The Athletics Thread (... but predominantly about Bolt)

[Kenneth]

Moped Farah.

The doorbell is easily missed I suppose, especially when you are blending one of your "special" juices/shakes.

They ring the bell every 15mins until the hour slot is over so he missed it four or five times. It doesn't sound like a very convincing explanation.

[Rich]

The ring the bell every 15mins until the hour slot is over so he missed it four or five times. It doesn't sound like a very convincing explanation.

Unless he was asleep? Or had headphones on?

[Kenneth]

Maybe, but it was an hour perioid that he'd chosen. I can understand that you might have a change of plans and not be where you expected to be, but to be there are no t hear the bell numerous times, well it's understandable that it raises eyebrows

[Reece]

"I have never taken performance enhancing drugs in my life and I never will. Over the course of my career I have taken hundreds of drugs tests and every single one has been negative. I've fully explained the only two tests in my career that I have ever missed, which the authorities understood, and there was never any suggestion that these were anything more than simple mistakes.

"The last two weeks have been the toughest of my life - with rumours and speculation about me that are completely false - and the impact this has had on my family and friends has left me angry, frustrated and upset. In particular, the media pressure on my young family and my wife, who is five-months pregnant, is extremely painful, especially as I'm away training for some important races."

[BobTheCharmer]

she's always pregnant.

[Kenneth]

He does sound angry. Must be the steroids.

[Scratch]

Maybe, but it was an hour perioid that he'd chosen. I can understand that you might have a change of plans and not be where you expected to be, but to be there are no t hear the bell numerous times, well it's understandable that it raises eyebrows

To be fair the gaff I live in (nowt special, poxy 3 bed, so probably nowhere near as spacious as Mo's)....anyway, if you're upstairs in the back bedroom, with the door shut, you can't hear the doorbell, especially in warm months when you've got the fan blowing away, so to say he didn't hear the doorbell is pretty plausible in my opinion. Many's the time on a Saturday morning I've missed the postie cos I've been slumbering.

[Saveloy]

she's always pregnant.

I thought that too.

Maybe he's going down the Dennis Mitchell route of drug excuses.

[Saveloy]

He does sound angry. Must be the steroids.

[ChesterDave]

she's always pregnant.

I didn't know Mo was married to Kirsty Alsopp

[paulg]

Greg Rutherford is a strange one, for me. He looks a bit weedy and like he'll be rubbish, but keeps winning. Really like him.

But I'm loving all the athletics on TV now, really got back into it.

If Mo is a cheat, then **** him. If not, then love him.

[Daniel 7]

Why is Bolt on the Athletics thread title? Bit reductive innit? Its like having a football thread called Messi / General Football.

[Chazza]

Think it was the 'Bolt' thread and then went off on a more general tangent as with all threads.

[Shaggy]

Just catching up with the results at the trials for the Worlds. Yohan Blake 6th in his Jamaican semi-final in a time of 10.36? WTF? Is he giving his body a rest from all the growth hormones or what? He was running times of about 9.7 not long ago....how can he drop to 10.4 in a semi-final??

The 100m final is gonna be amazing this year even without Blake though. Gatlin, Gay, the new US star Bromell, Bolt, Powell ought to make up 5 of the finalists. Ace.

[captainfog]

Bolt ran 200 meters in 20 seconds as a 15 year old. He's just built to run. He doesn't need steroids.