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Re: Track and Field

Reply #60 –
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Australia finished 6th on the medal table at the World Indoors
1-Gold- 2 Silver and 4-Bronze.
7 medals in total was second overall behind the USA's 16

I understand that many athletes didn’t bother with this event but that doesn’t detract from our athletes’ performances 👏
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #61 –
Quote from: DJC – on
Quote from: Lods – on
Australia finished 6th on the medal table at the World Indoors
1-Gold- 2 Silver and 4-Bronze.
7 medals in total was second overall behind the USA's 16

I understand that many athletes didn’t bother with this event but that doesn’t detract from our athletes’ performances 👏

Yes, there we are few of the top performers from other countries missing. But we also had a number of our better athletes missing as well.

Re: Track and Field

Reply #62 –
Brilliant 200 metre race at the  Maurie Plant meet

Kennedy a massive PB 20.26 has just pipped Gout Gout 20.30

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Reply #63 –
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Brilliant 200 metre race at the  Maurie Plant meet

Kennedy a massive PB 20.26 has just pipped Gout Gout 20.30

Nothing like competition to drive improvement!

Great runs by both lads 👏
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #64 –
What I'm about to write probably has a more general application to all young sportsmen with exceptional potential at an early age, including footballers.

I've been one of Gout's biggest boosters, on here, and with my general circle, which comprises many athletes.
What happened on Saturday night was brilliant in terms of the contest.

What was not good was the hype leading into the race.
And experienced commentators in Bruce McAvaney and Dave Culbert got caught up in it.
We had Gout in his first serious race in open company.
We also had the World Indoor 60m metre silver medallist and our best 100metre runner in Kennedy.
In the introductions they raced through the other runners including Kennedy and then the fire works and flashing light went off as Gout was introduced.
It was disrespectful.
It was about that time I thought to myself..this could go pear shaped.
And it did.
Probably the best thing that could have happened to Gout was to be defeated by a runner who considers the event as secondary to his shorter sprinting.
Kennedy moved beautifully through the race. Technically excellent.
The comparison in style was glaring as the raw product that is Gout was on display.

Hopefully the result will have a grounding effect on Gout.
Already there is talk around, that he was a bit stung by it and it was a sobering experience that he will use to improve.

Gout is a prodigious young talent.
What he doesn't need is the exaggerated hype.
He's got a couple of months of big racing, including I believe, a trip to Stawell.
Enjoy the show

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Reply #65 –
That parallels carltons form.

Drinking your own bath water is dangerous.

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Reply #66 –
My issue isn't with Gout.
Another 3 metres and he would have caught Kennedy.
I'd back him the next time they race.
Being 'stung' is a good thing.
Hopefully our guys are stung into action this week.

My issue is with the hype being displayed by the organisers and media...like there were no other athletes in the race and it was just a formality.
Bit like playing Richmond. ;)  :D

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Reply #67 –
Gout Gout seems to be a sensible young man and those around him are working hard to keep him from getting ahead of himself.

It’s external parties like McAvaney who seem to have been drinking his bath water that are the problem.

Then there’s Erin “Spider” Brown” who has dismissed Gout’s potential and comparisons to Bolt.  He proudly declared “I told you so” after Gout came second to “a 60m runner”.
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #68 –
There probably is a little bit of perspective needed.
Gout is still very young.
It was probably his first serious run in open company.
Even his best 200m time (20.04) run last December only ranks him 23rd in the world.
That's still pretty impressive for one so young.

(Just as an aside though...Erin Brown ranks 169th over 200...so Gout's a bit ahead of him) ;)

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Reply #69 –
Quote from: DJC – on
It’s external parties like McAvaney who seem to have been drinking his bath water that are the problem.
Bruce gets a bit 'special'.
Still the only commentator, of any sport, that I've heard use the word "delicious" in such a manner.
He has form.

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Reply #70 –
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Then there’s Erin “Spider” Brown” who has dismissed Gout’s potential and comparisons to Bolt.  He proudly declared “I told you so” after Gout came second to “a 60m runner”.
I think even more damning, is that 2 or 3 days earlier Kennedy told everyone exactly how the race would unfold and was largely ignored by the local media.

Paraphrasing Kennedy because I cannot recall the exacts words,

"I should have him covered over the 1st 100, it's just a matter if I can hold on for the 200?"

and he did!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"
 

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Reply #71 –
I'm pretty sure most Track followers were aware that was how it would be run.
The fastest 100 metre runner in Australia was always going to be ahead at the 100.

The surprising element was that Kennedy's best 200 metre time before Saturday's race was 20.93
A drop to 20.26 was something not many would have been considering.
Kennedy is a gun and technically very good. He is also only young himself at just 21.
He is no mug sprinter and chances are he may be the second Australian under 10.00
To be beaten by him is no disgrace and it looks like he might even try the double (100,200) at nationals.
He's not a sprinter to be disrespected....and there was a bit of that on Saturday night.

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Reply #72 –
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He's not a sprinter to be disrespected....and there was a bit of that on Saturday night.
I don't think the public was disrespecting anyone, but the media who the bulk of the public rely on to "report the news" almost ignored the bloke!

The Australian Media is sh1zen now, they pump up the bullsh1t and hardly report a fact, Murdoch has a lot to answer for globally.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"