I went along last night, a good meet. Thought I would offer a few observations…
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Muriel Hurtis is not pretty to watch. She is an impressive looking specimen but technically there is a lot of unproductive movement, particularly rolling of the shoulders. And on that, there were a great number of athletes who just cant run with good posture. It amazes me such a simple technical element is done poorly at this level.
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Mark Lewis Francis is way too big. He must be 90-95kg at least, and that isn’t ever going to bring him pb times. I would have thought he would have done something about that. The 10.47s he ran in the 100m, for a man of his ability, is not flash…