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Nomad said:I agree...it was a rhetorical question by her, but does Bolt have to be such an a%$hole about it? Why doesn't he acknowledge there's a strong history of doping in sprinting (who could have imagined, Lol) and at least answer it more professionally. He's pulling the Mo Farah BS; how dare does anyone "question my performances." Lol.
Of course, but that's part of the reason that there's a bit of Schadenfreude on here about Gatlin winning. For the same reason as Vino winning at the London Olympic RR in front of Pat McQuaid was a glorious moment; the whole shebang was set out as a vindication of the great success of clean cycling, and would be a coronation for the new clean generation now that the dastardly doping era was behind us... only for the UCI's president, who'd been in on the whole preceding saga, to see it blow up in his face and have to hand the medal over to an unrepentant doper.Craigee said:But honestly isn't this terrible advertising for athletics? If they had life bans Gatlin wouldn't be there and there would be less doping too.
Most of the rich in the UK at one point had slaves, or at least those rich by family. Benedict Cumberbatch, David Cameron etc. I don't know if high morality is something inherited firstly, and secondly there were very few people who opposed slavery at the time of them owning slaves. Therefore it isn't a great reason at all for Coe being a ***.Craigee said:GuyIncognito said:Craigee said:terribleone said:Last k in 2:39 and Cram mentioned in one of his last training sessions he ran a 50sec 400 which is mental. The Ethiopian, Kenyans & Ugandans chucked in 62, 61, 63's for the entire race pretty much. Think the slowest lap was a 66. Then on a parade lap with the family, a cute PR move. Hopefully the FBI & USADA aren't too touched by it.
And guess whose presenting the gold medal to Farah!?! PRESIDENT LORD SEB COE! *pssst, we've got yer back Mo...* Oh my gawd...
Don't expect high morals from Lord Coe. He is after all a descendant from slave owners in the Caribbean Islands.
Hang everyone who is descended from someone who ever did anything questionable. It's only logical.
did anything questionable? Nice way of describing slavery.
We are all products of our breeding.
Nomad said:Ouch!...Bolt gets a little testy with a hard question from a journalist at the post-race press conference. I thought it was a rhetorical question and he goes "Lance Armstrong" on the journalist. And Gatlin should just keep his mouth shut...he's lucky to be there. His 2nd positive went from a lifetime to 8 yr to 4 yr. Starts @ 6:30 in:
https://youtu.be/BlQkSyKv9BI
She also seemed to stumble about 60m which is weird once she was in her running.Nomad said:I believe Thompson was coming off an Achilles injury. Bolton was talking about how it could affect her start and the first 20 meters.
luckyboy said:Michael Johnson comparing the booing to Trump's populism and saying people may come to regret it. What
You mean dirtier? He is however worth booing just because he is a scumbag, regardless of his history.LuxCZ said:luckyboy said:Michael Johnson comparing the booing to Trump's populism and saying people may come to regret it. What
Not sure about the context here, but I agree with the statement that the booing can compared to populism here. In the end the people go along with a popular and simple choice instead of seeing the more complex reality, which basically is that despite being caught more often than his opponents, Gatlin isn't cleaner than the rest.
Singer01 said:You mean dirtier? He is however worth booing just because he is a scumbag, regardless of his history.LuxCZ said:luckyboy said:Michael Johnson comparing the booing to Trump's populism and saying people may come to regret it. What
Not sure about the context here, but I agree with the statement that the booing can compared to populism here. In the end the people go along with a popular and simple choice instead of seeing the more complex reality, which basically is that despite being caught more often than his opponents, Gatlin isn't cleaner than the rest.
LuxCZ said:luckyboy said:Michael Johnson comparing the booing to Trump's populism and saying people may come to regret it. What
Not sure about the context here, but I agree with the statement that the booing can compared to populism here. In the end the people go along with a popular and simple choice instead of seeing the more complex reality, which basically is that despite being caught more often than his opponents, Gatlin isn't dirtier than the rest.