Dragon 1,699 Posted April 18, 2021 #941 Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Agger said: Yeah. He is a chance to get one, but I doubt he'll get the citizenship in time. The Swedish authorities did speed up the process once before. For Ludmila Engquist who won a gold medal in 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted April 18, 2021 #942 Share Posted April 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, Agger said: 2.08 Not that crazy of a standard, even two German guys ran 2:08 or faster recently and Germany is pretty bad in men’s marathon. Also you can’t compare marathon times at the Olympics to marathon times elsewhere and with the new shoes it has become pretty „easy“ to run 2:08. Last year 109 men ran 2:08 or faster, in 2019 151 men ran 2:08 or faster. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khadidja Aisha 29 Posted April 18, 2021 #943 Share Posted April 18, 2021 If he i eritrean he ould run for Eritrea, it is wrong that Europe teal african from Africa. heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khadidja Aisha 29 Posted April 18, 2021 #944 Share Posted April 18, 2021 All athlets who qualified to Olympic game hould be abel to e there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,699 Posted April 18, 2021 #945 Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Khadidja Aisha said: If he i eritrean he ould run for Eritrea, it is wrong that Europe teal african from Africa. He's been living in Sweden for some years, his wife and children are Swedish citizens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,589 Posted April 18, 2021 #946 Share Posted April 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, Dragon said: The Swedish authorities did speed up the process once before. For Ludmila Engquist who won a gold medal in 1996. He did get a not this winter. It's an appeal now. It's not impossible, but I doubt it. 13 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: Not that crazy of a standard, even two German guys ran 2:08 or faster recently and Germany is pretty bad in men’s marathon. Also you can’t compare marathon times at the Olympics to marathon times elsewhere and with the new shoes it has become pretty „easy“ to run 2:08. Last year 109 men ran 2:08 or faster, in 2019 151 men ran 2:08 or faster. Well, the athletes themselves (also non-Swedes (including Mo Farah)) think it's ridicolous. And I'm well aware that Olympic marathons are unlike others but "easy"? It would be more than 2 minutes improvement of the Swedish Record. That's a pretty decent nation not even being close to qualifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,699 Posted April 18, 2021 #947 Share Posted April 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Agger said: He did get a not this winter. It's an appeal now. It's not impossible, but I doubt it. Well, the athletes themselves (also non-Swedes (including Mo Farah)) think it's ridicolous. And I'm well aware that Olympic marathons are unlike others but "easy"? It would be more than 2 minutes improvement of the Swedish Record. That's a pretty decent nation not even being close to qualifying. Just did a quick calculation. 87% of all the member countries of World Athletics have a national marathon record that's above 2 hours 8 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted April 18, 2021 #948 Share Posted April 18, 2021 36 minutes ago, Dragon said: He's been living in Sweden for some years, his wife and children are Swedish citizens. Probably Sweden forced him to go live there Makedonas 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Linha 473 Posted April 18, 2021 #949 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Enschede - Marathon 2021/04/18 Marcela Joglová 2:28:16 hod 3rd time of history and qualified for Tokyo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,796 Posted April 18, 2021 #950 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Australian Championships, Sydney, April 18, 2021 Women's Long Jumo: Brooke Stratton (6.84) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/brooke-stratton-14271241 Prueba de confrontacion de velocidad, La Habana, April 16, 2021 Women's 400m: Roxana Gómez (51.13) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/roxana-gomez-14637147 Another noticeable result came in women's high jump at the Australian championships when Nicola McDermott set a new Oceanian record with a jump of 2.00m. She is the first non-South African female high jumper from the Southern hemisphere to have cleared the 2.00m mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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