ATHLETE INSIGHT: ROB MULLETT
BRITAIN’S FASTEST STEEPLECHASER IN YEARS IS SILENCING THE EVENT’S CRITICS WITH WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCES, WRITES RUTH JONES
Rob Mullett: finished sixth in the recent European Champs and now heads to Rio
MARK SHEARMAN
IDON’T pay too much attention to the criticism of current steeplechase standards. I think a lot of people still think it’s an easy event, and don’t give it the respect it deserves. It is a really hard discipline because you need to be relatively fast but, more importantly, really strong — both in an endurance sense and also being able to physically stand up to the pounding on your legs. Anyone that tells you it’s easy probably hasn’t tried steeplechase.