Thanks for the link, Asterix. I notice the article is from 2002; not a word is mentioned about the blow-ins from Kenya now representing Qatar, but then again, this may have been before all of that took place.
Thanks for the link, Asterix. I notice the article is from 2002; not a word is mentioned about the blow-ins from Kenya now representing Qatar, but then again, this may have been before all of that took place.
Usher wrote:
this may have been before all of that took place.
Cherono/Shaheen started it by switching just a month or so before Paris 2003.
ghost wrote:
It is a very artificial situation, and as one of the posters mentioned, really goes against the Olympic spirit to have people represent a Nation when not really belonging to that Nation at all.
It probably also goes against the Olympic spirit for colonial powers to artificially create borders and nations with little regard for ethnic boundries, and then just 40-50 years after independence from those colonial powers, expect those people to have a strong sense of nationalism.
I once took a military unit basketball team to Muscat, Oman and played the Omani national team. These were actual Omani kids with a beautiful brand new arena built by the Sultan. Our team consisted of a bunch of ex-high school players and 1 kid who played at the University of San Francisco before failing out. We beat their national team by 45 ponts. They sucked, and that was their national team.
So what? You come from a basketball culture and an organisation that is larger than the population of a tiny nation with no sporting, let alone basketball, culture and you manage to beat them? Big deal. I bet that a Jamaican park cricket team could beat the Kansas state cricket team and feel superior as well, but I think they would be smart enough to have a sense of perspective.
Identify this quote:
"You're good, eh! You can be our center."
But someone like Ramzi probably wuld never move to the Gulf unless there was $ involved.
If Ramzi was bought, they got him cheap. He emigrated to Bahrain in 2002 with a best of 3:44 (which doesn't even make the top-50 for that year) At least 20 Kenyans were faster than that plus a bunch of Moroccans. He joined the Bahraini army (not something that has been required of other AFAIK.)
I don't suppose you really felt like letting the facts get in your way though, from your other posts you appear to be an unintelligent racist piece of crap.
Jakan Mon wrote:
I once took a military unit basketball team to Muscat, Oman and played the Omani national team. These were actual Omani kids with a beautiful brand new arena built by the Sultan. Our team consisted of a bunch of ex-high school players and 1 kid who played at the University of San Francisco before failing out. We beat their national team by 45 ponts. They sucked, and that was their national team.So what? You come from a basketball culture and an organisation that is larger than the population of a tiny nation with no sporting, let alone basketball, culture and you manage to beat them? Big deal. I bet that a Jamaican park cricket team could beat the Kansas state cricket team and feel superior as well, but I think they would be smart enough to have a sense of perspective.
Okay, hot shot. Name one sport the Omanis are good at.
Maybe Falconeering. I think they're okay at that. Then again, that might be the Saudis.
You've obviously missed the point entirely.
You can't miss something entirely absent.
Jakan Mon wrote:
You can't miss something entirely absent.
Well, then let me spell it out for your dumb ass one more time. The Omanis, and Gulf Arabs in general, are not into Athletics. Being a "jock" is inimical to their culture. But they are rich, and they like to "buy" athletes to represent them on the world stage.
Your retort is that one country that is good at a sport (cricket) could kick a country's ass that doesn't play that sport (the USA). I used basketball as an example of how unathletic the Omanis are. A bunch of Rag Tag sailors and Marines shouldn't be able to beat anyone's national team. Period.
Lay off the weed, Jakan Mon. It will help you think more clearly.
RunDaddy wrote:
Lay off the weed, Jakan Mon. It will help you think more clearly.
I categorically disagree with this statement.
watch out also Zenebech tola ( maryam jemal yusuf) she will add another gold for bahrain in 1500mr.
any body can tell me any country who talk 1500 on both men and women in major championships?