StaffsRam Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Personally, I think a four year ban for a first offence is acceptable, but there's always going to be a cloud over an athlete once caught, especially if they go on to be successful when they're 'clean'. Are they really? Or are they now just better at not getting caught?For repeat offences though, life ban. Once, we all make mistakes and have errors in judgement, but a persistent track record of trying to cheat, no thanks.I feel sorry for Bolt to a certain degree. He's dominated for so long, and so emphatically that in a sport where this kind of thing happens there will always be questions about his own performances. Guess he knows how Chris Froome feels. Cheats enhancing their own performance doesn't necessarily make them better than everyone else, it just enhances their own performance. A 'clean' athlete could still be better, which hopefully is the case with Bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Congratulations to Greg Rutherford - World gold added to his Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles.Only four other Britons have held all four titles at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Congratulations to Greg Rutherford - World gold added to his Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles. Only four other Britons have held all four titles at the same time. Linford was one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Linford was one of them Daley, Linford, Gunnell and Greyhead (Edwards) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 They all use doping. Have since the 1960's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 They all use doping. Have since the 1960's.utter tosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Congratulations to Greg Rutherford - World gold added to his Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles.Only four other Britons have held all four titles at the same time. Read an article about Rutherford. Apparently he hasn't has any funding since 2012, and his coach, who was told to stay in Japan, only arrived at the meeting the night before the long jump heats.He recons there's a 'class system' in British Athletics, and he's going to spill the beans in the next few months. Could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 He's often got things to say. Sometimes I wonder if he's just overly opinionated, but then he's never really seemed to get the recognition he probably deserves - far less exposure than either Jess or Mo, so perhaps there's a little bitterness there, and then as you say, there's the funding issue. He doesn't seem to have the greatest relationship with the British Athletics set up. A shame really, he comes across as a standup fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 He also complained about there being no union flag on the kit. I'm with him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Easy answer, you have enhanced and non-enhanced events, that way the enhanced can dope to their hearts content explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Rutherford seems a bit chippy - mention was made that "some" (who?) thought his 2012 olympic win was a fluke, which would explain it and more.Sports POTY in December for me. Hell of an achievement. Liked the way that having blown away all opposition in the competition environment he is now starting to talk about jumping really, really big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 My best long jump was 3 hours and 12 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 What is noticable is American athletes in various disciplines who were expected to do well who are flopping spectacularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 She may not win the 200 metres gold tomorrow but we have a new sprinting star in Dina Asher-Smith , give her another year and no injuries and she will be terrific at the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Bolt kicks Gatlin's ass - again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Bolt ocks to Gatlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Just brilliant by Bolt. He wasn't even trying at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Usain Bolt gets RKO'd OUTTA NOWHERE...... https://vine.co/v/ej060A1a5i0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Bolt was so comfortable down that homeward stretch that he should have turned around and crossed the line running backwards. Just to really wind Gatlin up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Great anchor leg from Martin Rooney in the men's 4x400m final, he did brilliantly to edge out the Jamaican for bronze, it didn't look at all possible all the way down the straight and right up to the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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