Mehkissi is a product of the French low cost public housing estates. His psych is that if he has a chance to win something, he will take it. Many of his friends are in prison or unemployed. Life for a French Maghribian -French N,African origin- is very hard. He is a product of his environment and should be cut some slack. Merci pour votre comprehension. Sa personalite, meme pour les Francais, est toujours plein de mysteres!
trails for life wrote:
Tron wrote:Do you think Farah should be DQ for stepping inside the track on last lap?
I was thinking the same thing. For that matter, wasn't Farah's inside-stepping while on the curve???
Farah was forced out by contact which is allowable.
Go ahead people, argue with me about the rules. You always do.
If there is supposed to be a rail then put it in. If there is no rail then there really isn't anything to protest.
Energize the rail with 3000V and that'll either keep the athletes in their correct lanes or will make the sport much more entertaining.
This Mekhissi (I can't even stand his name) is running the 1500m as well. I hope the Mascot would stick its leg and trip him.
Are you American? Sounds like you think Europe is a country, might as well hate the whole globe then.
To be fair Balla kind of started it...
But yeah this guy and trouble are always close it seems.
Pushing the 12 years mascot really takes the cake tough.
disgraceful_admin wrote:
I think you're all being too hard on Mekhissi.
There's a reason the rules are there for the lines. If you pass someone on the inside you can gain an enormous advantage. Whether or not this actually happened is not relevant - rules are rules and breaking them has consequences. I am surprised that the largely conservative population on these boards doesn't support that ideal.
I agree. They guy is an as**ole, but this forum always shows its hypocrisy - endlessly denigrate rule breakers and espouse "the rules are the rules" principles - except, of course, or when it's someone they like.
Rockstar Games wrote:
To be fair Balla kind of started it...
But yeah this guy and trouble are always close it seems.
Pushing the 12 years mascot really takes the cake tough.
I think the Ezekiel Kemboi DQ was even worse because they were supposedly "friends" and made a big deal about their bromance (God, I hate that word) to the media. Such a lack of honour. No one is safe with this guy.
This is a runner who should be boooed by the crowd, not Gutlin
Flounder wrote:
If there is supposed to be a rail then put it in. If there is no rail then there really isn't anything to protest.
Energize the rail with 3000V and that'll either keep the athletes in their correct lanes or will make the sport much more entertaining.
Flounder - I think your statement about electrifying the rail was hilarious. I enjoyed quite the chuckle. Thanks!
disgraceful_admin wrote:
800 meter man wrote:It's more that this guy is flat out the biggest jerk on the world stage.
Assaulting mascots. Ripping off his jersey in the home stretch of European champs. Sucker punching his teammate. Getting Kemboi DQ'd last year.
The guy is the only track athlete I've ever rooted against, and I hope this protest doesn't go through. Jager never passed him on the inside and the DQ on Kemboi last year was a farce at best.
Some might say he's the best thing that's happened for the sport. There's no better way to attract media attention than with unexpected violence. Jager was on the right track - no pun intended - with his 8:01 barrier crash, but Mekhissi took it to the level this sport needs to compete with football and futbol.
He probably assaulted the mascot because he was insulted - there's no need for mascots when the athletes are entertaining enough themselves, though this is rarely the case.
You just made an exscuse for a pos punching a 14 year old girl for giving him flowers after a race? Who cares if they need mascots or not, there's no exscuse for that. And you need to go turn yourself into a mental hospital for defending this prick
Bad Wigins wrote:
Sounds like Jäger
Who's "Jäger"?
Kid running after kipchoge wrote:
This Mekhissi (I can't even stand his name)
So you're racist.
El Keniano wrote:
Rockstar Games wrote:To be fair Balla kind of started it...
But yeah this guy and trouble are always close it seems.
Pushing the 12 years mascot really takes the cake tough.
I think the Ezekiel Kemboi DQ was even worse because they were supposedly "friends" and made a big deal about their bromance (God, I hate that word) to the media. Such a lack of honour. No one is safe with this guy.
The runner doesn't initiate a protest, idiot.
Team staff do, and it is their job.
yeah, but they did so on BEHALF of the athlete, not just at random when they think they can. also mekhissi was coming across the line in rio holding up 3 fingers, he knew what he was doing when the protest was filed, he very much had a part to play and once again showed how classless he is but going through with the protest. the man wanted a medal and was willing to do anything to get it
We should just call him Ben Hissi Fit.
Trumpkin logic wrote:
The runner doesn't initiate a protest, idiot.
Team staff do, and it is their job.
Wow, you're retarded.
Allez les Blues! wrote:
Great night for the French last night. It is going to be three medals!
and it appears that Mekhissi is well on his way to becoming France's next president.
JB800/1500 wrote:
yeah, but they did so on BEHALF of the athlete, not just at random when they think they can. also mekhissi was coming across the line in rio holding up 3 fingers, he knew what he was doing when the protest was filed, he very much had a part to play and once again showed how classless he is but going through with the protest. the man wanted a medal and was willing to do anything to get it
WTF does this mean? "Willing to do anything to get it", an athlete who broke the rules of competition was DQ'd and he benefited from that. If you observe someone break a rule of competition (Kemboi did it blatantly) there is no issue filing a protest.