Athletics 2019 Discussion Thread

[OlympicIRL 4,771]

Wonderful to see Callum Hawkins back and with a new PB

 

[Dragon 1,702]

1 hour ago, OlympicIRL said:

Wonderful to see Callum Hawkins back and with a new PB

 

Good run by the Australian. Shame I couldn't understand her strong Melbourne accent...

[OlympicIRL 4,771]

2 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Good run by the Australian. Shame I couldn't understand her strong Melbourne accent...

 

You're going to have to help me out with this one

[Dragon 1,702]

Just now, OlympicIRL said:

 

You're going to have to help me out with this one

For the benefit of everybody else reading this...

https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/athletics/irish-chiefs-left-to-rue-standards-call-as-diver-makes-a-splash-down-under-37631992.html

 

And she's still got that Mayo accent...

Edited April 28, 2019 by Dragon

[OlympicIRL 4,771]

Just now, Dragon said:

For the benefit of everybody else reading this...

https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/athletics/irish-chiefs-left-to-rue-standards-call-as-diver-makes-a-splash-down-under-37631992.html

 

And she's still got that Mayo accent...

 

Ahh, of course. I thought you were talking about Callum Hawkins being a Melbourne woman

 

From the depths of hell Mayo, to the depths of Melbourne. She's an inspiration though

 

[Dragon 1,702]

 

[hckošice 13,267]

Dead

[Dragon 1,702]

Lausanne, 29 April 2019 –

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will announce the decision in the case involving the South African athlete Caster Semenya, Athletics South Africa (ASA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on 1 May 2019 at 12:00 (CET) by way of a media release published on the CAS website

[Olympian1010 7,479]

2 hours ago, Dragon said:

Lausanne, 29 April 2019 –

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will announce the decision in the case involving the South African athlete Caster Semenya, Athletics South Africa (ASA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on 1 May 2019 at 12:00 (CET) by way of a media release published on the CAS website

I really hope they made the right decision here. This has huge implications obviously. If Semenya loses, I say she takes them to international court, since we’ve already established thanks to Germans that legal jurisdiction is tricky.

[Dragon 1,702]

40 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I really hope they made the right decision here. This has huge implications obviously. If Semenya loses, I say she takes them to international court, since we’ve already established thanks to Germans that legal jurisdiction is tricky.

I don't there can be a "right" decision here. If Semenya loses the case then, despite having nothing wrong, she probably will not be the best in the world ever again.

If she wins we don't know what happens next. It could even lead, in the most extreme case, to the end of women only sports.events.