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British Athletics circus masters placed Laura Muir and Greg Rutherford at the ring center at the Müller's birthday games on Sunday and asked both of them to shoot improbable turns of theirs. bags. The magic has proved insufficient.
Muir failed to make the record of the British mile disappear while Rutherford could not conjure up the kind of long jump performance that has long been his hallmark. Even the biggest showmen, alas, can see the dark spotlights.
Rutherford was dead last in his competitive farewell at the stadium in which he savored Olympic gold six years ago. Muir has a lot to do but she finished fifth in a high-quality field while her quest for a national mark by Zola Budd failed 33 years ago, with Sifan Hbadan claiming victory in a Dutch record of 14min 14.71sec .
She has suffered hay fever over the last week and her coach, Andy Young, has transported her from her Glasgow base to the Ayrshire coast to try and hold the pollen at distance
. quickly too soon. "When you do that, it catches up with you in the second half, I know it's there if I run in a perfect way and I did not run it here."
before now in Berlin and at the European Championships next month, with Muir theoretically chosen to be chosen Tuesday for the British team in the 800m and 1500m. Candidate for gold in both cases, the 25-year-old argued that she is willing to undertake a painstaking pairing test despite previous statements that she would be exceedingly rigorous.
Hbadan confirmed that she will opt only for the 5,000 m. From where Muir seems impregnable on his longer distance. But she said, "This year has been focused on the 800 and 1500 after putting the focus on the 1500 and 5000 last year, we have not revisited the 800 for a while. This year, as a European year, was a chance to try different races while taking it seriously. "
Greg Rutherford grimaces as he lands his last jump into the pit where he won the Olympic gold in 2012. Photo: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian
Rutherford plans to skip twice more before retiring, but he will go to Berlin as a TV expert rather than a challenger. Fought in his first two attempts here, South African world champion Luvo Manyona won. He finally made a jump of 7.55m, almost a yard less than his British record. "I knew it was going to be horrible," he said. "But I was happy to have one, and then everyone applauded."
His torn ankle hurts. Realism has risen. There had been tears when he emerged in the stadium and more emotions sank. There was no miracle that day, no final appearance at a championship, only memories of a Super Saturday in 2012 and many golden moments next door.
"If you said 10 years ago I would have had a career I have not believed," said the 31-year-old. "To have won the medals I have is something I'm really proud of."
With the championships of Europe less than three weeks away, the Diamond League meeting resulted in a dress rehearsal under pressure for many. Dina Asher-Smith, who will be the defending champion of the German capital, set the fastest time of the season with 22.25sec over 200m, won by American Jenna Prandini
Morgan Lake and Katarina Johnson-Thompson have both crossed 1.91m high jump where the Russian Mariya Lasitskene tied the world's best this year of 2.04m. World Indoor Champion Andy Pozzi shook his irregular form to finish fourth in the 110m hurdles in 13.36sec.
The British 4x100m relay teams will be conquering the ladies with the women, without Asher-Smith, winning in 42.36sec, and what should be the first-choice men's quartet producing the best time in the world this year. 37.61 .
Wheelchair racer Kare Adenegan lowered the world record in the T34 100m at 16.80sec, finishing just ahead of the British Hannah Cockcroft with the Paralympic European Championships also at Berlin next month. "I wanted a little time, but it's a bonus," said the 17-year-old
. Kenyan Emmanuel Korir ran 1: 42.05 to win the 800m fastest time since the London 2012 final with Britain's Jake Wightman fifth.
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