Athletics CAA African Championships 2018

[Dragon 2,066]

 

Edited July 31, 2018 by Dragon

[Dragon 2,066]

22 hours ago, intoronto said:

Carofux is Totallympics member @carfu who is in Nigeria to cover these championships!

And one of the world's leading experts on African athletics...

[bestmen 2,921]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bestmen 2,921]

NGR should be ban from the OG

they haven't bus plane even one donkey

[heywoodu 16,458]

Good job by Nigeria, they're already way ahead, I thought the organizational problems were scheduled to start tomorrow.

[heywoodu 16,458]

Spoiler

With no scheduled flights to Asaba Airport, organisers have to charter aircraft to ferry delegations from Lagos.

 

But poor organisation has seen scores of athletes, officials and journalists stranded at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport with transfers to Asaba being handled on a first-come-first-served basis.

 

With the backlog going three days back, the chartered flights have been unable to meet demand with luggage either lost or misplaced in the ensuing melee. 

 

No, this sounds really promising: "Let's organise a major event with many hundreds of athletes! Stadium? Check."

The week before the event: "Oooooooh crap, we forgot there are no scheduled flights to our crappy airport with a runway in drastic need of repair."

 

Luckily when charter aircraft are called up in a hurry and transfers are handled on a 'first-come-first-served' basis, there is absolutely no expectation for fights and stuff getting out of hand badly. Oh wait, that is exactly what everyone would see coming from a thousand miles away. 

[bestmen 2,921]

why didn't they host it in Lagos

the distance Lagos -Asaba 436 km

[heywoodu 16,458]

1 minute ago, bestmen said:

why didn't they host it in Lagos

the distance Lagos -Asaba 436 km

Lagos has a relatively easy to reach airport, that would make it much harder to mess up the organization. 

[JoshMartini007 2,843]

Since everyone seems to be at the airport, just host it there.

[heywoodu 16,458]

Great, Sir Mister Excellence His Highness Sebastian Coe has arrived in Asaba, no problem, we can start tomorrow!