Athletics 2026

Beyond sad to hear such awful news.

I think we knew it wasn't good news from when she first went public with it. She's not the type to court publicity so true to her character and beautiful soul she is fund raising and bringing awareness to the illness.

You see so many horrible characters in this world and then you hear news like this about someone who's goodness shines out of them.

Just another thought I had about it, given the timeline of her diagnosis etc. She will almost certainly have (unknowingly) had advanced stage cancer when she won her European gold. Makes that success all the more impressive.

Bol actually did really well in that race when you consider the time she took off after her debut and the time improvement she's made. It mightn't be that long now before shes actually giving them a run for their money. She could end up being better at the 800m than the 400m. She looked like she was gliding right up to the last few hundred. She really is a seamless looking runner. Shes just missing that endurance at the end.

I'm not really sure if I believe in Keely's strategy of racing these 400m. Firstly shes not a specialist out of the blocks and she's finishing near last, she doesn't need to learn to get out of the blocks for the 800m. If she really wants to improve her speed then a better suggestion would be for her to travel to where other champion 400m women/men train and get in with them for their training sessions. Unless team Britian are prepping her for a 400m in the next Olympics or something.

Well I think its more down to the heat and distance people have to travel plus getting ready for championships and the European legs of the DL. The womens 5000m was almost all East African and a lot in the 1500m as well. The middle/long distance is really steeped with Africans at the moment, more so than ever before I think.

Great meeting in Hengelo. Mawdsley looked as good as I’ve seen her

McPhillips looked laboured in the 800m but finished so strongly. Was near last with 60m to go

A much better race for the public and for Keely would've been to put Hunter Bell and herself in the 800m together. Hunter Bell pushing her would've been a far better stimulus than getting her to essentially sprint two 400m races back to back. What a disaster.

Thats great to hear.

Possibly optimistic but getting the chance to race low 49/mid to high 48 athletes might give the push needed to go sub 50... its pretty clear she just needs the right race.

Is the 1500m mens just a pre meat then?