Six thoughts about world relays
1 Where do world relay fit?
The big question about the world relay is where it is fit in the overview of the track and the countryside. In principle, it should be the most important retransmission event of the year, but it will actually be in the World Championship in Tokyo in September. The opportunities or demands of athletes are greater than ever: Diamond Leagues, Continental Tour, Grand Slam, Interior Europe, the world inside, the internal circuit and world relay. It does not help to have world relay last year and another this year.
2 Structure and purpose
In a championship you have the mixed 4×400 at the beginning of the program and the male and female 4×400 on the last day, which means that athletes can run in both. In a 2 -day event with preliminary and final, that is impossible. It is something strange to say, but with the qualification for the world championship available through the preliminaries, the preliminary was possibly more important than the end. The highest priority, would suggest, for the teams was not to win, but ensure that they were qualified for which matters, the world championship. Financing for athletics in the United Kingdom is determined by the medals won at the Olympic Games or the World Championship. The sport of the United Kingdom, the financing agency, could not matter less actions in world relays. All this meant that the GB team, and others probable, were not choosing their best athletes, but strategically placed the best athletes in the races to guarantee the qualification for Tokyo. So it is the question of location. Bahamas was a place that everyone enjoyed going. China is a long way from almost anywhere, obtaining a visa is a Hasle, and there are political or human rights problems to consider. Having two global championships (world world and world relay) with only one month of difference and both in China seemed strange.
3 meaningless results
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South Africa delivered, Jamaica hesitated and Spain surprised us all
Comparisons between countries make sense. In an Olympic Games or the World Championship, all the best athletes are there. Even for British athletes financed with central funds, participation in world relays was optional. Great Britain Tok Silver, almost gold, in women 4 percent in Paris. When the team aligned in Guangzhou, Dina Asher-Smith, Darryl Neita and Imani Lansiquot did not see any side. UU. It has a great force in depth, but few of the relay of the athletes will be in Tokyo.
4 Innovation
It was interesting to see the mixed relay 4×100 with the chaos of athletes who failed to balance the speed of a woman who arrives and a man who comes out. I remember that in Yokohama 2019 I have seen for the first time a transport career of 110 obstacles, which has not noticed. Trying news things in the AB environment where the results do not matter much is one of the world relays.
5 SAFP
It was lovely to see Shelly-Ann running. I have seen it in 5 Olympic Games, including Beijing, and in the world relays of 2019 and a lot of other places. She always appears very well in any case: She said later: “We felt good, we left, we played the opportunity, we got a medal, qualified for the World Championship in Tokyo, in general, we are very pleased. We are grateful for obtaining a bronze medal, and we are in my lave in my license, he is in my Wash in my wash in my wash. It has been the competition. “
Eugene, Oregon, USA.
July 15-26, 2022. Photo by Kevin Morris
5 young athletes
From a GB perspective, the absence of Dina Asher-Smith, Darryl Neita and Matt Hudson-Smith was not a disappointment, but an opportunity for two 20-year-old children, both making their senior international debut, Nia Wedderburn-Goodison and Successon. Wedderburn-Goodison seemed to take everything in his passage when he said later: “I didn’t even know what was happening, since we were eight of lane, so I don’t know what was happening behind me. I was clenching my teeth and I told myself, go, go! I was equally unchanged: “I don’t care if it’s Sherickka or Shelly-Ann, respect them, but I’m going to give my everything and I’m going to pass them and I’m going to win. And we did!” In mixed 4 percent, Asha Philip (34) passed the cane to Kissiwaa Mensah who will be 34 years in 2040! Maybe that’s what world relay is about.
