Out of interest latest research (partly involving DNA analysis) suggests the long-believed view that Celtic (aka Welsh) was spoken across Britain before the angles and Saxons arrived is wrong, and that earlier waves of Germanic settlers preceded the As&Ss. This would explain the mystery of why there are almost no Celtic place names in England, aside from the odd river.
If the research you are speaking of was that which was (badly) covered in the papers a few months back, then I think the reporters misrepresented it.
However, my favorite (tho not widely accepted) placename origins are "Asu" (where the sun rises) and "Ereb" (where the sun sets). Which in later years became "Asia" and "Europe"...
I have the book, which is hard going but a rewarding read. You are right that a few newspapers tried to simplify the story down to the differences between England and Scotland/Wales dating back much further than originally thought.
Nevertheless the absence of Celtic place names, Celtic inscriptions (which are all over Ireland) and the absence of any evidence of mass graves or widespread settlement burning in England have always been troublesome aspects to the 'traditional' view (largely based on the accounts of a few medieval monks) that the celts had been everywhere in Britian doing their Druid stuff and minding their own business after the Romans went home, until the Saxons pitched up and killed them or drove them away to Wales and Cornwall. I remember writing essays on this 'mystery' years ago when I studied Anglo saxon history. Nor did it ever seem that credible that Brittany was populated by exiles from Cornwall.
The DNA suggests that the populations of Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland may have an Iberian origin whereas England was mostly settled from Germany and the Low Countries, with some Scandinavian influence in the North. And that this difference pre-dates the previous assumption of a Dark Ages exodus of celts.
Now things are winding down I thought I'd do a quick check on which nation had been stiffed by the IOC caving in on a Russia ban. I read that GB had led calls for a total ban because we stood to benefit the most.
Well, that's complete bollox, looking at the actual results. So far we've had four bronzes taken away (one in gym, two the Swimming, one in the Fencing). Pretty much the same as most other main nations, although, ironically, China would probably have just beaten us into 2nd place with a gold or two more than us with a total ban.
The one country that loses out big time.
Ukraine.
Well placed to win seven golds instead of two, up from 27th to 13th in the medal table.
As though destabilising and splitting up their country wasn't enough.........
Out of interest latest research (partly involving DNA analysis) suggests the long-believed view that Celtic (aka Welsh) was spoken across Britain before the angles and Saxons arrived is wrong, and that earlier waves of Germanic settlers preceded the As&Ss. This would explain the mystery of why there are almost no Celtic place names in England, aside from the odd river.
If the research you are speaking of was that which was (badly) covered in the papers a few months back, then I think the reporters misrepresented it.
However, my favorite (tho not widely accepted) placename origins are "Asu" (where the sun rises) and "Ereb" (where the sun sets). Which in later years became "Asia" and "Europe"...
I have the book, which is hard going but a rewarding read. You are right that a few newspapers tried to simplify the story down to the differences between England and Scotland/Wales dating back much further than originally thought.
Nevertheless the absence of Celtic place names, Celtic inscriptions (which are all over Ireland) and the absence of any evidence of mass graves or widespread settlement burning in England have always been troublesome aspects to the 'traditional' view (largely based on the accounts of a few medieval monks) that the celts had been everywhere in Britian doing their Druid stuff and minding their own business after the Romans went home, until the Saxons pitched up and killed them or drove them away to Wales and Cornwall. I remember writing essays on this 'mystery' years ago when I studied Anglo saxon history. Nor did it ever seem that credible that Brittany was populated by exiles from Cornwall.
The DNA suggests that the populations of Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland may have an Iberian origin whereas England was mostly settled from Germany and the Low Countries, with some Scandinavian influence in the North. And that this difference pre-dates the previous assumption of a Dark Ages exodus of celts.
Out of interest latest researchaside from the odd river.
If the research you are speaking of was that which was (badly) covered in the papers a few months back, then I think the reporters misrepresented it.
However, my favorite (tho not widely accepted) placename origins are "Asu" (where the sun rises) and "Ereb" (where the sun sets). Which in later years became "Asia" and "Europe"...
I have the book, which is hard going but a rewarding read. You are right that a few newspapers tried to simplify the story down to the differences between England and Scotland/Wales dating back much further than originally thought.
