juddy96 171 Posted July 9, 2016 #821 Share Posted July 9, 2016 15 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: Fastest entry times in mens half marathon: Kaan Kigen Özbilen (competes for Turkey) 59:58 Evans Kiplagat (competes for Azerbaijan) 59:56 Tadesse Abraham (competes for Switzerland) 1:00.42 Fastest entry times in mens 5000m: Ali Kaya (competes for Turkey) 13:00.31 Ilias Fifa 13:05.61 Hayle Ibrahimov (competes for Azerbaijan) 13:09.17 Tomorrow i will cheer for FIFA. Fifa is another transferee from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted July 9, 2016 #822 Share Posted July 9, 2016 vor 3 Minuten schrieb juddy96: Fifa is another transferee from Great ,,, He seemed almost too fast to be non-african. I guess there is no chance that a real european athlete will win a medal in mens half marathon or mens 5000m. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted July 9, 2016 #823 Share Posted July 9, 2016 And Yasemir Can will do the half marathon as well, because winning only the 10 and 5 km is for pussies If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted July 9, 2016 #824 Share Posted July 9, 2016 vor 1 Minute schrieb heywoodu: And Yasemir Can will do the half marathon as well, because winning only the 10 and 5 km is for pussies No, its a different Yasemine Can, but maybe i just didnt understand the irony ... Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy96 171 Posted July 9, 2016 #825 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) 31 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: Great ,,, He seemed almost too fast to be non-african. I guess there is no chance that a real european athlete will win a medal in mens half marathon or mens 5000m. I think there is always a chance in the half marathon with changing conditions, and if you aren't in good shape there's no chance. I'm hopeful Meucci from Italy can challenge the Africans. Edited July 9, 2016 by juddy96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Майкл 542 Posted July 9, 2016 #826 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) 47 minutes ago, heywoodu said: And Yasemir Can will do the half marathon as well, because winning only the 10 and 5 km is for pussies Apparently those two are different persons... Edited July 9, 2016 by Майкл Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jur 509 Posted July 10, 2016 #827 Share Posted July 10, 2016 hace 3 horas, OlympicsFan said: Great ,,, He seemed almost too fast to be non-african. I guess there is no chance that a real european athlete will win a medal in mens half marathon or mens 5000m. Well, Ilias Fifa's history is far to be close to other transfer athletes. He is a former inmigrant who put his live in danger to try to reach Spain at the age of 16 travelling in the unders of a truck to pass the border. And after living almost six years as an undocumented he reached spanish nationality. So, for me, he's a "real european". Spain as a country has a lot of inmigration, and we are clearly a multicultural country, and our athletics selection is full of moroccoan (and cuban) born athletes that reach the country usually with their families looking for a decent life, like Adel Mechaal tomorrow in 5000, moroccoan born living in Spain since he's 3 years old. I'm just saying this, because some country's masive athlete's purchases is making all countrys with african-origin athletes make guilty, and that's far from beeing true. I just think that putting all athletes in the same box is not fair. Not for the sport, the countrys or the fans. With this level of globalitation Europe is having those days I think it's imposible to see again a "real european" athletics events, and the fastest we admit that the best is going to do for the sport. But this "athlete buying" thing is going out of hands and both IAAF and EAA should have done something by now because they're killing the sport. The kenyan dudes that win gold and silver for Turkey in men's 10,000 just said that they have no idea of speaking Turkish and they have suposely being living there for several years now. I just remenber the case of Yunier Perez, a cuban sprinter living on Spain, whose manager trick him to get a turkish nacionality he didn't want without even living in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihamiha 124 Posted July 10, 2016 #828 Share Posted July 10, 2016 great jump and first medal for robert rener in pole vault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy96 171 Posted July 10, 2016 #829 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) Wow, the Men's hurdles are also unkind to the favorites at the US trials, David Oliver didn't start in the final and Aries Merritt finished fourth. Women's Javelin Throw: Maggie Malone, Kara Winger, Brittany Borman (Hannah Carson finished 2nd but didn't have the standard) Men's Triple Jump: Will Claye, Christian Taylor, Chris Benard Men's 5000m: Bernard Lagat, Hassan Mead, Paul Chelimo Men's 200m: Justin Gatlin, LaShawn Merritt, Ameer Webb Men's 110m Hurdles: Devon Allen, Ronnie Ash, Jeff Porter Edited July 10, 2016 by juddy96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted July 10, 2016 #830 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Alfonz Juck our commentator and one of the most known athletics manager in the world said that it´s not over yet at all, apparentlly there already a lot of Kenyans receiving Turkish citizenship in the past weeks and months, and just waiting for competing eligibility from IAAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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