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James Ellington, reborn
- Updated: August 3, 2016
Of all the British sprinters to enhance their reputations so far in 2016 James Ellington has arguably done his the most good.
Previously a 200m specialist, Ellington excelled over the 100m at the British Championships in Birmingham, finishing at breakneck speed to place second to James Dasaolu in a 3m/sec wind-assisted time of 9.96 and nail down his spot on the GB Olympic team over the shorter distance four years after qualifying for London 2012 in the 200m. He then went on to finish fifth in the shorter sprint at the European Championships in Amsterdam, running a legal PB of 10.04 in his semi-final.
Portrayed as one of the villains of the Beijing relay soap opera which unravelled last year after Ellington’s handover to CJ Ujah culminated in the latest in a long line of disappointments for British men’s 4x100m running, it’s easy to see why at 30 his form may have come as a shock to some. But the Newham & Essex Beagle offers a sharp riposte.
“It annoys me when the commentators say ‘he’s 30 now’,” Ellington says. “If you actually look at our most successful athletes they’re between the ages of 28 and 35. I’m a guy where up until the age of 26 I only trained three days a week up until the 2012 Olympics. Now I’m starting to get into my third or fourth year of professional training and starting to come into good form.”
Anyone who watched the final at the Alexander Stadium can’t fail to have been impressed by Ellington who ran like a man possessed after being left in the blocks, well down at 50m before eating up the ground on the composed Dasaolu and the faltering Ujah who finished in the bronze medal position with a 9.97 clocking. Five more metres and the title was his.
“If you actually look at our most successful athletes they’re between the ages of 28 and 35 … Now I’m starting to get into my third or fourth year of professional training and starting to come into good form”
“It’s something I’ve always believed I was capable of doing,” Ellington says about that 100m. “I’ve always shied away from the 100 …
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