Nevertheless the absence of Celtic place names, Celtic inscriptions (which are all over Ireland) and the absence of any evidence of mass graves or widespread settlement burning in England have always been troublesome aspects to the 'traditional' view (largely based on the accounts of a few medieval monks) that the celts had been everywhere in Britian doing their Druid stuff and minding their own business after the Romans went home, until the Saxons pitched up and killed them or drove them away to Wales and Cornwall. I remember writing essays on this 'mystery' years ago when I studied Anglo saxon history. Nor did it ever seem that credible that Brittany was populated by exiles from Cornwall.
The DNA suggests that the populations of Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland may have an Iberian origin whereas England was mostly settled from Germany and the Low Countries, with some Scandinavian influence in the North. And that this difference pre-dates the previous assumption of a Dark Ages exodus of celts.
Ireland has Celtic placenamrs because it was Celts who first recorded them and set them down on paper; ditto Wales and northern and western Scotland. In England it was generally Saxons who did it and who gave places - which may already have been settled - their names. It's also possible that Saxons and Celts lived side by side, but that the Celtic place village names died out as populations anglicised. A lot of the names of natural features in England - rivers, hills, streams etc - have Celtic roots.
this is very important, the gap between Trump and clinton amongst young voters is much less compared to Obama and Romney- there are going to be a hell of a lot more wasted votes come November.
Out of interest latest researchaside from the odd river.
If the research you are speaking of was that which was (badly) covered in the papers a few months back, then I think the reporters misrepresented it.
However, my favorite (tho not widely accepted) placename origins are "Asu" (where the sun rises) and "Ereb" (where the sun sets). Which in later years became "Asia" and "Europe"...
I have the book, which is hard going but a rewarding read. You are right that a few newspapers tried to simplify the story down to the differences between England and Scotland/Wales dating back much further than originally thought. medieval monks) that the celts had been everywhere in Britian doing their Druid stuff and minding their own business after the Romans went home, until the Saxons pitched up and killed them or drove them away to Wales and Cornwall. I remember writing essays on this 'mystery' years ago when I studied Anglo saxon history. Nor did it ever seem that credible that Brittany was populated by exiles from Cornwall.
The DNA suggests that the populations of Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland may have an Iberian origin whereas England was mostly settled from Germany and the Low Countries, with some Scandinavian influence in the North. And that this difference pre-dates the previous assumption of a Dark Ages exodus of celts.
Ireland has Celtic placenamrs because it was Celts who first recorded them and set them down on paper; ditto Wales and northern and western Scotland. In England it was generally Saxons who did it and who gave places - which may already have been settled - their names. It's also possible that Saxons and Celts lived side by side, but that the Celtic place village names died out as populations anglicised. A lot of the names of natural features in England - rivers, hills, streams etc - have Celtic roots.
Labour's attempt to avoid disaster at the next GE by making an appeal through its house magazine is doomed to failure. Who actually reads The Observer these days anyway?
Now things are winding down I thought I'd do a quick check on which nation had been stiffed by the IOC caving in on a Russia ban. I read that GB had led calls for a total ban because we stood to benefit the most.
Well, that's complete bollox, looking at the actual results. So far we've had four bronzes taken away (one in gym, two the Swimming, one in the Fencing). Pretty much the same as most other main nations, although, ironically, China would probably have just beaten us into 2nd place with a gold or two more than us with a total ban.
The one country that loses out big time.
Ukraine.
Well placed to win seven golds instead of two, up from 27th to 13th in the medal table.
As though destabilising and splitting up their country wasn't enough.........
Kind of makes sense that as neighbouring nations with a similar climate and culture that they'd compete with each other in the same events.
On topic, this will nark off some of Kahn's supporters when he could have stfu so it looks like a sign that he doesn't think Smith's campaign is a lost cause.
On topic, this will nark off some of Kahn's supporters when he could have stfu so it looks like a sign that he doesn't think Smith's campaign is a lost cause.
Or its a sign Khan has already won his vote and doesn't need supporters for four more years.
I have the book, which is hard going but a rewarding read. You are right that a few newspapers tried to simplify the story down to the differences between England and Scotland/Wales dating back much further than originally thought.
Nevertheless the absence of Celtic place names, Celtic inscriptions (which are all over Ireland) and the absence of any evidence of mass graves or widespread settlement burning in England have always been troublesome aspects to the 'traditional' view (largely based on the accounts of a few medieval monks) that the celts had been everywhere in Britian doing their Druid stuff and minding their own business after the Romans went home, until the Saxons pitched up and killed them or drove them away to Wales and Cornwall. I remember writing essays on this 'mystery' years ago when I studied Anglo saxon history. Nor did it ever seem that credible that Brittany was populated by exiles from Cornwall.
