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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 evoke the kind of performance of the long jump 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, her rival Sifan Hbadan claiming victory in a Dutch record of 4min 14.71sec.
The Scottish suffered from hay fever during the past week and his coach Andy Young hauled him from his Glasgow base to the coast of Ayrshire in order to hold the pollen at a 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. Therefore, Muir appears on the 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, being the European year, was a chance to try different races while taking it seriously. "
Rutherford Plans to Jump Twice Again Before Retiring, But He S & # 39 will venture to Berlin as an expert rather than a challenger. Mowed in his first two attempts here, South African world champion Luvo Manyona took the win, his remaining game jumped 7.55m, almost a yard shy of 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. No miracles that day, no final appearance at a championship, just memories of a Super Saturday in 2012 and many golden moments next door.
"If you said 10 years ago I would have had the career that I have I would not have believed you," 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 in 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 crossed 1.91 m high jump where the Russian Mariya Lasitskene has tied the world leader of 2.04. World Indoor Champion Andy Pozzi shaked his irregular shape to finish fourth in the 110m hurdles in 13.36sec.
The British 4x100m relay teams will conquer the ladies with Asher-Smith. in 42.36sec, and what should be the first-choice male quartet producing the world's best time this year of 37.61.
Wheelchair racer Kare Adenegan lowered the world record of the T34 100m at 16.80sec, finishing just ahead of British rival Hannah Cockcroft with the Paralympic Europe Championships also in 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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