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    2012 London Olympic Games Athletics

    Seems I owe you an apology. I actually thought you were being overly dramatic, but then today a black man won gold in the javelin for the first time! I am slightly annoyed about the sprints, commentators go on about the Jamaicans as if it is expected that they should dominate the sprints, but...
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    Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

    I'm with you on the fact that promoting white sprinters and achievements shouldn't be done at the expense of other races, it isn't and shouldn't be about superiority and inferiority but about pride in one's race, heritage and culture. However I don't believe what he said was racist...
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    Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

    Interesting read. I have to admit when I saw Lemaitre in the semi final I knew he wouldn't have much chance. I've never seen Lemaitre level with someone coming off the bend and not pass him. This is the man that in Daegu was closing down Dix and Bolt! Yet he couldn't get past Spearmon, who isn't...
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    2012 London Olympic Games Athletics

    Harold, I may be reading too much into your posts, but you seem quite cross about something? Did you see the short film before the 200m on the BBC, discussing white sprinting and its decline? And why black sprinters dominate, possibly due to eugenics? It was quite interesting. Especially as...
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    Adam Gemeli World 100 Meters Junior Champion (10.05)

    Sorry Francois, I didn't make that very clear. Jonathan Edwards and Colin Jackson were talking about Christophe Lemaitre being the first white man to break 10s. I made it sound like Edwards was talking about himself but he wasn't. Neither of them got anywhere near the 10s barrier themselves...
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    Adam Gemeli World 100 Meters Junior Champion (10.05)

    Actually I have just remembered that there was a discussion of it on the BBC at the Paris Diamond league about a week after Lemaitre broke 10s. Jonathan Edwards and Colin Jackson spoke about it briefly, specifically mentioning that he was the first white man to go under 10s, with Edwards even...
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    Adam Gemeli World 100 Meters Junior Champion (10.05)

    I disagree, the UK papers didn't barely mention him, bar one - The Daily Mail - and that was a small story. But they did mention him being the fastest white man. The BBC didn't mention him at all, and as far as I remember the IAAF didn't mention him being the first white man to break 10s.
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    Adam Gemeli World 100 Meters Junior Champion (10.05)

    I agree about Lewis Francis (too fast too soon and it went to his head) and somewhat about Pickering. I've been saying for some time that Pickering's best is behind him, and I honestly don't think he has the mental stamina or the latent speed to be a top UK sprinter. However last year he ran his...
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    Craig Pickering

    I know what jacknyc is saying, and a year ago I may have agreed with him, but after seeing that interview last year where he was complaining about not being in the A race and not being in the relay team ("for whatever reason" - his words) it demonstrated a little steel and fire in him. I think...
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    Craig Pickering

    Was a little surprised by Pickering's form in that race, especially considering his awful start and also by the interview afterwards. He was quite angry, as gulf 177 said, saying that there were people in the A race that he'd beaten, and that he should have been in it! On times he certainly...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    Shamefully, it was the British team that complained and had them disqualified, very unsportsmanlike and not very British at all. Perhaps this new found ruthlessness comes from Charles van Commenee, who doesn't realise that snitching is simply not cricket.
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    She won in Beijing too, with a slightly slower time. Don't be too sure, he's been commentating for the BBC, and was saying that he thinks Bolt can break 19s. He also said that he think Bolt will step up to the 400m at some point, as there is no competition for him at the 100/200m. This may...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    Thank god Semenya didn't do something similar.
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    Me too and won't believe otherwise until she has kids. Semenya certainly isn't the first attempt to get a man into the women's events, nor will it be the last. I am also sceptical about Al Gassra of Bahrain. The lane draws aren't all that important in the 200m, certainly not as important as...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    To be fair Wells didn't start sprinting until he was 24/5, so who knows how fast he would have run had he started earlier and been running at 19 or 20. Edited by: charlie180
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    Not sure if you can view it, I think they may block non UK residents from watching but here is the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00m9h4w/Athletics_World_Championships_2009_Day_4_Part_1/ The Pickering/Harry A interview is at 57 mins 30 secs. It is only about a minute and a...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    Lots of Nigerians have reached the final, Ezinwa, Adeniken, Effiong and Obikwelu. That said though, no one for a while. You'd think that Sturrup was a one off, but Merlene Ottey was still running top flight 100m at 41, Christie ran a PB at 33 and won WC gold. Must just be something in the...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    Agreed. The Olympics was meant to be a meeting of all colours and creeds from around the world to compete to see who was the best. Today, at least in the sprints, it is all people of the same colour and from the same background/culture, which makes it worthless. Isn't Malcolm Arnold his...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    Told you. Both of them are now out, and neither were very impressive. Sorry about Lemaitre's 200m. The commentator mentioned when he was disqualified that he was running in the 200m later in the week, but now I realise he was referring to Grueso, not Lemaitre.
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    Why was he disqualified? I saw the race but didn't hear about his disqualification. Greene looked good, I was very surprised and I think he was too.
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    I've always thought that Sanders was better than Ohuruogu, but she just seems to get injured a lot and is rarely fully fit, hopefully this will be her year. Ohuruogu is very lucky. She just pipped Sanders at the finish in 2007 and beat Richards in 2008 because she ran a kamikaze final, she's...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    You don't find it the least bit suspicious that four of the top five sprinters in the world are from the same small region of the world and that three of those have the same coach? There were more people in the Berlin Stadium today than on the whole Island of Antigua, but they have had two...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    You could say the same about Edgar, he's only run one sub 10.1 this season too. In fact he's only run sub 10.17 three times this season (only eight times ever) and one of those was that race. Like Williamson, Edgar is a choker, when the going gets tough Edgar gives up. He ran a decent time...
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    2009 World Championship of Track & Field

    I thought that Rodgers may have done that on purpose too, part of the reason why I don't like the rule, a confident athlete can purposely make a false start to ensure no-one gets a good start. Felt sorry for Lemaitre, this was his big moment but he's still running in the 200m. Maybe this will...
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    Fastest White Man (Charlie's Space)

    Not what I meant at all. Darts, snooker and archery and golf require similar skills, notably hand eye co-ordination. I could also include squash and tennis in that, both athletic sports. It always annoys me when people say that darts isn't a sport, they should try holding their body in a...
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