The DNA suggests that the populations of Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland may have an Iberian origin whereas England was mostly settled from Germany and the Low Countries, with some Scandinavian influence in the North. And that this difference pre-dates the previous assumption of a Dark Ages exodus of celts.
I learnt from an exhibition that I went to today on the Celts that Lyon (France), Leiden (Netherlands) and Lothian (Scotland) are all corruptions via different languages of the same Celtic placename, Lugudunon.
On topic, this will nark off some of Kahn's supporters when he could have stfu so it looks like a sign that he doesn't think Smith's campaign is a lost cause.
Or its a sign Khan has already won his vote and doesn't need supporters for four more years.
Sure, but the Corbynistas could get him in four years.
Now things are winding down I thought I'd do a quick check on which nation had been stiffed by the IOC caving in on a Russia ban. I read that GB had led calls for a total ban because we stood to benefit the most.
Well, that's complete bollox, looking at the actual results. So far we've had four bronzes taken away (one in gym, two the Swimming, one in the Fencing). Pretty much the same as most other main nations, although, ironically, China would probably have just beaten us into 2nd place with a gold or two more than us with a total ban.
The one country that loses out big time.
Ukraine.
Well placed to win seven golds instead of two, up from 27th to 13th in the medal table.
As though destabilising and splitting up their country wasn't enough.........
I suspect Russian althletes' training was destabilised by the uncertainty and that Russia would otherwise have done better in the tables. Leaving aside the question of whether the drugs are actually performance enhancing enough to make a difference to the result - which I have always been slightly sceptical of.
I have the book, which is hard going but a rewarding read. You are right that a few newspapers tried to simplify the story down to the differences between England and Scotland/Wales dating back much further than originally thought.
Nevertheless the absence of Celtic place names, Celtic inscriptions (which are all over Ireland) and the absence of any evidence of mass graves or widespread settlement burning in England have always been troublesome aspects to the 'traditional' view (largely based on the accounts of a few medieval monks) that the celts had been everywhere in Britian doing their Druid stuff and minding their own business after the Romans went home, until the Saxons pitched up and killed them or drove them away to Wales and Cornwall. I remember writing essays on this 'mystery' years ago when I studied Anglo saxon history. Nor did it ever seem that credible that Brittany was populated by exiles from Cornwall.
The DNA suggests that the populations of Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland may have an Iberian origin whereas England was mostly settled from Germany and the Low Countries, with some Scandinavian influence in the North. And that this difference pre-dates the previous assumption of a Dark Ages exodus of celts.
I learnt from an exhibition that I went to today on the Celts that Lyon (France), Leiden (Netherlands) and Lothian (Scotland) are all corruptions via different languages of the same Celtic placename, Lugudunon.
My tidbit for the Celtic etymology discussion.
Think this is correct for Lyon, is generally believed correct for Lothian, but not so for Leiden - seems that one is after the Germanic word for "canal", but the association with "Lugdunum Batavorum" was mistaken.
Now things are winding down I thought I'd do a quick check on which nation had been stiffed by the IOC caving in on a Russia ban. I read that GB had led calls for a total ban because we stood to benefit the most.
Well, that's complete bollox, looking at the actual results. So far we've had four bronzes taken away (one in gym, two the Swimming, one in the Fencing). Pretty much the same as most other main nations, although, ironically, China would probably have just beaten us into 2nd place with a gold or two more than us with a total ban.
The one country that loses out big time.
Ukraine.
Well placed to win seven golds instead of two, up from 27th to 13th in the medal table.
As though destabilising and splitting up their country wasn't enough.........
I suspect Russian althletes' training was destabilised by the uncertainty and that Russia would otherwise have done better in the tables. Leaving aside the question of whether the drugs are actually performance enhancing enough to make a difference to the result - which I have always been slightly sceptical of.
You doubt if systemic consistent state sponsored style doping program has anything more than marginal gains...are you serious....Put somebody on EPO and the amount of progress they can make it extremely significant.
Now things are winding down I thought I'd do a quick check on which nation had been stiffed by the IOC caving in on a Russia ban. I read that GB had led calls for a total ban because we stood to benefit the most.
Well, that's complete bollox, looking at the actual results. So far we've had four bronzes taken away (one in gym, two the Swimming, one in the Fencing). Pretty much the same as most other main nations, although, ironically, China would probably have just beaten us into 2nd place with a gold or two more than us with a total ban.
The one country that loses out big time.
Ukraine.
Well placed to win seven golds instead of two, up from 27th to 13th in the medal table.
