UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee expects improvements on Great Britain’s recent showing at major indoor events at next month’s European Championships in Paris even though he’ll leave abundance of potential podium climbers at home. Last year van Commenee allegedly informed Great Britain’s track and field athletes that those to struggle at the Common wealth Games in Delhi last October would not crossing the Channel and while there may be one or two exceptions, that appears to be the rule.
After opening his indoor season with 60m victory at the Aviva Glasgow International, 2010 Commonwealth and European silver medallist Mark Lewis-Francis announced he’s still riding high on cloud nine and admitted he’s frantic to compete in Paris. Whether Lewis-Francis lines up in what would be a mouth-watering three-way clash with compatriot Dwain Chambers and France’s European 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre remains to be seen, but a number of recent medallists are certain to be absent from the French capital.
Long jumper Chris Tomlinson, who won world indoor silver in 2008, and European and Common wealth 110m hurdles gold medallist Andy Turner will not make the trip while world triple jump champion Phillips Idowu admits the event never featured in his plans.But van Commenee does have the likes of indoor and outdoor world champion Jessica Ennis and 800m world indoor silver medallist Jenny Meadows to call on and the no-nonsense Dutchman is demanding an development the rather average medal haul of four from the 2009 European Championships in Turin.
After opening his indoor season with 60m victory at the Aviva Glasgow International, 2010 Commonwealth and European silver medallist Mark Lewis-Francis announced he’s still riding high on cloud nine and admitted he’s frantic to compete in Paris. Whether Lewis-Francis lines up in what would be a mouth-watering three-way clash with compatriot Dwain Chambers and France’s European 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre remains to be seen, but a number of recent medallists are certain to be absent from the French capital.
Long jumper Chris Tomlinson, who won world indoor silver in 2008, and European and Common wealth 110m hurdles gold medallist Andy Turner will not make the trip while world triple jump champion Phillips Idowu admits the event never featured in his plans.But van Commenee does have the likes of indoor and outdoor world champion Jessica Ennis and 800m world indoor silver medallist Jenny Meadows to call on and the no-nonsense Dutchman is demanding an development the rather average medal haul of four from the 2009 European Championships in Turin.
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