Athletics 2024 Discussion Thread

[Monzanator 4,425]

2 hours ago, dodge said:

Really weird that this is announced now when it seems to have been sorted before Paris 

They probably wanted to avoid Muslim outrage in a country where terrorist attacks are quite common compared to the mean

[Grassmarket 3,305]

4 hours ago, vovanA said:

• Bahrain participation in World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 will be limited to a maximum of 10 athletes.
• Bahrain will not participate in any other World Athletics Series events for 12 months from 1 June 2024.
• Bahrain will not apply for any transfers of allegiance or recruit any foreign athletes until 2027.

 

https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/aiu-board-recommendation-bahrain-athletics-association-roadmap

Feel a bit sorry for all those world-class Bahraini teenagers working their way through the system.  

[TeamGB 145]

24 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Feel a bit sorry for all those world-class Bahraini teenagers working their way through the system.  

I really wish world athletics took a stronger position on this aspect of Bahraini athletics, they just kind of added it on the end to appease people without really addressing the problem. When your entire athletics team is made up of naturalised athletes you must be doing something wrong. For me, the worst case has to be Salwa Eid Naser, who changed her name to compete for Bahrain from Nigeria. You can't blame the athletes because they are doing the best for their careers, but to me it send out the wrong image for the athletics community.

[heywoodu 14,789]

2 hours ago, TeamGB said:

I really wish world athletics took a stronger position on this aspect of Bahraini athletics, they just kind of added it on the end to appease people without really addressing the problem. When your entire athletics team is made up of naturalised athletes you must be doing something wrong. For me, the worst case has to be Salwa Eid Naser, who changed her name to compete for Bahrain from Nigeria. You can't blame the athletes because they are doing the best for their careers, but to me it send out the wrong image for the athletics community.

Someone like Naser makes one wonder what World Athletics could do against countries like Nigeria indeed.

 

Although anyway I'm not sure she's the greatest example: in her early teens she and her family already moved to Bahrain, where her dad was born. Probably almost any other Bahraini athlete would be a better example  (and there too a good look should be had at their countries of origin)

Edited 26 minutes ago by heywoodu