he did the same in Tokyo in the 1500 and got the same result - great position but couldn't close it. He must wonder how to get that kick mastered. He must also BTW, be s**t-sick of seeing Ingebrigtsen disappear over the horizon in races.
English is an outstanding performer - consistently bangs out the 1:45, no matter what type of race it is. Never failed to medal in a Euro final - some going. He's right when he says he'll only appreciate his achievements when he's done - to be able to parlay those 1:45s into so many medals is a huge achievement.
Sarah Healy - in fairness she's always been tipped for greatness on here. I remember watching her break the record at the Cork City Sports two years ago and she was a class apart. What a buzz for her to finally deliver a big performance in a championship race. I reckon the way she kept on running the European circuit last year after the Olympics - slowly accumulating scalps out to September - was, in hindsight, a great move. Then, combine that with the new training regime and hard racing in Jan/Feb and the champion emerged. She's usually a front runner, so to see her biding her time and then nailing it was great. Plus, now that she's broken her senior duck, she is a serial medallist
We were in the Stade de France when O'Connor made 14th in the Olympics - tbf I hadn't really considered her as a player at that point. I wonder how far she can take it.
Coscoran ran a very good race - stayed all the way and positioned himself right where he needed to be. Unfortunately he did the same in Tokyo in the 1500 and got the same result - great position but couldn't close it. He must wonder how to get that kick mastered. He must also BTW, be s**t-sick of seeing Ingebrigtsen disappear over the horizon in races.
