Compeed Golden Gala, Diamond League, Rome May 26

First topic message reminder :

The organising committee of the Compeed Golden Gala, the third leg of the Diamond League series held in Rome on May 26, have announced the timetable and starting-lists today, so please check them out:

Newsletter
http://www.diamondleague.com/en/News/NewsArticles/Compeed-Golden-Gala-Start-List-and-Timetable-announced/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Starting Lists
http://www.diamondleague.com/PageFiles/12518/Startlist_17.05.2011.pdf

Forgot to mention that Hattie Dean achieved the Daegu A standard in her very first track outing of the season as she came a creditable sixth in 9:37.95, easily her fastest ever season debut over the distance.

Great stuff from Greene, 48.2 is a really sharp season opener, and some decent scalps for him too. He's beaten Van Zyl and I'm confident he can do so again, that British record looks under serious threat.

Also a good start for Idowu, good to get a decent jump under your belt early on, will be interesting to see how he builds on this.

Was a tad disappointed by the 200 runners, in a not great field I thought they could do something. Rimmer was poor, but you are allowed your off days, and I'd rather it happened now than in Daegu.

As for the others, well it's still early season for most of them, so don't want to read too much into it. Offili-Porter would have had a much better time had she jumped over the barrier instead of trying to run through it Oh and encouraging start to the year for Hattie Dean too.

Mad for Chelsea wrote:Great stuff from Greene, 48.2 is a really sharp season opener, and some decent scalps for him too. He's beaten Van Zyl and I'm confident he can do so again, that British record looks under serious threat.

Also a good start for Idowu, good to get a decent jump under your belt early on, will be interesting to see how he builds on this.

Was a tad disappointed by the 200 runners, in a not great field I thought they could do something. Rimmer was poor, but you are allowed your off days, and I'd rather it happened now than in Daegu.

As for the others, well it's still early season for most of them, so don't want to read too much into it. Offili-Porter would have had a much better time had she jumped over the barrier instead of trying to run through it Oh and encouraging start to the year for Hattie Dean too.

Agreed. Am now also expecting great things in the ladies 400 hdls from Perri and Tasha. Some disappointments though! Maybe a bit of a reality check before we get too carried away with some of these prospects for 2012.

I can see Perri hitting low to mid 54s by the time the worlds are upon us and Idowu over the eighteen mark with teddy nearer the 19m mark.