As though destabilising and splitting up their country wasn't enough.........
I suspect Russian althletes' training was destabilised by the uncertainty and that Russia would otherwise have done better in the tables. Leaving aside the question of whether the drugs are actually performance enhancing enough to make a difference to the result - which I have always been slightly sceptical of.
Whether the performance enhancing drugs actually succeed in enhancing performance is irrelevant. The intent to cheat is wrong and Russia should have been drummed out of the Olympic Games for engaging in systematic cheating.
Team GB Lake has cleared 1.94m this season, with world leader Chaunte Lowe only managing 2.01m. Interestingly Katarina Johnson-Thompson jumped 1.98m in the heptathlon - the fourth best in the world!
Perhaps KJT is doing the wrong event? Because I can't see how she will ever throw the shot put or javelin very far.
Now things are winding down I thought I'd do a quick check on which nation had been stiffed by the IOC caving in on a Russia ban. I read that GB had led calls for a total ban because we stood to benefit the most.
Well, that's complete bollox, looking at the actual results. So far we've had four bronzes taken away (one in gym, two the Swimming, one in the Fencing). Pretty much the same as most other main nations, although, ironically, China would probably have just beaten us into 2nd place with a gold or two more than us with a total ban.
The one country that loses out big time.
Ukraine.
Well placed to win seven golds instead of two, up from 27th to 13th in the medal table.
As though destabilising and splitting up their country wasn't enough.........
I suspect Russian althletes' training was destabilised by the uncertainty and that Russia would otherwise have done better in the tables. Leaving aside the question of whether the drugs are actually performance enhancing enough to make a difference to the result - which I have always been slightly sceptical of.
More likely that the ability to switch positive tests for clean ones totally destabilised them.
Team GB Lake has cleared 1.94m this season, with world leader Chaunte Lowe only managing 2.01m. Interestingly Katarina Johnson-Thompson jumped 1.98m in the heptathlon - the fourth best in the world!
Perhaps KJT is doing the wrong event? Because I can't see how she will ever throw the shot put or javelin very far.
Morgan is also a heptathlete, and KJT has competed in high jumps at other meets
Team GB Lake has cleared 1.94m this season, with world leader Chaunte Lowe only managing 2.01m. Interestingly Katarina Johnson-Thompson jumped 1.98m in the heptathlon - the fourth best in the world!
Perhaps KJT is doing the wrong event? Because I can't see how she will ever throw the shot put or javelin very far.
Morgan is also a heptathlete, and KJT has competed in high jumps at other meets
Was surprised not to see KJT in the high jump event. Morgan Lake is only 19, should be in with a chance of a medal in Tokyo as the old guard like Blanka Vlasic move on...
Johnson calling bulls##t on the officials story on 4 x 400 DQ....
Someone must have footage of that changeover. I can't believe that the finishing line didn't have any official cameras running, the OBS cover all angles, they don't turn them off.
Johnson calling bulls##t on the officials story on 4 x 400 DQ....
Someone must have footage of that changeover. I can't believe that the finishing line didn't have any official cameras running, the OBS cover all angles, they don't turn them off.
But they didn't have cameras for in the track cycling either...it was on Team GB analyst who was filming who got it...otherwise Kenny and the German would have been out.
At this omnishambles games I take nothing for granted in what there should be or should have done.
Now things are winding down I thought I'd do a quick check on which nation had been stiffed by the IOC caving in on a Russia ban. I read that GB had led calls for a total ban because we stood to benefit the most.
Well, that's complete bollox, looking at the actual results. So far we've had four bronzes taken away (one in gym, two the Swimming, one in the Fencing). Pretty much the same as most other main nations, although, ironically, China would probably have just beaten us into 2nd place with a gold or two more than us with a total ban.
The one country that loses out big time.
Ukraine.
Well placed to win seven golds instead of two, up from 27th to 13th in the medal table.
As though destabilising and splitting up their country wasn't enough.........
I suspect Russian althletes' training was destabilised by the uncertainty and that Russia would otherwise have done better in the tables. Leaving aside the question of whether the drugs are actually performance enhancing enough to make a difference to the result - which I have always been slightly sceptical of.
You doubt if systemic consistent state sponsored style doping program has anything more than marginal gains...are you serious....Put somebody on EPO and the amount of progress they can make it extremely significant.
True, however it isn't a substitute for the right training. The major part of national success comes from the 'consistent state sponsored programme' with doping just providing an incremental boost on top of that.
Johnson calling bulls##t on the officials story on 4 x 400 DQ....
