by Chad Miller made an impressive return at the end of the national competition at the British athletics championships held at the Alexandra stadium in Birmingham on Saturday and Sunday.
Miller, who has been hampered by injuries in recent years, will however have feelings of what could have been like injuries have refused him the opportunity to qualify for the final of the 100m on Saturday evening, while chaos reigned in the semi-finals.
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Earlier in the afternoon, the European bronze medalist for the under 20s in 2019 finished second in its heat in 10.64 s, which won a lane in the third semi-final.
There, during the first attempt, all the athletes were withdrawn after Dylan Bhatti de Gloucester AC was false, which made him disqualification.
After a little of a few moments in the blocks, the one where none of the athletes seemed particularly installed, the pistol reproduced, Miller stopping instantly, tightening his hamstrings.
Two other athletes would do the same before the 2024 champion, Louie Hinchcliffe crossed the line at 100 m later, with commentators moving a chaotic race which, according to many, should have been restarted.
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There was no misfortune a week earlier in the same stadium for Mabel-Rose Scales who picked up a fantastic silhouette under 20 years of age in the athletics championships in England.
Declass of 1.66 m, Scales was only refused the title on Countback while it finished on the same height as Carmen Rose by Kingston AC, but after taking a more jump to erase the height.
Scales finished fifth at the recent English school championships and continues to add to a sparkling CV which includes a money from English schools in 2023.
On the high mountains on the same weekend, Fred Slemeck tested himself at the Courchevel Millet XTRAIL 22 km in France, showing his commitment to the cause of finishing still fifth, despite a fall that saw him seriously hit the two teeth before.
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The race sees the athletes climb almost 1600 m at altitude on the technical trails with Slemeck ending the course in 2:34:46.
There was clearly a mountain theme this weekend when the marathoner at 2:14 Alex Milne competed in Switzerland, impressing the hills but missing in the nerve of some of his most experienced competitors in the Aigle-Leysine half-marathon in Switzerland.
Milne was eighth, taking 2:11:15, not far from her marathon time, although 1700m altitude tends to do it!
In other results this weekend, Pancho Panchev, based in Kingston, finished third more than 3000 meters Steeple in 10: 20.23 Saturday at the Bulgarian Athletics Championships which take place in Sofia, also in 5000m a day later before going to print.
What makes Panchev’s performance all the more impressive is that it is still under 20 in competition in the elderly.
Finally, George Mallett finished 11th at York 10k in 33:00 on Sunday.
