Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

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3 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

The IAAF will not want a Namibia medal in the 200m. Semenya and the rest have been controversial enough and coming the day after the weightlifting it could lol get very toxic and bitter.,

We will be hearing a lot more about it if no Americans make the final.

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Ta Lou holds off Miller-Uibo but this is really slow compared to Thompson's time.

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2 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

We will be hearing a lot more about it if no Americans make the final.

It be interesting how the USA media handle it - there a lot of supporters of Semenya in America.

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Just now, Orangehair43 said:

It be interesting how the USA media handle it - there a lot of supporters of Semenya in America.

 

Because Semenya didn't take any medals away from at the last two SOG

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5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I genuinely don't understand what this commentator is thinking and why Eurosport has so many commentators (in English, specifically) who clearly don't watch their sport outside of the Olympics..the Dutch one is excellent and I assume it's not the only language with a capable commentator.

These are two of ES's regular English athletics commentators. 

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Just now, Grassmarket said:

These are two of ES's regular English athletics commentators. 

Oh, so they are purposefully trying to give the impression they don't really know what's going on. Right, might even be worse.

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Just now, Monzanator said:

 

Because Semenya didn't take any medals away from at the last two SOG

True. 
 

 

I have to reset the urge to tell someone I know defending them on Twitter to piss off because I would get into trouble. 

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2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh, so they are purposefully trying to give the impression they don't really know what's going on. Right, might even be worse.

Well, time for conspiracy theories - with their parent company having just shelled out bazillions for exclusive rights they're not going to want their employees indulging in wild, unfounded speculation, are they?

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3 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

True. 
 

 

I have to reset the urge to tell someone I know defending them on Twitter to piss off because I would get into trouble. 

This person is defending who?

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Just now, Grassmarket said:

Well, time for conspiracy theories - with their parent company having just shelled out bazillions for exclusive rights they're not going to want their employees indulging in wild, unfounded speculation, are they?

But it's not wild, unfounded speculation to at the very least get excited about one of the most insane times ever run (combined with the way she ran it, braking hard). If anything, staying so calm as if it was a morning heat where she won in 22.60 is what makes them sound suspicious, like they were actively trying to ignore it.