heywoodu 13,550 Posted August 8, 2017 #1281 Share Posted August 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, juddy96 said: In a way Qatar is "helping" athletes leaving crappy countries, both Haroun and Musaeb Balla are from Sudan and Samba from Mauritania (which I can only assume is not a great place to live) Exactly. It's sort of different with for example Azerbaijan, but who can blame an athlete for choosing for money when he comes from a country that sucks in terms of safety, that sucks in terms of stability, that sucks in terms of the financial situation and general welfare and that probably sucks in a ton of other possible ways. 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...
Bohemia 1,259 Posted August 8, 2017 #1282 Share Posted August 8, 2017 For the first time I'm happy with Lavillenie not winning at the WCh and "only" having a medal (well, don't get me wrong, I would've been happy if he had won the gold medal of course ) The 4 other times, it was quite cruel to see him lose the gold medal again and again since he was clearly the best, but this year he has been less good and he's not the best anymore so this medal is a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted August 8, 2017 #1283 Share Posted August 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Exactly. It's sort of different with for example Azerbaijan, but who can blame an athlete for choosing for money when he comes from a country that sucks in terms of safety, that sucks in terms of stability, that sucks in terms of the financial situation and general welfare and that probably sucks in a ton of other possible ways. Yes, that's exactly why Qatar is doing that. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,550 Posted August 8, 2017 #1284 Share Posted August 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, dcro said: Yes, that's exactly why Qatar is doing that. Of course it's not, which is why Qatar might be one to blame, but definitely not the athletes themselves 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...
Maxim Fastovsky 124 Posted August 8, 2017 #1285 Share Posted August 8, 2017 23 minutes ago, Mkbw50 said: Shame Kendricks got an R Why continue though? he wouldn't have gotten the WR..... his personal best is 6.00m, so chance to even get to 6.06 for a new championship record is slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted August 8, 2017 #1286 Share Posted August 8, 2017 well , men's pole vault final was very interesting, bot not as dramatic as olympic final and that miraculous 6.03 for Braz which gave him gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted August 8, 2017 #1287 Share Posted August 8, 2017 also very sad for Makwala , he deserved at least the chance to compete today in men's 400m , i don't think his illness was that serious that can end his tournament in definitely his best season ever , Spotakova victory after 10 years and in 36th age, simply historic hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkbw50 381 Posted August 8, 2017 #1288 Share Posted August 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Maxim Fastovsky said: Why continue though? he wouldn't have gotten the WR..... his personal best is 6.00m, so chance to even get to 6.06 for a new championship record is slim No harm in trying As now we come across the world To share these Games of old Let all the flags of every land In brotherhood unfold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted August 9, 2017 #1289 Share Posted August 9, 2017 https://twitter.com/dsj_itv/status/894992727397601281 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,564 Posted August 9, 2017 #1290 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Isaac Makwala (BOT) has been withdrawn by the IAAF Medical Delegate ,from tonight’s 400m final after the athlete was diagnosed with an infectious disease on Monday. ooooooooooooooh maybe it's the MALARIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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