Swimming Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[heywoodu 15,174]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

Sierra Leone will apparently have two swimmers (first Sierra Leone Olympic swimmers since 1996).

 

Their female swimmer needed 54 seconds to swim 50m free in Kazan last year. But, she has allegedly improved since then and now she can do it in 40s.

 

http://awoko.org/2016/07/14/sierra-leone-sports-salone-swimmers-ready-for-rio-games/

 

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 Osman Kamara and Bunturabie Jalloh will be representing the country accompanied by the Head Coach, Bobson Mansaray and a Female coach, Fanta Sesay who will double as Chaperone for the female swimmer.

 

Isn't a chaperone someone from the organization of the event who accompanies them to see the urine come out of wherever urine should come out of? Not someone from their own team as far as I know?  

[dcro 10,210]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

 

Isn't a chaperone someone from the organization of the event who accompanies them to see the urine come out of wherever urine should come out of? Not someone from their own team as far as I know?  

To be honest, I don't think I have ever heard about chaperone.

[heywoodu 15,174]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

To be honest, I don't think I have ever heard about chaperone.

I know there are people who wear things saying "Chaperone" on the back who accompany athletes to doping tests to watch them pee, but of course they are provided by the organization/WADA/NADO etc, not people who travel together with the team from Sierra Leone to the Olympics  

[dcro 10,210]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I know there are people who wear things saying "Chaperone" on the back who accompany athletes to doping tests to watch them pee, but of course they are provided by the organization/WADA/NADO etc, not people who travel together with the team from Sierra Leone to the Olympics  

 

So their job is to watch athletes when they pee? Wow, I wonder what's their paycheck.

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I know there are people who wear things saying "Chaperone" on the back who accompany athletes to doping tests to watch them pee, but of course they are provided by the organization/WADA/NADO etc, not people who travel together with the team from Sierra Leone to the Olympics  

 

A chaperone is someone who watches someone overall. This could be due to her age (she's 18) or her religion (Sierra Leone majority are Muslim, though usually it would be with a man) or perhaps for safety if she hasn't done much international travel.

[heywoodu 15,174]

11 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

So their job is to watch athletes when they pee? Wow, I wonder what's their paycheck.

 

Yes. To be quite literal: they have to check to see if the urine actually comes out of the "opening" we humans have for that, in order to make sure there is no cheating with stuff like hidden fake urine  

 

 

[heywoodu 15,174]

6 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

A chaperone is someone who watches someone overall. This could be due to her age (she's 18) or her religion (Sierra Leone majority are Muslim, though usually it would be with a man) or perhaps for safety if she hasn't done much international travel.

Yeah I think I'm just weighing the word "chaperone" too much in respect to having something to do with doping control. I think indeed it's just to watch over her, which is quite understandable for basically all reasons you give. 

[mrv86 3,138]

4 hours ago, dcro said:

To be honest, I don't think I have ever heard about chaperone.

If you read the Olympic Reports before the 1960's many delegations had a certain number of chaperones for their female athletes. I believe it was to ensure the ladies will behave properly and no man would take advantage of them.

[heywoodu 15,174]

9 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

If you read the Olympic Reports before the 1960's many delegations had a certain number of chaperones for their female athletes. I believe it was to ensure the ladies will behave properly and no man would take advantage of them.

To be honest, I think that's a good idea. Not so much the check to see if they "behave properly", but the last part. I mean, she's an 18-year old girl from Sierra Leone who maybe barely ever gets outside the country except for championships and then all of a sudden she'll be in the middle of an Olympic village absolutely full with male athletes who's hormones are raging like crazy after months of testosteron build-up towards the competitions.

 

Yeah, I think sending someone to take care of her is a good idea  

[zob79 189]

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

 

Yes. To be quite literal: they have to check to see if the urine actually comes out of the "opening" we humans have for that, in order to make sure there is no cheating with stuff like hidden fake urine  

 

 

 

Great job