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Hats Off Baddeley & LancashireBritish athletics by The Sulphur Man (U8636851) 07 June 2008  Fantastic wins for Andy Baddeley & Tom Lancashire in the Bislett Games last night. Well done lads. I have been critical of UK mens distance running but these 2 victories & PBs gave me a lot of pleasure. Earlier in the year on this board I tipped Lancashire to make a major breakthrough & gain Olympic selection so I am feeling quite smug today. Well coached by Norman Poole, Lancashire has benefited from an 'old school' british cross country season. Fingers crossed that by the time of Beijing, Britain have a distance squad of Rimmer & Ellis at 800m, Baddeley, Lancashire plus either East or McCormick at 1500m and Farah, Thompson & possibly Scott Overall over the 5000m. A good chance of a finalist at each distance & the outside chance of medals for Farah & Baddeley? Its not impossible. Latest comments
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djlovesyou (U3952528) posted Jun 8, 2008 Baddeley's is an extremely good performance. That's worth about a 3.32.6 1500 or something. Lancashire maybe has a small distance to go before he can really challenge on the international scene but he's an extremely tough racer and I wouldn't put it past him to improve by another couple of seconds this year.
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rocco75 (U3241566) posted Jun 9, 2008 yeah great performances by both of them, all the better for actually winning the races rather than just being pulled round to a fast time.
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flem_uk (U1689454) posted Jun 9, 2008 According to the IAAF website Baddeley came through 1500m in 3:34.36, he timed his run to perfection.
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djlovesyou (U3952528) posted Jun 9, 2008 In fairness, Baddeley's sprint finish looked better because a lot of guys were dying due to the fact the early pace was suicidal. He was pretty clever and sat off it a bit.
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lsabre (U1743466) posted Jun 16, 2008 Baddeley's finish looked good because it was fantastic! Check out whichever race of his you want, djlovesyou, there's hardly a better finisher in a race than Andy! Comment on this article
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