Tom Druce

@GsyAthletics Development Officer

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@FootyAccums Decent use of 365’s bet builder offer!

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@PeterRoffey5 Tbh though, history tells us that a single star athlete (brought to international level by a development coach) leads other talented athletes into their environment, with success breeding success. It’s not necessarily indicative of anything incredibly different from other groups

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@AthleticsGBR Was basically an A and B final… not always a fan of BBC comms (mostly Colin) but I don’t see how you can say this format works for 400 indoors. 200 yes if they were to bring it back. Blatantly clear the athletes in final 1 hated it

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@PeterRoffey5 @AthleticsGBR Hi Pete I know you’ll be wondering where we are 😅
Ala was ill with flu in December and decided then to skip indoors. He’s tuning up well for outdoors.
Abi is looking back to her best after Southerns 🥈 2 weeks ago but has been ill in the meantime so we decided to miss nationals

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@Anthonypar56398 @IanTnf About a week or so ago 😂

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@davidmaris958 On the website it’s got them from yesterday.
Yeah it’s decent tbf. Enjoyable watch so far!
Also good that bookies don’t know how to price up athletics 😂🤑

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@AndyRobsonTips Easy £6.80 for no effort or risk, thanks Andy!

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@IanTnf I was a fan until I noticed the ticks on the sleeves!

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@IanTnf 😂😂 you get the point I’m making though.
I would concur that 400/800 are toughest events, but in terms of how tough it is to get the Olympic title I don’t agree the 800 is toughest.
Upshot is it’s great for her to get the accolade.Wasn’t a fan of the Nike branding on dress tho

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@IanTnf How many British 100m or 10,000m champions have we had versus 800m champions?

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@IanTnf In the British context, I would say that either end of the track spectrum are the toughest events to win.
Unless by ‘tough’ you’re exclusively referring to the pain endured in the training for the event

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@paddypower #whatoddspaddy Arsenal to win both halves, Arsenal the most SoT in both halves, Arsenal most corners in both halves, Monaco most fouls in both halves

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@IanTnf @pahunt1978 Indeed Ian. Just realised I should have said 1500m quintet!
But yes I agree with what you’re saying there’s some odd ones for sure

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@pjvazel Matt wasn’t far off that yesterday…

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@DonnieVincent20 @WorldAthletics @Paris2024 There's no other sport as global or as accessible as athletics 😁

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High school and youth sports are so valuable because they get at our basic psychological needs:
-We belong
-We can make progress
-We can have an impact

It's not about achievements. It's having a space to challenge ourselves in a healthy way.

Don't ruin sports, parents!

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What makes a champion? New analysis of over 6,000 athletes finds those who got to world-class, had during their youth:
-more multisport than specialized practice
-started their main sport later
-accumulated less practice
-Initially progressed slower than national class peers