Athletics WA World Championships 2025

[rafalgorka 1,808]

I’ve been living in Poland in the 1980s. That makes me think all those jokes about Cubans representing other NOCs are actually not funny at all to me.

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Our most overrated commentator mr Babiarz just said Greece instead of Cyprus while presenting Cypriot athlete in 200m heat 2. 
 

My oh my. It is even worse than Slovakia/Slovenia thing.

 

French tv, nice to c u again

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Thankfully the Russians are not here. At this rate he would mistake them with Ukrainians sooner or later

Edited September 17 by rafalgorka

[heywoodu 15,997]

A Bolivian athlete. But I'm not watching racquetball, what's going on?

[rafalgorka 1,808]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

A Bolivian athlete. But I'm not watching racquetball, what's going on?

Racquet-what? Never Heard of it.

[Gianlu33 5,276]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

A Bolivian athlete. But I'm not watching racquetball, what's going on?

Deep fake

[heywoodu 15,997]

11 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

I’ve been living in Poland in the 1980s. That makes me think all those jokes about Cubans representing other NOCs are actually not funny at all to me.

Nothing wrong in saying the triple jump is sometimes more of an Open Cuban Championships. Just like wrestling is usually the Open Dagestani Championships.

 

Doesn't mean I'm against what the Cubans do, like many of the athletes who go to Bahrain/Qatar, they're just trying to escape a situation where despite being a potentially great athlete, they end up with nothing (in Cuba because of the shitty government system, in countries like Kenya because of shitty overall organization).

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Nothing wrong in saying. 
 

but not a good topić for jokes i guess. But maybe that’s just me and i am overreacting here as usual

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Neita 3rd in her heat. Hope one day she gets a huge indivudual success. Never Heard an interview with her but she seems a very likeable person

[heywoodu 15,997]

1 minute ago, rafalgorka said:

Nothing wrong in saying. 
 

but not a good topić for jokes i guess. But maybe that’s just me and i am overreacting here as usual

I have seen (and posted, I'm far from innocent) plenty of failed jokes that in hindsight were in bad taste, but don't really remember anything specific about Cuban triple jumpers  

 

Someone posting something about "Cuban podium" when Diaz Hernandez, Pichardo and  Diaz take a Diamond League podium really isn't that bad

 

Honestly it's worse when people - especially European people - complain about non-white European athletes winning or somehow not really counting or something (despite them often going for different reasons than the bags of money that leads people to Turkey, Bahrain and Qatar). But that's another point