Kyle Langford puts his hand on throat of official and pushes him at BMC meet

*if he was a footballer and touched a ref..

Coevett wrote:

This was an isolated incident and plenty of witnesses have stated that Kyle was being harassed and even borderline assaulted

Lie.

You are the only one talking about assault.

Coevett wrote:

He also seems a fairly down to Earth sort of guy rather than a big time Charlie, and popular with other athletes.

No excuse for putting his hand on the man's neck, no matter how much of an a$$ he may or may not have been.

Children look up to their sports heroes and that's not the example one should set.

Coevett wrote:

Except 'ex-runner', that is - a guy who has admitted to doping and who defends Kenyan dopers.

I was around when ex-runner and you had your arguments and he never said that.

You insisting on that lie only reduces even further the microscopic credibility you may have left on LRC.

Coevett wrote:

Notice that most of the people here defending Kyle have registered usernames, and most of the trolls attacking him haven't (probably the same person).

You change your handle often enough to make you a hypocrite to say that. ^^

iceberg wrote:

Coevett wrote:

Except 'ex-runner', that is - a guy who has admitted to doping and who defends Kenyan dopers.

I was around when ex-runner and you had your arguments and he never said that.

You insisting on that lie only reduces even further the microscopic credibility you may have left on LRC.

The relevant posts are still up. He stated that everybody cheats given any opportunity to do so and then claimed that he was never subjected to any testing at BMC meetings and was aware that he wouldn't be.

Perhaps you don't have a sound grasp of logic?

Coevett wrote:

iceberg wrote:

I was around when ex-runner and you had your arguments and he never said that.

You insisting on that lie only reduces even further the microscopic credibility you may have left on LRC.

The relevant posts are still up. He stated that everybody cheats given any opportunity to do so and then claimed that he was never subjected to any testing at BMC meetings and was aware that he wouldn't be.

Perhaps you don't have a sound grasp of logic?

You call that logic?

Where in that piece of information did he say he doped?

Your posts are pathetic. No one takes you seriously as can be seen for the posts in the last 3 days.

And you calling people cowards for posting under different handles? lol

Mr Coevett/Ex-runnr/spade defecator/El Whiteboy/Letsdope Brojos etc., etc., etc.

What a joke.

Coevett wrote:

[quote]no brain wrote:

I don't know if you can call him 'lucky' after being robbed of a medal on home turf in the World Championships, something that's probably cost him tens of thousands at least in lost sponsorship and other future earnings.

Kyle was robbed. His coach, team and training mates were robbed. And those that went to the heat, semi and final (I was one) were robbed too.

So you're allowed to grab people's throats too? Kyle's training partners too? Take your tears somewhere relevant.

netscrape wrote:

Coevett wrote:

[quote]no brain wrote:

I don't know if you can call him 'lucky' after being robbed of a medal on home turf in the World Championships, something that's probably cost him tens of thousands at least in lost sponsorship and other future earnings.

Kyle was robbed. His coach, team and training mates were robbed. And those that went to the heat, semi and final (I was one) were robbed too.

I think that the result is very lenient, and not right. The photo may be taken from an angle that makes it appear worse, but as a role model he is showing younger athletes that they can physically assault officials, without whom the sport does not exist.

I don't know the actions of the official before this, and he may have been angering Langford, but if I am racing a 5k, I don't want an athlete warming up in lane 2 potentially effecting my performance.

I don't know what the right result in this instance would have been, but this result is wrong, he hasn't really been punished. His initial action could have interfered with a race, and shown no respect to those athletes, before his ultimate action shows no respect to the officials

DMulvee wrote:

I don't know what the right result in this instance would have been, but this result is wrong, he hasn't really been punished. His initial action could have interfered with a race, and shown no respect to those athletes, before his ultimate action shows no respect to the officials

What 'result' are you referring to? That he was allowed to run that day or do you have any news of an official review decision that hasn't been posted here?

iceberg wrote:

Coevett wrote:

The relevant posts are still up. He stated that everybody cheats given any opportunity to do so and then claimed that he was never subjected to any testing at BMC meetings and was aware that he wouldn't be.

Perhaps you don't have a sound grasp of logic?

You call that logic?

Where in that piece of information did he say he doped?

Your posts are pathetic. No one takes you seriously as can be seen for the posts in the last 3 days.

