Athletics Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

[Orangehair43 285]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

Or pretending to.  There's still some people out there pushing the line that Semenya was some kind of pitiful waif, rather than accomplished con artist.

I got reported for racism for saying that.  

[Grassmarket 4,063]

8 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

I got reported for racism for saying that.  

Some of us got purged from a board for pretty much the same thing.  Said board has not remotely recovered yet.  

[Orangehair43 285]

6 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Some of us got purged from a board for pretty much the same thing.  Said board has not remotely recovered yet.  

Yet open antisemitism I allowed on there freely. 

[Josh 11,573]

 Tara Davis-Woodhall with a new WL of 7.12m in the women’s long jump at US Nationals! 
 

Fouled a 7.30m jump by 1cm too. 

[heywoodu 16,016]

17 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Or pretending to.  There's still some people out there pushing the line that Semenya was some kind of pitiful waif, rather than accomplished con artist.

There's also a lot of people in between that. I don't necessarily see her as a 'pitiful waif', but certainly neither as an 'accomplished con artist'. It's not unreasonable either way to say it's always been an incredibly difficult situation.

[Josh 11,573]

Women’s 100m heats at  Championships 

 

Jacious Sears 10.85 

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 10.86

Kayla White 10.89

TeeTee Terry 10.89

Aleia Hobbs 10.94

 

Insane times. 

[Grassmarket 4,063]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

There's also a lot of people in between that. I don't necessarily see her as a 'pitiful waif', but certainly neither as an 'accomplished con artist'. It's not unreasonable either way to say it's always been an incredibly difficult situation.

Nope, completely disagree.  Semenya made a joke of the event by obviously shirking for 700m then coming through to win.  And also by refusing to attempt any kind of record.  As we see all the time, any kind of well-organized WR attempt drags a whole pile of other athletes through to NRs, PBs etc as well as creating media attention and hype.  No sympathy - the money's in the bank, and that's what was wanted.  

[Grassmarket 4,063]

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

Women’s 100m heats at  Championships 

 

Jacious Sears 10.85 

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 10.86

Kayla White 10.89

TeeTee Terry 10.89

Aleia Hobbs 10.94

 

Insane times. 

You can't get away with jogging the last 20m at the US Nationals. 

[Josh 11,573]

1 minute ago, Grassmarket said:

You can't get away with jogging the last 20m at the US Nationals. 

It’s the heats, everyone advances through to the next stage pretty much. 

[Grassmarket 4,063]

2 minutes ago, Josh said:

It’s the heats, everyone advances through to the next stage pretty much. 

Hmm, that is interesting.  Obviously a lot of lekking* going on.  

 

* Oh yes, there is such a word.

 

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