Someone must have footage of that changeover. I can't believe that the finishing line didn't have any official cameras running, the OBS cover all angles, they don't turn them off.
But they didn't have cameras for in the track cycling either...it was on Team GB analyst who was filming who got it.
But that was a line only relevant to the keirin, this is the finishing line, the one that every single event uses. They have official footage from the OBS, why have they not released it?
Johnson calling bulls##t on the officials story on 4 x 400 DQ....
That's bonkers, what did they do wrong and why haven't we seen a video of it?. I swear there was a GB runner on screen for three minutes as I watched it!
Edit: is it that they're being asked to prove a negative, ie an official observer says that they were outside whatever, so they need to provide conclusive evidence to the contrary, in order to overturn the observer's statement?
A worse decision than the 4 x 400, is the open water swimmer guy. Somebody grabbed his leg to stop him winning, and he turned around to see what was happening, so they penalised him.
Team GB Lake has cleared 1.94m this season, with world leader Chaunte Lowe only managing 2.01m. Interestingly Katarina Johnson-Thompson jumped 1.98m in the heptathlon - the fourth best in the world!
Perhaps KJT is doing the wrong event? Because I can't see how she will ever throw the shot put or javelin very far.
She could plausibly compete as a long-jumper too.
Heptathletes face interesting choices - though they are all-rounders, they aren't so "specialised in generalism" as decathletes, and in their preferred disciplines the best of them are often quite competitive with elite athletes in that event (and would expect to become stronger competitors if they trained for that discipline alone). So it may be reasonable to bail out of the heptathlon, like Dafne Schippers did, if they spot better opportunities elsewhere.
Would be worth looking around at what the field is likely to be like in four years time both in heptathlon and the possible alternative event, and making a decision based on that.
(It's not dissimilar to the way that rowers can and do switch boat. One reason for the dominance of the British men's coxless four is that top rowers from other countries try to avoid competing against them, so prefer to row in other classes instead. I imagine plenty of younger heptathletes are looking at Nafi Thiam and wondering if that was a flukey one-off, or the emergence of a young talent that is going to dominate the sport for years to come.)
Seems to me like the Kenyans would be better working as a team and stretching everybody to breaking point. They were saying they should have done it to Mo in 10km. Be interesting if a country tries to team play him this evening.
I love the BBC PC way of suggesting they reckon the 800m WR was drug assisted...."from a different time".
What would they say about the 100m WR? That will still be there a hundred years from now, thanks to drugs and a faulty wind meter!
Are you suggesting that Flo-Jo might have possibly been doping? And was backed by a tornado....How dare you, how very dare you....
Can't libel the dead. Especially not those who run nothing one year, world records the next and retire the year after that. Before dropping dead of a heart attack aged 38. No, no drugs at all there. Definitely not.
I love the BBC PC way of suggesting they reckon the 800m WR was drug assisted...."from a different time".
What would they say about the 100m WR? That will still be there a hundred years from now, thanks to drugs and a faulty wind meter!
Are you suggesting that Flo-Jo might have possibly been doping? And was backed by a tornado....How dare you, how very dare you....
Can't libel the dead. Especially not those who run nothing one year, world records the next and retire the year after that. Before dropping dead of a heart attack aged 38. No, no drugs at all there. Definitely not.
I am going to guess that her medicine cabinet made Ben Johnson's look empty. Even doped to the eye balls Jones didn't get close to that time of Flo-Jo.
I love the BBC PC way of suggesting they reckon the 800m WR was drug assisted...."from a different time".
What would they say about the 100m WR? That will still be there a hundred years from now, thanks to drugs and a faulty wind meter!
Are you suggesting that Flo-Jo might have possibly been doping? And was backed by a tornado....How dare you, how very dare you....
Can't libel the dead. Especially not those who run nothing one year, world records the next and retire the year after that. Before dropping dead of a heart attack aged 38. No, no drugs at all there. Definitely not.
Retiring a week after random out of competition testing was announced. Nothing suspicious at all (I remember watching that 100m; her, Johnson and Kratochvilova were the three that you watched and you just knew they were wrong).
I love the BBC PC way of suggesting they reckon the 800m WR was drug assisted...."from a different time".
What would they say about the 100m WR? That will still be there a hundred years from now, thanks to drugs and a faulty wind meter!
Are you suggesting that Flo-Jo might have possibly been doping? And was backed by a tornado....How dare you, how very dare you....