And you calling people cowards for posting under different handles? lol

Mr Coevett/Ex-runnr/spade defecator/El Whiteboy/Letsdope Brojos etc., etc., etc.

What a joke.

I studied logic at a top university, whereas you're likely 30 year old 'ex-runner' or Tyrone living with your mom and no qualifications after your doping bust/complete lack of success put an end to your athletics career hopes.

1 - 'Everybody dopes given the opportunity to do so'.

2 - 'I had the opportunity to dope at BMC meets'.

1 entails 2 as a matter of logic.

Look at you accusing me of hypocrisy regarding unregistered handles. You just registered another account to post in here and to post attacks on me elsewhere. What a brave soul. I continue to post under this handle despite the attacks I get here, including physical threats.

What does a registered handle even mean? It means nothing. It continues to be an anonymous post. I have registered handles and they ask for zero information other than a password.

Stop hiding behind a registered handle.

Libertarian Centrist wrote:

As a libertarian, I believe Kyle should be given a lighter sentence because he comes from a affluent background and could not possibly understand the impact of his actions. He has a lot of potential and his whole life ahead of him; we should not let this one mistake ruin all of that because of a harsh punishment. Everyone makes mistakes.

His dad runs a chip shop. I don't think he is from an especially affluent background.

Result was £1000 fine, and a day spent educating junior athletes

DMulvee wrote:

Result was £1000 fine, and a day spent educating junior athletes

Yes, good to see British Athletics being reasonable about this and now everybody can move on.

SimplyPut wrote:

What does a registered handle even mean? It means nothing. It continues to be an anonymous post. I have registered handles and they ask for zero information other than a password.

Stop hiding behind a registered handle.

It means you're expressing your views under a consistent and identifiable persona others can argue with. From day 1 I could have just posted my anti-doping views on multitudes of unregistered handles, without ever posting under 'Coevett' or any regular or registered handle. 'I' would never have been subjected to threats, bullying, calls to be banned, attempted doxxings etc. My points would have been put across just as effectively, in fact more so because they wouldn't be immediately dismissed or discredited by the SJW/doping apologist cries of 'racist Coevett', and the shaming tactics of 'you're not siding with racist Coevett are you?' to anyone who agrees with any point I make.

But I'm not a coward. I'm not a racist, or no more than probably 70% of the population would fall under that abused and exploited SJW shaming term, I've never said anything racist here, while the majority on this forum defend the view that Kenyans are genetically superior to the rest of the world, often with a kind of fanatical zealousness that sometimes crosses over into actual threats of violence to heretics. I'm proud of my anti-doping stance. It seems only a small minority of people here are actual fans of the sport and don't want to see it die. I was calling out the Kenyan doping problem before it turned into a public and undeniable crisis over the last 18 months or so, and I've posted very useful information about the likes of Aouita, the GDR middle-distance athletes and their coach, and Japheth Kemei

You are unwell.

You are the only person defending Kyle Langford's behaviour including Kyle Langford himself.

The entire British athletic community have reeled at the incident and high profile coaches have called for a more severe punishment. We don't tolerate that kind of behaviour in this sport.

You wouldn't know what the running community thinks though because you aren't involved

Langford laid an egg at the UK champs. To think there were some who thought he'd win gold in Tokyo!

wellbeaten Langy wrote:

Langford laid an egg at the UK champs. To think there were some who thought he'd win gold in Tokyo!

He'll bounce back. He's still young and he's had a difficult time since the Commonwealths.

The 800m in Tokyo is up for grabs at this point. Rotich and Amos are getting older, the young Kenyans are getting slower - some remarkably so - and there isn't really anyone looking like they will dominate anytime soon. If Kyle can get back on the trajectory he was on 15 months or so ago, he'll certainly be in the mix.

Don't forget he's still the fastest Brit this year. He could have made up an injury excuse and with his proven big competition history, he might have been given the 3rd spot. Instead he's been up front and admitted he bombed and is looking forward to next season.

Coevett wrote:

wellbeaten Langy wrote:

Langford laid an egg at the UK champs. To think there were some who thought he'd win gold in Tokyo!

Don't forget he's still the fastest Brit this year.

Pretty sure that's Webb. Langford was the 27th fastest performer over 800m this year. #1 performer in attacking the elderly, though.