Re: t-and-f: Radcliffe rival left out by Japanese
A canuck lister who lives over there says that it is front page news. If the US had a similar selection system, it would be like KK being left off the team and that story being the lead story on the network news. Can you imagine? EamonnC wrote: The runner expected to be among Paula Radcliffe's biggest rivals for the marathon gold medal at the Olympic Games has been left out of the Japanese team for Athens. In a decision which shocked even the country's prime minister, the selectors omitted Naoko Takahashi, who won the marathon at the last Olympics in Sydney.
Re: t-and-f: Radcliffe rival left out by Japanese
Yeah, but read what constitutes fading - second place at a major marathon. Personally, I have always been flabbergasted when a federation says they will be picking on the results of four races and that is their sole criteria. It's like an open invitation to overrace. Let's say that a different Japanese woman had won each one in a fast time. Who would have been left off? Would the winner of the first race have to plan on running the fourth race to be sure? Really, really stupid selection process. I can't argue with their final decision, because to leave any of the other three off would have been wrong, but the process they designed was asinine. - Ed - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:38 AM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Radcliffe rival left out by Japanese She failed to impress the selectors in November's Tokyo Marathon, one of four races designated as trials. Takahashi faded in the last four miles to finish second behind Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia. Takahashi skipped Sunday's Nagoya Marathon to concentrate on training for Athens After several hours of deliberation, however, the selectors came up with a team of three and the damning verdict that Takahashi should have wrapped up her Tokyo race more skilfully. ...the federation picked Reiko Tosa, who won in Nagoya What a horrible case of communication between athlete and federation!! And we think the U.S. communicates bad at times. If there were four races designated as Trials, how could she possibly fade in one, skip another and hope to get selected based on merit from a four-year old race NOT designated as one of the four trials? Did the Japanese federation send her misleading signals as to their intentions? One would think if she didn't enter Nagoya she or her coaches must have had pretty clear signals that she was on the team. Lesson learned- never take anything for granted- get it in writing. There may be other factors at work- like people on the selection committee choosing retributive payback against a coach who maybe have crossed them in some way in the past- just guessing at what might be going on here. RT
t-and-f: Radcliffe rival left out by Japanese
The Electronic Telegraph Tuesday 16 March 2004 Tom Knight The runner expected to be among Paula Radcliffe's biggest rivals for the marathon gold medal at the Olympic Games has been left out of the Japanese team for Athens. In a decision which shocked even the country's prime minister, the selectors omitted Naoko Takahashi, who won the marathon at the last Olympics in Sydney. Takahashi, a national icon, was the first woman to run the marathon inside 2hr 20min, when she won the Berlin race in 2hr 19min 46sec. Despite her impressive record, she was passed over because she failed to impress the selectors in November's Tokyo Marathon, one of four races designated as trials. Takahashi faded in the last four miles to finish second behind Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia. It was thought that she would be given the chance to defend her Olympic title and Takahashi skipped Sunday's Nagoya Marathon to concentrate on training for Athens After several hours of deliberation, however, the selectors came up with a team of three and the damning verdict that Takahashi should have wrapped up her Tokyo race more skilfully. With Mizuki Noguchi already selected following her silver medal at last summer's World Championships, the federation picked Reiko Tosa, who won in Nagoya, and Naoko Sakamoto, the champion in Osaka. Takahashi said: I had always wanted to go to Athens and even pictured myself running there. I have regrets, but I wish all the best to the people who have been selected. Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese prime minister, said: I feel sad. Can they add just another person by any means? Eamonn Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: t-and-f: Radcliffe rival left out by Japanese
Naoko Takahashi, who won the marathon at the last Olympics in Sydney. After several hours of deliberation, however, the selectors came up with a team of three... Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese prime minister, said: I feel sad. Can they add just another person by any means? Does the wild card rule not come into play for a 4th entrant? Or is that just for the WCs? Dan = http://AbleDesign.com - Web Design Custom Programming http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy TF @o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |\/ ^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) _/ \ \/\ (503)370-9969 phone/fax / / __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: t-and-f: Radcliffe rival left out by Japanese
She failed to impress the selectors in November's Tokyo Marathon, one of four races designated as trials. Takahashi faded in the last four miles to finish second behind Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia. Takahashi skipped Sunday's Nagoya Marathon to concentrate on training for Athens After several hours of deliberation, however, the selectors came up with a team of three and the damning verdict that Takahashi should have wrapped up her Tokyo race more skilfully. ...the federation picked Reiko Tosa, who won in Nagoya What a horrible case of communication between athlete and federation!! And we think the U.S. communicates bad at times. If there were four races designated as Trials, how could she possibly fade in one, skip another and hope to get selected based on merit from a four-year old race NOT designated as one of the four trials? Did the Japanese federation send her misleading signals as to their intentions? One would think if she didn't enter Nagoya she or her coaches must have had pretty clear signals that she was on the team. Lesson learned- never take anything for granted- get it in writing. There may be other factors at work- like people on the selection committee choosing retributive payback against a coach who maybe have crossed them in some way in the past- just guessing at what might be going on here. RT
Re: t-and-f: Radcliffe rival left out by Japanese
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:00:38 -0800 (PST), you wrote: Naoko Takahashi, who won the marathon at the last Olympics in Sydney. After several hours of deliberation, however, the selectors came up with a team of three... Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese prime minister, said: I feel sad. Can they add just another person by any means? Does the wild card rule not come into play for a 4th entrant? Or is that just for the WCs? Dan Just WC's. IAAF would probably do it for OG's if they had control over entries, but IOC wouldn't go for it. They're trying to cut back on entries, not increase them. example: the relays. RT