Can't libel the dead. Especially not those who run nothing one year, world records the next and retire the year after that. Before dropping dead of a heart attack aged 38. No, no drugs at all there. Definitely not.
I am going to guess that her medicine cabinet made Ben Johnson's look empty. Even doped to the eye balls Jones didn't get close to that time of Flo-Jo.
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In it for himself methinks.
Brazil 1 - 1 Germany after 90.
Nevertheless the absence of Celtic place names, Celtic inscriptions (which are all over Ireland) and the absence of any evidence of mass graves or widespread settlement burning in England have always been troublesome aspects to the 'traditional' view (largely based on the accounts of a few medieval monks) that the celts had been everywhere in Britian doing their Druid stuff and minding their own business after the Romans went home, until the Saxons pitched up and killed them or drove them away to Wales and Cornwall. I remember writing essays on this 'mystery' years ago when I studied Anglo saxon history. Nor did it ever seem that credible that Brittany was populated by exiles from Cornwall.
The DNA suggests that the populations of Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland may have an Iberian origin whereas England was mostly settled from Germany and the Low Countries, with some Scandinavian influence in the North. And that this difference pre-dates the previous assumption of a Dark Ages exodus of celts.
Well, that's complete bollox, looking at the actual results. So far we've had four bronzes taken away (one in gym, two the Swimming, one in the Fencing). Pretty much the same as most other main nations, although, ironically, China would probably have just beaten us into 2nd place with a gold or two more than us with a total ban.
The one country that loses out big time.
Ukraine.
Well placed to win seven golds instead of two, up from 27th to 13th in the medal table.
As though destabilising and splitting up their country wasn't enough.........
Now, about some games..,
this is very important, the gap between Trump and clinton amongst young voters is much less compared to Obama and Romney- there are going to be a hell of a lot more wasted votes come November.
Brazil 1-1 Germany after 120 minutes.
My tidbit for the Celtic etymology discussion.
They've exposed themselves as a third world country and congratulating themselves on winning a football match isn't going to change that.
Team GB Lake has cleared 1.94m this season, with world leader Chaunte Lowe only managing 2.01m. Interestingly Katarina Johnson-Thompson jumped 1.98m in the heptathlon - the fourth best in the world!
Perhaps KJT is doing the wrong event? Because I can't see how she will ever throw the shot put or javelin very far.
At this omnishambles games I take nothing for granted in what there should be or should have done.
Edit: is it that they're being asked to prove a negative, ie an official observer says that they were outside whatever, so they need to provide conclusive evidence to the contrary, in order to overturn the observer's statement?
Heptathletes face interesting choices - though they are all-rounders, they aren't so "specialised in generalism" as decathletes, and in their preferred disciplines the best of them are often quite competitive with elite athletes in that event (and would expect to become stronger competitors if they trained for that discipline alone). So it may be reasonable to bail out of the heptathlon, like Dafne Schippers did, if they spot better opportunities elsewhere.
Would be worth looking around at what the field is likely to be like in four years time both in heptathlon and the possible alternative event, and making a decision based on that.
(It's not dissimilar to the way that rowers can and do switch boat. One reason for the dominance of the British men's coxless four is that top rowers from other countries try to avoid competing against them, so prefer to row in other classes instead. I imagine plenty of younger heptathletes are looking at Nafi Thiam and wondering if that was a flukey one-off, or the emergence of a young talent that is going to dominate the sport for years to come.)
Slowest 1500m final since 1932 yet amazing to watch. Tactics pay off for the US and great finish by Willis from NZ. #Rio2016
He's screwed DQ no doubt for kicking too hard.
No break. @Chotimetkd in his Men's +80KG #Taekwondo Bronze medal contest now. #Rio2016 #BringOnTheGreat https://t.co/15HkYPnJB7
I just tried a taekwondo move and now I have to stand on a chair to get my left slipper from the top of a kitchen cupboard. #Rio2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD4OUTXvtRU
Be Leave!
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~spstnpl/Publications/IAAFReport(Linthorne).pdf
Here comes Mo.
The #TeamGB London 2012 total is equalled.
#Rio2016 medal 65
Joe Joyce is guaranteed another tomorrow! https://t.co/nx5sVQyVdR
Mo Farah is 2nd athlete to win #gold in men's 5000m & 10000m at consecutive #Olympics, after Lasse Viren (#FIN) in 1972-1976 #Rio2016 #GBR
Fly, Mo!
Brilliant PB from Andrew Butchart in that race to come 7th. Third fastest Brit ever after Farah and David Moorcroft. #Rio2016