THE ALEXANDER Stadium in Birmingham was the venue for the third round of the British Athletics League Premiership match, and – much like the British Championships at the same stadium a week earlier – the blustery conditions made things tough for the athletes.
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DAVID GRIFFITHS
With wind speeds varying from -0.5m/sec to 4.1m/sec and sharp showers to contend with, many events did not produce the kind of results expected. In the pole vault, for example, several competitors could not record heights of over three metres despite having PBs of almost double that in some cases.