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Edward_Sloley
08-07-2016
Men's 3,000mSC about to get underway, and MMB looks ready. God help tonight's mascot.
whitecliffe
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by Edward_Sloley:
“Men's 3,000mSC about to get underway, and MMB looks ready. God help tonight's mascot.”

Hes a bit rough isnt he. The French should win this!! No shirt off
grassmarket
08-07-2016
Geez, I now find myself in the embarrassing position of supporting Mekhissi.
Lunatic Dreyfus
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Geez, I now find myself in the embarrassing position of supporting Mekhissi.”

I was about to say the same thing as my "lol Turkey" detector just went off.

Lisa.B
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Geez, I now find myself in the embarrassing position of supporting Mekhissi.”

Times really are hard!

The 'former-[nation] now running for Turkey' does make for a good drinking game to ease the pain though.
whitecliffe
08-07-2016
Vive la france
Evo102
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by whitecliffe:
“I guess you either have no idea what human trafficking is or you are trying to bait me. Lets get back to the sport and leave the back stabbing to other forums”

What are you on about? They are moving as economic migrants or to improve their chances of competing in major championships. I have seen no evidence of coercion or that they have been forced to change country, but you clearly have.

And as regards "back stabbing"
whitecliffe
08-07-2016
Now for Dafne - and maybe a medal for Desiree
Gavitar
08-07-2016
Good effort by Rob Mullett in 6th. A funeral march in the first kilometre put paid to him getting his second sub-8:30 Olympic qualifier though.
grassmarket
08-07-2016
Well, the French have obviously perfected the art of brain transplants because Mekhissi now looks reasonable and sportsmanlike.
whitecliffe
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by Evo102:
“What are you on about? They are moving as economic migrants or to improve their chances of competing in major championships. I have seen no evidence of coercion or that they have been forced to change country, but you clearly have.

And as regards "back stabbing"”

Um ok lets move on keep this a nice thread ok.
Bosox
08-07-2016
Chance of medals for GB here (not gold obviously).

Noooo, Henry came up lame

No more than a training jog for Dafne.
Edward_Sloley
08-07-2016
Women's 100m final - Schippers in 10.90 (-0.2m/s)
Lisa.B
08-07-2016
Queen Dafne.

Gutted for Desiree pulling up with an injury.
Lunatic Dreyfus
08-07-2016
Oh no. Desiree's done herself in after a poor start.

Good win for Daf, obviously.
Gavitar
08-07-2016
Well, despite the 10k, that was a terrific evening of athletics. Well done to everyone in Amsterdam. They even managed to stave off the rain from those threatening clouds.
Mandark
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Israel's Ethiopians are Ethiopian Jews who moved to Israel because they were being persecuted in their homeland, not because they were great athletes. Naturally, some of them are better long distance runners than their compatriots.”

Yes I remember when Israel started that immigration programme. It was reported that a few 'not so Jewish' people managed to sneak in!!
Mandark
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Well, the French have obviously perfected the art of brain transplants because Mekhissi now looks reasonable and sportsmanlike.”

Yes, the guy who thought the home straight was a red carpet!!
Mandark
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by Edward_Sloley:
“Women's 100m final - Schippers in 10.90 (-0.2m/s)”

Even though it was windy and a probably bit chilly tonight, she'll need to do better to medal in Rio. You might only be battling for bronze if you run outside 10.80.
grassmarket
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by Gavitar:
“The 10,000m, already on its death bed, withered just a bit more tonight, ”

Agree, the 10,000 used to be a highlight in major champs up until the 90s. Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Viking countries, ourselves, the Germans, the old USSR, everyone took it seriously. Nowadays all those kinds of athletes are doing triathlon, cross-country skiing or cycling. Nowadays, in Europe only GB and Spain even bother to try to develop youth athletes for these events.
Mandark
08-07-2016
Originally Posted by Bosox:
“Vicaut seems to be a French version of Asafa Powell, never seems to perform on the big occasions.”

At 24 and still improving, I guess he still has time to learn big race composure. But yes he ought to be in the hunt for a medal in Rio.
Tiger Rose
08-07-2016
IAAF needs to do something about the nation hopping. Just waving a white flag is pathetic. At least introduce some boundaries/guidelines. I'd suggest the following:-

i) Once you reach senior level you can only represent 1 country as per the likes of Football & Rugby. Easily policed
ii) Unless you are born in a country or have automatic citizenship from birth e.g. via your parents then you need to have been resident in that country for 5 years. This would reduce a lot of nation hopping to those who hand out Citizenship at the drop of a hat but also allow for those who moved to a country when younger
Edward_Sloley
09-07-2016
Back to the US Olympic trials - top three in the women's 100mH were (windspeed +1.2m/s):
Rollins 12.34 (despite RT 0.200!)
Castlin 12.50
Ali 12.55

Neither Harrison nor Harper-Nelson made the team.

Another notable shock was Shamier Little failing to qualify for the women's 400mH final.
Keyser_Soze1
09-07-2016
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Remember you can get Eurosport Player on a one-month deal, might be worth it for the three evening sessions this weekend. It's turning out to be a much better champs than we were anticipating. Apart from the long distance events, everyone has sent pretty much their A teams.

Or hopefully the live streams will be ungeoblocked later.”

Thanks - I watched Thursday's events on Youtube and will catch up shortly.
Jimmy Connors
09-07-2016
Great evening of T&F. Nice to see big Daf win on home turf.

Not a fan of this new concept of having the medal ceremonies outside/elsewhere from the stadium. I know some on here prefer it as it doesn't interupt the flow of events, but when Tiff got her medal earlier there were just a handful of people standing about watching it. Bet none of them even watched the medallists win their medals.

I much prefer it in the stadium with a full crowd standing for the anthem. It seems very detached this way.

Hope they don't do this in Rio.
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