31-08-2015, 21:53
Have you noticed how when we get an emerging talent we don't fast-track him into the relay squad? We stick to tired old 200 metre failures. Gemili has just gained sufficient credibility to train with the squad, but he's such a highly intelligent adaptable young guy, he surely would have gained from the sessions as soon as his times warranted it and the team would have gained by his presence. Zharnel Hughes can run 20.02 for 200. He ain't going to be bad at 100. How could a few relay sessions have hurt his chances in the individual event? Wouldn't it have helped to welcome him into the team?
I watched Edoburun finish like a train at the UK Champs. My betting is he'll go to Rio in the individual 100. Wouldn't relay squad experience be a welcome part of his development? Surely whilst Bolt is alive and Jamaica continues to produce young upstart sprinters the best medal hope our guys have is in the Relay, and our best runners should be up for that chance, whilst our second-raters, if they remain that, should watching from the sofa.
I watched Edoburun finish like a train at the UK Champs. My betting is he'll go to Rio in the individual 100. Wouldn't relay squad experience be a welcome part of his development? Surely whilst Bolt is alive and Jamaica continues to produce young upstart sprinters the best medal hope our guys have is in the Relay, and our best runners should be up for that chance, whilst our second-raters, if they remain that, should watching from the sofa.