Open letter from the British Athletics Coach Association to the BOA regarding the athletics team selections.
I really hope that all this pressure and criticism that @BritAthletics have rightfully received will force them to change their ways.
Your 'tough' standards are unequal across events and you are harming performance levels by denying athletes their right to be there. You do not understand how to improve performance levels. Ask your athletes. You'll see in a few years, you got this very wrong.
“Setting tough standards helps improve performance levels,” writes UK Athletics chair Ian Beattie as he outlines the reasoning behind the governing body’s strict policy.
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URGENT - volunteers needed for this weekend's @sussexaa Track & Field Champs. Without more support it will be a struggle for the events to run smoothly. If you can spare a couple of hours with jobs like raking sandpits, holding a tape measure, on the track, please contact us asap
For the first 72 years at the Olympic Games, athletes jumped forwards in the high jump 🏃
Then, at Mexico 1968, Dick Fosbury came along with his "Fosbury flop" and changed the sport forever 🙌
𝟱𝟬.𝟲𝟴! @amberanning's the 1st @Sussex woman to run a sub-51 400m! A member of @BrightonAthlete since she was 9⃣, she's a UK record holder over 300m, 400m & holds 10 county records including Triple Jump (U15) & Pentathlon (U13/15). Well done Amber 🌟 #proudclub @RazorbackTF