Athletics 2016 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,135]

Martina gets told he is DSQ'ed by the journalist interviewing him live on tv

 

Good quote from him though: "We have rules for a reason and if I broke them and have to be disqualified, so be it."

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vor 3 Minuten schrieb heywoodu:

Martina is disqualified  

 

Very sad decision, but - unfortunately - the correct decision  

Which event?

Churandy Martina?

Please no, this would mean that the guy from Azerbaijan won gold?

 

German commentator just said that the two kenyan guys competing for Turkey have never been in Turkey ... (not a joke)

Edited July 8, 2016 by OlympicsFan

[Gianlu33 4,552]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Martina is disqualified  

 

Very sad decision, but - unfortunately - the correct decision  

Really? We haven't any news about that by Italian TV..

Edited July 8, 2016 by Gianlu33

[DaniSRB 899]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Martina gets told he is DSQ'ed by the journalist interviewing him live on tv

 

Good quote from him though: "We have rules for a reason and if I broke them and have to be disqualified, so be it."

because of flag?

[dareza 911]

omg, what a disaster championship.

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Martina gets told he is DSQ'ed by the journalist interviewing him live on tv

 

Good quote from him though: "We have rules for a reason and if I broke them and have to be disqualified, so be it."

 

I was so sad when he was disqualified in 2008. That was mostly because of the nation he represented though.

[heywoodu 15,135]

4 minutes ago, DaniSRB said:

because of flag?

Because he stepped on the line in the first few meters (3 steps I believe)..

 

The Dutch federation has protested against his DSQ now, so we have to wait and see, but I really doubt they would turn back the DSQ (he broke the rules, so sad as it is, DSQ is the only correct decision..). 

[DaniSRB 899]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Because he stepped on the line in the first few meters (3 steps I believe)..

 

The Dutch federation has protested against his DSQ now, so we have to wait and see, but I really doubt they would turn back the DSQ (he broke the rules, so sad as it is, DSQ is the only correct decision..). 

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But, as far as I could see, he didn't step outside his lane... Oh, well, he was unlucky once again.  

[heywoodu 15,135]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

I was so sad when he was disqualified in 2008. That was mostly because of the nation he represented though.

 

Me too! By the way, Shawn Crawford got the silver medal because of that, but the same week Crawford had the silver medal delivered in Martina's hotel room with a little note saying that Martina should be the owner of the medal. Rumours are that Martina didn't really want it anymore and said something like "you can give the medal to the girls who clean our rooms.."  

 

The only time ever we saw a non-smiling Martina basically