2018 Commonwealth Games Discussion Thread.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Is that a chicken on the Uganda flag?

It’s a crested crane. Their national bird common all over East Africa.

El Keniano wrote:

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Firstly, come on. This guy is older than 16.

How old do you think he really is? Give me a number.

Come on now. This kid is NOT 16. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

looks like a typo. closer to 61

I don't know what age that kid is, but he certainly acts like he is 16, with that gold chain and those social media posts.

If he identifies as 16, he's 16.

vivalarepublica wrote:

I don't know what age that kid is, but he certainly acts like he is 16, with that gold chain and those social media posts.

are you talking about Zane or the Kenyan?

Anybody else view these athletes who get all the way to Australia - go through the training camps - then at the very last minute pull out due to some never before heard of injury? Seems fishy to me

Pandora wrote:

If he identifies as 16, he's 16.

on the same basis, previous of forthcoming attraction

El Keniano wrote:

In the spirit of the Commonwealth, Kenya will be play Fiji in today's final at the Hong Kong rugby 7s.

https://twitter.com/KResearcher/status/982900224254533632

A good time to revive this tweet from last month by Kenya Rugby:

https://twitter.com/KenyaRugby247/status/973012878021332992

No prizes for guessing which countries.

I think you will find that NZ, Australia, SA, England, Wales, Scotland all sent their b teams to Hong Kong because the Commonwealth games results is a basis for Olympic funding from their governments (and the b teams are really D teams given the amount of money in 15 aside rugby $250k-$2.5m for top players).

Hardloper wrote:

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Firstly, come on. This guy is older than 16.

As for Zane Robertson, his credibility is shot now, chickening ?out of the Gold Coast, you won't have to worry about him any more or perhaps he's a ?. Jake is more likeable, head down chipping away slowly.

No reason not to believe his age. According to Renato anyone born in Kenya after 2000 has an accurate birth certificate. That may not have been true in rural places in the 80's or in other countries today. Plus it's not like he ran 12:50, he ran a good race and beat the guys with like 13:20 PRs.

Hardloper, this guy looks 25 to me and that is coming from someone in their later 30s, who hardly sleeps and looks like sh!t.

semenyagoat wrote:

looks like a typo. closer to 61

+1

Hardloper wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

I don't know what age that kid is, but he certainly acts like he is 16, with that gold chain and those social media posts.

are you talking about Zane or the Kenyan?

I guess both, when you mention it. But Zane never had to transform into a square for a typical job, so no wonder he still has a teenager vibe.

el chipo wrote:

Anybody else view these athletes who get all the way to Australia - go through the training camps - then at the very last minute pull out due to some never before heard of injury? Seems fishy to me

Like who?

Can anyone Kenyan be a teenager according to you lot?

El Keniano wrote:

Can anyone Kenyan be a teenager according to you lot?

No!

Kenyans have no teenagers according to them.

As soon as a kid spends his last day as a twelve year old, he immediately turns twenty.

Time to start getting ready for Day 2 track's evening session

Key finals

6:25 am ET Men’s shot put (Tom Walsh)

6:35 am ET Women's 10k

7:50 am ET Women's 100 final

8:15 am ET Men’s 100 (Yohan Blake, Akani Simbine, Bruintjies, Gemili)

Full schedule here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/04/schedule-results-2018-commonwealth-games/

El Keniano wrote:

? Cheptegei of Uganda ?? in 13:50.83. l ? Mohammed Ahmed ?? and ? 16-year-old Edward Zakayo of ??

How come no Brits (not just English) in this race?

LetsRun.com wrote:

Time to start getting ready for Day 2 track's evening session

Key finals

6:25 am ET Men’s shot put (Tom Walsh)

6:35 am ET Women's 10k

7:50 am ET Women's 100 final

8:15 am ET Men’s 100 (Yohan Blake, Akani Simbine, Bruintjies, Gemili)

Full schedule here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/04/schedule-results-2018-commonwealth-games/

Walsh threw 22.45m in his first qualifying throw

Womens 100m will be Ahye

Men’s 100m Blake then Simbine

Native Son wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

Can anyone Kenyan be a teenager according to you lot?

No!

Kenyans have no teenagers according to them.

As soon as a kid spends his last day as a twelve year old, he immediately turns twenty.

No Kenya has teenagers they just don't make age-grade teams because they are too young.