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Old 08-07-2016, 20:25
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Men's 3,000mSC about to get underway, and MMB looks ready. God help tonight's mascot.
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:27
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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
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:27
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Geez, I now find myself in the embarrassing position of supporting Mekhissi.
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:30
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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.

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Old 08-07-2016, 20:33
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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.
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:35
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Vive la france
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:37
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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"
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:38
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Now for Dafne - and maybe a medal for Desiree
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:39
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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.
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:39
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Well, the French have obviously perfected the art of brain transplants because Mekhissi now looks reasonable and sportsmanlike.
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:40
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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.
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:42
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Chance of medals for GB here (not gold obviously).

Noooo, Henry came up lame

No more than a training jog for Dafne.
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:45
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Women's 100m final - Schippers in 10.90 (-0.2m/s)
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:46
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Queen Dafne.

Gutted for Desiree pulling up with an injury.
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Old 08-07-2016, 20:48
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Oh no. Desiree's done herself in after a poor start.

Good win for Daf, obviously.
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Old 08-07-2016, 21:00
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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.
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Old 08-07-2016, 21:05
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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!!
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Old 08-07-2016, 21:06
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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!!
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Old 08-07-2016, 21:09
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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.
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Old 08-07-2016, 21:12
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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.
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Old 08-07-2016, 22:08
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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.
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Old 08-07-2016, 23:36
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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
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Old 09-07-2016, 02:37
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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.
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Old 09-07-2016, 02:57
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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.
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Old 09-07-2016, 05:07
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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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