Pre-selecting people for events such as the Olympics is terrible for the sport and the spirit of competition, the IOC should intervene and make the rules of selection exactly the same for every country and not leave it up to each National Federation.
Fair enough but I think Kerr is the only person in the world who deserves an automatic qualifier. If your the defending world champion you get an automatic qualifier to the next world championship and the Olympics functions as that during Olympic years so I think the world champion from 2023 aka Kerr deserves the automatic spot
Check out what happened to Athing Mu in 800m trials. And who will benefit from that? "A fair selection process" is not always that fair, speaking from a global fairness perspective...
so UK put a team together or European Championships before UK championships...shouldn't national championships take place before European Championships?
I agree with you. Its important to turn up on the day of the trials. That's what makes the US trials so good. In regards to Athing Mu; she wasn't taking athletics as seriously as she should have and that's why she looked rusty when she raced. Definitely lacked situational awareness in the field.
none of them but gerorge kerr and wightman are consistant and mills has no kick so team should be wightman kerr and mills or gourley they will mot be in the top 8 (mills and gourley)
3:37.68 for the final to see who goes to the Olympics? Is the Olympics not that important in the UK? Am I missing something. I was expecting to see guys running like this was the last race they'd ever run. Didn't look like they were trying!
Middle and long distance championship races almost always look like this at every level, because unless one person is just so much stronger than the field, anybody who goes out hard is likely just to pace a bunch of other people to victory. If you want to see fast races, look for ones where guys are trying to set qualifying times.
Eugene looks so much more appealing
Pre-selecting people for events such as the Olympics is terrible for the sport and the spirit of competition, the IOC should intervene and make the rules of selection exactly the same for every country and not leave it up to each National Federation.
Fair enough but I think Kerr is the only person in the world who deserves an automatic qualifier. If your the defending world champion you get an automatic qualifier to the next world championship and the Olympics functions as that during Olympic years so I think the world champion from 2023 aka Kerr deserves the automatic spot
@dashielckrel
Why is Kerr so special : How many gold medals has he won in the Olympics?
Check out what happened to Athing Mu in 800m trials. And who will benefit from that? "A fair selection process" is not always that fair, speaking from a global fairness perspective...
this is so sad compared to eugene oregon
the winner would have placed last at Eugene
Neil Gourlay giving Steve Ovett vibes with the smoking accelaration into the lead off the last bend
Delighted for Neil Gourlay.
Where is Kerr?
flexing online and not running
Josh Juan Kerr didn't want to get beaten so pulled out to practise his faux-deep American accent instead.
@@user-xr3yd3ed5owtf are you talking about 😂
He ran the 800m
@@BlueEnerwhere he fell
so UK put a team together or European Championships before UK championships...shouldn't national championships take place before European Championships?
The U.K. selection system should learn from the US one which is the most open and transparent in the world!
Oh we are grateful for it. No Athing Mu to worry about.
@@Alex-pr6zv Last time Athing Mu raced she lost. This time she looked even more rusty. She caused herself to fall. Fair and square the others won.
@@gcklookay…. Everything but your last statement is true
I agree with you. Its important to turn up on the day of the trials. That's what makes the US trials so good. In regards to Athing Mu; she wasn't taking athletics as seriously as she should have and that's why she looked rusty when she raced. Definitely lacked situational awareness in the field.
@@gcklo She also caused other athletes, like Sage, who had nothing to do with her fall and had to dodge her to miss out on qualification...
Where is Josh 'Juan' Kerr?
Exactly, that is my question too.
Did George Mills even want to win
hope wightman get´s the third spot he is more consitant and competetive
I thought Adam Fogg was from Australia. Am I missing something?
Yes, he's a CZcamsr.
Where is weightman
He’s got an exemption due to a slight injure but he will be there for the Olympics
@@Mark-iw9wd arh good thought he might had another injury... Thanks 👍
@@Mark-iw9wd that's not correct he will likely miss the olympics unless he gets a discretionary pick in the 800
You mean Wightman? Injured apparently.
Where is kerr?
Pulled out because he knew he would be beaten.
The “stadium” looks awful. They must’ve spent all their money on tea.
Not being the reserve currency, the UK can't print money like the US can. End of the petrodollar and US empire?
Hard to make the olympic semis or finals with these kinds of times.
Slow early pace meant slow finishing times. Gourley and Mills's best times are good enough to put them in contention for the final.
none of them but gerorge kerr and wightman are consistant
and mills has no kick so team should be wightman kerr and mills or gourley they will mot be in the top 8 (mills and gourley)
That's not going to happen and consistent*
Agreed with mills but gourley fitness is unbelievable this season probably peak of his career
@@adamfakhzan Agree
3:37.68 for the final to see who goes to the Olympics? Is the Olympics not that important in the UK? Am I missing something. I was expecting to see guys running like this was the last race they'd ever run. Didn't look like they were trying!
It's a championship race, it's about positions and winning the race, not the time. It's always like this in British championships...
Middle and long distance championship races almost always look like this at every level, because unless one person is just so much stronger than the field, anybody who goes out hard is likely just to pace a bunch of other people to victory. If you want to see fast races, look for ones where guys are trying to set qualifying times.
@@Myrr21 A lot of the guys already had qualifying times, so it was down to positions either way