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Rileybobs
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by Rileybobs » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:08 pm
Cleveleys_claret wrote:Well if any other sportsperson missed 5 drugs tests what else would they be labelled as.
Rio Ferdianand missed one and got banned for 9 months
Hamzee Driouch (?) was also his training partner in 2015 although he had been banned for 2 years in 2014 for doping and was banned from taking part in any form of athletics including training.
I don’t follow athletics very closely. Why haven’t the international athletics body banned him? It’s totally pointless comparing him to Rio Ferdinand as they compete in completely different sports.
In any case, I wouldn’t be labelling anyone who hasn’t been proven so as a drugs cheat. Particularly Mo Farah as if he’s as unpleasant a person as you say he’ll take you to the cleaners.
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by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:10 pm
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:You're clearly on a wind up now talking about 2 medals.
Is it not 2 medals every 4 years? 5000 and 10000?
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by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:14 pm
Rileybobs wrote:I don’t follow athletics very closely. Why haven’t the international athletics body banned him? It’s totally pointless comparing him to Rio Ferdinand as they compete in completely different sports.
In any case, I wouldn’t be labelling anyone who hasn’t been proven so as a drugs cheat. Particularly Mo Farah as if he’s as unpleasant a person as you say he’ll take you to the cleaners.
I do seem to have gone off on a tangent....originally I just wanted to higlight he is not the happy smiley person everyone thinks he is. His attack at Haile's hotel was disgraceful and unproven
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by Rileybobs » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:16 pm
Cleveleys_claret wrote:I do seem to have gone off on a tangent....originally I just wanted to higlight he is not the happy smiley person everyone thinks he is. His attack at Haile's hotel was disgraceful and unproven
Unproven being the key word.
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Cleveleys_claret
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by Cleveleys_claret » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:21 pm
Rileybobs wrote:Unproven being the key word.
I meant the theft was unproven. He had turned down the use of a safe. Also attacked a coach in the gym
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by Rileybobs » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:27 pm
Cleveleys_claret wrote:I meant the theft was unproven. He had turned down the use of a safe. Also attacked a coach in the gym
So the theft was unproven, but the other unproven stuff wasn’t unproven? Are you sure you read that article with an open mind?
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by tim_noone » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:32 pm
Him and his wife don't spoil a pair.....
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by Steve1956 » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:44 pm
What ever happened to Bradley Wiggins ?
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by Cleveleys_claret » Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:16 am
There have rumours around for a long time regards Mo, similar to those that had been around Armstrong before he was caught. Also like Team Sky who suddenly pulled and will become ineos next year. Announcing it just before the Wiggins news leaked and the investigation into their lab and the disarray that went on in that lab and how loose they played.
How anyone can think of Mo as anything but a cheat beggars belief. Like mentioned further up regards african long distance runners have the most suited gentic make up for long distance runners which is why they have so much dominance. Just like white swimmers. The same is to be said of Mo and the strange reason that as he got to his twilight years he suddenly not just raised his game but changed the levels of the sport and destroyed records
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by spadesclaret » Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:40 am
"The same is to be said of Mo and the strange reason that as he got to his twilight years he suddenly not just raised his game but changed the levels of the sport and destroyed records" - Cleveleys_claret
It's what long-distance runners do. As they get older they go for longer distances. Paula Radcliffe moved up from 5,000 and 10,000 metres to marathons and half marathons. She also 'destroyed' records. Are you suggesting she was a drugs cheat? Really?
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by Cleveleys_claret » Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:53 am
spadesclaret wrote:"The same is to be said of Mo and the strange reason that as he got to his twilight years he suddenly not just raised his game but changed the levels of the sport and destroyed records" - Cleveleys_claret
It's what long-distance runners do. As they get older they go for longer distances. Paula Radcliffe moved up from 5,000 and 10,000 metres to marathons and half marathons. She also 'destroyed' records. Are you suggesting she was a drugs cheat? Really?
If the cap fits, do we really think that because our athletes arent Russian that they cant cheat
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by theroyaldyche » Mon Sep 09, 2019 9:11 am
Leg him up half a mile from end
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by cricketfieldclarets » Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:15 am
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:Sir cricketfieldclarets on your face??
How bigs your head?
Massive. Metaphorically at least.
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by edison » Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:20 am
In reference to the OP, I also thought it was pretty cringeworthy - he had the same on his bib at London marathon. I might have cursed out loud.
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by Cleveleys_claret » Sat Oct 12, 2019 11:04 am
Seems not so happy at being questioned as to why he stayed with Salazer after Salazers ban.
Now saying he is being used in a similar to Sterling by the British Media because of his skin colour. This guy is disgusting
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by tim_noone » Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:08 pm
Cleveleys_claret wrote:Seems not so happy at being questioned as to why he stayed with Salazer after Salazers ban.
Now saying he is being used in a similar to Stirling by the British Media because of his skin colour. This guy is disgusting
Oh...Mo
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by thatdberight » Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:18 pm
Cleveleys_claret wrote:Seems not so happy at being questioned as to why he stayed with Salazer after Salazers ban.
Now saying he is being used in a similar to Stirling by the British Media because of his skin colour. This guy is disgusting
He's right though. It's the same way the media have asked questions about that other black British sportsman, Bradley Wiggins.
Never liked the public persona of Farah. Or Wiggins.
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by Cleveleys_claret » Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:51 pm
thatdberight wrote:He's right though. It's the same way the media have asked questions about that other black British sportsman, Bradley Wiggins.
Never liked the public persona of Farah. Or Wiggins.
Me too. Surprised none of his fans from on here have commentated. I mean who trains with a drugs coach and doesnt expect to eventually be called out on it.
Now saying he is happy to be drug tested any day anywhere. Makes a change from hiding out in locations which are hard to reach all over the world. Wouldnt be because he no longer runs in championships would it
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by basil6345789 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:40 pm
I was/am suspicious about the circumstances around this but what if he's innocent - poor lad, can't win!